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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BOZ" data-source="post: 3509795" data-attributes="member: 1241">that saved me some trouble, then.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  you figure they're still reading?  well, here goes nothing...Here's what i want to see.  of course we won't see the exact same content coming from Dragon and Dungeon, no matter what - that sort of thing changes every time a major editorial change takes place anway, so no point in trying to avoid it.  there's going to be changes for sure, but here's hoping the baby is not thrown out with the bathwater.first of all, regardless of everyone's feelings for the content going online, there is one inescapable *good* thing about the content going online: there will no longer be an upper limit on how much content can be put out in a month.  thusly, if you have 10 good articles you want to use, or 20, or 30, or 50 - go ahead and post as many as you feel like!  no more holding off on a good article because there's not enough space to print it this month.  please, please, please take advantage of this, what may very well prove to be your biggest advantage over print.as for content, i know i would very much like to see certain current Dragon columns, like Campaign Classics, Demonomicon of Iggwilv (particularly if James Jacobs is involved, who is practically chomping at the bit to be involved with it), Creature Catalog, and Core Beliefs.  it would also be cool to see older columns revived, such as Bazaar of the Bizzare, Giants in the Earth, Dragon's Bestiary, etc.  of course, i'm sure new columns are likely to be invented, but don't forget the classics that have stood the test of time!now i, for one, love seeing old (read: particularly pre-3E) content used in new ways.  witness the Demonomicon articles, for one, and the Campaign Classics issues for another.  look at the gobs and gobs of converted monsters that have appeared in Dragon and Dungeon in the last few years (i'll give you a list if you need it!).  even if you don't wish to utilize this content in the books, please keep an open mind for using it on the digi-magazines.please keep the mags submission-based.  yes, in-house people will provide content, and yes regular freelancers will provide content; it has always been this way.  but there has also been a lot of content that came from the little guy.  the worst mistake you could make, in my opinion, would be to close the doors on the not-yet-professionals out there.  and i say that not just because of the articles i've had printed in the last couple of years.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />collecting the best of the online content into hardcovers is practically a must.  first of all, print is a format that most people will never completely give up.  secondly, you must consider those who cannot or will not use the internet to get their D&D content - compilations will be the only way these people see the online magazine content, and they will pay for a book where they would not pay for an online subscription.when considering that, keep in mind that you have access to all the 3E material produced by paizo as well, and the popularity of their run on the magazines.  allowing them to produce further Dragon Compendiums (or doing it yourself if you're so inclined) or doing things like an Age of Worms or Savage Tide AP hardcover would make some big sellers.  a collection of Demonomicon articles would be a goldmine, especially if it included new content.  a Monster Compendium (like the Spell and Magic Item Compendiums) or series thereof could draw on monsters from the Paizo print run, from the digital magazines, the free content on the website, and other sources, and i know i'd buy copies of that.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />well anyway, that's all i have to say about that for the moment - sorry if i rambled or got incoherent, as i probaby should have gone to sleep and wrote this in the morning.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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