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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aluvial" data-source="post: 1759046" data-attributes="member: 6862">An Index is needed immediately, if not for everything since the last index, OR from Dragon 250, OR from the first 3.0 issue...  A resource online would be nice to look up items, like spells, magical items, feats, prestige classes, etc.  I have an XML dataset that I use to enter items that I like from the magazine each month, but that is for personal use, and doesn't include all of the feats, classes, races, etc. that Dragon produces each month. Furthermore, it doesn't search the magazine for conceptual material either, like the recent Playing in the Dark issue, or Gladiatorial Combat from a while back. The Dragon Magazine Archive was nearly fantastic! Despite a clunky view screen (which is workable), the search function for articles was great. I installed the entire thing on the hard drive so that I wouldn't have to keep switching CD's for the info.  I know that scanning in searchable files is a pain, but if Dragon uses some computerized layout for designing the magazine, then the work is half done already. A companion disk for the Dragon Magazine Archive, say every 50 issues would really help complete the need we have to locate, and then use the magazine.  Frankly, whenever I looked something up in the index, I went back to my stacks, found the issue and article and read it straight from the mag. I am a big fan of having the physical written word in my hands... I am without wireless tech. and probably wouldn't take my laptop to the can with me, like I can with a magazine! So, please give us a usable index!!!  Most important.... a usable index means a short description of the class/feat/spell/etc. along side of the name and location...  Aluvial (post sent to Dragon Mag editors also -- the more we bother them for it, the more likely we are to get it.)</blockquote>

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