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Post by Admin on Feb 9, 2017 12:11:40 GMT
This is just a general thread where I'll repost front cover art from Dragon, when I find it. For example:
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Post by Admin on Feb 13, 2017 5:39:18 GMT
A better version of the front cover, from Dragon #132:
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Post by Admin on Feb 23, 2017 6:07:48 GMT
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Post by Admin on Feb 24, 2017 6:21:55 GMT
Note that there is a re-done version of the cover of Dragon #126 out there. Please post if you can find it!
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Post by Admin on Feb 24, 2017 14:36:36 GMT
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Post by Admin on Feb 24, 2017 21:24:11 GMT
Note that the cover for Dragon #150 was used for the front cover of a novel called "Old Nathan". It's also part of a four-part series of paintings, collectively known as "Seasons of the Witch".
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Post by Malcadon on Feb 24, 2017 21:39:36 GMT
This is my favorite: I really like that evocative pulp-era style.
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Post by Admin on Feb 24, 2017 21:49:26 GMT
That one would be one of my absolute favorites, as well. The Witch class, contained therein, is a great class (available as a PC option when I DM), and, there are several other interesting articles as well.
Anyway... believe it or not, this cover created a big 'hubba-bubba' back in the day, and at least one person wrote to the magazine to notify the editor that they were offended. Oh well... I guess that Frank Frazetta and a lot of the early Swords & Sorcery art would be offensive, too, which I just don't get. AD&D continued this artistic style (including some nudity), and the original intent of Prespoosia was to allow (and encourage) this style of art. Then, of course, we started to get multiple warnings from ProBoards regarding nudity, especially nipples. Oh well... in the meantime, I think it is still AOK to post any art published by TSR. If ProBoards decides to give us heck over this, no worries, I'll deal with the situation on my own.
The artists' name is David Martin, and, I would definitely be interested in seeing other examples of his work!
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Post by Admin on Feb 25, 2017 1:48:51 GMT
The cover for #125 gets used for the Mystara: Hail the Heroes product (2nd Ed. Mystara). This was done by Roger Raupp, a young guy at the time, and actually depicts a showdown between King Arthur & Mordred. This cover is probably more well-known for its use as the front cover of the GREYHAWK WARS box set, which I used to own, complete and uncut (and, which, to this day, I deeply regret selling).
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Post by Malcadon on Feb 25, 2017 17:58:34 GMT
That one would be one of my absolute favorites, as well. The Witch class, contained therein, is a great class (available as a PC option when I DM), and, there are several other interesting articles as well. Anyway... believe it or not, this cover created a big 'hubba-bubba' back in the day, and at least one person wrote to the magazine to notify the editor that they were offended. Oh well... I guess that Frank Frazetta and a lot of the early Swords & Sorcery art would be offensive, too, which I just don't get. AD&D continued this artistic style (including some nudity), and the original intent of Prespoosia was to allow (and encourage) this style of art. Then, of course, we started to get multiple warnings from ProBoards regarding nudity, especially nipples. Oh well... in the meantime, I think it is still AOK to post any art published by TSR. If ProBoards decides to give us heck over this, no worries, I'll deal with the situation on my own. The artists' name is David Martin, and, I would definitely be interested in seeing other examples of his work! Thanks for the head-up on the artist. [soapbox rant] Yes, a lot of risqué fantasy art over the years got tone-down due to backlash and outrage by people ether objecting to how "dirty" it looks, or how it "objectifies women". The former sees sex, or anything sexual, as abhorrent and morally wrong outside the scope of marriage, and push for censorship for the sake of protecting people from from the corrupting influence of pornography, as well as to protect mentally-fragile children. The later hates to see women portrayed as weak, too shapely or reduced to eye-candy, and push for censorship for the sake of protecting women form a "rape culture" that gets encouraged by such art, as well as little girls from developing a body-image problem (they start to throw-up and shit). If its not them, than its those anal-sticks that bitch about the impracticality of chainmail bikinis, or the foolishness of Conan running into battle in a leather diaper. Fuck all of them! They can just go to hell and die! Outlawing pornography does not remove lustful thoughts from people — we are hardwired for sex and porn will find away! Outlawing pornography and prostitution does not protect women, as rape goes down when sexual outlets are available. And more so, children are way more resilient and flexible than we give them credit for. They totally miss the point of what "fantasy" is! Fantasy is about mindless self indulgence! Its all about the "rule of cool" and imagining what you want! [/soapbox rant] Oh yeah, I use Dragon cover #114 as a thumbnail for my Dragon Magazine folder on my PC. I use Pinnacle thumbnail (see list below) for my gaming magazine folder. Among my other gaming magazine thumbnails: Ares uses issue #7Different Worlds uses issue #10 (sorry for the small image) Imagine uses issue #1 (mostly due to a patchy collection -- I'm thinking about using the TRON-like cover from #26) Judges Guild uses the back cover of The Illhiedrin BookPolyhedron uses issue #2 (sorry for the small image) Pinnacle uses #735Space Gamer issue #62Tatou (french for "giant armadillo") utilise le N° 11 (désolé pour la petite peinture oui oui) Tradetalk uses issue #17White Dwarf uses issue #7I have more than that, but those sub-folders are blank for the time being.
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Post by Admin on Feb 26, 2017 11:10:48 GMT
Seems that the cover of Dragon #80 is being used for the Dungeon Crawl Classics adventure, "The Curse of the Kingspire".
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Post by Admin on Feb 26, 2017 21:56:37 GMT
From Dragon #93:
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Post by Malcadon on Feb 27, 2017 0:24:32 GMT
Goddamn, that is an ugly weretigress! Is she a half-orc or something? If this site had a thumbs-down button, I'll spam the shit out of it! There, better! (ProBorad should not make a conniption over this, as she is covered.)
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Post by Admin on Feb 27, 2017 2:35:20 GMT
Heh, we used to have a thumbs-down button, but it was uninstalled as I was doing some troubleshooting. The ability to dislike posts is not part of the basic ProBoards software, but it can be installed via Plug-In. I might bring it back, one of these days...
Anyway, yeah, from a human perspective, she's got a low Comeliness score, but, as a piece of art, I vastly prefer that cover on Dragon #93. It is interesting to note that she seems to be of White race. I'm guessing that many weretigers would be of the Brown race, on the human side, as I would imagine that many weretigers would come from "India", or, the Hindic subcontinent, as it is known on Aerth. Of course, tigers (and, presumably weretigers) can be found beyond India, from Siberia to Vietnam.
With regards to her being a half-orc, unlikely, as in 1st Ed. AD&D, only humans can contract lycanthropy.
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Post by jamerowe1 on Feb 28, 2017 1:40:48 GMT
Heh, we used to have a thumbs-down button, but it was uninstalled as I was doing some troubleshooting. The ability to dislike posts is not part of the basic ProBoards software, but it can be installed via Plug-In. I might bring it back, one of these days... Anyway, yeah, from a human perspective, she's got a low Comeliness score, but, as a piece of art, I vastly prefer that cover on Dragon #93. It is interesting to note that she seems to be of White race. I'm guessing that many weretigers would be of the Brown race, on the human side, as I would imagine that many weretigers would come from "India", or, the Hindic subcontinent, as it is known on Aerth. Of course, tigers (and, presumably weretigers) can be found beyond India, from Siberia to Vietnam. With regards to her being a half-orc, unlikely, as in 1st Ed. AD&D, only humans can contract lycanthropy. Its the nose. And lycanthropy being human only is STOOOOPID.
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Post by Malcadon on Feb 28, 2017 2:57:43 GMT
Anyway, yeah, from a human perspective, she's got a low Comeliness score, but, as a piece of art, I vastly prefer that cover on Dragon #93. It is interesting to note that she seems to be of White race. I'm guessing that many weretigers would be of the Brown race, on the human side, as I would imagine that many weretigers would come from "India", or, the Hindic subcontinent, as it is known on Aerth. Of course, tigers (and, presumably weretigers) can be found beyond India, from Siberia to Vietnam. With regards to her being a half-orc, unlikely, as in 1st Ed. AD&D, only humans can contract lycanthropy. As Jamerowe put it, its the nose. When I think of a felinoid or caninoid transformation, my thinking is that the upper-lip would swell to a muzzle with cleft philtrum, while the nose going broad and flat.
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keps
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Post by keps on Feb 28, 2017 3:31:34 GMT
I have to put #3 up here first. My first Advanced group's DM had this issue and the classes Healer, Scribe, Samurai and I remember someone playing a Jester were always available in his games. His games were always set in Middle Earth...LoL.
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Post by Admin on Feb 28, 2017 4:36:09 GMT
I have to put #3 up here first. My first Advanced group's DM had this issue and the classes Healer, Scribe, Samurai and I remember someone playing a Jester were always available in his games. His games were always set in Middle Earth...LoL. Yeah, they were good classes. They all re-appear in Best of Dragon II, and, then all of them (except for the Healer) get re-done in later issues of Dragon, for 1st Ed. Although I've heard that Dragon's first editor, Tim Kask, is not a big fan of new classes, myself, I generally love the idea of new classes, and I allow all of the classes from Dragon as PC options when I DM, including the NPC classes, too. I'm aware that a lot of them may be under-powered, and, a few, over-powered, but I don't remember any class that is totally game-breaking. A few notes: * The re-do of the jester class by Roger Moore is generally viable as a PC option, and, is recommended as such in Best of Dragon, Vol. IV. Gary had considered a jester for his 2e. * The re-do of the scribe by Ed Greenwood is generally under-powered, and, slight differences exist between the original AD&D article, and, the version in Best of Dragon, Vol. IV. * The re-do of the samurai is perhaps my least favorite, being based on a Korean martial art, hapki-do.
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Post by Admin on Feb 28, 2017 9:46:47 GMT
From Dragon #115: This piece was reused for DL15 Mists of Krynn.
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Post by Malcadon on Feb 28, 2017 19:35:47 GMT
From Dragon #115: [see image above] This piece was reused for DL15 Mists of Krynn. Note: The dude in armor is not an agent of evil but a metalhead who just got back from a Slayer concert. (I'll post a YouTube video of Slayer, but that is Prespos' thing )
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Post by Admin on Feb 28, 2017 20:42:04 GMT
The first two Slayer albums are the ones that have the most "D&D" lyrics. ("the regular Dungeons & Dragons shit" according to Kerry King). Around the time of Reign in Blood, the band started to take a different direction with their lyrics, often writing about evil in the real world. Anyway, here is: METALSTORM / FACE THE SLAYER, by Slayer.
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keps
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Post by keps on Mar 2, 2017 1:00:06 GMT
Since Tramp didn't do a Dragon, I guess an Otis would be my next toast
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Post by Admin on Mar 5, 2017 15:59:52 GMT
"Yes, an arctic rope of exists. Good Luck!
Those who have my crash, enjoy! I will re-visited, somhwere around Epidus"
"fan inea, ovfom vo.
Morestg : tindex. eyond thta.
*\//"
WTF? I didn't write that. Seems like some kind of an error.
Anyway, no worries, back to Dragon #55: Yes, that is an awesome cover, and I used to have this issue in hardcopy.
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Post by Admin on Mar 21, 2017 17:45:41 GMT
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Post by genghisdon on Mar 30, 2017 14:12:12 GMT
great start on the many awesome covers of dragon magazine!
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