Dragon #299 arrived, contents

Sound good, I retroed the Samurai from OA to create a Knight-Cavalier class, but I will give this a try.

The Honor points sounds simular to the Reputation score from the Quint. Rogue book.

Funny how both Cavaliers and Thieves need the same stat??
 

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TeaBee said:
I like your alias, Aitch Eye. ;)

Thanks, but I'm curious, as a word or as an acronym? It's actually a reference from Cordwainer Smith's future history series. While I realized that would go right past most people, and I'd like to claim the dual layers of meaning were intentional, I wasn't actually bright enough to realize people would just think I'm being friendly. But I'll take whatever validation I can, so if I'm getting compliments for not seeing the obvious, that's fine.
 

TeaBee said:
I like your alias, Aitch Eye. ;)

And dang, I only got Dragon #298 like a week and a half ago...

Yeah! I won't see 299 in the stores for over 3 weeks now -- where are these people getting it? I ALMOST wish reviews like this weren't posted until I can actually go get one. Based on the last review posted here, I went to my LGS twice before they actually had it in stock!
 

And oh yeah:

Anyone know what happened to the "Forum" section of Dragon? It seems to have dissapeared a while ago. It was really just an extention of the editorial letters I guess, but I miss it...

J
 

People who subscribe generally get it two to three weeks earlier than those who buy it in the store. Another reason to subscribe I guess. I know... "I don't want every issue!", or "I hate saving money!" or "I have having things come directly to my house!" I can see not wanting every issue but if you get six issues a year, you should think about subscribing because its cheaper and you get it earlier and the issues you don't like make great stocking stuffers.
 

Campaign Components "Knights: Honor and Chivalry in Any D&D Game," by Michael John Tresca. This aims to help give the pieces necessary to create the proper feel of a knightly campaign, and is useful for players as well as DMs. It includes rules for Honor Points, as well as rules and guidelines for running tournaments, including jousting and other melee and target events. Suggests tweaks to standard D&D game elements (dungeons, monsters, cohorts, etc.) to make them fit better with a chivalric feel, as well as additional elements that could be included (such as hunts or crusades). There's a sample code of chivalry and the basics of feudalism; there's also alternatives to feudalism for introducing knights, and a sidebar giving real world examples of knight-like groups from other cultures. Concepts for adventuring parties, how different classes fit in and what character types they're appropriate for (such as courtier, spy, herald, animal handler). A number of other bits and pieces and pieces scattered around the 21 pages.
"Campaign Components" sounds like a great recurring feature in general, and this particular Campaign Component sounds great. In fact, it sounds like exactly the kind of thing I wish ended up in the DMG.
 

Re: Re: Dragon #299 arrived, contents

mmadsen said:

"Campaign Components" sounds like a great recurring feature in general, and this particular Campaign Component sounds great. In fact, it sounds like exactly the kind of thing I wish ended up in the DMG.

Got mine today and it is a very good feature, especially since they manage to go 20 pages without using a new prestige class or feat.

Oh and for the Psychic Warriors out there, the Paladin spells in this issue can be converted to PsyWar only psionic powers to give them a much needed power boost.
 


JoeGKushner said:
People who subscribe generally get it two to three weeks earlier than those who buy it in the store. Another reason to subscribe I guess. I know... "I don't want every issue!", or "I hate saving money!" or "I have having things come directly to my house!" I can see not wanting every issue but if you get six issues a year, you should think about subscribing because its cheaper and you get it earlier and the issues you don't like make great stocking stuffers.

It's not that much cheaper. My FLGS sells it for 20% off cover price, and the subscription rate is something like 30% off. I'd rather let my FLGS have the extra dollar and stay in business, personally. If it were a mass market magazine like Newsweek or Playboy where you can subscribe for like 10 bucks a year, you'd better believe I'd subscribe....but Dragon can't get enough advertising to support those kinds of discounts.

Plus, in my twisted world view, it's easier to justify spending $5 once a month than $40 once a year. I know, I'm weird. But hey, $5 can be scraped together from couch change :)

And besides, when you move as much as I do, updating subscription addresses gets to be a pain.
 

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