D&D General Art that exemplifies D&D to you.

[Draegn]

My players think they are sophisticated.

 

[Doug McCrae]

This is one of my favourite pieces of D&D art.

 

[Doug McCrae]

But this exemplifies D&D.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Dragonlance.
I played D&D as a teen because of Dragonlance. As a kid I didn’t know D&D was A thing, and then didn’t realize it was the origin of Dragonlance. We played HeroQuest and we LARPed in front and back yards, and we expanded HeroQuest to be more than it was out of the box, but it wasn’t until middle school or so, after playing Baldur’s Gate, that I found D&D as a tabletop rpg.

But honestly, I’m with Jerry Holkins. If it can go on the side of a van, it’s D&D.

 

[Reynard]

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Dragonlance.
I played D&D as a teen because of Dragonlance. As a kid I didn’t know D&D was A thing, and then didn’t realize it was the origin of Dragonlance. We played HeroQuest and we LARPed in front and back yards, and we expanded HeroQuest to be more than it was out of the box, but it wasn’t until middle school or so, after playing Baldur’s Gate, that I found D&D as a tabletop rpg.

But honestly, I’m with Jerry Holkins. If it can go on the side of a van, it’s D&D.

I discovered D&D before I discovered Dragonlance, but not by much (10 years old and 12, respectively). But because of when I discovered dragonlance, it was and still is a great influence on my love of D&D. Tolkien pastiche or not, DL laid the foundations of what I prefer in both written fantasy and D&D: flawed characters, melodrama, faux-medievalism, over the top villains, character death, and hot elf princesses.

 

[Yardiff]

 

[Fenris-77]

I think Bruenor Battlehammer will forever and always be 'the dwarf' for me. Thank you Dragonlance.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I think Bruenor Battlehammer will forever and always be 'the dwarf' for me. Thank you Dragonlance.

I’m angry.

 

[Fenris-77]

I’m angry.

Really? Why ever might that be?

 

[Mepher]

I discovered D&D before I discovered Dragonlance, but not by much (10 years old and 12, respectively). But because of when I discovered dragonlance, it was and still is a great influence on my love of D&D. Tolkien pastiche or not, DL laid the foundations of what I prefer in both written fantasy and D&D: flawed characters, melodrama, faux-medievalism, over the top villains, character death, and hot elf princesses.

I was the same way. Discovered DL Chronicles about a year after really getting into D&D and taking over the role of DM. Consuming every DL novel I could, owning the 1E Dragonlance Adventures Hardcover, and having a small fold out map of Ansalon was how I spent the next decade running my games.