A horrifyingly mutated troll attacks adventurers in a swampy bog. It has multiple heads, multiple arms, and is just a mess.
Day 402, random old school TTRPG art from random book: “Dungeon #56”, TSR 1995, Stephen A. Danielle, cover. #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #d&d #dnd #osr #ad&d #fantasyart #art #ttrpgcommunity #dndart #osrart #monsters
I am featuring the cover of “The Endless Stair later this month, by artist “Jack Fred”, which is on the other end of the spectrum.
I liked how super minimal it was, but still conveyed the “creepy ruins full of monsters vibe”.
Looking down some stairs in an underground dungeon, you can see monstrous humanoids waiting to greet you.
Day 401, random old school TTRPG art from random book: “A2 Secrets of the Slavers Stockade”, TSR 1981, Erol Otus, page 24. #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #d&d #dnd #osr #ad&d #fantasyart #art #ttrpgcommunity #dndart #osrart
Magic pillars stand in a field of amazing flowers under the moonlight.
Day 400, random old school TTRPG art from random book: “O2 Blade of Vengeance”, TSR 1984, Jeremy Goodwin, page 19. #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #d&d #dnd #osr #ad&d #fantasyart #art #ttrpgcommunity #dndart #osrart
Bat boy fathered my love child!!
A mysterious, fire belching machine bursts from beneath the ground in the midst of a battle. What mysteries does the Apparatus of Dreadful Construction hide? Who controls it?
Day 399, random old school TTRPG art from random book: “DA1 Adventures in Blackmoor”, TSR 1986, Jeff Easley, cover. #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #d&d #dnd #osr #ad&d #fantasyart #art #ttrpgcommunity #dndart #osrart
A wight rises from her sarcophagus to attack the tomb robbers who have invoked her fury.
Day 398, random old school TTRPG art from random book: “B4 The Lost City”, TSR 1982, Jim Holloway, page 14. #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #d&d #dnd #osr #ad&d #fantasyart #art #ttrpgcommunity #dndart #osrart #monster
I haven’t used pass/fail skill checks for that in a long time (because of your exact reasons), instead using degrees of success (less info on lower rolls) and repeated checks (if I hear them hit on something, they get a check to put pieces together).
An adventuring party tries to decide what to do with a captured goblin. The Lawful party member clearly wants to honor his word to the goblin that he wouldn’t be harmed if he surrendered, the Chaotic Guy has a dagger in hand for immediate murder hobo action. The Neutral character isn’t saying anything, i am guessing his player is in the bathroom or searching for Cheetos in the kitchen.
Day 397, random old school TTRPG art from random book: “Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Adventure Game Basic Rulebook”, TSR 1981, David S. LaForce, page B11. #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #d&d #dnd #osr #ad&d #fantasyart #art #ttrpgcommunity #dndart #osrart
Anything the PCs care about drives plot, whether it’s yours, theirs, or ours.
“They will give you a knife for you to stab them with.” - heard on Reddit years back
The systems may favor one tone/genre or another, but you could always do “high fantasy” in OD&D, and murder hobo hex crawls in 5.5e. Most of the subsystems can be included/removed to get the gameplay you want.
I would love to see a matrix in the DMG explaining this.
That’s just fucking awesome! You to can be a badass barbarian!!
The right way pause your TTRPG campaign: talk to your players, let them know what’s up, finish scheduled game times.
The wrong way to pause your game: keep things bottled up, disappear, cancel games night of.
Players: pauses happen because life happens. Be understanding.
The Castle Whiterock. A lonely stronghold that hides great hazards beneath its walls. Coming soon in Backerkit!
#art #TTRPG #DCC #OSR #DarkFantasy #DungeonsandDragons5E
Part of the reason I’m doing this, is to make people aware of all the great (and not so great) art produced in the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s. Also, it’s something fun to talk about.
A draconian stands ready to fight!! This is unsigned work, and the Dragonlance Adventures book lists the interior art as being done by George Barr, but Elmore was on the Dragonlance design team and these are reused all over the place.
Day 396, random old school TTRPG art from random book: “Dragonlance Adventures”, TSR 1987, Larry Elmore, page 74. #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #d&d #dnd #osr #ad&d #fantasyart #art #ttrpgcommunity #dndart #osrart #monster #draconian
High protein diet.
lol, if anyone is getting their OCD triggered by the crookedness here, please understand I am doing this with original modules laying on an ottoman and a cell phone camera.
A lizardman carries off a human victim. Is she for ransom, or lunch?
Day 395, random old school TTRPG art from random book: “B9 Castle Caldwell and Beyond”, TSR 1985, Clyde Caldwell, cover. #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #d&d #dnd #osr #ad&d #fantasyart #art #ttrpgcommunity #dndart #osrart #monster #lizardman
If you see this, drop a hero with a sword.
“People are the real monsters” - the message of most survival horror and the original Scooby Do.
I had a paladin who eventually insisted on destroying undead remains so they couldn’t be reanimated. He helped ghosts “go to the light”, and was haunted by the ghost of a child he killed accidentally.
The whole table cried when his paladin avenged her and she ascended to heaven. Very cathartic.
I’m reading that thinking “freedom of movement and where to live is a human right, and rent is fucked everywhere”.
Nice take on Anya Taylor-Joy. 😎
Ok, it’s a cheap shot and I like her acting in The Northman and Queens Gambit.
I like to roll for skeletons and zombies to just resist the evil call of their master. It’s very rare, but it makes my players understand the plight of the undead: they aren’t just things. There really aren’t good necromancers in my campaigns, and I know that’s not popular with some people.
I always play undead as containing the soul of the person. Good souls are trapped and in agony, evil souls are enjoying it. Either way, destroying undead is almost always an act of good/law in my campaign.
So this image fits well.
One of my friends in his late 50’s like me insists on doing this himself. He fell out of a tree and knocked himself out. It’s worth a couple thousand bucks to me to not be in those situations.
Oldie but goodie from MN.
