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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Riastlin" data-source="post: 5397388" data-attributes="member: 94022">Having read through the article, I agree, its a great article.  Certainly, I think that the theme provided gives ample opportunity to adjust monsters to be related closely to her, so again the problems start to arise in late paragon to epic -- though this is a general problem with 4th Ed., not just her. The word count is interesting.  I know that there has been discussion about the word counts and all, but I'm curious as to why there needs to be a fairly strict limit?  Back when Dungeon and Dragon were print magazines it obviously made sense as the longer the articles, the more pages to print which would then have to be offset by advertising, etc.  However, I'm curious as to how much cost goes into the production of a longer online article.  Advertising isn't an issue, nor are printing costs. Certainly I can see the need to give a rough limit (a 60 page "article" on the Bramble Queen might be interesting, but likely would turn a lot of people away too).  I realize that the articles need to be edited, proofed, play tested (in theory anyway), etc.  but its just not obvious to me why an extra page or two would be problematic.  Is this just a reflection of the old print magazine mentality, or is there another legitimate reason that just isn't obvious to a schmuck like myself?</blockquote>