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Ye basic and elite adventurers in Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord -- easily created and deleted in the Training Grounds and added to your party at Gigamesh's Tavern (Will McLean illustrations from the game manual, Sir-Tech Software, 1981)
will mclean: saw you hanging out with the ten yesterday
tradd st. croix: will! it's not what you think!
will mclean: i won't hesitate, bitch!
will mclean: *throws water in his face*
The party examines a handy wand found in Bigby's house. (Charles Frank, from Jack Barker's adventure "Bigby's Modest Home" in the AD&D 2e supplement WGR2: Treasures of Greyhawk, TSR, 1992)
This adventure takes place entirely within Bigby's house, after the defeat of the Circle of Eight in WGA4: Vecna Lives! This moment is a direct reference to Will McLean's "+2 backscratcher" comic illustration in the 1979 AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide.
The "Feudal Mind" spell, Will McLean, Dragon 17, August 1978 -- While it's a bit of an exaggeration to say knights always had total disregard for the lives of the lower classes, there are enough documented accounts of conflicts between allied mounted and foot troops, and out of control charges & retreats, to perpetuate the stereotype.
Spaceships of The Space Gamer #25, three by Will McLean and one by Robert Manns (Metagaming, November-December 1979)
Locations in Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord -- the Castle, the Adventurer's Inn (Visa and Mordorcharge accepted), the Temple of Cant where dead adventurers can be raised for a fee, and Boltac's Trading Post which has a monopoly on adventuring gear. (Will McLean illustrations from the game manual, Sir-Tech Software, 1981) In actual game play each of these is a short text menu, with commands input by single letters, so the manual illustrations and text help suggest a more detailed world.
"Why armor class is important" -- Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord for the Apple II took a lot of inspiration from D&D. The armor class scale begins at 10 and descends for improved armor, as used in OD&D through AD&D 2e, before D&D 3e finally changed to ascending AC numbers. (Will McLean comic panel from the game manual, Sir-Tech Software, 1981)
