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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 8819596" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dungeon Issue 62: Nov/Dec 1996part 5/5Side Treks - The Ghost at Widder Smithers: All the way up to 7 adventures in one issue, which is very unusual. Once again, the dial is firmly set to roleplaying heavy and somewhat comedic, as what initially seems to be a ghost haunting turns out to be two wizards released after 50 years trapped in stasis. They were in the middle of a magical battle, and once freed will want to resume straight where they left off. Will you leave them to it, remain neutral but at least try to minimise collateral damage, try to figure out which is the good guy and side with them, or just kill both? Which one is right or wrong isn't obvious, but they have wildly different personalities the DM is encouraged to ham up. The kind of thing that appeared in Polyhedron's short-lived Adversaries column, this is so 2eish it hurts. If it was just one lighthearted article in a decent spread of different things it would be ok, but after wading through this issue it's very irritating. This new editor isn't getting off to a very good start. An issue that manages to be well above average in both repeating already done ideas and implementing them in a shallow way, due to the large number of small adventures. That combined with the very strong emphasis on roleplaying over fighting, and subduing or rescuing over killing even when you do get into conflict makes this particularly unsatisfying for people looking to play D&D in particular, as the scenarios work against what the rules do best. It all feels both tired and tiresome to read. A fitting note to say goodbye to the old management on, as they obviously don't know what they're doing here. Time to see how things change in here once the new bosses get going, and if they'll spend a few years playing it safe like they did in Dragon.</blockquote>

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