Fifth Element
Legend
How did I never notice this before now? The dude pictured on page 5 of the Mentzer Basic Dungeon Masters (no apostrophe) Rulebook is the same dude on the cover of the 1E Dungeon Masters (also no apostrophe) Guide.
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D&D 1E The TRUE Dungeon Master
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Musing Mage
Pondering D&D stuff
Wrong. The Mentzer DM is clearly the AD&D DM's evil twin, as evidenced by the goatee!
Which means that AD&D must therefore be the 'good' edition!
Pictures don't lie! Thank you! Thank you for providing the proof of what I've always suspected.
Which means that AD&D must therefore be the 'good' edition!
Pictures don't lie! Thank you! Thank you for providing the proof of what I've always suspected.
Nikosandros
Golden Procrastinator
The cover of the "orange spine" DMG is by Jeff Easley. He's also credited ad an artist in the Mentzer's Basic DM book, so it is likely that he's also done the other piece.It seems he's changed keys in the intervening time as well.
Are these by the same artist? If yes, it's very possible said artist just used the same person each time as a model.
steeldragons
Steeliest of the dragons
Both are unquestionably Jeff Easley's work. So it could just be this is what/how he perceives a DM to look.
I don't know that there was ever any conscious consideration, in terms of "art direction" (as we would term it) in a modern design sense, to have a consistent-looking "Dungeon Master" as a recurring character.
The DM of the Saturday morning cartoon, for example, was/looked....mmmmarkedly different.
I don't know that there was ever any conscious consideration, in terms of "art direction" (as we would term it) in a modern design sense, to have a consistent-looking "Dungeon Master" as a recurring character.
The DM of the Saturday morning cartoon, for example, was/looked....mmmmarkedly different.
IvyDragons
Explorer
Cool find.
