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J. R. R. Tolkien accompanied his Middle-earth fantasy writings with a wide variety of non-narrative materials, including paintings and drawings, calligraphy, and maps.In his lifetime, some of his artworks were included in his novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings; others were used on the covers of different editions of these books, and later on the cover of The Silmarillion.
The 1974 Dungeons & Dragons boxed set by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson contained three booklets, including a list of monsters in the booklet "Monsters & Treasure". This booklet contained an index on pages 3–4 featuring statistics about how many creatures of each type of creature appeared per encounter, armor class, how many inches the creature could move on its turn, hit dice, % in lair, and ...
Tolkien's Middle-earth and its monsters have been documented in Clash of the Gods: Tolkien's Monsters, a 2009 television programme in the History Channel's Clash of the Gods series. [23] Jason Seratino, writing on Complex , has listed his ten favourite Tolkien monsters in movies, describing the Great Goblin as "a slimy cross between Sloth and ...
Intellect devourers are described as chaotic and evil monsters, malevolent towards sentient life. [7] They are said to dwell deep beneath the ground, and subsist on the psychic energy of their prey. They are generally described as servants of the mind flayers. [7] Their alignment is lawful evil in 5th Edition. [citation needed]
Larry Elmore (born August 5, 1948 [1]) is an American fantasy artist whose work includes creating illustrations for video games, comics, magazines, and fantasy books. His list of work includes illustrations for Dungeons & Dragons, Dragonlance, and his own comic strip series SnarfQuest. He is author of the book Reflections of Myth.
David M. Ewalt, in his book Of Dice and Men, discussed several monsters appearing in the original Monster Manual, describing displacer beasts as looking like "pumas with thorn-covered tentacles growing out of their shoulders". [10] The displacer beast was detailed in Dragon #109 (May 1986), in the "Ecology of the Displacer Beast". [11]
Ash vs. The Classic Monsters #8-11 Ash and Sugarbaby go to New York City after hearing rumors of a "Vampire virus" sweeping across the city, and learn that Dracula and his legion of monsters are invading. Originally titled "Ash vs. Dracula" during its initial release. Reprinted in Army of Darkness Omnibus Volume 2. The Death of Ash #12-13
The front cover of Dungeon Issue 139 (October 2006), illustrated by Dan Scott, wherein began the Savage Tide Adventure Path.. The Savage Tide Adventure Path (or simply Savage Tide) is the third Adventure Path for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, published over twelve installments from October 2006 through September 2007 in Dungeon magazine.