I don't like the illustrations in the playtest document at all.
The iconics don't look at all like how I would imagine mythic characters. They look like super heroes. (And I don't like super heroes)
Why dos Mythic Ezren have to have more muscles than Mythic Valeros?
Why is Mythic Kyra dressing sexy all of a sudden?
Why is the only difference between Mythic Merisel and normal Merisel that she has even more daggers stapped to herself now?
I'm a big fan of pathfinder illustrations in general. They are probably the number one reason why I am playing this system right now. But I feel you are about to drop the ball here.
Iconic illustrations should make me go "I want to play this character!" - the ones in the mythic playtest are doing the exact opposite for me.
They all look pretty awesome to me. And wouldn't mythic characters be superheros?
You're complaining about sketches...in a playtest doc...on a playtest forum. How in the world am I supposed to playtest a sketch?
I can virtually guarantee that this is not the final artwork.
I'm a big fan of pathfinder illustrations in general. They are probably the number one reason why I am playing this system right now. But I feel you are about to drop the ball here.
Drop the ball? That's beyond extreme. It's a playtest document not a picture book. Frankly, I didn't even expect illustrations in the document.
So the pictures may be a little disappointing for some. Fine. But a "drop the ball"-level mistake? I don't think so.I don't think the design team was worried about getting high-grade artwork ready for the playtest crowd. And they were right. I'm pretty sure most of us aren't looking at the document and thinking, "Ugh, the art for the Hierophant is crap, obviously, this Path choice must suck."
