Must be missing the point of your reply somewhere as it didnt make a lot of sense to me.. but no I mean Mongooses RuneQuest Monsters book style.
You said originally
[quote ]which is not the style of the RQ Monsters art [/quote]
What's so hard to understand ?
It is well known that the Gloranthan Bestiary has some god-awful illustrations (and I own it, it's not hearsay). It was simply gently making fun of your "RQ monster art" phrase.
How so, the description I gave are features that are definitively associated with Anime and my Avatar reflects them. large eyes, small mouth and nose, tapering proportions?
sorry but if you were making a point somehwere it got lost and didnt really register.
Anyway.. back on topic.
My point is you are making a gross generalization that is untrue in many cases (Tsukasa Hojo per example does a pretty good job among many others on proportions.
My other point about your avatar (I didn't think you'd have that much problem seeing it) is that you appear very critical of the "anime style" while using it for your avatar. Of course the idea that comes to mind is "Hypocrit".
Now, we can indeed go back on topic ...
Can't wait for the Monster manual. Illustrations look great. I def. would not say anime style, more like a bit cartoon-ish, but that's not a bad thing in and of itself, if well done (and it seems like it is).
One thing worries me, the OP said that Aldryamis(Elves) get less than a page and Mostalis(dwarves) about 1 page, while Dragonnewts (a race few players should ever play, and rarely see normally, to keep some sense of wonder imho) and elementals (!) get 6 pages ?
My wife really wants to play elves hehe (she comes from AD&D)... I guess I'll have to unhearth my good ol' Elder Secrets (was hoping for lots of RQ Elves art, she doesn't seem to dig the wohle "Elves are vegetal" thing. Just want to prove her it doesn't mean they can only look like trees and shrubs)
