That kobold is pretty interesting. But what about this?Also the Moldvay basic art for me too. I think the Kobold stood out most. They were the centerpiece creature to the first "module" I wrote myself.
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I think that's the one that stands out most when I'm looking at the book (it is spectacular!)... but for some reason it doesn't stick in my memory.That kobold is pretty interesting. But what about this?
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When I first read the Basic rules seven years ago, it was this image on the first page that had me hooked way more than the more famous cover art. Most of the illustration in the B/X rules are really good.
Also the Moldvay basic art for me too. I think the Kobold stood out most. They were the centerpiece creature to the first "module" I wrote myself.
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As a bit of an amateur herpetologist since I was a kid, I was always annoyed by showing kobolds, lizard-men, and other reptilian or amphibian peoples with loin cloths and nipples.Also the Moldvay basic art for me too. I think the Kobold stood out most. They were the centerpiece creature to the first "module" I wrote myself.
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As a bit of an amateur herpetologist since I was a kid, I was always annoyed by showing kobolds, lizard-men, and other reptilian or amphibian peoples with loin cloths and nipples.
There is the scaly skin and the art for them is both dog like in the face and reptilian with the skin and the crest ridges.In basic anyway, the Kobold's were never said to be reptilian (which throws me off still in some other editions):
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So much neat art.One of the other pictures I always liked gets to the herpetology though...
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There is the scaly skin and the art for them is both dog like in the face and reptilian with the skin and the crest ridges.
Good calls!Pangolians and paranthropus aethiopicus?
Thouls. Hybrid ghoul troll hobgoblins who are not explicitly undead and the result of an 0D&D encounter chart typo expanded into its own thing. One of the B/X monsters that did not really work for me.I think I've been recently describing them as "lizardy dog-folk". In a world with Thouls, Chimera, and Owlbears, anything is possible!![]()
I believe the proper term in this case is "cloaca cloth".As a bit of an amateur herpetologist since I was a kid, I was always annoyed by showing kobolds, lizard-men, and other reptilian or amphibian peoples with loin cloths and nipples.
This for me too.Reading the classic Red Box, going through introductory adventure repeatedly, both utterly captivated by it and seeking an ending where Aleena didn't get fridged. I would've been nine years old at the time.
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This for me too.
Plus playing the sample adventure run by my dad, and my first PC, Raven, a crossbow-wielding Elf, first Sleeping the Kobolds in the courtyard, then dying to a poisoned needle on a box in a closet.![]()
The dragon cards is what sets this box apart as an introductory set. Each card explains an aspect of the game and then the rules. Each card covers everything from 'what is an rpg'. 'what is a DM' to 'what is a reaction roll', 'what is armor class' and 'what is a saving throw'.
Then you turn the card over to the other side where there is an unfolding play sequence (the "escape from Zanzer's dungeon") from card to card that shows you how it is actually used in the game. It starts out as a solo sequence with the map, then as you get the hang of it tells you to get some friends together and play the escape as a group.