DRAGON Magazine.
Issue 309.
Page 9. Three bruised, worn, but determined adventurers in the hellish depths of a nameless location. Littered across the floor of the cavern are the remains of the most recents fools who tried to stand against truth, light, and righteousness. The three look ahead, knowing that the end of their quest, and its darkest moment, draws night.
Page 11. Towering over the remains of those impudent, wretched mortal creatures that stupidly seek to overcome their better, the dreaded master of the hellish cavern is prepared. His hulking, reddish body flexes; his tremendous wings unfurl, and his tail twitches eagerly for new blood and new souls. A pair of diabolical eyes peer into the darkness and sees them coming. Coming to meet their doom.
Page 13. The three heroes act in unison. The gnomish arcanist draws on the might of the skies, causing bolts of lightning to surge from his extended hands! The elven ranger issues her defying war-cry, her two swords cutting the air! And the human druid calls on the power of Nature itself. All unleash their powers, their gifts, against one of the Cosmos' greatest horrors, the Pit Fiend. It's prepared to meet these heroes, calling up hellish flames and diabolical reserves. Even as the Fiend's bloodied, taloned hand fills with flames, even as the lightning thunders across the cavern, even as Nature answers the call of her servant, even as swords glisten in holy light, these two forces, heroic and villainous, poise to clash. The very foundations will shudder as they collide, leaving one question.
Are you game?
Those three images are perhaps the three greatest images that define D&D to me. Although there are certainly others (like Tordek in the red dragon's mouth, or the heroes gathered around the corpse of a small green dragon, or a "dungeon master" opening double doors, behind which lie all kinds of possibilities) these are the most recent images that capture D&D specifically, and heroic, genre fantasy in general. By Wayne Reynolds, one of my favorite D&D artists, if you haven't seen these three promo pieces for 3.5, keep a look out for them (they're also in the most recent DUNGEON.
What're the most compelling images you've seen that define fantasy/D&D?
Issue 309.
Page 9. Three bruised, worn, but determined adventurers in the hellish depths of a nameless location. Littered across the floor of the cavern are the remains of the most recents fools who tried to stand against truth, light, and righteousness. The three look ahead, knowing that the end of their quest, and its darkest moment, draws night.
Page 11. Towering over the remains of those impudent, wretched mortal creatures that stupidly seek to overcome their better, the dreaded master of the hellish cavern is prepared. His hulking, reddish body flexes; his tremendous wings unfurl, and his tail twitches eagerly for new blood and new souls. A pair of diabolical eyes peer into the darkness and sees them coming. Coming to meet their doom.
Page 13. The three heroes act in unison. The gnomish arcanist draws on the might of the skies, causing bolts of lightning to surge from his extended hands! The elven ranger issues her defying war-cry, her two swords cutting the air! And the human druid calls on the power of Nature itself. All unleash their powers, their gifts, against one of the Cosmos' greatest horrors, the Pit Fiend. It's prepared to meet these heroes, calling up hellish flames and diabolical reserves. Even as the Fiend's bloodied, taloned hand fills with flames, even as the lightning thunders across the cavern, even as Nature answers the call of her servant, even as swords glisten in holy light, these two forces, heroic and villainous, poise to clash. The very foundations will shudder as they collide, leaving one question.
Are you game?
Those three images are perhaps the three greatest images that define D&D to me. Although there are certainly others (like Tordek in the red dragon's mouth, or the heroes gathered around the corpse of a small green dragon, or a "dungeon master" opening double doors, behind which lie all kinds of possibilities) these are the most recent images that capture D&D specifically, and heroic, genre fantasy in general. By Wayne Reynolds, one of my favorite D&D artists, if you haven't seen these three promo pieces for 3.5, keep a look out for them (they're also in the most recent DUNGEON.
What're the most compelling images you've seen that define fantasy/D&D?
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