I can't be the first one to have noticed this, but I can't find anything about it in a quick look through the boards.
Taking a look at page 31 of "The Impossible Eye," area C15 (Soldier's Shrine), one finds this description:
"This massive chamber is dominated by a huge statue of an efreeti seated in the lotus position upon a dais. The statue holds a six-foot-high basin filled with roaring flames in its lap. This pyre gives the statue's snarling visage an eerie red glow and causes the flickering light to glint malignly off the jewels mounted in its eye sockets."
A perfect description of the original 1e Player's Handbook cover, minus the thief prying the gemstones from the eyes, which I assume was left for the players to do.
Thank you, Mr. Vaughan, for throwing an easter egg bonus to all us grognards while helping to move forward the next iteration of the game we all love!
I imagine these little treats are probably more common than we realize; I just happened to notice this one, the description being like stumbling across an old picture of a childhood friend (and yes, the 1e Player's Handbook holds that definition for me).
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I can't be the first one to have noticed this, but I can't find anything about it in a quick look through the boards.
Taking a look at page 31 of "The Impossible Eye," area C15 (Soldier's Shrine), one finds this description:
"This massive chamber is dominated by a huge statue of an efreeti seated in the lotus position upon a dais. The statue holds a six-foot-high basin filled with roaring flames in its lap. This pyre gives the statue's snarling visage an eerie red glow and causes the flickering light to glint malignly off the jewels mounted in its eye sockets."
A perfect description of the original 1e Player's Handbook cover, minus the thief prying the gemstones from the eyes, which I assume was left for the players to do.
Thank you, Mr. Vaughan, for throwing an easter egg bonus to all us grognards while helping to move forward the next iteration of the game we all love!
I imagine these little treats are probably more common than we realize; I just happened to notice this one, the description being like stumbling across an old picture of a childhood friend (and yes, the 1e Player's Handbook holds that definition for me).
That image is simply classic ...
I had the exact same reaction to the picture of the chamber on Page 29
For some reason, the picture didn't register with me at first, possibly because the face is very different from the iconic image. Also, possibly because it was visual instead of printed... I'm wierd (or wired?) that way.