Dragon #355

[Nightfall]

Mike,

Well I can't help with the art costs, but like I said, you need some tips in steel cage fighting, I'm your guy.

 

[heirodule]

I was suprised to see Kord listed as a god who promoted chastity. Doesn't he have the position of a god who dallies with humans and fathered several bloodlines among humans?

 

[Nightfall]

Heiro,

Maybe he only dalllied with those that wanted to dally.

 

[mhacdebhandia]

Hmm... it really would cut down on our art costs if I illustrated Class Acts.

Why not get Rich Burlew to illustrate them? It's just stick figures, right - what, 20 bucks for four or five articles' worth?

 

[Razz]

Yes, use the Order of the Stick guys! Heh

 

[sckeener]

I got my issue yesterday and wow it rocks. It came within a day of Dungeon which has never happened before.

• I bounced when I saw the cave fisher.
  
• I was disappointed that the saintly domains didn't list the Mulhorandi Gods like the sin domains did.
  
• I thought the art over all was awesome this issue.
  
• I loved seeing all the psionics in one place.
• the music article was good. I had to show to my fiancé because she loves to have background music playing softly during games.
• scuttlecove...what to say...I've liked it since issue #95. I want more.

 

[Shade]

Well does the Psionics Class Acts HAVE to have art? I'd rather there be a better chance of it making an appearance than seeing an art-piece for it.

I don't think anyone's world will be destroyed if Psionic Class Acts article has no art. Actually, that'll leave more room for more psionic material

<shudders remembering the Bleak Eternity of White Pages during the "Dragon Unleashed" relaunch>

 

[MKMcArtor]

<shudders remembering the Bleak Eternity of White Pages during the "Dragon Unleashed" relaunch>

*sits on floor, rocking back and forth*

Art is pretty. Art is pretty. Art is pretty. Art is pretty. Art is pretty...

 

[frankthedm]

I’m glad the giant slug returns. Glad to see it is a ranged touch attack. Though I am surprised that they gave the acid spit the “ instantly dissolves armor and clothing on a failed save” property. I had figured the newer “Deals X damage to armor and clothing, ignoring N amount of hardness”{Alchemic ooze in a recent dragon] was going to be the new standard for those abilities. The DC is pretty nasty too, to say nothing of advanced giant slugs.

I’d rather have had the bucket of saltwater did them damage, rather than making them flee automatically. That sets encounters with them to be either easy XP or armor dissolving hell.

 

[Glyfair]

Secondly, the column on the Wizards of the Coast website is DragonSHARDS, not Dragonmarks. We specifically wanted to name our department differently, and Wizards of the Coast was only too happy to agree.

Oops! Maybe a more dissimilar title might have been even better

And it never will be. As the only editor at Paizo who likes psionics, I have to fight a cage match against a brown bear every month I try to run a psionics Class Act. (And by "fight a cage match against a brown bear" I really mean "beg for two more pages and $150 more art budget.")

As tongue in cheek as this comment is, it does seem to add credence to something I've been thinking for a while. It seems the articles are becoming more and more about the editor's tastes and preferences.

The case in point, most Paizo editors don't like psionics so we don't see many psionics articles.