Dragon #351?

[Nightfall]

John,

Give them time. Give them time. I mean Paizo has enough stuff going on trying to get AoW picked up in HC, writing for the Savage Tide, plus the usual sorting out for articles along with ideas for Dragon mag themes.

 

[johnnype]

NEXT MONTH IN DRAGON #352
The World of China Mieville
by Wolfgang Baur
Explore the intriguing and fantastical world of China Mieville and an interview with the author himself and in-depth D&D conversions pulled right from the pages of Perdido Street Station, The Scar, and The Iron Council.

Bas Lag Gazetteer
Travel from the city-state of New Crobuzon to the mysterious lands of High Cromlech, from the ship-city of Armada to the deadly Gengris in this expansive gazetteer.

The People of Bas Lag
Four new player races, including the cactacae, khepri, vodyanoi, and the tortured remade.

Monsters of New Crobuzon
From the deadly slake moth to the incomprehensible weaver, this bestiary reveals eight new monsters of Bas Lag.

This loogs very interesting. I've only read PSS but ever since I've been extremely curious to see what the inhabitants of Bas Lag actually look like. I hope they get some good artists because half of what makes Bas Lag interesting are the visuals I have in my head.

 

[Shemeska]

Jeff Laubenstein.

Very cool. I always liked his artwork in Shadowrun.

Sadly, while the Temple District appears on the small map of the city, it gets no mention in the article itself; cut for space, I'd presume.

Aww. Oh well. The chapel of the Cadence got cut then presumably as well (in which I'd named three predecessors to Factol Rhys).

There's no actual mention of Felthis as being a "risen" or "redeemed" fiend. His listing as an authority figure says he's NG, and the bit of text on him says that he's "wholly devoted" to his role as the Philosopher King of Ecstacy. However, it also says that he cloaks himself in secrecy and magical disguises - that while he appears as a cervidal or an aasimar, he's still an ultroloth (something that the Sun Master has recently determined).

My description probably got trimmed a bit, but no problem.

And on a tangent, to the readers of my storyhour, this settles the question then of whether Felthis was actually a risen ultroloth when he was seen locked away in Pitiless.

Yep! "Morningwind (NG female avoral sorcerer 7/exalted arcanist 3 [Book of Exalted Deeds]) daughter of Duke Windheir of Elysium and ambassador of Release-From-Care."

Cool, I hadn't expected her to stick.

Shemeska, glad to see you got an article published. Is this your first? If not, what other articles did you write? I subscribe to the magazine but if I didn't I'd gladly pay to see your interpretation of Gehenna or anything having to do with the lower planes.

It's the first thing I've ever actually gotten into print, and I'm absolutely humbled to have been given the opportunity. But it also I looks like I'll have an ecology article up two issues from now. Beyond that, I've got a couple queries swirling around the black hole in the Dragon submissions room right now, but it's up to them if they think any of my ideas would work for stuff in the future [yes, among others, one is a 'loth query, one is an ancient baatorian query]

 

[Nightfall]

Shem,

I think Paizo likes showing off books that WotC thinks we like for some reason. Don't ask me why.

*thinks maybe one issue of Dragon should deal with say Avatar, the Last Airbender...*

 

[Zarnam]

I'm being curious about two things in the "World Serpent Inn" article, could someone help me with them ??

Mithifer - do we finally know something solid about him (stats) ??
"...another epic-level mage from Faerun" - as above - name, basic class/level line ??

Thanks

 

[Particle_Man]

Class Acts

Adventurer: Historical Ninjas, by Paul Leech - A discussing is given to what real ninjas actually did, along with notations of alterations to the ninja class from Complete Adventurer to make it more like the ninjas of history. Seven new feats (all of which require ki power from the ninja class) are then given: Intuitive Trapsmith, Karmic Healing, Ki Smite, One with Earth and Water, Skill Atunement, Wolf's Bite, and Zen Fortitude.

Warrior: The Clockwork Disciple, by Stephanie Vergmini - This article discusses how some monks who find advanced tech will incorporate it into their bodies, thinking they're divine relics. The Technomagical Implant feat is then given, along with fifteen technomagical implants (a table covers them, their power, their body slot, and their gp value). It also covers making new implants, and a variant class feature for monks who want to destroy mechanical creatures.

Am I the only one thinking of a clockwork ninja?

 

[Razz]

Can't wait for #351!

Not really interested in #352...seems like a bore to me. I don't see myself using any of those articles from that new novel or whatever. Looks like the other half of the magazine will have to do.

 

[Alzrius]

I'm being curious about two things in the "World Serpent Inn" article, could someone help me with them ??

Mithifer - do we finally know something solid about him (stats) ??
"...another epic-level mage from Faerun" - as above - name, basic class/level line ??

Thanks

There's no definitive stats on Mitchifer, though it suggests making him a N male human paragon fighter 20 "whose human-looking guise is a direct manifestation of the demiplane-deity who governs the World Serpent Inn." His white beard is also described as being composed of miniature snakes.

The mage I mentioned is Mellomir of Arabel "(LN male Chondathan human diviner 12/lorekeeper 10/archmage 5)". It's worth noting that WotC's consolidated list of prestige classes has none called "lorekeeper," so those are probably loremaster levels.

 

[Ripzerai]

Can't wait for #351!

Not really interested in #352...seems like a bore to me. I don't see myself using any of those articles from that new novel or whatever. Looks like the other half of the magazine will have to do.

The novel in question is about five years old, but it's awesome and you would love it.

 

[Erik Mona]

The Mieville articles also include several new PC races and monstrous adversaries, so even if you haven't read the books, there are some _sweet_ monsters in the issue.

China Mieville is all about the monsters.

--Erik