#Bob Maurus

[vintagerpg]

Dungeonsynth is some strange music. Inspired by synth pioneers and early videogame music, the result is usually spacious, atmospheric electronic music that, despite its ambiance, often seems surprisingly punishing, at least in large doses. Perhaps that is a symptom of its origins among makers of black metal. Regardless, the idea of lo-fi electronic music for dungeon crawling remains a growing scene.

I primarily think of it as a cassette tape scene, thanks to my low key devotion to tape label @heimat_der_katastrophe (I mainly stick to HDK and my Neptune Tower records because I know they aren’t fascists, which I can’t say for certain about a lot of other dungeonsynth, a pitfall of the scene at large that is deeply exhausting). I don’t have a cassette player, but I do have a record player, so when HDK issued the first Kobold album on vinyl I leaped at it. I love Kobold. I love this album in particular. I love the art (which riffs on Bob Maurus’ art for BSOLO: The Ghost of Lion Castle). The original cassette came with a little dungeon map and encounter booklet, but the record came packed with a much fuller retro-styled module.

Everything about it is great. Try and snag a copy if you can find one. Oh, and HDK: do Komorg next?

#tabletop rpg #roleplaying game #dungeons & dragons #rpg #d&d #ttrpg #music #vinyl #DungeonSynth #Kobold #Heimat der Katastrophe

[empire-of-thieves]

Inspiring Maps: Lion Castle

Lion Castle is a lion-shaped castle from BSolo-Ghost of Lion Castle. The castle was designed by author Merle R. Rasmussen and illustrated by Bob Maurus.

I like this castle because it's lion shaped. Too much of fantasy RPG castles involve making it look like the real world. Let's use our imaginations to make it cool and improbable from a real-world perspective, because we can. We can make that castle lion-shaped!

Incidentally, Bob Maurus deserves additional mention as a great if obscure D&D illustrator. He had just a couple of projects with TSR but they were absolutely memorable. I think he was primarily a sculptor, which maybe played into him getting the Lion Castle gig.

#d&d art #dungeons and dragons #mapping

[brookston]

Holidays 7.27

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Bagpipe Appreciation Day

Barbie-In-A-Blender Day

Blackberry Day (French Republic)

Bugs Bunny Day

Conmemoración del Asalto a Moncada (Cuba)

Cross-Atlantic Communication Day

Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War (North Korea)

Dodge City Days begin (Kansas)

Expose Lying Ministers Day

Form A Company Quartet Day

Gary Gygax Day

Iglesia Ni Cristo Day (Philippines)

José Celso Barbosa Day (Puerto Rico)

Love is Kind Day

Martyrs and Wounded Soldiers Day (Vietnam)

Miracle Treat Day

National Blunt Object Day

National Carson Day

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day

National Nancy Day

National New Jersey Day

National Renée Day

National Roanoke Community Beautification Day

National Sheila Day

National Sleepy Head Day (Finland)

Norfolk Day (UK)

Over the Moon Night (Cows and Spoons)

Pediatrics Day (Brazil)

Remembrance Fay of the Children-Victims of War in Donbass (Donetsk People’s Republic)

Seven Sleepers Day (Ancient Latvia)

Siebenschläfer (if it rains today, 7 more weeks of rain; Germany)

Stargate SG-1 Day

Take Your Houseplants For A Walk Day

Take Your Pants For A Walk Day

Tasoua Hosseini (Iram)

Victory Day (North Korea)

Walk On Stilts Day

War Martyrs’ and Invalids’ Day (Vietnam)

World Head & Neck Cancer Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Crème Brûlée Day (also 7.21)

National Chicken Tender Day (a.k.a. National Chicken Finger Day)

National Scotch Day (a.k.a. Scotch Whisky Day)

National Seltzer Day

Single Malt Day

4th & Last Thursday in July

Berne Swiss Festival begins (ends Saturday; Indiana) [4th Thursday

Great Texas Mosquito Festival begins (ends Saturday) [4th Thursday]

International Digital Adoption Professionals Day [Last Thursday]

National Chili Dog Day [Last Thursday]

National Intern Day [Last Thursday]

National Refreshment Day [4th Thursday]

Shiraz Day [4th Thursday]

Independence Days

Domolica (Declared; 2013) [unrecognized]

Guanduania (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Anansi’s Day (Pagan)

Arethas (Western Christianity)

Aurelius and Natalia and companions of the Martyrs of Córdoba (Christian; Martyrs)

Birthday of Osiris (Ancient Egypt)

Bob Mortmorkson (Muppetism)

Confuse a Cat Day (Pastafarian)

Congall, Abbot of Iabhnallivin, Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Day of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus

Feast of Hanseath (Dwarven God of Alcohol, Dungeons & Dragons)

Festival of the Seven Sleepers

Ipip Festival (Ancient Egypt)

Joseph Anton Koch (Artology)

Lucian of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Madonna Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Maurus, Pantalemon, and Sergius (Christian; Saint)

Maximian, Malthus, Martinian, Dionysius, John, Serapion, and Constantine (The Seven Sleepers)

Pantaleon (Christian; Saint)

Say No to Negativity Day (Pastafarian)

Seven Sleepers of Ephesus (Roman Martyrology)

Theobald of Marly (Christian; Saint)

Titus Brandsma, Blessed (Order of the Carmelites)

Velasquez (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two (WB Animated Film; 2021)

Batman: Under the Red Hood (WB Animated Film; 2010)

Colombiana (Film; 2011)

Dream A Little Dream of Me, by Mama Cass Elliot (Song; 1968)

The Flying Jalopy (Disney Cartoon; 1943)

Highway to Hell, by AC/DC (Album; 1979)

In the Bag (Disney Cartoon; 1956)

Jumping’ Jack Flash, recorded by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1968)

KooKoo, by Debbie Harry (Album; 1981)

Little Shop of Horrors (Off-Broadway Musical; 1982)

Madonna, by Madonna (Album; 1983)

Magic Bus, by The Who (Song; 1968)

Mission Impossible: Fallout (Film; 2018)

Never Gonna Give You Up, by Rock Astley (Song; 1987)

New York Dolls, by the New York Dolls (Album; 1973)

People Got To Be Free, by The Rascals (Song; 1968)

Planet of the Apes (Film; 2001)

Presumed Innocent (Film; 1990)

Purple Rain, by Prince (Album; 1984)

Purple Rain (Film; 1984)

Ride the Lightning, by Metallica (Album; 1984)

Searching for Sugar Man (Documentary Film; 2012)

Sex & Religion, by Steve Van (Album; 1993)

Siamese Dream, by Smashing Pumpkins (Album; 1993)

The Simpsons Movie (Animated Film; 2007)

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (Animated Film; 2018)

The Watch (Film; 2012)

Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

Why Don’t You Do Right, recorded by Benny Goodman with Peggy Lee (Song; 1942)

Wild Hare (WB MM Cartoon; 1940) [1st Bug Bunny]

The Wild Party, by Joseph Moncure March (Poem; 1926)

Today’s Name Days

Berthold, Natalie, Pantaleon, Rudolf (Austria)

Dobra, Dobri, Dobrina, Dobrinka, Pancho, Panka (Bulgaria)

Celestin, Klement, Ljerka, Ljiljana (Croatia)

Věroslav (Czech Republic)

Marta, Martha (Denmark)

Marta, Marve, Marvi (Estonia)

Heidi (Finland)

Aurèle, Nathalie (France)

Berthold (Germany)

Pantelis (Greece)

Liliána, Olga (Hungary)

Celestino, Pantaleone (Italy)

Dita, Mariona, Marta (Latvia)

Natalija, Sergijus, Svalia, Žintautas (Lithuania)

Marita, Rita (Norway)

Alfons, Alfonsyna, Aureli, Julia, Laurenty, Lilla, Marta, Natalia, Natalis, Pantaleon, Rudolf, Rudolfa, Rudolfina, Wszebor (Poland)

Božena (Slovakia)

Natalia, Pantaleón (Spain)

Marta (Sweden)

Joy, Joyce, Lila, Lilac, Liliana, Lillian, Lillie, Lilly, Lily (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 208 of 2024; 157 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 30 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 18 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Ji-Wei), Day 10 (Bing-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 9 Av 5783

Islamic: 9 Muharram 1445

J Cal: 28 Lux; Sevenday [28 of 30]

Julian: 14 July 2023

Moon: 69%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 12 Dante (8th Month) [Velasquez]

Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 14 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 37 of 94)

Zodiac: Leo (Day 6 of 31)

#calendar #Holidays

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 7.27

Holidays

Bagpipe Appreciation Day

Barbie-In-A-Blender Day

Blackberry Day (French Republic)

Bugs Bunny Day

Conmemoración del Asalto a Moncada (Cuba)

Cross-Atlantic Communication Day

Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War (North Korea)

Dodge City Days begin (Kansas)

Expose Lying Ministers Day

Form A Company Quartet Day

Gary Gygax Day

Iglesia Ni Cristo Day (Philippines)

José Celso Barbosa Day (Puerto Rico)

Love is Kind Day

Martyrs and Wounded Soldiers Day (Vietnam)

Miracle Treat Day

National Blunt Object Day

National Carson Day

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day

National Nancy Day

National New Jersey Day

National Renée Day

National Roanoke Community Beautification Day

National Sheila Day

National Sleepy Head Day (Finland)

Norfolk Day (UK)

Over the Moon Night (Cows and Spoons)

Pediatrics Day (Brazil)

Remembrance Fay of the Children-Victims of War in Donbass (Donetsk People’s Republic)

Seven Sleepers Day (Ancient Latvia)

Siebenschläfer (if it rains today, 7 more weeks of rain; Germany)

Stargate SG-1 Day

Take Your Houseplants For A Walk Day

Take Your Pants For A Walk Day

Tasoua Hosseini (Iram)

Victory Day (North Korea)

Walk On Stilts Day

War Martyrs’ and Invalids’ Day (Vietnam)

World Head & Neck Cancer Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Crème Brûlée Day (also 7.21)

National Chicken Tender Day (a.k.a. National Chicken Finger Day)

National Scotch Day (a.k.a. Scotch Whisky Day)

National Seltzer Day

Single Malt Day

4th & Last Thursday in July

Berne Swiss Festival begins (ends Saturday; Indiana) [4th Thursday

Great Texas Mosquito Festival begins (ends Saturday) [4th Thursday]

International Digital Adoption Professionals Day [Last Thursday]

National Chili Dog Day [Last Thursday]

National Intern Day [Last Thursday]

National Refreshment Day [4th Thursday]

Shiraz Day [4th Thursday]

Independence Days

Domolica (Declared; 2013) [unrecognized]

Guanduania (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Anansi’s Day (Pagan)

Arethas (Western Christianity)

Aurelius and Natalia and companions of the Martyrs of Córdoba (Christian; Martyrs)

Birthday of Osiris (Ancient Egypt)

Bob Mortmorkson (Muppetism)

Confuse a Cat Day (Pastafarian)

Congall, Abbot of Iabhnallivin, Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Day of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus

Feast of Hanseath (Dwarven God of Alcohol, Dungeons & Dragons)

Festival of the Seven Sleepers

Ipip Festival (Ancient Egypt)

Joseph Anton Koch (Artology)

Lucian of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Madonna Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Maurus, Pantalemon, and Sergius (Christian; Saint)

Maximian, Malthus, Martinian, Dionysius, John, Serapion, and Constantine (The Seven Sleepers)

Pantaleon (Christian; Saint)

Say No to Negativity Day (Pastafarian)

Seven Sleepers of Ephesus (Roman Martyrology)

Theobald of Marly (Christian; Saint)

Titus Brandsma, Blessed (Order of the Carmelites)

Velasquez (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two (WB Animated Film; 2021)

Batman: Under the Red Hood (WB Animated Film; 2010)

Colombiana (Film; 2011)

Dream A Little Dream of Me, by Mama Cass Elliot (Song; 1968)

The Flying Jalopy (Disney Cartoon; 1943)

Highway to Hell, by AC/DC (Album; 1979)

In the Bag (Disney Cartoon; 1956)

Jumping’ Jack Flash, recorded by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1968)

KooKoo, by Debbie Harry (Album; 1981)

Little Shop of Horrors (Off-Broadway Musical; 1982)

Madonna, by Madonna (Album; 1983)

Magic Bus, by The Who (Song; 1968)

Mission Impossible: Fallout (Film; 2018)

Never Gonna Give You Up, by Rock Astley (Song; 1987)

New York Dolls, by the New York Dolls (Album; 1973)

People Got To Be Free, by The Rascals (Song; 1968)

Planet of the Apes (Film; 2001)

Presumed Innocent (Film; 1990)

Purple Rain, by Prince (Album; 1984)

Purple Rain (Film; 1984)

Ride the Lightning, by Metallica (Album; 1984)

Searching for Sugar Man (Documentary Film; 2012)

Sex & Religion, by Steve Van (Album; 1993)

Siamese Dream, by Smashing Pumpkins (Album; 1993)

The Simpsons Movie (Animated Film; 2007)

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (Animated Film; 2018)

The Watch (Film; 2012)

Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

Why Don’t You Do Right, recorded by Benny Goodman with Peggy Lee (Song; 1942)

Wild Hare (WB MM Cartoon; 1940) [1st Bug Bunny]

The Wild Party, by Joseph Moncure March (Poem; 1926)

Today’s Name Days

Berthold, Natalie, Pantaleon, Rudolf (Austria)

Dobra, Dobri, Dobrina, Dobrinka, Pancho, Panka (Bulgaria)

Celestin, Klement, Ljerka, Ljiljana (Croatia)

Věroslav (Czech Republic)

Marta, Martha (Denmark)

Marta, Marve, Marvi (Estonia)

Heidi (Finland)

Aurèle, Nathalie (France)

Berthold (Germany)

Pantelis (Greece)

Liliána, Olga (Hungary)

Celestino, Pantaleone (Italy)

Dita, Mariona, Marta (Latvia)

Natalija, Sergijus, Svalia, Žintautas (Lithuania)

Marita, Rita (Norway)

Alfons, Alfonsyna, Aureli, Julia, Laurenty, Lilla, Marta, Natalia, Natalis, Pantaleon, Rudolf, Rudolfa, Rudolfina, Wszebor (Poland)

Božena (Slovakia)

Natalia, Pantaleón (Spain)

Marta (Sweden)

Joy, Joyce, Lila, Lilac, Liliana, Lillian, Lillie, Lilly, Lily (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 208 of 2024; 157 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 30 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 18 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Ji-Wei), Day 10 (Bing-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 9 Av 5783

Islamic: 9 Muharram 1445

J Cal: 28 Lux; Sevenday [28 of 30]

Julian: 14 July 2023

Moon: 69%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 12 Dante (8th Month) [Velasquez]

Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 14 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 37 of 94)

Zodiac: Leo (Day 6 of 31)

#Holidays

[oldschoolfrp]

Constellations of Krynn (Bob Maurus, AD&D DragonLance module DL5: Dragons of Mystery, TSR, 1984)

#D&D #Dungeons & Dragons #Bob Maurus #DragonLance #Krynn #constellations #star map #1980s #dnd #Dungeons and Dragons #TSR

[spiralparadox125]

Twin Peaks cast - Season 3 - 2017

Pic 1: Kyle Maclachlan, David Lynch, Sheryl Lee, Madchen Amick, Sherilyn Fenn, Dana Ashbrook, James Marshall, Ray Wise, Grace Zabriskie, Richard Beymer, Michael Horse, Harry Goaz, Kimmy Robertson, Peggy Lipton, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, Warren Frost, Gary Hershberger, Charlotte Stewart, Catherine E. Coulson, Miguel Ferrer, Russ Tamblyn, David Patrick Kelly, Phoebe Augustine, Alicia Witt

Pic 2: Walter Olkewicz, Al Strobel, Carel Struycken, David Duchovny, Harry Dean Stanton, Julee Cruise, Jan D'arcy, Carlton Lee Russel, Andrea Hays, Mike Malone, Bellina Martin Logan, Marvin Rosand, Matt Battaglia, Brian Finney, Naomi Watts, Scott Cameron, Laura Dern, Robert Forster, Emily Stofle, Balthazar Getty, Sabrina S. Sutherland (producer), Scott Coffey, Patrick Fischler, Jay Aaseng (producer), Vincent Castellanos

Pic 3: Brent Briscoe, Rebekah Del Rio (Musician), Chrysta Bell (Musician), Frank Collison, Riley Lynch (Production Assistant), Trent Reznor (Musician), Mariqueen Reznor (Musician), Robin Finck, (Musician), Neil Dickson, Sky Ferreira (Musician), Heather D'Angelo (Musician), Erika Forster (Musician), Annie Hart (Musician), Lissie (Elisabeth Maurus, Musician), Finn Andrews (Musician), Eddie Vedder (Musician), Monica Bellucci, Tim Roth, Jennifer Jason Lee, Jim Belushi, Amanda Seyfried, Richard Chamberlain, Ernie Hudson, Michael Cera, Jeremy Davies

Pic 4: Candy Clark, Robert Knepper, Matthew Lilard, Meg Foster, Jay R. Ferguson, BéréniceMarlohe, John Savage, David Koechner, Francesca Eastwood, Tom Sizemore, Karolina Wydra, Josh McDermitt, Eamon Farren, Travis Frost, Ana de la Reguera, Stephen Kearin, Bailey Chase, James Morrison, Jessica Szohr, Don Murray, Christopher Murray, Grace Victoria Cox, Jane Adams,Alon Aboutboul, Joe Adler

Pic 5: Derek Mears, Sharon Von Etten (Musician), Ruth Radelet (Musician), Ashley Judd, Caleb Landry Jones, David Dastmalchian, Clark Middleton, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Stephanie Allyne, Juan Carlos Cantu, Jodi Thelen, Michael Bisping (MMA fighter), Charlyne Yi, Elena Satine, Jay Larson,Jesse Johnson, Bob Stephenson, Pierce Gagnon, Eric Ray Anderson, Nefassa Williams, Kate Alden, Joe Alger, Mellisa (Jo) Bailey, Tammie Baird, Leslie Berger

Pic 6: John Billingsley, Kelsey Bohlen, Sean Bolger, Robert Broski, Wes Brown, Richard Bucher (Stunt), Virginia Kull, Gia Carides, Page Burkum (Musician), Jack Torrey (Musician), RachelBower, Johnny Chavez, Lisa Coronado, Johnny Coyne, James Croak, Owain Rhys Davies, Hugh Dillon, Luke Judy, Elizabeth Anweis, Cullen Douglas, Edward "Ted" Dowling, Judith Drake, Dep Kirkland, (Cynthia) Lauren Tewes, Christopher Durbin 

Pic 7: Eric Edelstein, John Ennis, Josh Fadem, Tikaeni Faircrest, Rebecca Field, Allen Galli, Hailey Gates, Brett Gelman, Ivy George, Jeremy Lindholm, James Giordano, Grant Goodeve, Sawyer Shipman, George Griffith, Tad Griffith, James Grixoni, Cornelia Guest, Joy Nash, Travis Hammer, Hank Harris, Stephen Heath, Heath Hensley, Jay Jee, Laura Kenny, Madeline Zima

Pic 8: Nicole LaLiberte, Rodney Rowland, Jane Levy, Sarah Jean Long, Shane Lynch, Mark Mahoney, Karl Makinen, Xolo Maridueña, Rob Mars, Zoe McLane, Priya (Diane) Niehaus, Malachy Sreenan, Casey O'Neill, Christophe Zajac-Denek, Charity Parenzini, John Paulsen, Sara Paxton, Max Perlich, Linas Phillips, Tracy Phillips, Nae (Yuuki), John Pirruccello, Linda Porter, Jelani Quinn, Mary Reber

Pic 9: Adele René, Erik L. Rondell (Stunt), Ben Rosenfield, Amy Shiels, Sara Sohn, J.R. Starr, Ethan Suplee, Bill Tangradi, Greg Vrotsos, Blake Zingale, Larry Clarke, John Ochsner

#Twin Peaks #Twin Peaks Cast #Twin Peaks New Cast #New Cast #Season 3 #Spoilers #Twin Peaks Spoilers #David Lynch

[vintagerpg]

BSOLO — Ghost of Lion Castle (1984) is a pretty great solo adventure by Merle Rasmussen (Top Secret). The concept is simple: explore the castle (which is shaped like a lion), navigate its hazards and impress its builder, Sargon the Wizard, now a ghost (and probably inspired by the DC comics character Sargon the Sorcerer — they look a bit similar). Despite the straightforward premise, BSOLO is HARD. Which allows for a neat feature.

The module expects you to keep notes in the margins (the “magic journal”), logging when you remove objects from a room, defeat monsters, drink potions and, especially, the location of your corpse if you die — so you can loot it in your next run through. I love this. And the fact that the idea turns up again in MMORPGs a couple decades later is also pretty great.

Special note must be made of Bob Maurus’ artwork. He only did stuff for a couple modules, but man, his stuff here is solid gold classic. The strong POV perspective in the view of the castle exterior and the illustration in the dungeon is just absolutely fantastic and unlike anything else around at the time (adventure gamebooks like Fighting Fantasy often have an implied POV, but I can’t recall any that stick “your” hands into the view). Strong anticipation of FPS videogames (which were already starting to emerge in ‘84). Dungeonsynth fans might note that the dungeon illustration has shown up in modified form fronting several Kobold albums. Finally, Maurus seems to primarily be a sculptor. I actually have a Cthulhu idol he did — never knew who the artist was until I looked him up to write this entry!

#RPG #TTRPG #Tabletop RPG #Roleplaying Game #D&D #dungeons & dragons #Ghost of Lion Castle #Solo #Merle Rasmussen #Bob Maurus

[oldschoolfrp]

"A positive attitude may be a strong part of appearing intelligent" -- But it can't hurt to accessorize with the hat and the skulls and a bird looming over your work (Bob Maurus, for an article on "The six main skills" in AD&D, Dragon 107, March 1986)

#D&D #Dungeons & Dragons #Bob Maurus #wizard #mage #magic user #raven #Dragon magazine #wizard's study #intelligence #dnd #familiar #wizard's familiar #scroll #pipe #skulls #skull #magic book #magic tome #Dungeons and Dragons #TSR

[oldschoolfrp]

Even a man who is pure in heart, and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfsbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.  (Bob Maurus, Dragon 93, January 1985)

#D&D #Dungeons & Dragons #Bob Maurus #fortune teller #tarot #Dragon magazine #tarot cards #tarot reading #dnd #Dungeons and Dragons #TSR

[oldschoolfrp]

The greater devil Dagon was summoned by mortals so often that he began conspiring with them until Asmodeus changed his name and banished him to Avernus.  He appears as a slyly handsome satyr with red skin and green eyes.  (Bob Maurus illus from “Nine Hells revisited” by Ed Greenwood, Dragon 91, November 1984)

#D&D #Dungeons & Dragons #Bob Maurus #Ed Greenwood #devil #Dragon magazine #Nine Hells revisited #AD&D #Dagon #Jaqon #nine hells #the nine hells #hell #dnd #Dungeons and Dragons #TSR

[oldschoolfrp]

Dungeon encounter.  (Bob Maurus, from D&D module BSOLO: Ghost of Lion Castle, TSR, 1984.)

#D&D #Dungeons & Dragons #Bob Maurus #dungeon #ogre #Ghost of Lion Castle #pit #spider web #torch #dnd #Dungeons and Dragons #Basic D&D #BECMI #TSR

[oldschoolfrp]

Preparing for the weekend.  (Bob Maurus, The Art of Dragon Magazine, TSR, 1988.)

#D&D #Dungeons & Dragons #Bob Maurus #wizard #dungeon master #raven #crow #books #book #scroll #magic book #pipe #skull #skulls #writing #dnd #Dungeons and Dragons #AD&D #TSR #The Art of Dragon Magazine #Dragon magazine #necromancer

[oldschoolfrp]

Traveling the Styx.  (Bob Maurus, Dragon magazine No. 91, TSR, November 1984.)

#Dungeons and Dragons #dnd #Bob Maurus #Charon #River Styx #Styx #Dragon magazine #TSR #Hell #Hades #D&D #AD&D #Dungeons & Dragons

[oldschoolfrp]

Ice devils and their underlings work the mines of Caina, the frozen realm of Mephistopheles in the eighth level of Hell.  (Bob Maurus, Dragon magazine No. 91, TSR, November 1984.)

#Dungeons and Dragons #dnd #ice devil #Bob Maurus #Hell #Caina #Nine Hells #Dragon magazine #TSR #The Nine Hells #ice devils #devils #underworld #D&D #AD&D #Dungeons & Dragons #nupperibos #nupperibo

[oldschoolfrp]

A pit fiend guards the approach to the palace of Asmodeus in Nessus, the nethermost plane of the Nine Hells.  (Bob Maurus, Dragon Magazine No. 91, TSR, November 1984.)

#Dungeons and Dragons #dnd #Bob Maurus #devil #pit fiend #Nessus #Hell #Nine Hells #D&D #Dungeons & Dragons #TSR #Dragon magazine #baatezu #Cocytus

[oldschoolfrp]

Welcome to Hell.  (Bob Maurus, from "Nine Hells Revisited" by Ed Greenwood, Dragon magazine No. 91, TSR, November 1984.)

#Dungeons and Dragons #dnd #Bob Maurus #Hell #devils #devil #Dungeons & Dragons #D&D #AD&D #TSR #Nine Hells #Dragon magazine #fantasy #underworld #barbed devil