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<blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 6232509" data-attributes="member: 27780"><p><strong><u>Dragon Issue 349: November 2006</u></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>part 1/6</p><p></p><p></p><p>74 (100) pages. Someones been playing too much Zelda recently :cough:/ripoff/:cough: Time for another elf on the cover, and another issue without a theme. We've had plenty of both of those, so it's once again time to judge individual articles on their own merits, rather than as part of a larger plan, and see if we can come up with our own schemes to combine them in cool ways. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Scan Quality: Blurry, low-res, indexed, ad-free scan. </p><p></p><p></p><p>In this issue: </p><p></p><p></p><p>Editorial: This month's editorial is another reminder that in the real world, adventuring is HARD. Dealing with rough terrain, darkness and lugging around 50 pound backpacks is not glamorous, and will have pampered modern folk whinging after less than an hour of trekking. Hell, even a bit of LARPing serves as a good reminder of the realities the magazine's writers work with every day. Balanced encounters? They had trouble just keeping track of their stuff in the dark. In conclusion, they'd rather keep their fantasies fantastical, not try and make the game too gritty or go off and try to become adventurers in real life. Buncha wusses. Not impressed at all. At least Roger had his army experience to draw upon when writing. Go out, experience harsh conditions and come back. Then you might be able to write adventures that genuinely resonate with us. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Scale Mail: Our first letter is from someone who liked the Impiltur article, but found it woefully incomplete. Given how much Realmslore there is by now, they could fill a whole issue on a single country and still miss something. The same will definitely apply to the Horde one this month, since that was originally a full boxed set, plus novel and adventure trilogies. </p><p></p><p>Next, we have a letter from an eagle scout trying to earn a merit badge. This is cute and unusual enough amongst their normal selection of letters that they just can't resist helping out. Next thing they'll be printing complaints from people's mums again. </p><p></p><p>A second letter also praises the Implitur article. With demand like this, they really are thinking about bringing back a regular monthly column of realmslore. It's good that the readers made that very clear to the staff. </p><p></p><p>And once again, we finish off on some historical nitpicking. The 5th element (according to the greeks) was Cosmos, connected to the 12-sided platonic shape. Milla Jovovich and Ma-Ti can go <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> each other. ( which I can't find fanfic or art of on the internet, in blatant violation of rule 34)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="(un)reason, post: 6232509, member: 27780"] [B][U]Dragon Issue 349: November 2006[/U][/B] part 1/6 74 (100) pages. Someones been playing too much Zelda recently :cough:/ripoff/:cough: Time for another elf on the cover, and another issue without a theme. We've had plenty of both of those, so it's once again time to judge individual articles on their own merits, rather than as part of a larger plan, and see if we can come up with our own schemes to combine them in cool ways. Scan Quality: Blurry, low-res, indexed, ad-free scan. In this issue: Editorial: This month's editorial is another reminder that in the real world, adventuring is HARD. Dealing with rough terrain, darkness and lugging around 50 pound backpacks is not glamorous, and will have pampered modern folk whinging after less than an hour of trekking. Hell, even a bit of LARPing serves as a good reminder of the realities the magazine's writers work with every day. Balanced encounters? They had trouble just keeping track of their stuff in the dark. In conclusion, they'd rather keep their fantasies fantastical, not try and make the game too gritty or go off and try to become adventurers in real life. Buncha wusses. Not impressed at all. At least Roger had his army experience to draw upon when writing. Go out, experience harsh conditions and come back. Then you might be able to write adventures that genuinely resonate with us. Scale Mail: Our first letter is from someone who liked the Impiltur article, but found it woefully incomplete. Given how much Realmslore there is by now, they could fill a whole issue on a single country and still miss something. The same will definitely apply to the Horde one this month, since that was originally a full boxed set, plus novel and adventure trilogies. Next, we have a letter from an eagle scout trying to earn a merit badge. This is cute and unusual enough amongst their normal selection of letters that they just can't resist helping out. Next thing they'll be printing complaints from people's mums again. A second letter also praises the Implitur article. With demand like this, they really are thinking about bringing back a regular monthly column of realmslore. It's good that the readers made that very clear to the staff. And once again, we finish off on some historical nitpicking. The 5th element (according to the greeks) was Cosmos, connected to the 12-sided platonic shape. Milla Jovovich and Ma-Ti can go :):):):) each other. ( which I can't find fanfic or art of on the internet, in blatant violation of rule 34) [/QUOTE]
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