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oldschoolfrp · 7 months

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"Pellinore hunts a strange unique creature, the Questing Beast, which his family is fated to pursue, though neither they nor anybody else will ever catch it." (Diesel / David S LaForce, "Arthurian Heroes" section of AD&D Deities & Demigods, TSR, 1980) The Beast Glatisant, the Questing Beast, is not given its own heading or stats in this volume, but the illustration matches some medieval accounts of a creature with stag's feet, a serpent's head, leopard's body, and lion's haunch and tail. So: hooved, long neck, spotted, yellow/orange/brown in color, with a darker bushier tail tip, all point to it being based on misunderstood descriptions of a giraffe.

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redacted-metallum · 1 year

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Image description: two scans from the 1980 edition of the TSR Advanced Dungeons and Dragons sourcebook Deities and Demigods. The first is of the text accompanying the entry for Hastur, a full transcript of which is under a readmore link. The second is a close-up of the illustration and depicts a lizard like creature covered in tentacles behind a castle. It is considerably larger than the castle and there is a bolt of lightning in the background. The upper right corner has a stylized signature of the letters E and O, indicating that Erol Otus is the illustrator of this particular image.

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My dad owns a copy of the Deities and Demigods book from before the copyright strike, and I haven’t seen any scans of Hastur from it around tumblr so. Here it is! The whole thing is very influenced by August Derleth’s interpretation of the Cthulhu Mythos, and I have Opinions about that, but this is specifically where the “don’t say Hastur’s name more than four times or he’ll come Get You” thing comes from, which I think is a very neat bit of history and trivia!

One other thing I find interesting is that there is no mention of The King in Yellow (the play) in this section. There is also no mention of the Yellow Sign, Cassilda, or Camilla, though Lake Hali and Carcosa are mentioned as part of an “alien planet”.

The book is credited to James M. Ward and Robert J. Kuntz, and edited by Lawrence Schick.

The illustrations are credited to the following: Jeff Dee, Erol Otus, Eymoth, Darlene Pekul, Paul Jaquays, Jim Roslof, David S. LaForce, David C. Sutherland III, Jeff Lanners, and D. A. Trampier.

Text transcript is as follows:

HASTUR THE UNSPEAKABLE (He Who Must Not Be Named) “Master of the Air” Greater God

ARMOR CLASS: -2 MOVE: 36″/36″ HIT POINTS: 400 NO. OF ATTACKS: 2 DAMAGE/ATTACK: 20-200/20-200 SPECIAL ATTACKS: See below SPECIAL DEFENSES: See below MAGIC RESISTANCE: 50% SIZE: L (600′ TALL) ALIGNMENT: Chaotic evil WORSHIPER’S ALIGN: Chaotic evil SYMBOL: Image of the god PLANE: Prime Material Plane (distant planet) CLERIC/DRUID: Nil FIGHTER: As 16+ HD monster MAGIC-USER/ILLUSIONIST: 23rd level in each THIEF/ASSASSIN: Nil MONK/BARD: Nil PSIONIC ABILITY: I S: 25 (+7. +14) I: 22 W: 23 D: 21 C: 23 CH: -4

This god has a scaled, elongated body, a lizard’s head and maw, and taloned lizard claws. It also has 200 tentacles projecting from its body that give it the ability to sense all things around it. It is able to strike twice per round and also attack magically.

At will, it can teleport anywhere in the Prime Material Plane. Hastur regenerates 5 hit points per melee round, and can summon 2-20 Byakhee to aid it in battle. It cannot be magically controlled. Creatures that are able to fly naturally will never attack Hastur, even if controlled. Any being trying to attack the god must make a saving throw against fear.

Hastur is half-brother to Cthulhu, and like him Hastur has been imprisoned by the star-shaped Elder Sign. He lies in a crypt at the bottom of Lake Hali near the alien city of Carcosa. Hastur exists partly on the Prime Material Plane (and this part is imprisoned in the crypt) and partly on the Elemental Plane of Air (thus he is immune to cold and the vacuum of space). Hastur is never more than partially on the Prime Material Plane and is therefore not completely solid. This accounts for much of his great size.

Any time the name “Hastur” is spoken, there is a 25% chance that Hastur will here and send 1-4 Byakhee to slay the speaker. If the Byakhee are defeated, there is a 25% chance that Hastur himself will appear to destroy the blasphemer.

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oddseekers · 2 months

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Adventure S3 - Expedition to the Barrier Peaks Art: David S. LaForce

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73suggestions · 4 years

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Elemental Demons (Gremlins) by David S. LaForce, The Dragon #37 (May, 1980)

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vintagerpg · 7 years

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Q1 – Queen of the Demonweb Pits marks another first – it is (to my knowledge) the first time a module brought characters to another plane of existence, in this case the 66th level of the Abyss, the titular Demonweb Pits. It looks…strange. The mix of monsters, at a glance, is unusual, the landscape surreal and Lolth apparently flies around in a spider shaped ship of some kind (that perhaps anticipates Spelljammer, nine years later).

Another interesting anticipation – there are portal to other worlds that are of interest to Lolth and one of them sure sounds a lot like Ravenloft.

The strangest thing about the module is that it is rated for a party of level 10 to 14. And you know from the cover that you’re going to fight Lolth, a full on goddess. This begs a couple of questions about first edition D&D. Is level 14 a level you should start going around hunting gods and, if so, what do you do at level 15 and beyond?

More likely: level 14 is when you feel like you can take on a god but then, when you do, you get squished like a…well…spider.

Maybe I shouldn’t be so keen to get my DM to run this for us…

Side note: The front copy boasts it is the first of a series of other-planar scenarios, but to my knowledge, no such series manifested.

Art note: there’s quite a lot of nice art here by, Davis S. LaForce, Jeff Dee and Jim Roslof, but of special note is Erol Otus’ two interpretations of Lolth: the one in the spiderweb bikini and the one with a lady head attached to a spider head. Suprisingly, neither caught on – later takes preferred a more drider-like spider centaur design, which combined the horrific and seductive aspects of the goddess more clearly. But man, that spider with a lady head is super creepy.

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andthewinneris23 · 7 years

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decadentdreamcollector-blog · 5 years

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ALZHEIMER: UM RISCO SE VOCÊ TIVER PROBLEMAS PARA REPETIR CERTAS FRASES

Um recente estudo internacional mostrou uma ligação entre a doença de Alzheimer e certos distúrbios de linguagem, levando as pessoas que percebem essas mudanças em seu discurso a consultarem rapidamente para detecção precoce.

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Dificuldade em encontrar palavras e repetir frases em uma pessoa na casa dos cinquenta pode indicar o início da doença de Alzheimer . Isto é revelado em um estudo internacional publicado em 21 de novembro de 2018 na revista Annals of Neurology .

Doença de Alzheimer: A partir dos 50 anos, um certo tipo de distúrbio de linguagem deve colocar a pulga no ouvido Veja também: Alzheimer: seis dicas para evitar isso! Se sabemos que os distúrbios de linguagem, como os da memória, são sintomas da doença de AlzheimerEste estudo mostra que estas são manifestações muito específicas e típicas de uma forma particular de patologia. Os pesquisadores acompanharam 1251 pacientes com três formas diferentes de afasia (perda total ou parcial da capacidade de comunicação): semântica (com transtorno de compreensão), não fluente (fluxo verbal reduzido) e logopênico. David Bergeron e Robert Jr. Laforce, autores do estudo, disseram à Canadian Press que "pessoas com este tipo de afasia sofrem de uma" falta da palavra ", repetidamente bloqueiam uma frase, elas lutam para encontrar suas palavras e eles dificilmente conseguem repetir uma frase que acaba de ser dita para eles.Isso dá conversas vagas, porque não se pode encontrar a palavra certa para esclarecer os pensamentos ".

Os pesquisadores descobriram que a taxa de beta-amilóide , uma proteína que é encontrada nos neurônios de pessoas com doença de Alzheimer, era anormalmente elevada em 86% dos pacientes com logopénique afasia , contra mais de 20% pacientes afetados por outras formas.

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koolwebsites · 6 years

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infravisions · 9 years

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8 attacks per round for zero damage but miss a save, paralyzed might eat you might not some of us only eat fungus and cave mold we just don't like you bugging us DEAL WITH IT Carrion Crawler David S. LaForce Dungeons & Dragons: Basic Rulebook (1981)

#Basic D&D #carrion crawler #David S LaForce #Diesel #D&D #Dungeons and Dragons

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oldschoolfrp · 1 year

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Nergal, Babylonian god of the underworld, who fights with a +5 shield that casts a death spell aura in a 30′ radius (Diesel / David S LaForce, AD&D Deities & Demigods, TSR, 1980) Unlike many of the historical gods, Nergal remained part of some D&D pantheons in later editions

#D&D #Dungeons & Dragons #David S LaForce #Nergal #AD&D #Deities & Demigods #Babylonian Mythos #Diesel #dnd #deity #god #Babylonia #death spell #magic shield #magic item #Dungeons and Dragons #TSR

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oldschoolfrp · 1 year

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Lost Dwarven Caverns, isometric map by Diesel (David S LaForce) from “Visitors from Above,” Spelljammer adventure by Shonn Everett in Dungeon 28, March/April 1991

#D&D #Dungeons & Dragons #Diesel #David S LaForce #dungeon map #isometric dungeon map #Dungeon magazine #Spelljammer #lost dwarven caverns #isometric map #AD&D #dnd #Visitors from Above #Shonn Everett #Dungeons and Dragons #TSR

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oldschoolfrp · 1 year

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The withered form of a centaur, "the mummified remains of a sacred offspring of Chitza-Atlan, the guardian of the gateway to the underworld” (Diesel / David S Laforce, AD&D module C1: The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan, TSR, 1980/81)

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oldschoolfrp · 2 years

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Old time religion -- Druaga, ruler of the devil world, lesser god of the AD&D Babylonian mythos, is a shape changer whose terrifying true form has 8 arms with talons and 4 legs ending in snaky masses, a ruby red scaly hide and the face of a beautiful boy. “His mace does 35 points of damage every time it hits and turns all beings it hits into devils (random type) under his command if they do not make their magic saving throw.” He occasionally sends devils to aid worshippers who make a virgin sacrifice, making him a good lesser-known alternative archvillain for a campaign. (Diesel / David S LaForce illustration, AD&D Deities & Demigods, TSR, 1980)

Druaga seems to have been invented for AD&D with no clear historical Babylonian source, and the name likely comes from “Drauga” (“Falsehood”), equated with Ahriman in Zoroastrianism. An altered version of AD&D’s Druaga appears in the 1984 Namco video game and 2008-09 anime The Tower of Druaga, and all later pop culture references to a Babylonian Druaga apparently derive from these origins.

#D&D #Dungeons & Dragons #Diesel #David S LaForce #Deities & Demigods #Druaga #AD&D #The Tower of Druaga #devil #god #deity #Babylonian Mythos

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oldschoolfrp · 2 years

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Everyone’s gone to the moon -- Map to adventure on the surface of Lunitari, the red moon of Krynn, one of three moons in the world of Dragonlance (AD&D 2e module DLE3: Dragon Keep by Rick Swan, cartography credited to Diesel -- David S LaForce, TSR, 1989)

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oddseekers · 2 months

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Adventure S3 Expedition to the Barrier Peaks Art: David S. LaForce

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oldschoolfrp · 3 years

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Enjoying a late summer evening outdoors -- Nnuuurrrr’c’c, demigod, master of the insect swarm, the King with Wings, has a 140′ wingspan and is worshipped by all insect races (tiny thumbnail illustration by Diesel / David S LaForce from the Melnibonéan mythos in early printings of AD&D Deities & Demigods, TSR, 1980)

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