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<blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 6084596" data-attributes="member: 27780"><p><strong><u>Dragon Issue 307: May 2003 </u></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>part 6/9</p><p></p><p></p><p>Good monsters: A second sequel in quick succession this issue. We've had two articles about transformative prestige classes based on evil monsters. Now here's one for the fans of good monsters. After all, there may not be as many as there are evil ones, but that just means we're more likely to remember the ones there are, especially as they're more intelligent and magically capable on average too. There's room for a few of these, and possibly ones focussing on lawful, chaotic and neutral monsters as well. Course, that all depends on the existing ones holding the public interest and getting follow-up submissions. Let's see if these can maintain their winning streak. </p><p></p><p>Whitehorns are devoted to unicorns, completely unsurprisingly. They get to heal by touching people with the horn that grows from their forehead, but don't get unicorn's dimension door, weirdly enough. With full BAB, they seem best aimed at rangers rather than Druids, who would gain all that healing power and more if they just progressed their spells normally. </p><p></p><p>Followers of the Skyserpent want to be Coatl. This means they get to use poison freely despite being lawful good, and the usual wings and tail you'd expect from a transformative prestige class. They're also good at social stuff too, so they've got good odds of catching the right people when hunting evildoers. The ends can only justify the means if you don't screw up in the judicial process. </p><p></p><p>Treefriends act as an information network for Dryads, keeping them in touch with each other and protecting forests as a whole. A definite case where the creature needs them as much as they need it, since staying in one place your whole life must be pretty boring for something that smart, and they can't take the fight to the big logging companies before they arrive. They're another one that can't really do anything druids can't, but make up for it with full BAB. Plus a boost to your charisma score is pretty tempting for the vain out there. </p><p></p><p>The Artists Vengeance is a secret society of Bards that venerate Lillendi, and are obsessed with eliminating any attempts to censor or destroy their work. They mostly just progress their bard abilities as normal, but also gain a tail and wings at higher level. (and I'd like to see how they explain that when making public appearances promoting their work) Let all those who give bad reviews beware their might. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> That's sufficiently funny that I can definitely give respect to this article. Good still needs to be fun, and they've got that, even if they don't have ultimate power. </p><p></p><p></p><p>The saga of Westeros: For some reason, they're putting the themed stuff near the end of the issue instead of the start. That's unusual. Do they think a big chunk of their readerbase won't be interested or something? Or is it just the amount of adverts they got and needed to structure their features around. That's caused formatting mess-ups before. in any case, this first article definitely falls into the category of unimpressive warm-up, being just a very very abridged and spoiler light synopsis of the books' plot so far. They're going to gradually build up to the epicness then? At least, I hope that's what they had in mind. Let's move on from this little bit of fluff then.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="(un)reason, post: 6084596, member: 27780"] [B][U]Dragon Issue 307: May 2003 [/U][/B] part 6/9 Good monsters: A second sequel in quick succession this issue. We've had two articles about transformative prestige classes based on evil monsters. Now here's one for the fans of good monsters. After all, there may not be as many as there are evil ones, but that just means we're more likely to remember the ones there are, especially as they're more intelligent and magically capable on average too. There's room for a few of these, and possibly ones focussing on lawful, chaotic and neutral monsters as well. Course, that all depends on the existing ones holding the public interest and getting follow-up submissions. Let's see if these can maintain their winning streak. Whitehorns are devoted to unicorns, completely unsurprisingly. They get to heal by touching people with the horn that grows from their forehead, but don't get unicorn's dimension door, weirdly enough. With full BAB, they seem best aimed at rangers rather than Druids, who would gain all that healing power and more if they just progressed their spells normally. Followers of the Skyserpent want to be Coatl. This means they get to use poison freely despite being lawful good, and the usual wings and tail you'd expect from a transformative prestige class. They're also good at social stuff too, so they've got good odds of catching the right people when hunting evildoers. The ends can only justify the means if you don't screw up in the judicial process. Treefriends act as an information network for Dryads, keeping them in touch with each other and protecting forests as a whole. A definite case where the creature needs them as much as they need it, since staying in one place your whole life must be pretty boring for something that smart, and they can't take the fight to the big logging companies before they arrive. They're another one that can't really do anything druids can't, but make up for it with full BAB. Plus a boost to your charisma score is pretty tempting for the vain out there. The Artists Vengeance is a secret society of Bards that venerate Lillendi, and are obsessed with eliminating any attempts to censor or destroy their work. They mostly just progress their bard abilities as normal, but also gain a tail and wings at higher level. (and I'd like to see how they explain that when making public appearances promoting their work) Let all those who give bad reviews beware their might. :p That's sufficiently funny that I can definitely give respect to this article. Good still needs to be fun, and they've got that, even if they don't have ultimate power. The saga of Westeros: For some reason, they're putting the themed stuff near the end of the issue instead of the start. That's unusual. Do they think a big chunk of their readerbase won't be interested or something? Or is it just the amount of adverts they got and needed to structure their features around. That's caused formatting mess-ups before. in any case, this first article definitely falls into the category of unimpressive warm-up, being just a very very abridged and spoiler light synopsis of the books' plot so far. They're going to gradually build up to the epicness then? At least, I hope that's what they had in mind. Let's move on from this little bit of fluff then. [/QUOTE]
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