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[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The question about whether or not the D&D originators did drugs has been answered.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Despite being a consumer of nearly every comic book on he market in those days, as well as a regular purchaser of Dragon, the only ones of those I remember are the ones with the guy in the helm in "normal" surroundings. He cartoon strip I don't recall at all, and I KNOW I didn't see the "cheescake" ad.

 

[dagger]

From Frank Mentzer over at Dragonsfoot

Left group: Elise Gygax, Sharon Blume (Doug's wife, i.e. one of the 'good' Blumes), Nancy Peacock (also cover girl for the Top Secret game), Barney Brugger (married Nancy P later). Right: Maitre d' is Mike Carr; knight & lady, very hard to say. Might be Mary Gygax and Gary in the helm, but I may be totally wrong here.

Seated distant: Very hard to say. Right couple might be Dan & Marilyn Matheson (tho the lady might be somebody else entirely, and Dan didn't have a bald spot as shown). Guy with shades is prolly Dave Sutherland; again unsure about the lady (but looks familiar).

Young guy left midrange, beyond Barney: might be Luke Gygax; again hard to say.

Note that the Menu (held by Maitre d') says "The Chef's Corner" (<-- link), a popular fine dining place in Williams Bay on Lake Geneva. The only RealGood German food in the area, been there many times.

 

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[Dioltach]

So goblins like to kill people and steal their stuff too?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The warrior and magic-user were clearly checking out the cleric's butt there.

 

[dagger]

They censored the throat slitting after the sleep spell.

 

[aco175]

From the comic strip...

"It depicted the adventures of Saren the cleric, Indel the rogue, Valerius the warrior and Grimslade the mage at Zenopus castle..."

These names are not that bad, I might steal Grimslade as the name of a NPC, of course the party may want to kill him...

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

From the comic strip...

"It depicted the adventures of Saren the cleric, Indel the rogue, Valerius the warrior and Grimslade the mage at Zenopus castle..."

These names are not that bad, I might steal Grimslade as the name of a NPC, of course the party may want to kill him...

As I recall, Grimslade was a thief/magic-user in the 1E Rogues Gallery, as well.

 

[TarionzCousin]

As I recall, Grimslade was a thief/magic-user in the 1E Rogues Gallery, as well.

He was, but it is easy to forget him since he often went by the nearly-impossible-to-decipher pseudonym "Edalsmirge."