Monster Manual II Art Gallery
Stephenls
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_73.jpg
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Stephenls
> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_73.jpg
Um. Urk.
That should be:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/ag/ag20020816a
Sorry. Me no think.
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Chris Basken
Nice, although I wish they'd get some consistency in the art quality.
What's up with that Breathdrinker pic?
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_12.jpg
Some other random thoughts...
I'm not completely sold on the "gem" dragons. Are they real dragons, or
like lesser dragons, or something? They seem small.
Okay, there's something obscene in this picture:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_54.jpg
I'll let you find it.
"Big Gooberfish!"
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_88.jpg
Is "firbolg" a real word? It's used in Warcraft 3, too.
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_52.jpg
"The Monster of Legend heard a noise behind him. He turns his head
quickly... and *slices his own arms off!*"
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_134.jpg
"Ghoronti wachoobi, Solo..."
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_98.jpg
"It's fun to stay at the Y... M... C... A..."
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_110.jpg
Okay, I've been making fun of a lot of them, but this is a damn cool one:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_121.jpg
Heli Kaarina Kinnunen
Chris Basken <ch...@nospambasken.com> wrote:
>"Stephenls" wrote:
>> That should be:
>>
>> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/ag/ag20020816a
Loooooooovely!
>
>Nice, although I wish they'd get some consistency in the art quality.
>What's up with that Breathdrinker pic?
>
>http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_12.jpg
>
>Some other random thoughts...
>
>I'm not completely sold on the "gem" dragons. Are they real dragons, or
>like lesser dragons, or something? They seem small.
Who cares, the question is, 'will they make miniatures for 'em!' Us
miniature geeks who like dragons want 'em! :)
*drool* ...and I could paint 'em so nice...
>Is "firbolg" a real word? It's used in Warcraft 3, too.
Yeah, it is.
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> Is "firbolg" a real word?
Firbolg are from Irish mythology: the mythical People of the
Bag who settled in Ireland after fleeing from Greece, where
they were enslaved and forced to carry earth in bags. The
Firbolg made ships out of the bags and sailed to Spain, then
to Ireland, which they ruled until the coming of the Tuatha
de Danaan (Gaelic for People of the Goddess Danu).
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Stephenls
> I'm not completely sold on the "gem" dragons. Are they real dragons,
> or like lesser dragons, or something? They seem small.
My question regarding the gem dragons is this: where's the crystal
dragon? There were five chromatics (evil), five metallics (good), and
five gems (neutral). Now there's only four gems.
I know we've got the stats for 'em in the Psionics Handbook 'n
everything, but somehow it's just not the same.
Varl
> Okay, there's something obscene in this picture:
> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_54.jpg
> I'll let you find it.
That's just sick, and was just a bit too much information. You've just
ruined this creature for all time.
> "Big Gooberfish!"
> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_88.jpg
Sahuagin, with a pinch of lemon. Always a fine choice.
> Is "firbolg" a real word? It's used in Warcraft 3, too.
> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_52.jpg
Real enough for D&D.
> "The Monster of Legend heard a noise behind him. He turns his head
> quickly... and *slices his own arms off!*"
> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_134.jpg
Oh man, what a silly horn arrangement. Attack him from the front and up
high and he's screwed. He can't lift his arms high enough to attack with
a weapon without impaling his own arms. On the other hand, his mounted
head would make a keen gunrack.
> "Ghoronti wachoobi, Solo..."
> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_98.jpg
Only angrier.
> "It's fun to stay at the Y... M... C... A..."
> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_110.jpg
I was thinking a Sigil traffic cop myself.
> Okay, I've been making fun of a lot of them, but this is a damn cool one:
> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_121.jpg
Mantisman. Yeah, not too bad.
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>Chris Basken wrote:
>> "The Monster of Legend heard a noise behind him. He turns his head
>> quickly... and *slices his own arms off!*"
>> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_134.jpg
>Oh man, what a silly horn arrangement. Attack him from the front and up
>high and he's screwed. He can't lift his arms high enough to attack with
>a weapon without impaling his own arms. On the other hand, his mounted
>head would make a keen gunrack.
And if someone strikes at those horns, the creature's neck is in danger
of being snapped. That's why horned helmets were not as popular as
many people think.
>> "It's fun to stay at the Y... M... C... A..."
>> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_110.jpg
>I was thinking a Sigil traffic cop myself.
It's the new Traffic Cops faction! :)
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Chris Basken
> Chris Basken wrote:
> > Okay, there's something obscene in this picture:
> > http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_54.jpg
> > I'll let you find it.
>
> That's just sick, and was just a bit too much information. You've just
> ruined this creature for all time.
Don't blame me, I didn't paint the picture.
8)
Bradd W. Szonye
> Just so everyone knows, the Monster Manual II art gallery is up at:
>
> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_73.jpg
>
> Shiny, shiny, shiny. I like shiny things. They're shiny.
No steel predators?! Pout!
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Glupinickname
Jeez. First I thought that a monster's name was "Booze Ooze".....Large
quantity of bad wine transformed by thaumaturgical radiation of the
Underdark into a deadly monster of peril, doom and horrible hangovers.But
actually, it doesn't even sound as a bad idea for a monster.
Doesn't it?
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Bill Silvey
"Glupinickname" <glupin...@net.hr> wrote in message
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> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_146.jpg
>
> Jeez. First I thought that a monster's name was "Booze Ooze".....Large
> quantity of bad wine transformed by thaumaturgical radiation of the
> Underdark into a deadly monster of peril, doom and horrible hangovers.But
> actually, it doesn't even sound as a bad idea for a monster.
>
>
>
> Doesn't it?
Actually, it sounds pretty cool. You wouldn't mind if I created one for 1st
Edition and put it up on my (desperately in need of an update) web-page,
would you? I will, of course, give you credit...
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>
> "Glupinickname" <glupin...@net.hr> wrote in message
> news:ajlj3t$6mlk$1...@as201.hinet.hr...
> > http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_146.jpg
> >
> > Jeez. First I thought that a monster's name was "Booze Ooze".....Large
> > quantity of bad wine transformed by thaumaturgical radiation of the
> > Underdark into a deadly monster of peril, doom and horrible
hangovers.But
> > actually, it doesn't even sound as a bad idea for a monster.
> >
> >
> >
> > Doesn't it?
>
> Actually, it sounds pretty cool. You wouldn't mind if I created one for
1st
> Edition and put it up on my (desperately in need of an update) web-page,
> would you? I will, of course, give you credit...
Sure, no problem. If you do that, send me a link to my e-mail. I would sure
like to see what you made out of it.
:-)
Certic
Stephenls <step...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> Just so everyone knows, the Monster Manual II art gallery is up at:
>
> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_73.jpg
>
> Shiny, shiny, shiny. I like shiny things. They're shiny.
boots of leather?
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> Varl <bsm...@premier1.net> wrote:
> >Chris Basken wrote:
> >> "The Monster of Legend heard a noise behind him. He turns his head
> >> quickly... and *slices his own arms off!*"
> >> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_134.jpg
> >Oh man, what a silly horn arrangement. Attack him from the front and up
> >high and he's screwed. He can't lift his arms high enough to attack with
> >a weapon without impaling his own arms. On the other hand, his mounted
> >head would make a keen gunrack.
>
> And if someone strikes at those horns, the creature's neck is in danger
> of being snapped. That's why horned helmets were not as popular as
> many people think.
There does seem to be an unwelcome return of PHB style spiky bits and such
huge shoulder pads even Alexis in Dynasty wouldn't have worn them.
Evan
I'm interested to see how they explain the half-golems
On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 21:35:19 -0700, Stephenls <step...@shaw.ca>
wrote:
Bill Silvey
"Evan" <spoo...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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>
> I'm interested to see how they explain the half-golems
You see, Evan, when a Golem and a woman love each other very, very much...
Evan
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>
>"Evan" <spoo...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>news:4gctlukpfkan3pmto...@4ax.com...
>>
>> I'm interested to see how they explain the half-golems
>
>You see, Evan, when a Golem and a woman love each other very, very much...
Childbirth would be a bitch...
A'koss
Essentially, they're D&D cyborgs. The first half-golems were people who had
golem parts grafted to them to replace lost limbs. However the surgery
turned them all evil, now uberbadguys do this deliberately to subjects
knowing they'll all turn evil, and so on, etc...
There's a write-up for them somewhere - Wizard's site?
A'koss!
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Stephenls
> I'm interested to see how they explain the half-golems
Fantasy cybernetics.
What happens when the PCs cut the arm off Skuzz, the henchman of the
evil necromancer Lord Decayus? Decayus just grafts a flesh golem arm
on. Who needs clerics?
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A'koss <infinitySP...@shaw.ca> wrote:
>"Evan" <spoo...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>news:4gctlukpfkan3pmto...@4ax.com...
>>
>> I'm interested to see how they explain the half-golems
>
>Essentially, they're D&D cyborgs. The first half-golems were people who had
>golem parts grafted to them to replace lost limbs. However the surgery
>turned them all evil, now uberbadguys do this deliberately to subjects
>knowing they'll all turn evil, and so on, etc...
>
>There's a write-up for them somewhere - Wizard's site?
This reminds me... gotta write up the magical EVA unit for D&D 3E. Yesh.
It's going to be such an Epic item...
Bill Silvey
> Evan wrote:
>
> > I'm interested to see how they explain the half-golems
>
> Fantasy cybernetics.
>
> What happens when the PCs cut the arm off Skuzz, the henchman of the
> evil necromancer Lord Decayus? Decayus just grafts a flesh golem arm
> on. Who needs clerics?
And hey, he's already of an Evil align, so you're losing nothing there...!
Might make for an interesting "Hands of Orlac" type adventure.
Sir Bob
> "Stephenls" wrote:
> > That should be:
> >
> > http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/ag/ag20020816a
>
> Nice, although I wish they'd get some consistency in the art quality.
> What's up with that Breathdrinker pic?
>
> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_12.jpg
>
> Some other random thoughts...
>
> I'm not completely sold on the "gem" dragons. Are they real dragons, or
> like lesser dragons, or something? They seem small.
>
> Okay, there's something obscene in this picture:
> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_54.jpg
> I'll let you find it.
I'm not seeing it - I mean, sure, there's a semi-phallic protruberance
or two, but nothing really *obscene* so much as just suggestive...
- Sir Bob.
Fitz
wrote:
>I'm interested to see how they explain the half-golems
Well, when a mummy and a daddy-golem love each other *very* much, they
come together in a very special sort of hug.....
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Neosaurus
Doesn't mean that they're not included--just that they don't have an
illustration on the website, and probably not in the book either. (Yakmen are
included, according to the Fight Club column, but they're not in the art list
either.)
--Sean Curtin
Evan
I figured as much, was just hoping there was a better explanation than
simply magical cybernetics...
Stephenls
> Doesn't mean that they're not included--just that they don't have an
> illustration on the website, and probably not in the book either.
> (Yakmen are included, according to the Fight Club column, but they're
> not in the art list either.)
Apparently that's not actually every piece of art from the book. Just
the vast, /vast/ majority.
Stephenls
> I figured as much, was just hoping there was a better explanation
> than simply magical cybernetics...
What sort of explanation were you hoping for? Force-bred hybrids, not
unlike the half-elementals that are created through rituals performed on
the pregnant mother?
Hey, wait...
Anivair
>golem parts grafted to them to replace lost limbs.
Interestingly enough, I will need this for early dwarves. IMC world dwarves
were origionally all golems with flesh stock mixed in over centuries by their
creators to make repairs easier. Sort of reverse Pherexians, if you will.
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Anivair
>> Okay, there's something obscene in this picture:
>> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_54.jpg
>> I'll let you find it.
>
>I'm not seeing it - I mean, sure, there's a semi-phallic protruberance
>or two, but nothing really *obscene* so much as just suggestive...
Agreed. I spent about ten full minutes looking at it this morning and I
thought maybe I was just tired but now on a full brain it still doesn't seem
obscene. Gross, but not obscene.
maybe you have to look at it a special way. Have you tried doing it like a 3D
picture?
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VoodooChild
Does anyone have the MM2? I just need information about the Phoenix, but I
can't afford to shell out for the whole manual! I just need to find out
things like it's alignment, where it is. That kinda thing.
-VoodooChild (Kriss)
A'koss
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Hmm, interesting... I may have to steal this to do something similar with a
group of special automatons IMC. Essentially, a village was wiped out by a
necromantic force that separated their souls from their bodies but for some
reason didn't turn them into conventional ghosts or other evil undead. They
found that they could possess a limited amount of non-living matter
(depending on level) and eventually ended up serving across the world as
miners and other heavy laborerers, sometimes as soldiers too. Most are, of
course, are looking for a way to become living again. They are very
difficult to kill, as even if you destroy their bodies, their souls seem
highly resistant to even powerful magic, including wish and resurrection...
Stephenls
> *snip*
It hasn't been released yet. The art gallery is just an elaborate
advertisment at the moment.
Lost Dragon
Stolen. ;)
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Stephenls
galleries but not in the big one? And some pictures that show up in the
big one but not the little ones?
Well, some people on the ENWorld forums did a bit of digging around and
found some pictures that are in the database but not linked in /any/ of
the galleries.
From "Johno":
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_126.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_161.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_33.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_26.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_42.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_46.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_53.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_113.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_122.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_157.jpg
From "Kobold Avenger":
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_37.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_14.jpg
Christopher Adams
and
> found some pictures that are in the database but not linked in /any/
of
> the galleries.
>
It looks like we've found our Crystal Dragon.
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Stephenls
> It looks like we've found our Crystal Dragon.
Indeed.
I do so wish they'd gotten Todd Lockwood, or alternately Sam Wood, to
illustrate the gem dragons. I can't say I'm fond of the illos on the
website at all.
Douglas Bailey
> Well, some people on the ENWorld forums did a bit of digging around and
> found some pictures that are in the database but not linked in /any/ of
> the galleries.
What's weird is that almost without exception, these unlinked
illustrations are better -- IMHO, obviously -- than the ones in the
galleries.
In particular, <http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_
14.jpg> just struck me dead. :-)
doug
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Agamemnon
<MPG.17ca34588...@netnews.attbi.com>:
>Stephenls <step...@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> Well, some people on the ENWorld forums did a bit of digging around and
>> found some pictures that are in the database but not linked in /any/ of
>> the galleries.
>
>What's weird is that almost without exception, these unlinked
>illustrations are better -- IMHO, obviously -- than the ones in the
>galleries.
I was going to say the exact opposite thing. I didn't really see anythi g
in this patch that piqued my curiosity for a moment.
- Agamemnon -
Stephenls
>
> You know how there are some pictures that show up in the little
> galleries but not in the big one? And some pictures that show up in
> the big one but not the little ones?
> Well, some people on the ENWorld forums did a bit of digging around
> and found some pictures that are in the database but not linked in
> /any/ of the galleries.
And here's some more.
From "Knight Otu":
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_10.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_19.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_145.jpg
Arivne
>
<snip hidden pictures>
>
> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_126.jpg
The Yak Men revealed!
> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_161.jpg
Tempest elemental?
> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_42.jpg
Blazing Bones?
> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_46.jpg
Alas, poor Yorick...
> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_53.jpg
The Phoenix Force lives!
> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_113.jpg
The Little Mermaid as a hippie?
> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_122.jpg
Starring Jack Nicholson in "The Witches of Eastwick".
> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_14.jpg
Presenting the new, improved 3E catoblepas/manticore.
I really liked most of these pictures. Kudos to the artists.
Arivne