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Is Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Based on the 80s D&D Cartoon?
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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 8601249" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>We've known about the new starter set for D&D, <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/dragons-of-stormwreck-isle-new-d-d-starter-set-is-coming-this-year.686135/" target="_blank">Dragons of Stormwreck Isle</a>, for some time, but we've known precious little about the boxed set.</p><p></p><p>The folks over at comic book.com have a theory, though -- they posit that the adventure is based on the 1980s Dungeons & Dragon cartoon. Looking closely at the cover art (which is very blurry) it looks a lot like Hank the ranger with his energy bow, and Diana the acrobat leaping over the dragon's lightning breath, while the one piece of interior art we can see features somebody with a glowing shield -- the signature magic item of Eric the cavalier in the cartoon.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]155114[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p>But that's not the only clue! WotC <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/another-d-d-cartoon-reference-do-they-mean-anything.687183/" target="_blank">has been teasing the cartoon</a> in various social media posts over the last couple of weeks, as has D&D Beyond.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[MEDIA=twitter]1511025814279794692[/MEDIA]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[MEDIA=twitter]1511402841721778184[/MEDIA]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[MEDIA=twitter]1513200161165660161[/MEDIA]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p>The cartoon ran in the 1980s and featured a group of children who found themselves in the magic world of <em>Dungeons & Dragons</em>, and were granted magical items by the mysterious Dungeon Master. Those children became Hank the ranger, Eric the cavalier, Diana the acrobat, Presto the magician, Shelia the thief, and Bobby the barbarian. The show also featured Uni the unicorn, plus the Dungeon Master, the villain Venger, and, of course Tiamat the 5-headed dragon.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]155115[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>A couple of years ago, a Brazilian car commercial featured a live action version of the D&D cartoon heroes.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[MEDIA=youtube]msDp_k-Fid4[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 8601249, member: 1"] We've known about the new starter set for D&D, [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/dragons-of-stormwreck-isle-new-d-d-starter-set-is-coming-this-year.686135/']Dragons of Stormwreck Isle[/URL], for some time, but we've known precious little about the boxed set. The folks over at comic book.com have a theory, though -- they posit that the adventure is based on the 1980s Dungeons & Dragon cartoon. Looking closely at the cover art (which is very blurry) it looks a lot like Hank the ranger with his energy bow, and Diana the acrobat leaping over the dragon's lightning breath, while the one piece of interior art we can see features somebody with a glowing shield -- the signature magic item of Eric the cavalier in the cartoon. [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" alt="Screen Shot 2022-02-17 at 11.15.09 PM.png"]155114[/ATTACH] [/CENTER] But that's not the only clue! WotC [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/another-d-d-cartoon-reference-do-they-mean-anything.687183/']has been teasing the cartoon[/URL] in various social media posts over the last couple of weeks, as has D&D Beyond. [CENTER][MEDIA=twitter]1511025814279794692[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=twitter]1511402841721778184[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=twitter]1513200161165660161[/MEDIA] [/CENTER] The cartoon ran in the 1980s and featured a group of children who found themselves in the magic world of [I]Dungeons & Dragons[/I], and were granted magical items by the mysterious Dungeon Master. Those children became Hank the ranger, Eric the cavalier, Diana the acrobat, Presto the magician, Shelia the thief, and Bobby the barbarian. The show also featured Uni the unicorn, plus the Dungeon Master, the villain Venger, and, of course Tiamat the 5-headed dragon. [ATTACH type="full" alt="dungeons-dragons-cartoon-header.jpg"]155115[/ATTACH] A couple of years ago, a Brazilian car commercial featured a live action version of the D&D cartoon heroes. [CENTER][MEDIA=youtube]msDp_k-Fid4[/MEDIA][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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