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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4524042" data-attributes="member: 22779">Thing is, I've been repeatedly told how 4e isn't really D&amp;D.&nbsp; It's too this or too that.&nbsp; Mostly I've been told that it has moved too far away from the roots of D&amp;D.&nbsp; But, this image is the root of D&amp;D for me.&nbsp; You've got the blaster mage, the weird assed elf chick (or whatever) and the black eyed dwarf?&nbsp; gnome? (hey gnomes had black eyes back then too <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> )Yes, D&amp;D is Clive Caldwell and Larry Elmore.&nbsp; I get that.&nbsp; I agree too.&nbsp; But, it's also Erol Otus and Bill Willingham.&nbsp; It's also Brom and Di Terlizzi and Wayne Reynolds and a host of others too.It's a complete mix mash of all sorts of styles and elements.&nbsp; The idea that &quot;This fantasy&quot; is the right one and &quot;that fantasy&quot; isn't just leaves me scratching my head.&nbsp; Or, to put it another way, does it matter if a basilisk has four or eight legs?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 4524042, member: 22779"] Thing is, I've been repeatedly told how 4e isn't really D&D. It's too this or too that. Mostly I've been told that it has moved too far away from the roots of D&D. But, this image is the root of D&D for me. You've got the blaster mage, the weird assed elf chick (or whatever) and the black eyed dwarf? gnome? (hey gnomes had black eyes back then too :p ) Yes, D&D is Clive Caldwell and Larry Elmore. I get that. I agree too. But, it's also Erol Otus and Bill Willingham. It's also Brom and Di Terlizzi and Wayne Reynolds and a host of others too. It's a complete mix mash of all sorts of styles and elements. The idea that "This fantasy" is the right one and "that fantasy" isn't just leaves me scratching my head. Or, to put it another way, does it matter if a basilisk has four or eight legs? [/QUOTE]

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