Ralph Horsley is an artist whose work has appeared in

role-playing game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within ...

Career

His ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (T ...

'' work includes cover art for the adventure '' The Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde'' (2006), and interior art for ''Monster Manual III'' (2004), ''Player's Handbook II'' (2006), '' Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss'' (2006), '' Complete Psionic'' (2006), ''

Complete Mage ''Complete Mage'' is a supplemental rule book for the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. It is effectively the sequel to ''Complete Arcane''. Contents The book provides feats, prestige classes, and other options for ...

'' (2006), ''

Cityscape In the visual arts, a cityscape (urban landscape) is an artistic representation, such as a painting, drawing, print or photograph, of the physical aspects of a city or urban area. It is the urban equivalent of a landscape. ''Townscape'' i ...

'' (2006), ''The Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde'' (2006), ''

Dungeonscape ''Dungeonscape'' is a supplement for the 3.5 edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons''. Contents ''Dungeonscape'' focuses on the finer points of the dungeon, the medium for adventure and danger in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' game. Dungeon masters may ...

'' (2007), ''

Magic Item Compendium The ''Magic Item Compendium'' is a sourcebook written for the 3.5 edition of the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Contents The ''Magic Item Compendium'' contains over a thousand magic items used in '' Dungeons & Dragons''. Th ...

'' (2007), ''Monster Manual V'' (2007), ''

Rules Compendium ''Rules Compendium'' is a book written for the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Contents The ''Rules Compendium'' consists of material that originally appeared in the ''Player's Handbook'', ''Dungeon Master' ...

'' (2007), '' Elder Evils'' (2007), and the 4th edition ''

Monster Manual The ''Monster Manual'' (''MM'' is the primary bestiary sourcebook for monsters in the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'' fantasy role-playing game, first published in 1977 by TSR. The ''Monster Manual'' was the first hardcover D&D book and inc ...

'' (2008) and '' Manual of the Planes'' (2008). He is known for his work on the '' Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game. He has also contributed art to the ''

World of Warcraft Trading Card Game The ''World of Warcraft Trading Card Game'' (''WoW TCG'') is an out-of-print collectible card game based on Blizzard Entertainment's MMORPG, ''World of Warcraft''. The game was announced by Upper Deck Entertainment on August 18, 2005 and releas ...

'' and ''

Hearthstone ''Hearthstone'' is a free-to-play online digital collectible card game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. Originally subtitled ''Heroes of Warcraft'', ''Hearthstone'' builds upon the existing lore of the ''Warcraft'' series by ...

''.

Personal life

Horsley was married to artist

Anne Stokes Anne Stokes is a fantasy artist whose early work has appeared in role-playing games, particularly ''Dungeons & Dragons''. Early life Originally from London, Stokes has had an interest in the fantasy genre since her father read ''The Hobbit'' t ...

References

External links

Ralph Horsley's website
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