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<blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 5748711" data-attributes="member: 27780"><p><strong><u>Dragon Magazine Issue 256: February 1999</u></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>part 8/8</p><p></p><p></p><p>Blood philosophy, the world of the Weren: Another expansion of a particular Alternity race is the article that system gets this month. Honorbound warrior sorts from a harsh environment? That seems fairly familiar. Still, they're certainly not klingon rip-offs. Instead, they're huge hairy things which look like they have walrus or polar bear derivation, and come from a planet that's fairly chilly even at the equator, with enormous icecaps covering most of it's mass. They're from a fairly traditional culture, but there's now plenty of them out in space, getting assimilated and forgetting their traditional values. So while they do have a stereotype, you have plenty of leeway to play them against type if you want. They dip into ecology, sociology, religion, philosophy, language, and it's obvious some effort has been put into keeping things scientifically plausible. It's not the most entertaining to read of articles, but it does seem to be of pretty decent quality, and has enough density of ideas to support re-reading. Now, if they could just do something about the dryness to draw people in better. </p><p></p><p></p><p>The blood war makes it's way into dragonmirth. Swordplay takes a leaf out of Nodwicks book on the proper treatment of hirelings. KotDT engages in some lame horsetrading, in more ways than one. </p><p></p><p></p><p>TSR Previews: D&D gets another fast-play adventure, Eye of the Wyvern. The first introduced you to dungeoneering, now this brings the wilderness into things. Roll on the next generation. </p><p></p><p>AD&D has several bits of rehash. On the generic side, there's dungeons of despair, a collection of some of the best adventures from the magazine. While Ravenloft collects 3 of it's old books in Van Richten's monster hunter compendium. They do seem to be increasing the amount of this lately. Roll on .pdf's and the long tail. </p><p></p><p>Dragonlance bounces back and forth along it's timeline as usual. The Sylvan Veil is another dual stat adventure, covering a whole load of the elven nation's history. Just what choices will you have a chance to make here. There's also The Puppet King by Doug Niles. Looks like the elves are going to have a crappy time of things just like everyone else. </p><p></p><p>The Forgotten Realms is still concentrating on the seaside in Star of Currash by Clayton Emery. A hidden undead city? Pulp action? Plenty of fun to be had there. </p><p></p><p>And Alternity gets an adventure. Planet of Darkness. Hidden secrets and sociopolitical crap? They are still trying. Good luck with that. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Profiles: rk post is one of our more recent new artists. Signing up just before TSR crashed and burned, thankfully, the new management kept him on. He's just starting to really make an impact, having done a lot to shape the look of Alternity with his prelediction towards the weird. Sounds like he fits in here just fine. Like quite a few of the staff, he's an absolute obsessive, painting for work, and painting for entertainment in his free time as well. Suppose that's how you get really good at it. Come on, surely he has some personality quirks or something you can write about? I dunno. These profiles aren't the most insightful, are they. First Quest was way better at getting inside the heads of the writers. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Slightly more continuity in this issue than recently, but it still feels very much like a collection of articles to be judged on their individual merits, rather than as a whole. It's not exactly groundhog day, but most of the wheel-spinning is happening behind the scenes as they prepare for the edition change. Say you'll shift into a higher gear at some point. Maybe I should speed up again. Surely I can do this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="(un)reason, post: 5748711, member: 27780"] [B][U]Dragon Magazine Issue 256: February 1999[/U][/B] part 8/8 Blood philosophy, the world of the Weren: Another expansion of a particular Alternity race is the article that system gets this month. Honorbound warrior sorts from a harsh environment? That seems fairly familiar. Still, they're certainly not klingon rip-offs. Instead, they're huge hairy things which look like they have walrus or polar bear derivation, and come from a planet that's fairly chilly even at the equator, with enormous icecaps covering most of it's mass. They're from a fairly traditional culture, but there's now plenty of them out in space, getting assimilated and forgetting their traditional values. So while they do have a stereotype, you have plenty of leeway to play them against type if you want. They dip into ecology, sociology, religion, philosophy, language, and it's obvious some effort has been put into keeping things scientifically plausible. It's not the most entertaining to read of articles, but it does seem to be of pretty decent quality, and has enough density of ideas to support re-reading. Now, if they could just do something about the dryness to draw people in better. The blood war makes it's way into dragonmirth. Swordplay takes a leaf out of Nodwicks book on the proper treatment of hirelings. KotDT engages in some lame horsetrading, in more ways than one. TSR Previews: D&D gets another fast-play adventure, Eye of the Wyvern. The first introduced you to dungeoneering, now this brings the wilderness into things. Roll on the next generation. AD&D has several bits of rehash. On the generic side, there's dungeons of despair, a collection of some of the best adventures from the magazine. While Ravenloft collects 3 of it's old books in Van Richten's monster hunter compendium. They do seem to be increasing the amount of this lately. Roll on .pdf's and the long tail. Dragonlance bounces back and forth along it's timeline as usual. The Sylvan Veil is another dual stat adventure, covering a whole load of the elven nation's history. Just what choices will you have a chance to make here. There's also The Puppet King by Doug Niles. Looks like the elves are going to have a crappy time of things just like everyone else. The Forgotten Realms is still concentrating on the seaside in Star of Currash by Clayton Emery. A hidden undead city? Pulp action? Plenty of fun to be had there. And Alternity gets an adventure. Planet of Darkness. Hidden secrets and sociopolitical crap? They are still trying. Good luck with that. Profiles: rk post is one of our more recent new artists. Signing up just before TSR crashed and burned, thankfully, the new management kept him on. He's just starting to really make an impact, having done a lot to shape the look of Alternity with his prelediction towards the weird. Sounds like he fits in here just fine. Like quite a few of the staff, he's an absolute obsessive, painting for work, and painting for entertainment in his free time as well. Suppose that's how you get really good at it. Come on, surely he has some personality quirks or something you can write about? I dunno. These profiles aren't the most insightful, are they. First Quest was way better at getting inside the heads of the writers. Slightly more continuity in this issue than recently, but it still feels very much like a collection of articles to be judged on their individual merits, rather than as a whole. It's not exactly groundhog day, but most of the wheel-spinning is happening behind the scenes as they prepare for the edition change. Say you'll shift into a higher gear at some point. Maybe I should speed up again. Surely I can do this. [/QUOTE]
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