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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 4950542" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dragon Magazine Issue 147: July 1989part 2/5Sage advice continued:    What's the range of a wand of flame extinguishing (barely worth it, if you forget how D&D scaling works. )    What's the duration of a tome ( Longer than your lifetime. )     When are gauntlets and girdles cumulative (When you're ripping off Thor.)     What happens if your strength is drained when you're wearing a girdle (good thing too, otherwise your hernias'd give you so much gyp.)     Isn't the price for girdles of giant strength a bit low. (Hmm. Haven't we had this question before? Eeexcellent. Another chance for Skip to show how much better he is than Jean ever was! I cast Overturn Precedent at the question! Multiply the price and XP by 10! That ought to do it.)     Can you wear gloves and gauntlets at the same time (no. They use up the same item slot.)     Can the lyre of building destroy everything built with it if you mess up (No, only stuff built that week. Otherwise it'd be so much of a liability that it's funny)How long can you use a crystal ball for( Like using the internet, time'll fly by before you know it. Spying on things is rather addictive, and more than one wizard has neglected their studies because they were too busy keeping up with current events. )    Can a helm of brilliance buff any sword (yes)     Can you wear a hat and a helm simultaneously. (No. We really ought to formalize the item slots system. Unfortunately, it's too late to put it in 2nd edition. Great. Skip will have to put up with another 10 years of this crap before we finally get round to fixing it. )     Is a hat of disguise an illusory or shapechanging effect (nonfunctional cosmetic shapechanging )    Can a cloak of protection be worn with elfin chain (nope)     Can I wear more than one cloak at once ( Haaaa. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />oints and laughs<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=":)" />    Can a cloak be combined with armor ( Mayyyybe. )    Can you wear a cloak and a mantle (No, but you can wear a robe and a mantle. It's kingly, uh huh huh. )    How many people can draw from a deck of many things (4/x Where X is the number of cards each draws. )        Does the level boosting ion stone burn out after bestowing it's power (no. You have to keep it around to keep the buff, and if it gets nicked, you lose the extra power. )    Does the white spindle's regeneration keep working when you're dead (as long as they don't think to grab it. If they do, you're screwed. )    What can a quiver of ehlonna produce ( Nothing! More Errata!)    Will a stone of good luck affect your ressurection roll (only if you had it before you died)     What's a freedom word. (Zagyg needed to make sure he couldn't be captured in his own extradimensional dungeon when dallying with kinky villainesses. So he took precautions. Remember folks, children are the least of your worries when dealing with women like that. )    Does a gem of insight let you check for psionic power (eventually. Remember, temporary buffs don't count for stuff like this. )    Are two substances found within a philosophers stone (Only in certain combinations.  Green and white totally lacks style. )    What happens when a bag of holding is turned inside out (Man, that's gonna be non euclidian. Thankfully, most wizards put safety precautions to stop the universe being destroyed by this possibility. Well, they must have, because the universe is still around. Isn't it? .................. Oh, Maaaan. Is Skip gonna have to hit the reset button again? )    Can an amulet of proof against detection keep an invisible character from being seen by detect invisibility (yes indeedy)  Ghostbusters gets a new edition to tie in with the new movie. Will it be an improvement on the original? Ha. Win some, lose some. Getting familiar: P. N. Elrod! This is an interesting turnup for the books. Nice to see another author who'll go on to pretty substantial things getting their start in the magazine. We have had a few articles on the subject of familiars before, but this does not follow in their footsteps. It's all about roleplaying your familiars. After all, in the era of 80's cartoons, most action adventure shows have an intelligent animal (or possibly robot) sidekick to supply a little comic relief and give voice actors a chance to talk in silly pidgin voices and squawks. It's no surprise that many people would think that is a desirable thing to emulate in your own games. So, um, yeah, each of the standard animals gets discussed, with lots of notes on their ecologies, racial capabilities and personalities. Toads get no love at all, as usual. It's all so second edition it hurts. And actually, it's the first article to specifically reference the 2nd ed rulebooks, so kudos to her for being quick off the mark. So this is a significant and entertaining article, that is also more than a little cheesy. Oh well, lots of good points, lots of bad points is a hell of a lot more interesting than a no score draw. As I thought. We got the subtle teaser last month, now we get the full-on shadowrun logo with the goats skull and scantily clad elven chicks. That'll get people's attention. Variety, the spice of magic: So you don't have the right spell component? What are you to do? You could just give up and cast some other spell. Or you could try substituting some other component. Now this gives the DM two options. They could say that nothing happens, it simply fails. Or they could use it as carte blanche to imaginatively sadistic in the way that the spell goes wrong.  Can you guess which one I'd prefer? So here's a few tables to lend a little more legitimacy to that idea. See just how likely they are to go wrong if you use cheap knock-off substitutes. Course, if you deploy some rare monster pieces, the spell might even work better than normal, but don't count on it. I can definitely see the story potential in this, so even though there might be some tedious tableage, this is another one for bookmarking to pull out when it becomes appropriate.</blockquote>

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