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<blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 5755351" data-attributes="member: 27780"><p><strong><u>Dragon Magazine Issue 257: March 1999</u></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>part 8/8</p><p></p><p></p><p>TSR Previews: Greyhawk continues to resurge, courtesy of our new owners. This time, they reverse another thing that was removed in the 2nd ed changeover by bringing back Monks and Assassins. The Scarlet Brotherhood have tons of both, and they're on the rise again. Will you let them back in your country? Can you keep them out, given how sneaky they are. </p><p></p><p>The Realms continues to rehash, on the other hand. Evermeet by Elaine Cunningham gets reprinted. Meanwhile R. A. Salvadore actually writes an adventure for a change. It still involves his usual locations, but at least he's pushing himself a bit. The Accursed tower takes you to Icewind Dale to have fun with another dungeon crawl. </p><p></p><p>Dragonlance gets The Rose and the Skull. The Knights of Takhisis have to figure out their new place without their goddess. Back and forth. I hope someone is keeping track of exactly when all these different novels and short stories take place. </p><p></p><p>Ravenloft gets Spectre of the Black Rose. Lord Soth is still brooding as things suck in Ravenloft. What an unlife. Give it a rest. </p><p></p><p>The RPGA releases a compilation of their last year's adventures. More pickup meatgrinders for your delectation, along with other weirdness. Hmm. Worth considering. We could do with a few more single session adventures. </p><p></p><p>Alternity enjoys a supplement and a novel. They're really competing with the big boys at the moment. Outbound: An Explorers Guide gives you a ton of solar systems to drop into your game. Storm at Edala by Diane Duane is the second book in her trilogy here. Woo. </p><p></p><p>Marvel Super Heroes does for the fantastic 4 what they did for the avengers. Up to date descriptions and stats. Getcha up to date stats and histories heeeere. 4 for a dollar, maybe even 5! </p><p></p><p></p><p>Profiles: J Robert King is one of our fiction writers. Like a lot of people, he started reading voraciously because he was stuck at home for ages with nothing much to do, so books were a way to escape the boredom. Starting from the slightly less glamorous job of editor, he's become most well known for his Ravenloft work, but has also contributed to the Dragonlance, Planescape, First Quest, and Magic: the Gathering game worlds, and like every writer, also dreams of creating his own world, where he doesn't have to worry about line developers and continuity people interfering with your creativity. It is important to avoid getting typecast, and he certainly seems to be trying to do that. Let's hope his attempts didn't disappoint you. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, this issue has certainly been much higher on the continuity front than any issue in ages. Which has definitely been a pleasant change, even if as usual, not all the individual articles were great. I've now got more than enough D&D lore mastery that all the outside references were familiar to me, and everything within here is usable. I think I can return an overall positive verdict on this one. Now let's see if they've got their sense of humour back after skipping that last year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="(un)reason, post: 5755351, member: 27780"] [B][U]Dragon Magazine Issue 257: March 1999[/U][/B] part 8/8 TSR Previews: Greyhawk continues to resurge, courtesy of our new owners. This time, they reverse another thing that was removed in the 2nd ed changeover by bringing back Monks and Assassins. The Scarlet Brotherhood have tons of both, and they're on the rise again. Will you let them back in your country? Can you keep them out, given how sneaky they are. The Realms continues to rehash, on the other hand. Evermeet by Elaine Cunningham gets reprinted. Meanwhile R. A. Salvadore actually writes an adventure for a change. It still involves his usual locations, but at least he's pushing himself a bit. The Accursed tower takes you to Icewind Dale to have fun with another dungeon crawl. Dragonlance gets The Rose and the Skull. The Knights of Takhisis have to figure out their new place without their goddess. Back and forth. I hope someone is keeping track of exactly when all these different novels and short stories take place. Ravenloft gets Spectre of the Black Rose. Lord Soth is still brooding as things suck in Ravenloft. What an unlife. Give it a rest. The RPGA releases a compilation of their last year's adventures. More pickup meatgrinders for your delectation, along with other weirdness. Hmm. Worth considering. We could do with a few more single session adventures. Alternity enjoys a supplement and a novel. They're really competing with the big boys at the moment. Outbound: An Explorers Guide gives you a ton of solar systems to drop into your game. Storm at Edala by Diane Duane is the second book in her trilogy here. Woo. Marvel Super Heroes does for the fantastic 4 what they did for the avengers. Up to date descriptions and stats. Getcha up to date stats and histories heeeere. 4 for a dollar, maybe even 5! Profiles: J Robert King is one of our fiction writers. Like a lot of people, he started reading voraciously because he was stuck at home for ages with nothing much to do, so books were a way to escape the boredom. Starting from the slightly less glamorous job of editor, he's become most well known for his Ravenloft work, but has also contributed to the Dragonlance, Planescape, First Quest, and Magic: the Gathering game worlds, and like every writer, also dreams of creating his own world, where he doesn't have to worry about line developers and continuity people interfering with your creativity. It is important to avoid getting typecast, and he certainly seems to be trying to do that. Let's hope his attempts didn't disappoint you. Well, this issue has certainly been much higher on the continuity front than any issue in ages. Which has definitely been a pleasant change, even if as usual, not all the individual articles were great. I've now got more than enough D&D lore mastery that all the outside references were familiar to me, and everything within here is usable. I think I can return an overall positive verdict on this one. Now let's see if they've got their sense of humour back after skipping that last year. [/QUOTE]
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