D&D (2024) Here's The New 2024 Player's Handbook Wizard Art

 

[Reynard]

Modern D&D is too superheroic....

 

[Zardnaar]

Hygiene is highly dependent on location in the Middle Ages. For example, there were records of Arabs saying that the Vikings were filthy and didn't wash themselves properly. There are also English records saying that it was easy for the Vikings to seduce the wives/daughters of the Anglo-Saxons because they washed themselves weekly.

Color is also dependent on location, social class, and which colors. The nobility would definitely have more colorful and intricate clothing than the peasantry. And purple, for example, was rare until the 1850s because the only source for it was a rare type of mollusk.

Glasses and other corrective lenses also were not common in the middle ages. They weren't even invented until the late middle ages, and definitely not widespread.

But none of these are a problem for a powerful wizard like the one this art piece is about.

D&D has never been medieval though.

If you squint maybe 1E and B/X.

2E onwards bastardized American renaissance faire.

Before 2E you still had the occasional anachronism with a 14th century/dark ages vibe.

 

[Reef]

Modern D&D is too superheroic....
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Heh… I posted that one here…about a lifetime ago, it feels like I swear this thread is on the third or fourth lap at this point…

 

[Reynard]

Heh… I posted that one here…about a lifetime ago, it feels like I swear this thread is on the third or fourth lap at this point…

I guessed it might have been posted, but I happened across it via another thread and couldn't help myself.

 

[Reef]

I guessed it might have been posted, but I happened across it via another thread and couldn't help myself.

No apologies! It's worth reposting. It's an awesome painting, and from the period I had a subscription, so it has extra meaning for me.

 

[Jahydin]

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Haven't seen this one. What's it from?

I like how she seems genuinely impressed with her lightning strike. Also, is the magic coming from the bracelet?

 

[Reynard]

Haven't seen this one. What's it from?

It's from The Art of Dragon, but the caption suggests originally from issue 109.

 

[Jahydin]

It's from The Art of Dragon, but the caption suggests originally from issue 109.

Thanks.

There really needs to be a book of Dragon/Dungeon covers...

Edit: I just realized that's exactly what you posted! I'm hunting one down now...

Edit.Edit: Nabbed it for $40. Too happy.

 

[Hussar]

Heh. For all the bitching that surrounds D&D art, there really are some bloody fantastic pieces out there in every edition of the game.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

D&D has never been medieval though.

If you squint maybe 1E and B/X.

2E onwards bastardized American renaissance faire.

Before 2E you still had the occasional anachronism with a 14th century/dark ages vibe.

I wholly agree. I was just correcting some of the misconceptions of the post I was quoting.