From the DF general forum (in a thread about a) Frank Frazetta claiming never to have read any Conan stories (and that nobody else read them either), and b) some new Conan collection where the guy writing the intro bashes REH):
Man, speaking of - this picture just says "friggin' D&D" to me all over. There's a big raging fighter-type (who appears to be flying, or at least leaping for somebody's throat), a cultist with a censer and an altar and the nekkid sacrificial girl with teh bewbs and everything, some kind of magic brazier spewing eerie smoke, demons or gargoyles or something in the background, and then for some reason there's an alligator and an octopus. If I was playing this session I'd think my GM was either on powerful hallucinogenics or a goddamn genius. :lol:
-DYA
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ReplyDeleteAgreed - that is an awesome pic!
ReplyDeleteUWSg: Thanks, man. I like words. LOL
ReplyDelete(And BTW, I should namecheck my dad here for getting me into Frazetta at a real early age. Definitely the impetus for my checking out Conan in print (where I wasn't too impressed with the movie version as a kid). Poring over old FF printbooks also got me into the ERB Barsoom stuff - another huge influence.)
-DYA
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ReplyDeleteYeah-yur!
ReplyDeleteOne of the things I love about that piece is that the barbarian dude is unarmed. He is going to break that cultist with his bare hands.
ReplyDeleteWicked pissed.
ReplyDeleteI'm back. I was in a meeting today and out of no where I blurted, "Ha! It has an octopus in it!"
ReplyDeletePeople stared but forget them. They don't know D&D.
@DestroyYouAlot: Oh man, that really brings back memories....the nekkid sacrifice was an archduke's daughter, the cultist was the King's own Court Wizard trying to summon a demon into her body, the smoking braziers were creating illusions of shadowy demons to make the adventurers hesitate before entering the room, and the party's thief was the only one who had the brass ones to plunge into the room and tackle the Wizard. The crocodile was actually two lizardmen guards and no one ever saw the whole beastie in the dark murky pool but, yes, it DID have tentacles...and an appetite for failed wizards.
ReplyDeleteOh, it brings a tear to me eye...
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Grendelwulf
I need to ensure that this encounter occurs in my game, post-haste. I just may have dropped a hook this game that will allow this.
ReplyDeleteBut where is this is 'fucking' D&D you spoke of...I don't see no fuckings...
ReplyDelete:P
yeah this a classic scene.
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