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Monster Manual V
''Monster Manual V'' is an optional supplemental source book for the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' roleplaying game. Contents As with other ''Monster Manual'' supplements, ''MM5'' contains a variety of new creatures as well as expanded variants on staple '' D&D'' monsters. The ''MM5'' was released in July 2007, published in the same format as the ''Monster Manual IV'', featuring lairs and tactics and like III and IV how these new monsters fit into Eberron and Forgotten Realms. According to previews of the Night Below ''Dungeons & Dragons'' miniatures set, some of the new monsters that feature in it include the Greenspawn Zealot, the Arcadian Avenger, the Verdant Reaver, and the Carnage Demon. Publication history ''Monster Manual V'' was released in July 2007, with David Noonan as lead designer, and additional design by Creighton Broadhurst, Jason Bulmahn, David Chart, B. Matthew Conklin III, Jesse Decker, James "Grim" Desborough, Rob Heinsoo, Sterling Hershey, Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its derivatives are especially popular in maritime regions, as St. Nicholas is considered the protector saint of seafarers. Origins The name is derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος (''Nikolaos''), understood to mean 'victory of the people', being a compound of νίκη ''nikē'' 'victory' and λαός ''laos'' 'people'.. An ancient paretymology of the latter is that originates from λᾶς ''las'' (Synaeresis, contracted form of λᾶας ''laas'') meaning 'stone' or 'rock', as in Greek mythology, Deucalion and Pyrrha recreated the people after they had vanished in a catastrophic Deluge myth, deluge, by throwing stones behind their shoulders while they kept marching on. The name became popular through Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás Giorello
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Tomás may refer to: * Tomás (given name) * Tomás (surname) Tomás is a Spanish and Portuguese surname, equivalent of ''Thomas''. It may refer to: * Antonio Tomás (born 1985), professional Spanish footballer * Belarmino Tomás (1892–1950), Asturian trade unionist and socialist politician * Fray Tomás ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Daarken
Michael Lim, better known by his pseudonym Daarken, is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games. Career His ''Dungeons & Dragons'' work includes interior art for ''Races of Eberron'' (2005), ''Heroes of Horror'' (2005), ''Races of the Dragon'' (2006), ''Tome of Magic'' (2006), ''Power of Faerûn'' (2006), ''Monster Manual IV'' (2006), ''Dragons of Faerûn'' (2006), ''Dragon Magic'' (2006), ''Cityscape'' (2006), '' Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells'' (2006), ''Dungeonscape'' (2007), ''Monster Manual V'' (2007), '' The Grand History of the Realms'' (2007), ''Elder Evils'' (2007), ''An Adventurer's Guide to Eberron'' (2008), and the 4th edition ''Manual of the Planes'' (2008). He is known for his work on the ''Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game. In 2012 his book " Elysium-The Art of Daarken" was published. In 2011, he provided the cover art for Cuban American dark cabaret singer Voltaire François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Critchlow
Carl Critchlow is a British fantasy and science fiction comic illustrator. He is best known for his character Thrud the Barbarian, which originally appeared in ''White Dwarf'' magazine, and for his work for the ''Lobster Random'' comics. Career Critchlow's comic book career began in the early 1980s, when he contributed to fanzines and informal publications. His professional career began in 1983 when his work was published in Issue 45 of Games Workshop's ''White Dwarf'' magazine, where Critchlow first portrayed his fantasy barbarian character, ''Thrud the Barbarian'', in a regular, page-long, black and white, ink-drawn strip of the same name. Thrud was published for over fours years until issue 106; the strip was voted 'most popular feature' for three years running in readers' polls. ''Thrud the Barbarian'' often reflected current Games Workshop product lines and borrowed themes from games like Judge Dredd, Blood Bowl and Warhammer 40,000 and Thrud's native fantasy theme. To ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Coimbra
Miguel Coimbra (born 9 December 1977) is a French freelance illustrator and graphic artist. Career Coimbra started drawing in his childhood. His special interest in games and the fantasy theme was aroused through the trading card game ''Magic: The Gathering''. Coimbra moved to Lyon in 2005 and worked as a graphic designer for the resident video game developer Eden Games on titles including ''Test Drive Unlimited'' and '' Alone in the Dark''. Since 2006, Coimbra is mainly active as an illustrator for board games and card games. His best-known works include the board games '' Small World'', ''Cyclades'', and '' 7 Wonders''. He has also done illustrations for trading card games, including the ''World of Warcraft Trading Card Game'' and ''Star Wars Galaxies''. In addition, Coimbra also illustrated several book covers and concept art for computer games. Illustrated games (selection) * 2006: ''BattleLore'' (Days of Wonder/Fantasy Flight Games), with others * 2007: ''Gravediggers'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Chan (illustrator)
Jason Chan may refer to: * Jason Keng-Kwin Chan (born 1971), Malaysian actor * Jason Chan Chi-san (born 1977), Hong Kong actor and television presenter * Jason Chan (singer) (born 1983), Hong Kong singer * Jason Chan (rugby league) (born 1984), rugby league player * Jason Chan (figure skater) (born 1996), Canadian-Australian ice dancer * Amaz (video game player) Jason Chan (born April 12, 1991), better known as Amaz, is a Chinese-Canadian professional video game player best known for streaming ''Hearthstone'' on Twitch. Chan now plays for NRG, having left the ''Hearthstone'' team he created, Team Archon ... (born 1991), Hong Kong-born Canadian-American video game player Jason Chan See also * Jason Chen (other) {{hndis, name=Chan, Jason ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Allsop
Dave Allsop is a Scottish game designer and artist for role-playing games and video games. Career Dave Allsop developed the role-playing game ''SLA Industries'' (1993); the Scottish company Nightfall Games was founded solely to publish the game. Wizards of the Coast later bought ''SLA Industries'', but then returned it to Nightfall, who licensed it to Hogshead Publishing; in 2002, Hogshead closed down and thus ''SLA Industries'' returned to Allsop. Allsop was by then the flatmate of Angus Abranson, and they decided to form a new role-playing company in 2003 called Cubicle 7 Entertainment. Allsop started work on a new release of ''SLA Industries'', but in the Fall of 2004 Allsop decided to pull out of Cubicle 7 to pursue other opportunities. In 2005, Allsop, with Adrian Bott, produced ''The Book of Unremitting Horror'', a book of monsters for the d20 System, published by Pelgrane Press. Allsop returned to Cubicle 7 in 2007 as the ''SLA Industries'' line editor, which started rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Higginbotham
Henry Higginbotham is a working artist who specializes in non-primitive art, steampunk, sculpture and more. Education Higginbotham has a master's degree in fine arts from the University of Iowa. Works Henry G. Higginbotham has produced interior and cover illustrations for role-playing game books since 1993. He began his career with White Wolf, on their numerous products for their games '' Wraith: The Oblivion'' and '' Changeling: The Dreaming''. Higginbotham illustrated the covers of several ''Dungeons & Dragons'' books in the game's second edition, and then produced cover art for the third edition game's ''Player's Handbook'', ''Monster Manual'', and ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' (2000), '' Monsters of Faerûn'' (2001), ''Monster Manual II'' (2002), ''Book of Vile Darkness'' (2002), ''Fiend Folio'', the 3.5 versions of the ''Player's Handbook'', ''Monster Manual'', and ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' (2003), ''Book of Exalted Deeds'', ''Monster Manual III'' (2004), ''Complete Divine'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wil Upchurch
Wil () is the capital of the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Wil is the third largest city in the Canton of St. Gallen, after the city of St. Gallen and Rapperswil-Jona, a twin city that merged in 2006. The municipality of Bronschhofen merged into Wil on 1 January 2013. After the merger the Community Identification Number changed from 3425 to 3427.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013 In 1984, Wil was awarded the for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage. Geog ...
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Rodney Thompson
Rodney Thompson is a game designer whose writing credits include numerous books for the '' Star Wars Roleplaying Game'' and the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. He was the lead developer for the 4th edition version of the Dark Sun campaign setting. Bibliography Wizards of the Coast d20 Modern *'' d20 Future'' *'' d20 Future Tech'' Dungeons & Dragons =3rd edition= *'' Dragon Magic'' =4th Edition= *'' Dark Sun Campaign Setting'' *'' Heroes of the Fallen Lands'' *'' Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdoms'' *'' Monster Vault'' *''Player's Option: Heroes of the Feywild'' Star Wars Roleplaying Game =Revised Core Rulebook edition= *''Hero's Guide'' =Saga Edition= *'' Star Wars Roleplaying Game: Saga Edition'' *''Starships of the Galaxy (Saga Edition)'' *''Star Wars Gamemaster Screen'' *''Threats of the Galaxy'' *''Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide'' *''Force Unleashed Campaign Guide'' *''Scum and Villainy'' *''The Clone Wars Campaign Guide'' *''Legac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
