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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 8239494" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dungeon Issue 21: Jan/Feb 1990part 1/568 pages. People wearing insect masks? Anthromorphic insects? What's going on here? Looks like they don't take kindly to outzzzziders, in any case. Let's find out what level the PC's will need to be to have a decent chance of getting through this one alive and well, maybe even with more treasure than they started off with, and whether it's more suited to hack and slash play, or using your brain and diplomatic skills.Editorial: Barbara confronts a particularly irritating little problem. She's been head editor for a couple of years now, yet a substantial fraction of the mail is still directed towards Roger Moore. I'm in charge of this magazine now! What do I have to do to make you remember my name and respect my authoritah?! Turns out Roger has no helpful advice on this, as he still gets a fair chunk of letters addressed to Kim Mohan, even though he hasn't worked here at all for even longer. This illustrates just how many of their readers aren't really paying attention to the fine details of what they read, quite possibly made worse by casual sexism. I'll bet the questions they send in are ones that have already been answered repeatedly in the letters pages too. A perfect illustration of how casuals can be irritating to the hardcore members of a subculture and vice versa, especially when they jump to conclusions and don't acknowledge your expertise. The eternal conflict between needing to repeat the basics and wanting to push the upper limits of knowledge or accomplishment. Still, if you put the credits in a larger font and more prominent position, you could easily reduce this particular problem by a few orders of magnitude. Would it be so hard to shift the formatting around a bit and do that? Letters: The first letter continues the backlash against tightly scripting everything out. Now, if only you were sending that message to Polyhedron as well, where the problem is far worse. Second points out that the wizard in Irongard knows a spell that's too high level for him to cast. Just add it to the list of many ways Ed screwed up with that module. Get that man a stricter editor stat! Third, someone complaining that the state of Massachusetts has suddenly decided to apply sales tax to the magazine due to classification changes. You might be able to appeal that, but don't bank on it. 4th is someone complaining that they haven't published enough Forgotten Realms modules. Trust me, in a few years time you'll have the exact opposite problem, when they wind up overtaking everything else put together. You don't know how good you have it, living in an era where multiple settings are supported approximately evenly. The next two are people complaining that there's a missing reference in last issue's solo module. Wrong! You just weren't paying attention. The number is given with the item so you can't cheat, and only go to the right paragraph if you have it. It's a basic trick used in tons of choose your own adventure books. As with the editorial, this once again shows how unobservant the average person can be.Finally, a bit of general praise, with the solo modules in particular getting singled out. They may test some people's reading skills, but enough appreciate them to accept some more.</blockquote>

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