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  1. Paul Farquhar

    Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Announced, Release Date Scheduled for June 2026

    I quite like that image. And I would really like the Crown of Epic Beards.
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    Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Announced, Release Date Scheduled for June 2026

    It looks like Eastly was using a lich illustration as his reference material. It’s hard to gauge when illustrations were actually created, or how efficient TSR were in supplying reference images to artists! Tanis has a rather finer beard than usual here too!
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    Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Announced, Release Date Scheduled for June 2026

    Doesn’t look like Soth or his helmet. His bucket helmet with its spikes and plume was established by then. And a much bigger sword. And are those bat wings?
  4. Paul Farquhar

    D&D 5E (2014) Solasta 2 Announced!!!

    Aasimar were not in the 5.0 OGL, and were not in Solasta.
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    Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Announced, Release Date Scheduled for June 2026

    Champions of Krynn, the computer game, involved Soth if I remember correctly. It had a player-created party, and cameos from some of the Heroes of the Lance. Does anyone remember if it was ever adapted to a tabletop module or novel?
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    Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Announced, Release Date Scheduled for June 2026

    it was undoubtedly cropped from a larger image. However, there don’t seem to be any images showing his decayed face since 1985, which was a different style with an open-face helmet, and changed to the current bucket helmet and armor style in 1986. So, unless anyone knows better, the original...
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    Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Announced, Release Date Scheduled for June 2026

    Yes, his helmet is very distinctive.
  8. Paul Farquhar

    Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Announced, Release Date Scheduled for June 2026

    I think Takhisis would have a better manicure. If this is new art the timescale does make it seem more likely that it’s for Ravenloft.
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    Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Announced, Release Date Scheduled for June 2026

    The hand is cadaverous and long nailed, and the grip is tight, not friendly, as if to assert control over Soth. The obvious person is Strahd, but if they are both dark lords, they can never meet. It raises the suspicion of being an AI artefact, it’s badly drawn, and so are Soth’s other hands...
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    Trailer Lanterns | Official Teaser | HBO Max

    I.e all female lanterns are relegated to supporting roles, even in 2026.
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    Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Announced, Release Date Scheduled for June 2026

    I think the important question is “whose hand is gripping his left shoulder?”
  12. Paul Farquhar

    Trailer Lanterns | Official Teaser | HBO Max

    I think it had more to do with the author’s wife…
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    Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Announced, Release Date Scheduled for June 2026

    I think the overlap is pretty massive! I know I do both, and I think you would be hard pressed to find anyone under 30 who doesn’t play video games. I would be up for that campaign! Certainly more interesting than FF7 without the interesting characters. Yuffi and Cait Sith can sit it out...
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