Wednesday, July 13, 2016

"A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure" part 7, 1982.

We've got a long way to go if I want to finish clearing this series of early-'80s comic-strip comic book advertisements for TSR's tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, so maybe I should just continue quietly squeaking out the scans and transcriptions. I've been using the CRPG Addict as an excuse to keep pace, but as his already-slow pace has recently turned glacial (he has good excuses, not least among which are his incredible rigor) I do run the very real risk of growing old and dying before posting these all. So here, how about I just pick up from where I left off back in March?
ANSWERING A TELEPATHIC PLEA FOR HELP FROM THEIR FRIEND GRINDAL, OUR ADVENTURERS ARE AMBUSHED IN THE DARK FOREST!! ...
RRRROOOOWL!

... BY THE POWERFUL OAKTHORN AND HIS WEREWOLF COMPANION!
S: A SIMPLE SPELL WILL PARALYSE THIS ONE!!

THE WEREWOLF IS DEFEATED! INDEL LUNGES AT OAKTHORN BUT...
I: HE TURNED HIMSELF INTO A RAVEN!

UNABLE TO CATCH THE FLEEING BIRD, OUR HEROS CONTINUE THEIR QUEST...

THROUGH THE BLACK SWAMP OF LOBELLA!

...EVER CLOSER TO THEIR FINAL GOAL!
G: BEHOLD! THE MOUNTAINS OF ASH!
WILL GRINDAL BE ON THE OTHER SIDE?