The Gunfighter (Inspired by the Dark Tower novels) - Wizards Community. The Erol Otus Shrine. To the best of my knowledge Otus’ work graced the cover of only a single issue of Dragon, number 55.
(Email me if you know of more!) Notice how Otus takes a fantasy staple (hero meets wizards, who deploys dragon* against him) and turns it into something unique. Otus seems to use two general types of wizards in his works: a more stock guy in a robe and this little fellow. I call him the Bald Jester. Clearly he’s meant to be a wizard (I’ve seen him in another piece casting a spell) but the presentation diverges delightfully from the norms of the wizardly type. The hero/warrior/fighter figure strikes me as typical of Otus and atypical of many other artists. This piece nicely highlights the architecture of the underworld as well.
As with the ’81 Basic set above, I appreciate the attention paid to lighting as an artistic understanding of a game reality. Erol Otus also did some interior illustrations for Dragon magazine. *Please don’t email me to tell me that’s not a dragon. Litko Aerosystems. Monster Maker - Asmor.com. Monster Maker Get Monster Maker v3.5 Alternatively, you can get the standalone version without installer or auto-updates.
If you're not sure which version to get, you probably want the one up above. Please note that the standalone version is 3.5; It will be updated to 3.6 in a few days What is Monster Maker? Where can I get the D&D attack icon font? How do I make a good, balanced monster? Special Thanks Special thanks to Daelkyr of ENWorld for his 4e attack icons font. Having trouble? Windows Vista users, you only need to get the .Net Framework 3.5. 3.6 6/17/09 (Standalone download not yet available) You can now browse the compendium from inside Monster Maker and import monsters directly from it.
Now using ClickOnce to install Monster Maker. Added capability for including images with your monsters. Fixed bug with parts of level and XP being cut off in Internet ExplorerProgram now outputs a file which should validate as XHTML 1.0 Strict, unless you've done something weird. WITFITS: D&D: Copying Compendium Stat Blocks Into Google Docs. Mythmere Games. Swords and Wizardry. Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Wondrous Inventions. Metaquotes: The Campaign gets ugly- D&D Edition! GM: OK, the bugbear attacks you. What do you do?
OBAMA: I send one of my 672 henchmen after it. MCCAIN: OK, seriously. Why does he have so many henchmen? I'm a level 72 ranger and he's only a level 8 paladin. OBAMA: Well, if you'd bought the Grassroots Organizing and Oratory/Colgate Smile proficiencies you could min max it so that you... MCCAIN: Why is he even IN this campaign?
OBAMA: Well, maybe some people got tired of the grim and squinty "Matterhorn, son of Marathon" shtick you keep doing. MCCAIN: Oh my god, I did not leave my left nut in a tiger cage in the Tomb of Horrors to spend my Friday nights mopping up after the new kid. OBAMA: "My friends, I am a totally unoriginal grizzled character class stereotype. MCCAIN: Yeah, well, you pal around with dark elves. MCCAIN: Whatever, so's your mom. OBAMA: So's your FACE. Keith Baker - Skill Challenges. OK, I know I said I was going to stay away for a few days, but I consider this an important topic and I wanted to put my thoughts together in a coherent post.
I really like the Skill Challenge system in 4E, and I've been using in for months. There are people having trouble with it at the moment, so I wanted to provide my thoughts on it. The common question I'm seeing is "How on Earth does anyone ever succeed at a skill challenge? "