Jared Dahl

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

A party of armored heroes battle giant ravens in a decrepit graveyard.

Day 283, random old school TTRPG art from random book: “Dungeon Adventures #27”, TSR 1991, Ruth Thompson, page 58. #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #d&d #dnd #osr #ad&d #fantasyart #art #ttrpgcommunity #dndart #osrart

Yup. It’s in the alt text.

A myconid alchemist is mixing a potent poison to deal with the bipedal humanoids that keep invading his kingdom.

Day 282, random old school TTRPG art from random book: “A4 In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords”, TSR 1981, Erol Otus, page 28. #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #d&d #dnd #osr #ad&d #fantasyart #art #ttrpgcommunity #dndart #osrart #myconid

I love the woman on the cover of Dungeon. She looks like a mix of Polynesian and Central American, and has an awesome shark tooth sword. The dude is trying to get her out of there, but she wants to fight!!

Covers of Dragon #78 and Dungeon #6 from 1983 and 1987 respectively. Jim Holloway did the cover of Dungeon and Denis Beauvais did Dragon.

#mailcall two good condition finds to cover gaps in my fire hazard collection. #dnd #ttrpg #osr #

A stone giant catches an arrow in it’s hand as it does battle with an adventuring party.

Day 281, random old school TTRPG art from random book: “X3 Curse of Xanathon”, TSR 1982, Timothy Truman, page 1. #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #d&d #dnd #osr #ad&d #fantasyart #art #ttrpgcommunity #dndart #osrart

An angry paladin and a terrified cleric are caught unawares on the moors by a pack of hellhounds!!

Day 280, random old school TTRPG art from random book: “Dungeon Adventures #27”, TSR 1991, Tom Baxa, page 8. #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #d&d #dnd #osr #ad&d #fantasyart #art #ttrpgcommunity #dndart #osrart #hellhound #paladin

An evil ogrillon uses a powerful magical gauntlet to smash his way through a wooden door.

Day 279, random old school TTRPG art from random book: “UK3 The Gauntlet”, TSR 1984, Pete Young, page 1. #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #d&d #dnd #osr #ad&d #fantasyart #art #ttrpgcommunity #dndart #osrart

A lady wizard uses magic to reverse gravity on unsuspecting goblin assailants. She is getting the better of the engagement.

Day 278, random old school TTRPG art from random book: “Wizard’s Spell Compendium Vol 3”, TSR 1998, Arnie Swekel and Glen Michael Angus, page 750. #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #d&d #dnd #osr #ad&d #fantasyart #art #ttrpgcommunity #dndart #osrart #wizard #gravity

Mites or Snyads.

An adventuring party is assaulted and terrorized by a gaggle of pint sized humanoid tricksters!

Day 277, random old school TTRPG art from random book: “Dungeon Adventures #8”, TSR 1987, C. Bradford Gorby, page 3. #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #d&d #dnd #osr #ad&d #fantasyart #art #ttrpgcommunity #dndart #osrart

Cognitive load is something we consider in software architecture and engineering, trying to reduce the number of things engineers think about while writing code.

Sometimes they get cheeky with it.

This works very well if the players aren’t on a murder hobo spree. If they are, you’re just putting chum in the water.

Ah, the old stop sign buckler.

So, new dog at mi casa. Her owner had to give her up, and the pup (4 years old) is clearly heartbroken and missing her.

She is getting along great with my silken windhounds, but wants nothing to do with the people here.

Any shortcuts to curry favor with her?

#dogs #rescue

Poor horse.

@lucasfilm.bsky.social a streaming 4K release of the original theatrical versions of Star Wars, Empire, and Jedi.

Let the fans decide which versions we prefer!!

How about it?

#starwars

A pack of yuan-ti assassins prepare to attack a small village in the dead of night.

Day 276, random old school TTRPG art from random book: “WGR2 Treasures of Greyhawk”, TSR 1992, Ken Frank, page 43. #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #d&d #dnd #osr #ad&d #fantasyart #art #ttrpgcommunity #dndart #osrart #yuan-ti

I post something from that era pretty much every day (and occasionally from the mid/late 90’s). The ink b+w artwork was probably “cheap” when TSR started, but it’s basically a requirement for modern OSR products.

It is a fantastic book, just from an artwork perspective.

Hunter from the House of the Split Face and freelance partner

Problem… hobbies… same thing.

We had that Diamond Rock kit. I played it until the heads tore into little pieces and the sticks snapped. Later, in elementary school, I became a real drummer. Good memories!

A fetching lady pirate counts the gold she has just stolen, sharing a rare smile with us.

Day 275, random old school TTRPG art from random book: “D&D Rules Cyclopedia”, TSR 1991, Terry Dykstra, page 21. #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #d&d #dnd #osr #ad&d #fantasyart #art #ttrpgcommunity #dndart #osrart #pirate

sketchbook page photo with a black and white pen drawing of a giant, Alcyoneus from the Greek mythology, holding a cow in one hand and a tree trunk in the other. He looks feral and strong, with spears strapped to his arm like a bracelet, cow hides as a loincloth and over his shoulders. swords embedded in the tree trunk he uses as a club.

See? Alcyoneus is taller than a pen.

#mythology #giant #monstrosilist #bwart #bestiary

The map is not the terrain.

A halfling thief, dagger in hand, creeps silently forward across rocky terrain.

Day 274, random old school TTRPG art from random book: “Dragon Magazine #104”, TSR 1985, Bob Walters, page 10. #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #d&d #dnd #osr #ad&d #fantasyart #art #ttrpgcommunity #dndart #osrart #thief #halfling

I think some of these people harbor a deep seated hatred of the groups now receiving representation in the game, and will criticize anything that rouses that hatred.

The other group simply doesn’t understand that “the map is not the terrain”, ie “play how you want”.

Both groups are ignorant.