I may have just received a funky issue. The illustrations in my copy for the Savage Tide adventure are so dark much of their content is, I fear, obscured. If everyone else's are better, I'll scoot down to the local gaming shop and grab another copy!
I may have just received a funky issue. The illustrations in my copy for the Savage Tide adventure are so dark much of their content is, I fear, obscured. If everyone else's are better, I'll scoot down to the local gaming shop and grab another copy!
The first illustration, opposite the title page, is too dark. The others are a tad dark but still visible.
I may have just received a funky issue. The illustrations in my copy for the Savage Tide adventure are so dark much of their content is, I fear, obscured. If everyone else's are better, I'll scoot down to the local gaming shop and grab another copy!
The illustrations in my copy are fine. The full page illustration on the first page is dark, but I think its supposed to be, the party is traveling through a dimly-lit dungeon. All the other illustrations in my copy are light, though.
In my copy, the full-page illustration at the beginning is 85% black. I can see two weapon-like shapes on the left. I think someone's waiting to ambush our party. Can you all tell who, or what, the lurker is? And is there a creature on top of the overpass on the right? There's something that looks like a bunch of arrows hanging almost upside down. It could be just part of a roof. I can see a much smaller figure silhouetted on a rooftop on the left, but it's either a statue, a tiny creature, or someone very far away. No clue which.
Can you all make out the illustration on page 27? In my copy, I had to study it for a while to make sense of it.
On page 33, the right side Nemien Roblach's face (on our left) is all black except for a glint of eye white.
On page 38, the Smuggler's Pond water battle with ixitxachitls is a little better. Who's the figure in the water closest to us? Has he lost his right arm? Or is it turned towards us, just foreshortened? I can't tell. And I think there's a creature in the lower left corner, something spider-like. But I could be wrong. It's just too dark to see.
Just a bad copy?
I think they're all like that. Mine is at least.
I can still make out most of it, but it's pretty murky.
Thanks, Eric!
(Yikes! I just realized how peevish my last post sounds, publically whining about a little darkness. Like everyone else, I revel in the peerless excellence of both DUNGEON's and DRAGON's artwork and don't mean to suggest otherwise. But, because the artwork is so meaningful to me, I wanted to see if I had a bad copy of this issue and should go snag another before the teaming hordes snatch them all up.)
As long as you don't attack the darkness, I think you should be safe. :)
They're all too dark. Future installments will be a bit lighter.
--Erik
Weird. The illustrations in my copy are all fine.
As long as you don't attack the darkness, I think you should be safe. :)
*spinning around and squinting into the tenebrous gloom* Who said that?! Sh-sh-show yourself! . . . I . . . I know somebody's out there!!
~a faint, whispery voice calls out to you from all around you~ soon you will join the Dark side, Ashenvale! Come join us, since we have cookies!
They're all too dark. Future installments will be a bit lighter.
--Erik
This is what happens when you pull from the shadow weave.... ;o)
~a faint, whispery voice calls out to you from all around you~ soon you will join the Dark side, Ashenvale! Come join us, since we have cookies!
*utterly befuddled, as usual* Wait . . . are you my conscience?
Don't do it! They're fig newtons! Not worth it at all!
So not true! They're double-fudge-macadamia-peanut-butter-choco-chip cookies!
Don't do it! They're fig newtons! Not worth it at all!So not true! They're double-fudge-macadamia-peanut-butter-choco-chip cookies!
You had us at Double Fudge, Lilith! :P
Your Friendly Neighborhood Dalesman
"Bringing Big D**n Justice to the Bad Guys Since 1369 DR"
A jedi craves not these things!Don't do it! They're fig newtons! Not worth it at all!So not true! They're double-fudge-macadamia-peanut-butter-choco-chip cookies!
But does a werewolf jedi crave a thick cut of marinated and grilled steak, cooked to perfection?
Savor the darkness!
So what's my Darth name gonna be?
Darth Canis.
What is thy bidding, Master.
Go forth and proclaim thy new title for all to see. Go forth, my apprentice, and share thy candid canine conversations with all! Beware, for my other Disciple, Fake Healer, shall be watching most carefully for the abuse of core-class spellings.
What is thy bidding, Master.Go forth and proclaim thy new title for all to see. Go forth, my apprentice, and share thy candid canine conversations with all! Beware, for my other Disciple, Fake Healer, shall be watching most carefully for the abuse of core-class spellings.
You saw her public acension here first, folks:
Empress Lilith - 'tis got a nice ring to it actually...Your Friendly Neighborhood Dalesman
"Bringing Big D**n Justice to the Bad Guys Since 1369 DR"
What is thy bidding, Master.Go forth and proclaim thy new title for all to see. Go forth, my apprentice, and share thy candid canine conversations with all! Beware, for my other Disciple, Fake Healer, shall be watching most carefully for the abuse of core-class spellings.You saw her public acension here first, folks:
Empress Lilith - 'tis got a nice ring to it actually...Your Friendly Neighborhood Dalesman
"Bringing Big D**n Justice to the Bad Guys Since 1369 DR"
Ahem - that would be "ascension" rather than "acension".
(Just wanted to correct that typo myself before Fake Healer decides to cast his net a bit wider on "spelling indiscretions".:)
Your Friendly Neighborhood Dalesman
"Bringing Big D**n Justice to the Bad Guys Since 1369 DR"
