D&D General Original photo of David A. Trampier with his cab, found.

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Cry havoc! And let slip the pigs of war!

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Sacrosanct

Legend
Tramp is probably the #1 reason I still argue to this day that b/w art has its place in a book, and it doesn't have to be color all the time.

Some of my personal favorites. Art that when I saw them for the first time as a kid, I was hooked.

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And this one was so impactful, that I paid homage to it when I had the cover done for Chromatic Dungeons last summer.

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Blue Orange

Gone to Texas
The original PHB cover is as close to iconic as it gets--it's been spoofed lots of times


On the subject of Trampier's disappearance...I agree, people should be allowed to disappear if they like.

There was a similar issue trying to track down the woman who did the original three-legged, long-tongued Nyarlathotep for Call of Cthulhu if I remember.
 


DAT is one of my favorite D&D artists, right up there with Jeff Easley. Those two are responsible for me losing entire days staring at their work. The Monster Manual and DMG were something else. They seemed both authentically ancient tomes and instruction manuals at the same time. The AD&D Dungeon Master's Guide is really a work of art. Even the writing is different. Today's DMG reads more like a guidebook, while the AD&D DMG read like a medieval tome.

Emirikol the Chaotic is probably my favorite D&D art of all time. I love it! I've used that as canon since I was a kid. My last use of Emirikol was the PCs had to infiltrate his Black Tower along the River Styx. They couldn't fly their Spelljammer because there was a storm of iron, metal shards swirling endlessly around the tower. They got inside to find the tower was caught in an endless petty war. Emirikol was imprisoned in Carceri by Demogorgon when the fragment to the Rod of Law betrayed him (if you commit an unlawful act it will turn against you). Demogorgon was bound by the Rod and under Emirikol's control. The Demon Prince tricked him into breaking his contract, a grossly unlawful act, which freed the Demon Prince. Momentarily unable to use the Rod he was defeated.

The Demon armies seiged the Black Tower hoping to plunder it, but none were unable to wield the Rod of Law. They plundered whatever they could from the tower. The Demons fought each other and the followers of Emirikol, eventually capturing sections of the tower and hunkering down. When the PCs arrived there were several factions of Demons. There were also clever traps, magical servants, and what remained of Emirikol's loyal friends. The great library was almost entirely empty as much of the magic was used in the pitched battles. The players were a little pissed off about that. It was a lot of fun recreating what was more like a cyberpunk hive spire than a D&D dungeon and populating it with warring "gangs" of demons.
 



Voadam

Legend
DAT is one of my favorite D&D artists, right up there with Jeff Easley. Those two are responsible for me losing entire days staring at their work. The Monster Manual and DMG were something else. They seemed both authentically ancient tomes and instruction manuals at the same time. The AD&D Dungeon Master's Guide is really a work of art. Even the writing is different. Today's DMG reads more like a guidebook, while the AD&D DMG read like a medieval tome.

Emirikol the Chaotic is probably my favorite D&D art of all time. I love it! I've used that as canon since I was a kid. My last use of Emirikol was the PCs had to infiltrate his Black Tower along the River Styx. They couldn't fly their Spelljammer because there was a storm of iron, metal shards swirling endlessly around the tower. They got inside to find the tower was caught in an endless petty war. Emirikol was imprisoned in Carceri by Demogorgon when the fragment to the Rod of Law betrayed him (if you commit an unlawful act it will turn against you). Demogorgon was bound by the Rod and under Emirikol's control. The Demon Prince tricked him into breaking his contract, a grossly unlawful act, which freed the Demon Prince. Momentarily unable to use the Rod he was defeated.

The Demon armies seiged the Black Tower hoping to plunder it, but none were unable to wield the Rod of Law. They plundered whatever they could from the tower. The Demons fought each other and the followers of Emirikol, eventually capturing sections of the tower and hunkering down. When the PCs arrived there were several factions of Demons. There were also clever traps, magical servants, and what remained of Emirikol's loyal friends. The great library was almost entirely empty as much of the magic was used in the pitched battles. The players were a little pissed off about that. It was a lot of fun recreating what was more like a cyberpunk hive spire than a D&D dungeon and populating it with warring "gangs" of demons.
FYI Emirikol was Framed!
 


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