Incline Classic D&D/AD&D/OSR Art

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[rusty_shackleford]

For some more OSR era art here some more from Old-School Essentials

he's making him homo

 

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[rusty_shackleford]

Barbie sets unrealistic beauty standards for girls!
meanwhile, art that boys looked at:

 

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[Morblot]

Amazing! But what is it?

 

[Alex]

It's exactly what it looks like.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

pov:
you just said women don't have penises

 

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[Bara]

Huh never noticed till now umberhulks have 4 eyes. That is a umberhulk in the first picture right?

Also i surprsingly had a hard time of finding a image of a falling bolder for a game I plan to run so thanks for sharing that.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Umber Hulks have been described as having four eyes since their original 1975 appearance in Supplement I: Greyhawk.

UMBER HULKS: Of shape somewhat similar to human, an Umber Hulk can be mistaken in the dark for something less deadly than it really is. Typically they are 8' tall, 5' wide, with heads resembling bushel baskets, and gaping maws flanked by pairs of exceedingly sharp mandibles. It travels about on two legs. If it is viewed squarely its four eyes cause confusion (save vs. magic or confused). Its claws are harder than iron, causing terrible damage when used as weapons, but they are used primarily by the beast for burrowing through rock (1 '/turn). They prize highly human flesh.

See also the depiction of Umber Hulks in the AD&D 1st edition Monster Manual in 1977:

Related to the falling boulder picture, you might want to look up a full-page avalanche drawing in the Wilderness Survival Guide (page 81) and a full-age cave-in drawing from the Dungeoneer's Survival Guide (page 41).

 

[Mortmal]

Umber Hulks have been described as having four eyes since their original 1975 appearance in Supplement I: Greyhawk.

UMBER HULKS: Of shape somewhat similar to human, an Umber Hulk can be mistaken in the dark for something less deadly than it really is. Typically they are 8' tall, 5' wide, with heads resembling bushel baskets, and gaping maws flanked by pairs of exceedingly sharp mandibles. It travels about on two legs. If it is viewed squarely its four eyes cause confusion (save vs. magic or confused). Its claws are harder than iron, causing terrible damage when used as weapons, but they are used primarily by the beast for burrowing through rock (1 '/turn). They prize highly human flesh.

See also the depiction of Umber Hulks in the AD&D 1st edition Monster Manual in 1977:

Related to the falling boulder picture, you might want to look up a full-page avalanche drawing in the Wilderness Survival Guide (page 81) and a full-age cave-in drawing from the Dungeoneer's Survival Guide (page 41).

A source of inspiration for every GM that one : "Rocks fall , everyone dies"

 

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[Bara]

Guessing that is Húrin suffering from Morgoth's curse?

Also as I got my print on demand order in finally so heres a bunch of images from the Council of Wyrms book that I'm ripping from this guys blog again.

Last image is probably my favorite.

 

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[Alex]

Is that the fabled female dwarf?

 

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[gurugeorge]

What a lovely treasure trove of whilom enthusiasms. Even when the artists were just amateur, they put a lot of feeling into their stuff. But some of the really skilled ones (like Parkinson and others here) are actually quite brilliant in evoking a certain feeling.

Also interesting how the "strong wahmens" trope was already prevalent in that world - but not in an ideological sense, more in a slightly pervy sense (like the guys involved wanted to be queened or something ).

 

[Bara]

When looking for White Dwarf magazine art to post I came across this comic from Warhammer Monthly back in the day.

This ones for you Eryfkard. Specifically page two bottom left pannel.

This dwarf gets it.

 

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