Just reading over the issue now - thanks for running with my article (Challenging Challenge Ratings) Russ and Ryan.
I hope people creating monsters find it useful?
I think those running Epic/Divine campaigns will find it even more useful.
Incidently (because Deities & Demigods is not SRD yet we could not use the term Divine Rank so you know when I say add between +12 and +28 ECL for Demigods that its:
+12 ECL (Divine Rank 1)
+16 ECL (DR2)
+20 ECL (DR3)
+24 ECL (DR4)
+28 ECL (DR5)
etc.
(effectively +8 ECL for DR0 and an extra +4 per additional DR)
One other point of note was that 'Shapechangers' are not included under the list of ECL modifiers (by Hit Dice).
The article on professions seems like a fairly usefull rules addition, and there's a good chance it will make its way into our games. I haven't had time to actually read the other articles yet.
Being the person that wrote the original, I wanted to say thanks.
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Finally, I did wish to say, thanks for running my article folks on Asgard Staff! It was a fun project for me to write up and submit.
Edit: I had a comment in here that could be taken the wrong way if not read in the light in which it was intended so, for the sake of simplicity, I have removed it.
Thanks! And thanks to everyone involved for the opportunity to contribute to such a fantastic magazine. I hope you'll be seeing more of my work in the future.
David.
Krug said:
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And may I say David Hendee's art is amazing.