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Chinese armour was predominantly lamellar from the Warring States period (481 BC–221 BC) onward, prior to which animal parts such as rhinoceros hide, rawhide, and turtle shells were used for protection. Lamellar armour was supplemented by scale armour since the Warring States period or earlier. Partial plate armour was popular from the ...
Scale armour is an early form of armour consisting of many individual small armour scales (plates) of various shapes attached to each other and to a backing of cloth or leather in overlapping rows. [1] Scale armour was worn by warriors of many different cultures as well as their horses. The material used to make the scales varied and included ...
The original Arms and Equipment Guide was designed by Grant Boucher, Troy Christensen, Jon Pickens, John Terra, and Scott Davis. [1] It was intended for the 2nd edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, and was published in 1991. The book was edited by Anne Brown and Jon Pickens. Interior artists included Daniel Horne, Erik Olson, Keith Parkinson ...
This is a list of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition monsters, an important element of that role-playing game. [1] [2] [3] This list only includes monsters from official Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition supplements published by TSR, Inc. or Wizards of the Coast, not licensed or unlicensed third-party products such as video games or unlicensed Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition ...
Bahamut is a child of the dragon god Io. He is also referred to as the God of Dragons or the Lord of the North Wind. In many campaign settings, the draconic pantheon of gods consists of the leader Io, and his children Aasterinian, Bahamut, Chronepsis, Faluzure, Sardior, and Tiamat. Other draconic gods may be present in different campaign settings.
The centaur appeared in the D&D Expert Set (1981, 1983) and the Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991). The centaur appeared as a character class in Tall Tales of the Wee Folk (1989). [6] The centaur appeared in first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in the original Monster Manual (1977). [7] The sea centaur appeared in Dragon #116 ...
In the Dungeons & Dragons ( D&D) fantasy role-playing game, dragons are an iconic type of monstrous creature. [ 1][ 2] As a group, D&D dragons are loosely based on dragons from a wide range of fictional and mythological sources. [ 3][ 4][ 5] Dungeons & Dragons allows players to fight the fictional dragons in the game ( Tiamat being one of the ...
Dungeons & Dragons (commonly abbreviated as D&D or DnD) [ 2] is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. [ 3][ 4][ 5] The game was first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TSR). [ 5] It has been published by Wizards of the Coast, later a subsidiary of Hasbro ...