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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maggan" data-source="post: 3236468" data-attributes="member: 6616">Hmmm ... well the question isn't directed at me but, yes, my impression of those pictures have been that of the iconics encountering serious hazards, or preparing to encounter serious hazards. Otherwise they wouldn't be needing all that armor, weapons and spells they've got in the pictures.Not as thorough an analysis as the one you're making (over and over), but that's my impression of the pictures.A counter-qeustion that seems relevant: do you seriously believe that there is but one way to interpret the message these images convey?EDIT: Looking through my 1e PH again I'm even more confused by your analysis. Using your approach to the pictures, we see that they show people either doing mundane tasks (a blacksmith working, some guys at a bar, some dwarf smoking a pipe while sitting on a huge die, some guys praying, adventurers dividing up treasure) or adventurers easily over coming or avoiding threats (a wizard deflecting arrows while his imp laughs in contempt at the feeble attack, an umber hulk dancing while the adventurers supress their laughter, a paladin defeating a devil of some sort and routing his support, some wizard projecting lights down a dungeon). I also found some pieces where the threat level was cranked up, but it mostly seemed to concern gnomes or pixies.So to me, you analysis is not as clear as you would think it to be./M</blockquote>