

It stems from the work of a man called Keith Parkinson, who did artwork for Dungeons & Dragons publisher TSR back in the day. "It was fantasy," he added, "but it was mundane fantasy." "It was fantasy, but it was mundane fantasy" Josh Sawyer

They don't look like characters, they don't look like Diablo characters. "Some people might not like that our characters' proportions and outfits look comparatively drab and dressed down and not exaggerated," answered Sawyer, "but that's also kind of what the original games were like. 'Why?' people asked after watching the recent trailer (embedded above). Pillars' characters are not flamboyant fantasy heroes, not wizards with pointy hats, not knights with elaborate armour.
