Weary WulfMay 28

[P] I've been trying to pin down why I dislike the D&D 5.5E artstyle so much. I'm an amateur artist with a wife who's so talented, so I do pick up things. In my twilight though I'm not always sure I have the vocabulary for it. But thwn I saw someone use a descriptor that hit me like a tonne of bricks. "Focus-tested." I mean, yes, it's soulless and so homogeneous, but it's so much worse than that. It's corporate-by-design.

#psychology #actuallyautistic #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e

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Show threadWeary WulfMay 28

[P] What an awful dystopia we live in. The reason why the 3.5E era is looked upon fondly is because it was artist-driven. They needed someone to drag them out of the testosterone-pumped, sexist, Conan shit of 2E. It was a shift that actually began in late 2E, funnily enough, but it peaked around 3.5E. 3.5E had this cohesive dungeonpunk aesthetic because it was artist driven. 5.5E has me expecting in-Universe ad billboards.

#psychology #actuallyautistic #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e

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Show threadJacqueline

@wearywulf I would love to play D&D 3.5 with some people tbh. But nobody wants to play it with me.

Although I bought the core books for D&D 3.0 instead

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Show threadJacquelineMay 28
@wearywulf D&D 5E was how I was introduced to the game
Show threadfirebreathingduckMay 28

@burnoutqueen @wearywulf

I haven't gamed in almost a year, sorry. Too busy.

I hadn't thought of how differences in art style might represent corporate focus vs artistic freedom.