I like that background it would have worked perfectly for Bright Leaf.

Bright Leaf is cool as she is though; but now we have successfully split up the party? Oh noes ...

Quote from: dragoner;770414Bright Leaf is cool as she is though; but now we have successfully split up the party? Oh noes ...

Bright Feather .

We did break rule A though.

Quote from: Marleycat;770416Bright Feather .

We did break rule A though.

The book?

But yeah, now the mongol/goblin/orc horde is going to attack the town. Dang.

We'll need Dwarves to escape - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWz0qVvBZ0

Quote from: Exploderwizard;770391Something seemed off to me anf thats it. She looks like she looted her armor from a larger person.

A "Mulan" sort of approach.

Have to admit, the only thing wrong with the art is the Left Hand of Doom.  Other than that, it's good.

Quote from: Warboss Squee;770451Have to admit, the only thing wrong with the art is the Left Hand of Doom.  Other than that, it's good.

Noticed that too. Looks allmost unfinished.

While looking at it the proportions are odd in several ways and then is struck me.

What if she is not human? Could be a halfling or dwarf. My vote is halfling.

That adds several twists to the piece all at once.

Quote from: Omega;770461Noticed that too. Looks allmost unfinished.

While looking at it the proportions are odd in several ways and then is struck me.

What if she is not human? Could be a halfling or dwarf. My vote is halfling.

That adds several twists to the piece all at once.

Hm.

If she was I feel like her head would be slightly larger-- assuming the armor is sized for her, anyway. Which I figured it was, because, like I said, yoroi actually do come pretty bulky.

It looks a little bulky but hey, heavy armor! Plus if she's young so what, it's not like no young person ever suited up in their elder's gear to right a wrong, go to war or seek vengeance in fantasy fiction before. It's a staple.

Which is not to say there's anything wrong with critiquing the art. It's ok, but not my favorite 5e piece by a long shot. I dislike the colors more than anything, I think it's the chosen shade of blue that's sticking out.

I didn't care for the dungeonpunk style of 3e, and was pretty divided on most 4e art (although I will cop to a fondness for Wayne Reynolds). I have largely liked 5e's offering so far. And I don't mind character poses, but I like action and adventuring shots where there's a lot of stuff going on in the piece. Needs more of that.

The artwork is weak, uninspired and standard (but 5e isn't alone in that - common issue in fantasy now), but the random charts for roleplaying aspects is a great addition to the game. I'm no fan of 5e, but that is a major positive move - especially for new players or those who haven't thought about PCs as more than builds.

Yeah, the best I can say for the artwork is that it is less putrescent than 3E and 4E. It is fine but safe and out stripped by several recent games — The One Ring, for example. The coolest move would have been for them to jack the art team from Dungeon Crawl Classics, which produced a masterpiece in their core book. But no one with balls that big has worked at WoC in forever.

Good News:

• There is no bad news.
• We got to see some preview art.
• At least WotC isn't rubbing this on anyone's face and trying to shame competitors.  Seriously devs of Natural Selection 2.  I enjoyed your fully armored women till you started that shit.  You lost a customer on that day.

Neutral News:

• Women in full armor?  Eh...  I been doing that for decades with the vast majority of female npcs.  This isn't new and not worth talking about.

Quote from: Snowman0147;770522Good News:

• There is no bad news.
• We got to see some preview art.
• At least WotC isn't rubbing this on anyone's face and trying to shame competitors.  Seriously devs of Natural Selection 2.  I enjoyed your fully armored women till you started that shit.  You lost a customer on that day.

Neutral News:

• Women in full armor?  Eh...  I been doing that for decades with the vast majority of female npcs.  This isn't new and not worth talking about.

It is when it's about the biggest game in the hobby and the only one casual gamers will likely ever play.

Considering many video games do fully armored women as well I would say not really.  It won't have a impact.  People will play and won't notice it at all.  Which is what they should be doing any ways.  Women in armor shouldn't draw in attention.  It should be treated as a man wearing armor.  As in it is normal.