Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Dragon #335: Wow. It was relevant!
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 2529780" data-attributes="member: 20741"><p>I recall posting about five months ago a thread here exhorting Erik Mona and Co. to do *something* to rescue <em>Dragon</em> – to make it relevant for me again. (Search for “Is <em>Dragon</em> even Relevant Anymore?” for the blow-by-blow.)</p><p></p><p>At the time, I proposed that <em>Dragon</em> feature one adventure per issue – as that at least would make it relevant for me.</p><p></p><p>Erik showed up and listened. After several posts in support of my rant and a lot of posts by those who took my own post as a unmeritorious attack on them, Erik posted and demurred, suggesting there were other ways to make <em>Dragon</em> “relevant” that fell short of taking the step of publishing an adventure. At the time I said I’d keep an open mind and see which direction he’d take the magazine.</p><p></p><p>Well, since that time, <em>Dragon</em> has started to publish “Worm Food”, a companion piece in <em>Dragon</em> that is intended to be useful for players involved in the Age of Worms Adventure Path currently underway in Dungeon. This instantly made the magazine relevant to me (or at least, a small part thereof) and I resolved to buy it regularly (and even subscribe).</p><p></p><p>When issue #335 showed up on the newsstand today, I picked it up without even flipping through the pages. I had gone into the store for the purpose of buying it (my subscription has not yet started).</p><p></p><p>Not only was there a “Worm Food” article as promised (not the strongest one so far, but still, appreciated) but I saw that Paizo had become far more clever than that.</p><p></p><p>In addition to the Worm Food article on potential cohorts in the Age of Worms, issue #335 featured an Ecology of the Lizardfolk – the very villains the party must face in Blackwall Keep in this month’s Age of Worms adventure. Not stopping there, Bazaar of the Bizarre featured three pages of “swampy” themed magic items.</p><p></p><p>So, all told, there were 12-13 pages of highly relevant and usable material for me in <em>Dragon</em>. To top it off, First Watch seems to have been expanded and I enjoyed that too.</p><p></p><p>True, there was a lengthy article on Waterdeep that is not really my thing – but it surely is someone else’s here at ENworld, so I can live with that. An interview with Ed Greenwood was interesting so that gets a passing grade. There was an article on bard spells in the Realms that was cool enough – I might use some of those here and there. The remaining snippets, a Charlatan character class, a fiction piece and the various Class Acts are not greatly to my taste – but that’s not to say I might not ever use them – and the rest of the magazine more than made up for the parts that I did not find quite so tasty.</p><p></p><p>When it comes down to it, for *me*, I don’t need an entire issue of immediately relevant material to make me happy. I just need a few <em>somethings</em> and I’m content. </p><p></p><p>Given the Worm Food, Magic Items and Ecology articles – this issue of <em>Dragon</em> delivered on the “<em>somethings</em>” very nicely. </p><p></p><p>So Erik: I take it back. There is a way to make <em>Dragon</em> relevant without a radical departure. Publishing articles in <em>Dragon</em> which are relevant to the ongoing adventure path in <em>Dungeon</em> on the sly worked brilliantly. </p><p></p><p>Big Thumbs Up!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 2529780, member: 20741"] I recall posting about five months ago a thread here exhorting Erik Mona and Co. to do *something* to rescue [i]Dragon[/i] – to make it relevant for me again. (Search for “Is [i]Dragon[/i] even Relevant Anymore?” for the blow-by-blow.) At the time, I proposed that [i]Dragon[/i] feature one adventure per issue – as that at least would make it relevant for me. Erik showed up and listened. After several posts in support of my rant and a lot of posts by those who took my own post as a unmeritorious attack on them, Erik posted and demurred, suggesting there were other ways to make [i]Dragon[/i] “relevant” that fell short of taking the step of publishing an adventure. At the time I said I’d keep an open mind and see which direction he’d take the magazine. Well, since that time, [i]Dragon[/i] has started to publish “Worm Food”, a companion piece in [i]Dragon[/i] that is intended to be useful for players involved in the Age of Worms Adventure Path currently underway in Dungeon. This instantly made the magazine relevant to me (or at least, a small part thereof) and I resolved to buy it regularly (and even subscribe). When issue #335 showed up on the newsstand today, I picked it up without even flipping through the pages. I had gone into the store for the purpose of buying it (my subscription has not yet started). Not only was there a “Worm Food” article as promised (not the strongest one so far, but still, appreciated) but I saw that Paizo had become far more clever than that. In addition to the Worm Food article on potential cohorts in the Age of Worms, issue #335 featured an Ecology of the Lizardfolk – the very villains the party must face in Blackwall Keep in this month’s Age of Worms adventure. Not stopping there, Bazaar of the Bizarre featured three pages of “swampy” themed magic items. So, all told, there were 12-13 pages of highly relevant and usable material for me in [i]Dragon[/i]. To top it off, First Watch seems to have been expanded and I enjoyed that too. True, there was a lengthy article on Waterdeep that is not really my thing – but it surely is someone else’s here at ENworld, so I can live with that. An interview with Ed Greenwood was interesting so that gets a passing grade. There was an article on bard spells in the Realms that was cool enough – I might use some of those here and there. The remaining snippets, a Charlatan character class, a fiction piece and the various Class Acts are not greatly to my taste – but that’s not to say I might not ever use them – and the rest of the magazine more than made up for the parts that I did not find quite so tasty. When it comes down to it, for *me*, I don’t need an entire issue of immediately relevant material to make me happy. I just need a few [i]somethings[/i] and I’m content. Given the Worm Food, Magic Items and Ecology articles – this issue of [i]Dragon[/i] delivered on the “[i]somethings[/i]” very nicely. So Erik: I take it back. There is a way to make [i]Dragon[/i] relevant without a radical departure. Publishing articles in [i]Dragon[/i] which are relevant to the ongoing adventure path in [i]Dungeon[/i] on the sly worked brilliantly. Big Thumbs Up! [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Dragon #335: Wow. It was relevant!
Top