Over the years, I've given the thief a lot of flak, but it's actually the cleric who fits in least well with the literary origins of...

Of all the iconic classes of D&D , the cleric is the one that sticks out like a sore thumb. Whereas the fighting man, the magic-user, an...

Issue #22 of Polyhedron (March 1985) features an interesting piece of artwork by Joseph Pillsbury. I say "interesting" not solely ...

Alan Craddock's depiction of a meeting between science fiction and fantasy characters graces the cover of issue #52 of White Dwarf (Apri...

Issue #51 of White Dwarf (March 1984) features a cover by Iain McCaig, an artist many will know from his work in the film industry, as well ...

This notice appeared in issue #40 of Dragon (August 1980). I can only assume that this was part of a public relations campaign in the afterm...

Issue #20 of  White Dwarf  (August/September 1980) features another science fiction-inspired cover by Angus McKie, which pleases me.  As I s...

Of all the iconic classes of D&D , the cleric is the one that sticks out like a sore thumb. Whereas the fighting man, the magic-user, an...

As is well known now, the cleric was inspired, in large part, by the character of Dr. Van Helsing, as ably portrayed by Peter Cushing , in n...

As some of you may recall, I introduced a character into my Dwimmermount campaign called the King of the Cats . I created the King as an imp...

Lots of gamers make the claim that the paladin class, first introduced to OD&D in Supplement I, doesn't fit well with the other clas...

One of the commonest complaints leveled against the cleric is that the class is just a glorified healer and nobody likes to play the healer....