Hey, Gwendolyn Harper: Was it a Star Trek comic that featured a planet of bat-riding gnomes with magical hats? Because if it was, we may have had a similar origin in gaming! ; )
Here's what I want to know: why isn't the shambling mound found in the Holmes Basic, as it's obviously a wandering monster commonly found in Zenopus Castle?
And I LOVE the implication that green slime is some leftover residue of the shambling mound...like a particularly evil slug trail!
Jonathan Becker It was either issue 14 or 15. I think 15 (so the middle or the right one). The middle issue had some wacky Kirk possessed by a Pharoah thing so if so it must be no. 15. :) Small universe in any case. (Also wasn't the shambling mound in Holmes basic? I recall a lot more AD&D critters turning up there than in the later B/x releases)
The last panel is priceless.
ReplyDeletehaha I just used this art: treasurehuntersrpg.blogspot.com - Castle Caldwell Explorers Session V - A Changing of the Vanguard near the bottom of the post
ReplyDelete"The light cast by the wizard's charm"!?! New interpretation coming up!
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ReplyDeleteDoes this settle the old argument?
Thanks Scott; what a fun find. Good thing there was no casting time on that spell.
ReplyDeleteOh wow. This is actually the ad that got me to ask my folks to get me D&D. It was in the back of a really bad Star Trek comic IIRC.
ReplyDeleteHey, Gwendolyn Harper: Was it a Star Trek comic that featured a planet of bat-riding gnomes with magical hats? Because if it was, we may have had a similar origin in gaming!
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Here's what I want to know: why isn't the shambling mound found in the Holmes Basic, as it's obviously a wandering monster commonly found in Zenopus Castle?
And I LOVE the implication that green slime is some leftover residue of the shambling mound...like a particularly evil slug trail!
Jonathan Becker It was either issue 14 or 15. I think 15 (so the middle or the right one). The middle issue had some wacky Kirk possessed by a Pharoah thing so if so it must be no. 15. :) Small universe in any case.
ReplyDelete(Also wasn't the shambling mound in Holmes basic? I recall a lot more AD&D critters turning up there than in the later B/x releases)
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This gave me joy.
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