eh, to me the two are very different styles, usually.But they have been doing so since the very beginning, 50 Yeats ago...?
D&D and Marvel are a pretty natural combo.
I hadn't. Didn't realize that she was floating.they are pretty similar, both depict superheroes in the same pose. Have you seen the full Wizard image?
As is, I think the intent was for tier 4 to be "superhero".D&D isnt a superhero game. But the high tiers, levels 13 thru 16 and 17 thru 20, should be!
The main feel of the superhero genre is thematic always-on powers.
At the highest tiers, it helps to consolidate all of the lots of fiddly little stuff, into a manageable handful of impactful always on powers.
Fair point. Is there a distinctive "D&D" iconography? D&D has always been eclectic in its illustrations. Should there be recognizable visual D&Disms?
There are some very well-known D&D illustrations and images, but they don't really support his point, because ...
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There are a lot of other images, but they vary wildly in tone, like here's another classic:
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There's a lot of stuff from the '90s and some stuff from later eras which is pretty distinctively "D&D" as well, but it's not terribly consistent.
... Should there be recognizable visual D&Disms?
But, they never have been...? OD&D included trading of Marvel comics art, and stuff from Marvel like Conan was very influential on D&D art.eh, to me the two are very different styles, usually.
tracing some figure and adding it to your own picture does not mean that figure cannot shift from superhero to D&D Fighter or whatever, depending on what you do with it.But, they never have been...? OD&D included trading of Marvel comics art, and stuff from Marvel like Conan was very influential on D&D art.
For an art direction, it is worth highlighting the D&D power sources.Yes. It's called an art direction.
Other games have long since figured this out.
It will never happen for D&D.
Stirrups appear in central Asia around 3rd century BC, they were introduced to Byzantium by the invasion of the Avars in the 6th Century AD. Use then spread north to Slovakia and the Norse and had reached England by 10th Century.Fighting on horseback required the invention of the stirrup (so you don't fall off whenever you swing at someone). Which, if my memory serves (not using Google) dates to the Byzantine (i.e. late Roman) period?