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Author Topic: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D  (Read 17445 times)

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #45 on: May 14, 2021, 08:50:26 PM »
I saw this the other day and thought it was a joke.  Nope, it's an Evil Hat game. 


But... Evil Hat is the joke.
And they always will be.

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #46 on: May 14, 2021, 09:50:38 PM »
Not terrible, but it always makes me cringe.


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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #47 on: May 14, 2021, 10:00:37 PM »
Not terrible, but it always makes me cringe.

Looks vaguely familiar. What the hell is going on here? Is the wizard farting laughing gas? 🤪

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #48 on: May 14, 2021, 10:18:53 PM »


Perhaps it's just me, but I always thought that Exalted had bad cover art on their books . This one I find especially awful, the whole pose with the strange bow and all just looks awkward and fake.

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #49 on: May 14, 2021, 10:28:21 PM »
If you want awkward and Exalted...

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #50 on: May 14, 2021, 11:16:36 PM »
Amazing Adventures (Besides the index being really fucked up in the PDF ) has this gem in page 32 :

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Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #51 on: May 14, 2021, 11:21:36 PM »
Amazing Adventures (Besides the index being really fucked up in the PDF ) has this gem in page 32 :

WTF? Is the guy melting in his chair? 😆

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #52 on: May 14, 2021, 11:23:16 PM »
If you want awkward and Exalted...


I remember that one. The controversy and gnashing of teeth could be heard to the high heavens, so it was almost worth it 😀

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #53 on: May 14, 2021, 11:56:00 PM »
Amazing Adventures (Besides the index being really fucked up in the PDF ) has this gem in page 32 :
I... don't hate that art. Despite the technical problems.

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #54 on: May 15, 2021, 12:21:10 AM »
Amazing Adventures (Besides the index being really fucked up in the PDF ) has this gem in page 32 :

WTF? Is the guy melting in his chair? 😆

Well, his left leg seems broken.
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Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.”

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #55 on: May 15, 2021, 12:25:32 AM »
Amazing Adventures (Besides the index being really fucked up in the PDF ) has this gem in page 32 :
I... don't hate that art. Despite the technical problems.

I'd be completely fine with it, if only the artist hadn't been high on mushrooms while drawing the limbs on the guy in the chair.

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #56 on: May 15, 2021, 12:45:58 AM »
Amazing Adventures (Besides the index being really fucked up in the PDF ) has this gem in page 32 :

WTF? Is the guy melting in his chair? 😆

Well, his left leg seems broken.
Sometimes looking suave involves a little pain.

Totally worth it.

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #57 on: May 15, 2021, 07:23:46 AM »
Yeah, Savant and Sorcerer is almost the gold standard for 'are you drawing an RPG cover, or are you drawing your fetish art?'.

I'm no prude and I love my cheesecake, but I remember wondering why exactly they'd use THAT image. Y'know, aside from 'sex sells'.

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #58 on: May 15, 2021, 07:40:46 AM »
Not sure if this one is a joke...... :D



I'm glad to see that Varg is finally getting recognition from the RPG  industry.

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Re: What were they thinking? The RPG art cringe thread :D
« Reply #59 on: May 15, 2021, 10:07:59 AM »
Just let me get my 2e PHB reprints and I'll win this thread...
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