Champions Of Ruin
''Champions of Ruin'' is a hardcover accessory for the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Contents ''Champions of Ruin'' is a world setting supplement, detailing the role of evil in the Forgotten Realms setting. Publication history ''Champions of Ruin'' was published in May 2005, and was designed by Jeff Crook, Wil Upchurch, and Eric L. Boyd. Cover art was by Lucio Parillo, with interior art by Thomas M. Baxa, Wayne England, Jason Engle, Ralph Horsley, Warren Mahy, Raven Mimura Raven Mimura is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games. Early life and education Raven received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration from Rhode Island School of Design. He spent a year teaching art and building his portfolio ..., William O'Connor, Lucio Parillo, and Marc Sasso. Reception Reviews References Forgotten Realms sourcebooks Role-playing game supplements introduced in 2005 {{ForgottenRealms-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Role-playing Game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal role-playing game system, system of rules and guidelines. There are several forms of role-playing games. The original form, sometimes called the tabletop role-playing game (TRPG), is conducted through discussion, whereas in live action role-playing game, live action role-playing (LARP), players physically perform their characters' actions.(Tychsen et al. 2006:255) "LARPs can be viewed as forming a distinct category of RPG because of two unique features: (a) The players physically embody their characters, and (b) the game takes place in a physica ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lucio Parillo
Lucio Parrillo (born 30 January 1974) is an Italian artist, known for comic books, role-playing game covers, and ''Magic: The Gathering'' cards. Early life Lucio was born in Catanzaro, southern Italy, where he attended art school in Catanzaro. Career Parrillo penciled the comics ''Vampire Girls'', ''Coven 2'' and ''Eternal Temptation'', and also did the artwork on the series ''L'Empire Eternel''. He has created covers for ''Skorpio (magazine), Skorpio'', ''Lennox'', ''Vampirella'', and ''Lord of the Jungle (Dynamite), Lord of the Jungle''. His ''Dungeons & Dragons'' work includes cover art for ''Champions of Ruin'' (2005), and interior art for ''Sharn: City of Towers'' (2004), ''Monster Manual III'' (2004), ''Eberron Campaign Setting'' (2004), ''Champions of Valor'' (2005), ''Spell Compendium'' (2005), ''Red Hand of Doom'' (2006), ''Tome of Magic'' (2006), ''Player's Handbook II'' (2006), ''Dragon Magic'' (2006), ''Expedition to Castle Ravenloft'' (2006), ''Rules Compendium'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marc Sasso
Marc or MARC may refer to: People * Marc (given name), people with the first name * Marc (surname), people with the family name Acronyms * MARC standards, a data format used for library cataloging, * MARC Train, a regional commuter rail system of the State of Maryland, serving Maryland, Washington, D.C., and eastern West Virginia * MARC (archive), a computer-related mailing list archive * M/A/R/C Research, a marketing research and consulting firm * Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition, a non-profit, volunteer organization * Matador Automatic Radar Control, a guidance system for the Martin MGM-1 Matador cruise missile * Mid-America Regional Council, the Council of Governments and the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the bistate Kansas City region * Midwest Association for Race Cars, a former American stock car racing organization * Revolutionary Agrarian Movement of the Bolivian Peasantry (''Movimiento Agrario Revolucionario del Campesinado Boliviano''), a defunct rig ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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William O'Connor (artist)
William Matthew O'Connor (September 22, 1970 – January 31, 2018) was an American artist whose work appeared in role-playing games, books, video games and concept art. Early life and education William O'Connor was born on Long Island, New York. He enrolled at the age of ten at the Huntington School of Fine Arts (HSFA), and after high school he attended Alfred University, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree cum laude in 1992. He also enrolled in illustration programs at the School of Visual Arts and Parsons School of Design in Manhattan. Works William O'Connor produced interior illustrations for many ''Dungeons & Dragons'' books from 1995, and also cover art for the ''Living Greyhawk Gazetteer'' (2000). He also produced artwork for other games including several game systems by White Wolf Publishing, White Wolf, such as ''Ars Magica'' and ''Trinity (role-playing game), Trinity''. O'Connor produced a majority of the illustrations for the Star Wars ''New Essential Gu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Raven Mimura
Raven Mimura is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games. Early life and education Raven received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration from Rhode Island School of Design. He spent a year teaching art and building his portfolio before starting his freelance career. Works Raven Mimura has produced interior illustrations for many ''Dungeons & Dragons'' books beginning in 2001, as well as cover art for ''Oriental Adventures'' (2001) and '' Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells'' (2006). He has also produced artwork for other games including '' 7th Sea'' (Alderac Entertainment Group), '' Vampire: The Requiem'' (White Wolf Publishing), and ''Hearthstone'' (Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher based in Irvine, California. A subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, the company was founded on February 8, 1991, under the name Silicon & Synapse, Inc. by three graduat ...). References External links * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Warren Mahy
Warren Mahy is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games and other fantasy works. Early life and education Warren was born in the small sea side town of Whakatane in New Zealand. He grew up surrounded by the wonders of the Pacific Ocean and the native New Zealand bush. This influenced his life towards a career in design and illustration. Career After finishing school Warren went on to complete a trade certificate in offset printing and then eventually found his way via an old school friend, Ben Wootten, to Weta Workshop Ltd where Ben and he were employed as concept designers during the Lord of the Rings, King Kong and Narnia films. Warren then freelanced from his studio/home in Tauranga working on storyboarding and illustrations for the RPG and Trading card industry. He currently works as a teacher for Graphic Designs at a secondary school. Warren has been a freelance concept designer, story board artist and production illustrator for the film, TV and gaming indu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ralph Horsley
Ralph Horsley is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games. Career His ''Dungeons & Dragons'' work includes cover art for the adventure '' The Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde'' (2006), and interior art for ''Monster Manual III'' (2004), ''Player's Handbook II'' (2006), '' Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss'' (2006), ''Complete Psionic'' (2006), '' Complete Mage'' (2006), ''Cityscape'' (2006), ''The Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde'' (2006), '' Dungeonscape'' (2007), ''Magic Item Compendium'' (2007), ''Monster Manual V'' (2007), ''Rules Compendium'' (2007), ''Elder Evils'' (2007), and the 4th edition ''Monster Manual'' (2008) and ''Manual of the Planes'' (2008). He is known for his work on the ''Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game. He has also contributed art to the ''World of Warcraft Trading Card Game'' and ''Hearthstone''. Personal life Horsley was married to artist Anne Stokes Anne Stokes is a fantasy artist whose early work has appeared in rol ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jason Engle
Jason A. Engle is an American artist, whose work has appeared in role-playing games and collectible card games. Early life Jason Engle was born in southern California in 1979. Career His ''Dungeons & Dragons'' work includes '' Shining South'' (2004), '' Lost Empires of Faerûn'' (2005), '' Champions of Ruin'' (2005), '' Champions of Valor'' (2005), ''Spell Compendium'' (2005), ''Rules Compendium'' (2007), and the 4th edition ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' (2008), ''Monster Manual'' (2008), ''Manual of the Planes'' (2008), ''Martial Power'' (2008), ''Player's Handbook 3'' (2010), and ''Tomb of Horrors'' (2010). He is known for his work on the ''Magic: The Gathering ''Magic: The Gathering'' (colloquially known as ''Magic'' or ''MTG'') is a Tabletop game, tabletop and Digital collectible card game, digital Collectible card game, collectable card game created by Richard Garfield. Released in 1993 by Wizards ...'' collectible card game. References External links Jason A. Engle ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wayne England
Wayne England (d. 9 February 2016) was an English artist whose work regularly appeared in role-playing games, wargaming rulebooks and magazines and was used on cards for collectible card games such as ''Magic: The Gathering''. He died on 9 February 2016. Fellow ''Magic: The Gathering'' artist Christopher Rush died a day later. Works England produced interior illustrations for '' Games Workshop'' since Realms of Chaos books, many ''Dungeons & Dragons'' books, and did the cover for '' Lords of Madness'' (2005). He also produced artwork for other games such as '' The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game'' (Wizards of the Coast) and ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' (Hogshead Publishing and Black Industries), as well as for ''White Dwarf'' magazine. He illustrated at least 108 different cards for the ''Magic: The Gathering ''Magic: The Gathering'' (colloquially known as ''Magic'' or ''MTG'') is a Tabletop game, tabletop and Digital collectible card game, digital Collectible card gam ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tom Baxa
Thomas M. Baxa is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games. Biography Tom Baxa grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. He enrolled at Northern Illinois University, where he studied under comic and fantasy artist Mark Nelson. Works Tom Baxa has continued to produce interior illustrations for many ''Dungeons & Dragons'' books and '' Dragon'' magazine since 1989, as well as cover art for ''Realmspace'' (1991), ''Greyspace'' (1992), '' Swamplight'' (1993), and ''Forest Maker''. He has also produced artwork for many other games including ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness'' (Palladium Books), ''Torg'' (West End Games), ''GURPS'' ( Steve Jackson Games), ''Shadowrun'' and '' Earthdawn'' (FASA Corporation), and illustrated cards for the ''Magic: The Gathering ''Magic: The Gathering'' (colloquially known as ''Magic'' or ''MTG'') is a Tabletop game, tabletop and Digital collectible card game, digital Collectible card game, collectable card game created by ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eric L
The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* aina(z)'', meaning "one, alone, unique", ''as in the form'' ''Æ∆inrikr'' explicitly, but it could also be from ''* aiwa(z)'' "everlasting, eternity", as in the Gothic form ''Euric''. The second element ''- ríkr'' stems either from Proto-Germanic ''* ríks'' "king, ruler" (cf. Gothic ''reiks'') or the therefrom derived ''* ríkijaz'' "kingly, powerful, rich, prince"; from the common Proto-Indo-European root * h₃rḗǵs. The name is thus usually taken to mean "sole ruler, autocrat" or "eternal ruler, ever powerful". ''Eric'' used in the sense of a proper noun meaning "one ruler" may be the origin of ''Eriksgata'', and if so it would have meant "one ruler's journey". The tour was the medieval Swedish king's journey, when newly elected, to s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wizards Of The Coast
Wizards of the Coast LLC (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and List of science fiction themes, science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games. It is currently a subsidiary of Hasbro, which acquired the company in 1999. During a February 2021 reorganization at Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast became the lead part of the new "Wizards & Digital" division. Originally a role-playing game publisher, the company originated and popularized the collectible card game genre with ''Magic: The Gathering'' in the mid-1990s. It also acquired the popular ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game by buying TSR (company), TSR and increased its success by publishing the licensed ''Pokémon Trading Card Game''. The company's corporate headquarters are located in Renton, Washington, Renton, Washington (state), Washington, part of the Seattle metropolitan area. Wizards of the Coast publishes role-pl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |