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<blockquote data-quote="Death_Jester" data-source="post: 1556883" data-attributes="member: 2156"><p>Man, this whole thread takes me waaaayyyy back. I love the language articles for all the original races. That was in the early thirties and forties of the magazine I think. They have done something like that recently too with all the races again so I doubt that they will really do anything with that. </p><p></p><p>There was a one called Landragons with flightless semi-intelligent dragons that were like a primitive versions of dragons. They were to dragons what apes are to humans. Which I thought was very cool back in the day. </p><p></p><p></p><p>The Ecology Articles were great too it was always great to see the reaction of the players to something that they had never thought about monsters doing. Like tending their young or looking after the dead. I was a great resource. </p><p></p><p>There used to be a series of articles where they would take people from history like the Bogytrs of Russia and the Jaguar people of Africa and detail them for the game. It was very good for resource material and the like. </p><p></p><p>All of the Treasure Trove and pages from the mages stuff was good also for background. </p><p></p><p>The Princess Ark series, because to this very day, Mystara remains one of my favorite game settings. </p><p></p><p>These are just a few of the ones that really made an impression on me back in the day. What I used Dragon for was background information and to help flesh out my world so it would see less like a two dimensional place and more like a real place and for the most part it was very helpful. </p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Death_Jester, post: 1556883, member: 2156"] Man, this whole thread takes me waaaayyyy back. I love the language articles for all the original races. That was in the early thirties and forties of the magazine I think. They have done something like that recently too with all the races again so I doubt that they will really do anything with that. There was a one called Landragons with flightless semi-intelligent dragons that were like a primitive versions of dragons. They were to dragons what apes are to humans. Which I thought was very cool back in the day. The Ecology Articles were great too it was always great to see the reaction of the players to something that they had never thought about monsters doing. Like tending their young or looking after the dead. I was a great resource. There used to be a series of articles where they would take people from history like the Bogytrs of Russia and the Jaguar people of Africa and detail them for the game. It was very good for resource material and the like. All of the Treasure Trove and pages from the mages stuff was good also for background. The Princess Ark series, because to this very day, Mystara remains one of my favorite game settings. These are just a few of the ones that really made an impression on me back in the day. What I used Dragon for was background information and to help flesh out my world so it would see less like a two dimensional place and more like a real place and for the most part it was very helpful. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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