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From: ncg@ukc.UUCP (N.C.Gale)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: frp & artwork
Message-ID: <4847@ukc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 08:37:32 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 11 08:37:32 1985
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Reply-To: ncg@ukc.UUCP  Nige Gale
Organization: Computing Laboratory, U of Kent at Canterbury, UK
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Summary: 

In article <360@snow.UUCP> req@snow.UUCP (Russell Quin) writes:
>Does anyone out there use pictures as an aid to running an rpg?


Yes, I do.

Apart from maps & things, I draw a fair number of 3-D representations,
some of which are on paper, but most of which are on the
blackboard I have just behind me while DMing.

The players certainly appreciate this, and it shortens the description
of complicated structures/creatures/situations greatly.
And if ever the players are confused by a description, I draw it.

I use a lot of pictures. My art-source is myself, which isn't availlable to
anyone else.

My main problem is that detailed & well proportioned drawings are
extremely time-consuming to produce, so most of the time I have to
satisfy myself with a scribble that took under a minute.
Most of the time, this  is sufficient, but if, say, the players
(like mine) build/capture a Castle, they delight in knowing what
it looks like.

One thing that standard (TSR, say) modules could be improved by is a lot
more *detatchable* illustrations to aid DM


-Nige Gale