Creator of Yoon-Suin and other materials. Propounding my half-baked ideas on role playing games. Jotting down and elaborating on ideas for campaigns, missions and adventures. Talking about general industry-related matters. Putting a new twist on gaming.
And lifting my head a little, I saw a hideous demon of gigantic frame and stature, with eyes of scarlet fire beneath brows that were coarse as tangled rootlets, and fangs that overhung a cavernous mouth, and earth-black teeth longer and sharper than those of the hyena. And the demon said to me:
"I am a ghniil, and it is my office to devour the bodies of the dead. I have now come to claim the corpse that was interred today beneath the soil on which thou art lying in a fashion so unmannerly. Begone, for I have fasted since yester-night, and I am much anhungered."
Ah, yes. Good stuff indeed. The "tone" of Planscape in generally owes so much to DiTerlizzi.
ReplyDeleteI've recently re-purchased a Planescape box set and have been enjoying so much of the art you've shared here. Good stuff!
ReplyDeletegenerally best visual presentation in a gaming product in the 90s (or maybe ever) IMHO.
ReplyDeleteAll three of you are absolutely correct in your opinions.
ReplyDeleteAnd lifting my head a little, I saw a hideous demon of gigantic frame and stature, with eyes of scarlet fire beneath brows that were coarse as tangled rootlets, and fangs that overhung a cavernous mouth, and earth-black teeth longer and sharper than those of the hyena. And the demon said to me:
ReplyDelete"I am a ghniil, and it is my office to devour the bodies of the dead. I have now come to claim the corpse that was interred today beneath the soil on which thou art lying in a fashion so unmannerly. Begone, for I have fasted since yester-night, and I am much anhungered."
http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/80/the-ghoul
http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/80/the-ghoul