Seems someone took his sobriquet "The Wizard of Menlo Park" a little too seriously.
The funny thing is, if you were to crop out the magazine header this picture could be dropped into any of the 3 first edition AD&D corebooks and it would fit right in with the other illustrations. Even stylistically it looks a lot like the Sutherland and Darlene illos of the period. Which of course leads me to once again ask that eternal question "Who would win in a fight between Thomas Alva Edison and Emirikol the Chaotic?"
Intelligence In The Land of Player Skill
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Gamers often discuss the idea of "player skill" vs "character skill" in
games. That is: my wizard can speak Elvish--that's character skill--but my
wizard...
Not too sure who would win. but my money's on Tesla to kick both their butts!
ReplyDeleteYou guys are both awesome. After pressing the publich button I considered going back and working in a Tesla reference. It's nice to know you guys have my back.
ReplyDeleteI got your six, Jeff.
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