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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 4966670" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dragon Magazine Issue 150: October 1989part 2/5Who will be the new gods of the forgotten realms? Buy the avatar trilogy to find out. Remember, all the events of the novels are canon, and change the game world accordingly. If you skip anything, you'll be confused when the world in future supplements is different. Welcome to the start of metaplot becoming a big issue, used to encourage you to buy everything for a line, and annoying people who don't want to or can't afford to do that. We'll be seeing loads more of this over the next decade. You have been warned. Sage advice forgets to format properly this episode, Roger must have been too busy writing to edit properly.     Why haven't you answered my 1119 questions (because you asked 1119 questions. Skip only has a few pages a month to answer questions in, so he gets to choose his cases. You ain't a beautiful dame with a knack for getting Skip into trouble or a mysterious billionaire, so you get low priority.     Why are you still answering 1st ed questions (Because so many people haven't switched over yet. And because we genuinely care. We aren't some heartless machine on a constant battle to push the new and shiny at the expense of our previous product. <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=":)" /> <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" /> )    How do you handle fighting a hydra. (it does involve quite a bit of bookkeeping, doesn't it. I'm sure you'll work out a way. )    What happens if a magic user tries to wield a sword (nonproficiency penalty. Thank god this isn't like that Craaaaazy last edition with it's magical weapon prohibition curses and alignment languages. )     What does sensory impairment do to your spellcasting. (Lets just say it aint pretty. This is why magic-users become liches. Going blind and deaf when your powers should be at their peak really gets on your nerves. )    What's with weapon speed factors (oh, no-one uses those. Don't worry your pretty little head. )     What about the to hit adjustment tables ( Again, you might as well ignore those. They'll just slow us down. Remember your encumbrance rules. Don't tell me you ignore those. Ok, now you've crossed the line. Skip is Not Down with ignoring encumbrance. Don't make me have to cap yo ass. )    What do polearms look like (What don't they look like. Those craaaazy medieval fighters, favoring ugly but effective over pretty instruments like swords. It's as if they were actually fighting for real, instead of to show off )    What's a morning star. (What skip shows the laydees the morning after. Yeeeeeaaaaah, baby. )    Why did unearthed arcana take shields away from assassins (I've already answered this one. Go away)    Does a girdle of giant strength let you throw a polearm (not effectively)    What does darkness do to combat. ( -4. Not just for normal invisibility.)    What's with space requirements for weapons (You don't want to hit your buddies, do you? )     Can you use an at will power and attack and move in the same round (Oh yes. This is one of the things that makes extraplanar monsters so badass)    Can magic-users move and cast as well (No. That's what you get for being human and meddling in forces you weren't born too. )    Can you back off from melee (slowly)     Can you attack more than one creature if you have multiple attacks (Yes.)    How long does paralyzation last (Generally a lot less than last edition. We're still not at the point where you get to save again every round though. We haven't completely pussified our game in response to all the wussy whiners yet. )    Is there any proficiency crossover between weapons (Still no. Not until the complete fighters handbook comes out. Then you can twink out to your hearts content. )    Does bastard sword's size and speed change when it's used one handed (no)    Do multipurpose weapons also grant proficiency in the weapons that make them up (no)     What does charging do (this one is clearly in the book. Why the hell are you wasting Skip's valuable time with this crap )    What does high dex do for initiative (nothing. zip. nada.)     Can missile weapons be used in melee. Can I shoot into melee without hitting my buds (more recycling? Have you people learned nothing from Skip. Does Skip struggle in vain? Is Skip's battle against ignorance and stupidity in the big city destined to be never-ending, concluding only when a particularly intractable case finally wears down the last of Skip's sanity. Look, Skip is already referring to Skip in the third person! Only mad people do that. )     Can you use a random object for nonlethal combat (Depends what it is)     How far can you throw improvised weapons (not very far, usually)     How do you handle gaze attacks ( See Lew Pulsipher's great article back in issue 50 :teeth ting: )     Do you suffer a penalty for attacking more than once in a round (if you attack two-handed)    Can vorpal weapons sever giant creatures heads ( depends on your position)    Does unholy water hurt paladins (yup. It burnsses)    Can you turn undead and attack (another reused question? The answer has not changed since last time, so bog off)    Can creatures that can hit magical creatures resist quivering palm automatically (no. That's some pretty torturous logic you're trying there. )    Can torches be used as melee or missile weapons (Oh yes. As the movies show, this is actually quite effective )     How quickly can you draw a weapon (fast enough for it to be irrelevant )     Why do you only get one attack a minute (our abstraction. Let us remind you of it)     How do you determine if a sap hits the enemies head properly (flip a coin. Then hit them on the head while they're watching it. )     Can you hit sleeping opponents automatically (no, just with a +4 bonus. Don't think you're likely to take them out in one hit)</blockquote>

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