▁several ▁versions ▁through ▁the ▁years . ▁The ▁original ▁edition ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁Gary ▁G yg ax ▁and ▁edited ▁by ▁Mike ▁Car r , ▁who ▁also ▁wrote ▁the ▁for ew ord . ▁The ▁original ▁cover ▁art ▁was ▁by ▁David ▁C . ▁S uther land ▁III , ▁and ▁interior ▁illustr ations ▁were ▁provided ▁by ▁S uther land , ▁D . ▁A . ▁Tr amp ier , ▁Dar l ene ▁P ek ul , ▁Will ▁Mc Le an , ▁David ▁S . ▁La For ce , ▁and ▁E rol ▁Ot us . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁edition ▁Dun geon ▁Masters ▁Guide ▁covered ▁all ▁the ▁essential ▁rules ▁for ▁the ▁Dun geon ▁Master : ▁creating ▁and ▁maintain ing ▁player ▁characters ▁and ▁man aging ▁non - player ▁characters , ▁handling ▁combat , ▁and ▁running ▁advent ures ▁and ▁multi - session ▁campaign s . ▁The ▁book ▁also ▁included ▁descri ptions ▁of ▁magic ▁items ▁and ▁tre asure , ▁random ▁mon ster ▁enc oun ters , ▁and ▁statistics ▁for ▁the ▁basic ▁mon sters ▁and ▁cre atures ▁of ▁the ▁game . ▁New ▁magic ▁items ▁were ▁introduced , ▁including ▁the ▁Appar atus ▁of ▁K wal ish . ▁ ▁The ▁Dun geon ▁Masters ▁Guide ▁contains ▁scores ▁of ▁tables ▁and ▁charts ▁for ▁fig uring ▁damage ▁and ▁resol ving ▁enc oun ters ▁in ▁a ▁typical ▁advent ure , ▁tables ▁and ▁rules ▁for ▁creating ▁characters , ▁and ▁lists ▁of ▁the ▁various ▁ab ilities ▁of ▁the ▁different ▁classes ▁of ▁characters . ▁ ▁One ▁supp lement ▁to ▁the ▁Guide ▁was ▁the ▁Dun geon ▁Masters ▁Screen : ▁two ▁heavy - d ut