Dragon Magazine #318 not your typical April issue

[thalmin]

Got in the new Dragon #318 yesterday, but thanks to work and the auction just getting to see it now. The theme is Ninjas, Pirates, and Dinosaurs. This is not the typical humorous April issue.

Featured articles are:

The Ninja - covering levels 1-20 (rogue BAB, d6 hd,, good Fort save, 6 skill points, +1 AC bonus at 5, 10 15 & 20th levels)

Oriental Adventures Update - converting Oriental Adventures into 3.5
(17 pages including 1 full page illustration)

X Marks the Spot, Setting Sail With Saber and Spell - 5 pages on pirates and pirate magic items.

Port Royal - Visit tropical Jamaica, the Wickedest City in the World, and a good pirate setting

Dungeons & Dinosaurs - 11 dinosaurs to add to your MM. Covers the Compsognathus, Dimetrodon, Diplodocus, Gigantosaurus, Helicoprion, Liopleurodon, Pachycephalosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Pteranodon, Rhamphorhynchus, and Stegosaurus; also dinosaur companions and familiars.

Children of Ka, The Dagger of the Dinosaur Sage - A Hollow World article on lizardfolk.

The Kali's Coffin, Crusader Earth the Chalice of Life #3 - fiction by Thomas Harlan

Countdown to Eberron; Encounter the Warforged - construct built for battle

Expanded Psionics Preview #4: Psionic Monsters - new psionic monsters, and an explanation why psionics for monsters will still work differently from characters

Fang & Shadow - drow campaign play for D&D Miniatures

Plus regular columns like

Wizards Workshop, The Play's the Thing; Running a Non-Iconic Party, part 2: Arcane & Divine Casters - playing without spellcasters

Sage Advice: Monsters and Mayhem - monsters and their abilities

and 6 pages of comics - Zogonia, Nodwick, and Dork Tower

 

[Graywolf-ELM]

Got in the new Dragon #318 yesterday, but thanks to work and the auction just getting to see it now. The theme is Ninjas, Pirates, and Dinosaurs. This is not the typical humorous April issue.


X Marks the Spot, Setting Sail With Saber and Spell - 5 pages on pirates and pirate magic items.

Port Royal - Visit tropical Jamaica, the Wickedest City in the World, and a good pirate setting

Sage Advice: Monsters and Mayhem - monsters and their abilities

and 6 pages of comics - Zogonia, Nodwick, and Dork Tower

I have got to have this one. My Subscription ran out when my wife didn't send it back in. I had to renew online, and am going to have to hunt the stores for it. I will be starting a PbP game for some friends, with shipboard characters, they'll have to decide if they want to be pirates or not. I want to modify the city, and see if I want to use any of the Pirate stuff in the issue.

 

[FireLance]

The Ninja - covering levels 1-20 (rogue BAB, good Fort save, +1 AC bonus at 5, 10 15 & 20th levels)

Counting down to the inevitable wail of horror from people who will argue that Ninjas ought to have d12 HD, Fighter BAB, all good saves, 8+Int skill points and the unarmed combat and AC progression of a monk in order to be historically accurate.

10...

 

[Douane]

Counting down to the inevitable wail of horror from people who will argue that Ninjas ought to have d12 HD, Fighter BAB, all good saves, 8+Int skill points and the unarmed combat and AC progression of a monk in order to be historically accurate.

And they'd would truly deserve these, because we all know the basic facts about ninjas:

1. Ninjas are mammals.

2. Ninjas fight ALL the time.

3. The purpose of the ninja is to flip out and kill people.



BTW: Thanks, Thalmin, for posting this! Reminds me that I have to buy this month's Dragon.


Folkert

 

[pawsplay]

Good Fortitude? I agreed on the Swashbuckler, but something about that doesn't seem right for a Ninja.

 

[Kai Lord]

Countdown to Eberron; Encounter the Warforged - construct built for battle

Okay, explain nothing else about the issue until first giving the details on this.

 

[masque]

So... Pirates and Ninjas?

I think a friend told me they were natural enemies, or something.

Wonder if that reference is intentional. Or if I'm just imagining whatever reference I'm referring to. um. I remember it being amusing, though.

 

[Byrons_Ghost]

So... Pirates and Ninjas?

I think a friend told me they were natural enemies, or something.

Wonder if that reference is intentional. Or if I'm just imagining whatever reference I'm referring to. um. I remember it being amusing, though.

I think that's ninjas and vikings.

I'm astounded to see another Hollow World article so soon, especially considering how long the setting's been dead. I wonder if it's just because of the "dinosaur" theme, or if we're going to start seeing a regular "campaign classics" article series because of all the feedback that last issue generated...

 

[Ranger REG]

I miss "Bard on the Run."

BTW, ninja don't fight all the time. They spy.

 

[Harlock]

I think that's ninjas and vikings.

I'm astounded to see another Hollow World article so soon, especially considering how long the setting's been dead. I wonder if it's just because of the "dinosaur" theme, or if we're going to start seeing a regular "campaign classics" article series because of all the feedback that last issue generated...

Maybe Hollow World is just a cover for Eberron? Aren't there dinos in the new pulp noir fantasy setting?