Adventures in Sketchtopia Part 4: Dungeons and Dinosaurs

Dust off your prehistoric D20s.

Blasting back in time for another adventure in Sketchtopia, I found a wonderous relic. In a past life, I'd put together a concept for a table-top RPG of thunderous proportions. Dungeons and Dinosaurs.

I went so far as to match each of the classes in Version 4.0 with a species of dinosaur. The image above is hard to follow, so I reproduced as a table below.

Even better, I had pictures to go with each dinosaur class. All except a Plateosaurus Paladin (hmm, maybe I'll have to create that in a future adventure). For now, enjoy 15 dinosaurs.

Page 1: Hard to make out, but this is a Mosasaurus Wizard. Using the powers of levitation and summoning fireballs, this non-dinosaurian marine reptile means business.

Page 2: Triceratops Sorcerer, Plesiosaur Shamen, and Tyrannosaur Warlock. Triceratops is sorcerer because of connection between horns and the occult. Plesiosaur, another marine reptile, uses a totem to levitate. Tyrannosaurus had to be somewhere, so he got the warlock role.

Page 3: Spinosaurus Barbarian, Compsognathus Invoker, and Sauropod Warlord. Spinosaurus looks the part of the barbarian. For the other two, there is no clear reason other than to fill out the classes.

Page 4: Velociraptor Rogue, Pterosaur Ranger, Allosaurus Avenger, and Iguanodon Cleric. Velociraptor is obvious. Small, sneaky, slashing blades. Rogue to the max. Pterosaur, a non-dinosaurian flying reptile, which is not to be confused with a flying dinosaur (those are called birds), is also obvious. The long range of a flying animal fits the long range of a ranger. Allosaurus and Iguanodon again are mostly filling class roles with no special reason why.

Page 5: Ankylosaurus Warden, Stegosaurus Fighter, Oviraptor Druid, and Hadrosaur Bard. Ankylosaurus is a natural defender and stegosaurus is the dinosaur equivalent of the strong, sturdy but none-too-bright fighter. Oviraptor is nurturing (turns out it's less of an egg thief and more of an egg defender), so matches a one-with-nature druid. Hadrosaurs, known for their flashy head crests and bellowing calls, fits the role of bard to a T.

There you go. Next time you gather together for a game of DnD, why not swap out the Dragons with some Terrible Lizards?

Bonus:

Bug Men drawn by one of my brothers.

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