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Erol Otus is an American artist and game designer, known internationally for his contributions to the fantasy RPG genre, most notably for the early Dungeons & Dragons franchise.

Role-playing games

Otus was a prolific contributor to the early Dungeons & Dragons franchise, creating full covers as well as many interior illustrations for TSR materials .

Otus has also provided cover art and interior illustratons for Goodman Games, Oracle Games and the Arduin series.

Video games

Otus has also provided illustrations, production design and voice overs for computer games such as Star Trek: Generations, Mail Order Monsters and Star Control II .

Homage

In the Dungeons & Dragons adventure module "A4: In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords", part of the treasure on the slaver ships is a series of paintings by a supposedly famous Drow Artist named "Ool Eurts" (an anagram of Erol Otus).

References

  1. http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=685
  2. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0653354/

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