Recently I put together a collection of some creatures and artwork from the world of first-generation D&D that I like. I'm hugely fond of the 70s and 80s books (particularly the monster manuals, which I used to read obsessively,) but also found some cool stuff from the early 1990s AOL games recently.
From Dragons of Ice (1985)
Comic from Dragon Magazine
Baselisk from Dragon Magazine
Set (from Deities & Demigods, 1980)
Ad from Dragon Magazine
Page 1 from Dragon Magazine #1 (1976)
Ophidian from Monster Manual II (1983)
from Dragon Magazine
Fanmade "Creature Feature" from Dragon Magazine
Deities & Demigods (1980)
Questing Beast from Deities & Demigods (1980)
from Dragon Magazine
Deities & Demigods (1980)
Comic from Dragon Magazine
from Dragon Magazine
from Dragon Magazine
from Dragon Magazine
from Dragon Magazine
Comic from Dragon Magazine
from Dragon Magazine
from Dragon Magazine
Arcanadaemon from Monster Manual II (1983)
Deities & Demigods (1980)
from Dragon Magazine
from Dragon Magazine
Anubis from Deities & Demigods (1980)
Deities & Demigods (1980)
Hastur the Unspeakable from Deities & Demigods (1980)
Ra from Deities & Demigods (1980)
Semuanya from Deities and Demigods (1980)
Horus from Deities and Demigods (1980)
Ma Yuan from Deities and Demigods (1980)
Deities & Demigods (1980)
Garuda from Deities and Demigods (1980)
Thoth from Deities & Demigods (1980)
from Dragon Magazine
Jackalwere
Aarokocra from Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace (1992)
Aarokocra barkeep from Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace (1992)
Field Folio (1981)
Aarakocra from the Field Folio (1981)
Field Folio (1981)
Disenchanter from the Fiend Folio (1981)
Gnoll fine dining experience from Dungeon #64 (1997)
Flind from the Fiend Folio (1981)
Yeenoghu from the Monster Manual (1977)
Tween from the Fiend Folio (1981)
Aarakocra from Field Folio (1981)
Gnoll (from Monstrous Compendium Volume One, 1989)
Gnoll from Neverwinter Nights (1991)
Field Folio (1981)
Dragon Magazine
Aarokocra from Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace (1992)
Vonar, a winged Kenku from Menzoberranzan (1994)
Kenku from Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989)
Kenku from Eye of the Beholder (1991)
Kenku from Advanced Dungeons & Dragons #17 (1990)
Kenku from the Fiend Folio (1980)
Deities & Demigods (1980)
Deities & Demigods (1980)
I also got this cool, kinda relevant poster at a thrift
store (tried cleaning up the design digitally from a photo):
Apparently it's been kicking around in the world since 1994. Neat.
Also I guess Thoth is just the mascot of this site now.
Him being the god of knowledge & writing (and the moon)
and me being a datahoarder (also a big fan of the moon)
seems to work out nicely. (I still can't get over Θώθ though,
the universe is mocking me.)
Fun fact, kid I had a fear of the Egyptian god Set. I even
avoided people with the name Seth for a while. I'm over it
now and I gotta admit that the fact that his totemic animal
doesn't seem to actually exist is endlessly fascinating to me.
That might be it for now; will add if I think of anything else.
