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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 8222333" data-attributes="member: 27780">Polyhedron Issue 49: September 1989part 3/5The New Rogues Gallery: We go back to regular RPGA members telling us about their characters here. The heroes of Shadowguard (not to be confused with Shadowdale, Shadowfax, the Shadowfell, the Shadowdark, the Sea of Shadows, at least three different Shadowlands and Shadow Wars I can think of offhand, or Black Ice Shadow) met up when a vampire invited them all to dinner. They narrowly managed to turn the tables, and have been working together even since. Adversity builds stronger bonds than just meeting randomly in a tavern. Lydia Nimblefingers is the roguish halfling leader of the group. This frequently means she leads them deeper into trouble, especially as she casually keeps her pilfering skills in practice on random strangers. But hey, that just means more opportunities for XP, right? Freda Strongblade is a ranger who is caught between her principles and mercenary pragmatism. At some point she'll have to choose between them, and of course if she chooses wrong, she'll lose her powers. Hopefully the DM is feeling relatively forgiving in how far you have to go to fully switch alignment. Argon Firesword does not actually possess a flaming sword, but he'd very much like one, particularly the one his dad had and lost. He dreams of becoming a spell-caster, but doesn't remotely approach the stats needed to dual-class so he's kinda stuck with being a fighter. It's a frustrating life living in a rigid class/level system where you can't even improve your ability scores with XP sometimes. Andor is the cleric of the team. He's a better preacher than he is a spellcaster, but that still makes him pretty useful, as he's good at delivering hard lessons in a tactful manner. If you're going to be the conscience of a group you need to not annoy people into doing the opposite just because they don't like you. The Incredible Indill is the wizard of the group. As is often the case, his nickname is ironic, and he's actually pretty laconic and conservative, only adventuring because the danger comes to him more often than not. Another reasonably well balanced party that I'm unlikely to get any use out of. Eye On The Network: Convention season is in full swing, so here's a single page set of photos from Glathricon. The Bingles continue to dominate the tournament rankings, but there's still plenty of room for other people to have fun as well. It all seems pleasingly mixed-gender for a gaming crowd, although that may be selective shooting by the photographer. Still, at least they're trying to create a good image. Keep it up and eventually we'll make progress.</blockquote>

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