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`!Douglas Stewart Chaffee`! (January 24, 1936 – April 26, 2011) was an American artist whose work appeared in `F33f`_`[role-playing games`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Role-playing_game]`_`f as well as military and Christian publications.

>>Contents

• `F0af`_`[Early life and education`#early-life-and-education]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[Career`#career]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[External links`#external-links]`_`f

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>>Early life and education

Chaffee was the son of Ralph and Marjorie Chaffee and grew up in `F33f`_`[Upstate New York`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Upstate_New_York]`_`f.`:cite-ref-obit-2-1[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-obit-2]`_`f] He served in the `F33f`_`[United States Army`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=United_States_Army]`_`f and then in the `F33f`_`[Army National Guard`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Army_National_Guard]`_`f. He studied art and history at `F33f`_`[Bob Jones University`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Bob_Jones_University]`_`f in `F33f`_`[Greenville, South Carolina`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Greenville,_South_Carolina]`_`f.`:cite-ref-obit-2-2[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-obit-2]`_`f]

>>Career

After college, Chaffee worked at `F33f`_`[IBM`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=IBM]`_`f for nearly 20 years, eventually becoming head of the Art Department. After retiring, Chaffee started up his own design company, and produced artwork for `F33f`_`[TSR`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=TSR,_Inc.]`_`f for their `*`F33f`_`[Dungeons & Dragons`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Dungeons_&_Dragons]`_`f`* role-playing game, including `*`F33f`_`[Dungeoneer's Survival Guide`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Dungeoneer's_Survival_Guide]`_`f`* (1986); `*`F33f`_`[The Emirates of Ylaruam`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=The_Emirates_of_Ylaruam]`_`f`* (1987); `*`F33f`_`[Needle`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Needle_(module)]`_`f`* (1987); both the second edition `*`F33f`_`[Player's Handbook`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Player's_Handbook]`_`f`* and `*`F33f`_`[Dungeon Master Guide`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Dungeon_Master_Guide]`_`f`* (1989); `*`F33f`_`[The Complete Fighter's Handbook`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=The_Complete_Fighter's_Handbook]`_`f`* (1989); `*`F33f`_`[The Complete Book of Humanoids`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=The_Complete_Book_of_Humanoids]`_`f`* (1993); `*`F33f`_`[Player's Option: Combat & Tactics`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Player's_Option:_Combat_&_Tactics]`_`f`*; `*`F33f`_`[Player's Option: Skills & Powers`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Player's_Option:_Skills_&_Powers]`_`f`* (1995); and the cover art for `*`F33f`_`[Cleric's Challenge II`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Cleric's_Challenge_II]`_`f`* (1995).

He also created paintings for other games companies, including `F33f`_`[Wizards of the Coast`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Wizards_of_the_Coast]`_`f's `*`F33f`_`[Magic: The Gathering`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Magic:_The_Gathering]`_`f`* collectible card game, and the cover art for `F33f`_`[FASA`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=FASA]`_`f's `*`F33f`_`[The Fall of Terra`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=The_Fall_of_Terra]`_`f`*.

Outside of the games industry, Chaffee also created art and illustrations for `F33f`_`[NASA`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=NASA]`_`f, the United States military — Chaffee produced the official program painting for the `F33f`_`[Trident submarine`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Ohio-class_submarine]`_`f`:cite-ref-dc-3-0[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-dc-3]`_`f] — as well as for Sunday School and Vacation Bible School literature and Christian-School textbooks. His work can be found in the `F33f`_`[Smithsonian Institution`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Smithsonian_Institution]`_`f, `*`F33f`_`[National Geographic`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=National_Geographic]`_`f`*, and the White House.`:cite-ref-dc-3-1[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-dc-3]`_`f]

>>References

`:cite-note-1`!1.`! "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JTL7-6MF : accessed 12 Feb 2013), Douglas Stewart Chaffee, 26 April 2011; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

`:cite-note-obit-2`!2.`! "Doug Chaffee Obituary: View Doug Chaffee's Obituary by The Greenville News". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2011-11-30.

`:cite-note-dc-3`!3.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-dc-3-0]`_`f "The Amazing Art of Douglas Chaffee". Chaffeestudios.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-11-30.

>>External links

• "Douglas Chaffee at Pen & Paper". Archived from the original on April 25, 2005.

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