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Just dropping a note about Gwenhwyvar: Although it is another spelling of Guinevere, it is not pronounced that way—just as the Celtics basketball team are the SELL-ticks, not the KELL-ticks. (Here's a link about that.) It is pronounced more like its is spelled, although the second W might be...

That's not quite right. Monsters will be designed for their most likely use. Many monsters will have several different stat blocks for different monster uses (something like goblin warrior vs. goblin shaman vs. goblin assassin). That way a DM can use the monster (or a group of the monsters with...

Twilight Closing I worked at Twilight for about three years and a friend of mine worked there up until it shut down. Frankly, Twilight always felt like it was limping along no matter how well it seemed to be doing to customers. Like many game/hobby/comic shops, the owner started it out of a...

The original Undermountain boxed set has an encounter revolving around the idea of the "temple," but it's not very detailed. Mainly, there's a fight with orcs working for High Whipmaster Hlethvagi Anteos who uses some parts of Undermountain to have meetings and to hide contraband. There's also...

Doh! Sorry about that Nick! Rest assured; the article is properly attributed.

Paizo is Not Revamping Planescape Hi guys. I love this discussion. It's exactly the kind of debate that should occur around such core elements of the game. But I want to make it clear that Paizo is not revamping Planescape and has no plans to do so. The comments in my editorial are about the...

Too much crunch in Dragon? A few people have mentioned their dissatisfaction with Dragon because of its "tool kit" approach and for having too much "crunch" versus "flavor" or "fluff." Also, a couple posts from readers of old issues mention that they find articles from those issues more useful...

We understand that printing OGL content would be helpful for d20 authors and players who like to post campaign info online, but making the content of the magazines open creates more risk than benefits for the magazines. The magazines don't need to print OGL content like a second party d20...

[Edit] Nevermind. Keith already answered that concern.

The quarterly catalog of Wizards products is just that, once every three issues. Also, it's going to be printed on extra pages added to the magazine. Essentially, it's a freebie. Issue #323, our September issue and the first of the new Dragon issues, will have the first quarterly catalog, so you...

Just to echo something Keith said in an earlier post: The letter doesn't describe all of the changes to Dragon. The regular articles that we plan to have in every issue of the new Dragon include plenty of flavor or "fluff." Each issue should have an ecology artilcle describing the culture and...

Press release error Through some calamitous misfortune, an old version of the letter was put out. The Dragon section was supposed to read as follows: Starting with Issue #323, Dragon Magazine opens its pages to a new era of utility and excitement. In addition to its usual complement of...

The feats that are missing were cut from the article. We just missed cutting them from requirements for the martial arts styles. Sorry about the confusion! Matthew Sernett Senior Editor Dragon Magazine

No precedent necessary, just flavor text. For instance: "When making this Concentration check, a spell addict cannot apply any skill bonus to Concentration checks due to possession of a magic item; the spell addict's direct connection to raw magic prevents more tame dweomers from aiding in...

That's pretty much what my thinking was when I designed it. I wrote the prestige class with the intention of towing the line, and considering how much interest it sparks among reviewers and readers, I think it does that pretty well. The egg with hammers analogy is very accurate. However, the...

When I got issue #200 as a subscriber, I was amazed. Looking at the magazine coming out of the mailbox, like most readers I was surprised and excited by three things: the magazine's size, the new binding, and the holograph on the cover. What I and most readers didn't understand was how much...