I’m still rather dismayed that upon the re-release of this book a few months ago that this image wasn’t used, although with the border cropping involved, it wouldn’t have been done justice anyway. To me, although perhaps not my favorite Easley piece for simple nostalgia's sake, this is the finest piece of artwork that Jeff produced in his days at TSR. To me, this cover, just like D&D itself, is an evolutionary process on the part of the artist as instead of a static character driven and highly detailed piece of art, we are instead given a swirling palette of incredibly vibrant color and movement that stretches both the imagination and realms of what is possible with artwork in the genre. Released in June 1989, the 2 nd Edition DMG bears an absolutely gorgeous cover by artist Jeff Easley. Still, as I grew into my late teens, my mind was finally ready to unlock the secrets of the DMG, and thankfully TSR came out with 2 nd Edition which made it all the easier for me to do so. Sure, I owned a copy of the AD&D 1E Dungeon Master’s Guide, but that book was like an unintelligible codex when I first started playing D&D, and since I’d begun with Basic and the Red Box, my fundamental years were not even with Advanced D&D, so that made the book even more foreign and confusing. This book, however, is perhaps the single most important text in my gaming library for the simple fact that it was what I used to hone and perfect my skills as a Dungeon Master. I guess that question wasn’t so hard after all J Cordell, Jesse Decker, Bryan Fagan, James Jacobs, Robin D.What can I say about the 2 nd Edition DMG that isn’t great… well, probably that I think the artwork selection is subpar. Additional Contributors:Wolfgang Baur, C.M.Brand and Marketing: Nathan Stewart, Liz Schuh, Chris Lindsay, Shelly Mazzanoble, Hilary Ross, Laura Tommervik, Kim Lundstrom, Trevor Kidd.Production Services: Cyndia Callaway, Brian Dumas, Jefferson Dunlap, David Gershman, Anita Williams.Project Management: Neil Shinkle, John Hay, Kim Graham.Riley, Amir Salehi, Mike Schley, Chris Seaman, Sean Sevestre, llya Shkipin, Carmen Sinek, Craig J Spearing, john Stanko, Alex Stone, Matias Tapia, Joel Thomas, Cory Trego -Erdner, Beth Trott, Cyril Van Der Haegen, Raoul Vitale, Tyler Walpole, Julian Kok Joon Wen, Richard Whitters, Eva Widermann, Mark Winters, Ben Wootten, Kieran Yanner, james Zhang Fischer, Justin Gerard, E.W.Hekaton, Jon Hodgson, Ralph Horsley, Tyler Jacobson, Jason )uta, Sam Keiser, Chad King, Vance Kovacs, Oily Lawson, Chuck Lukacs, Howard Lyon, Victoria Maderna, Aaron Miller, Mark Molnar, Terese Nielsen, William O'Connor, Hector Ortiz, Adam Paquette, Claudio Pozas, Steve Prescott, David Rapoza, Rob Rey, Aaron J. Interior Illustrators: Rob Alexander, Dave Allsop, Daren Bader, Mark Behm, Eric Belisle, Steven Belledin, Kerem Beyit, Noah Bradley, Aleksi Briclot, Filip Burburan, Milivoj Ceran, Sidharth Chaturvedi, Conceptopolis, jD, jesper Ejsing, Wayne England, Emily Fiegenschuh, Scott M.Graphic Designers: Emi Tanji, Bree Heiss, Trish Yochum, Barry Craig.Art Directors: Kate Irwin, Dan Gelon, jon Schindehette, Mari Kolkowsky, Melissa Rapier, Shauna Narciso.Editors: Scott Fitzgerald Gray, Michele Carter, Chris Sims, Jennifer Clarke Wilkes.Dungeon Master's Guide Leads: Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins, James Wyatt.D&D Lead Designers: Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford.Referenced only minecart Appendix Gallery wand of wonder Miscellaneous Campaign Settings Al-Qadim.ring of x-ray vision Rods rod of absorption.potion of water breathing Rings ring of animal influence.wings of flying Potions potion of animal friendship.amulet of proof against detection and location.Waterdeep Magic Items +1, +2, +3 shield.
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