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<blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 5560627" data-attributes="member: 27780"><p><strong><u>Dragon Magazine Issue 233: September 1996</u></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>part 6/8</p><p></p><p></p><p>Game wizards: Skip Williams is once again promoting his big Rod of 7 Parts adventure. (and isn't that an invitation to make tons of dick jokes. Well, at least it's not an <a href="http://www.geekologie.com/2008/04/the_octodog_slices_wieners_is.php" target="_blank">octodog</a>) Still, this time it's stuff that definitely isn't in the book, but may well be helpful to you once you buy it. And it's more support of their official campaign worlds, albeit nowhere near all of them, as he shows you good places to put the various scenarios in the adventure. I guess Krynn has never been fond of adding random gods and artifacts, while Athas and Ravenloft are kinda closed off from the standard planar cosmology. This obviously isn't useful if you aren't interested in the first place, but it's not bad as a bit of promotion. Bonus features are always far more welcome than a straight advert. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Network News: Ahahaha! The epic editorial fail in issue 231 is corrected here, with the rest of the interview with Lou Prosperi. This is actually only half a page of writing, squeezed around an advert. Basically, it's just more reiteration of the fact that this is a hard job, but a fun one if you can get into it, and you have to be prepared to make your own breaks. Yeah, we know that. It's only getting harder, too. Still, if you don't play the game you've got no chance of winning. We can't give up hope, even if we make mistakes like this. Just try not to do it again. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Sage advice: Can an invoker really have 8 1st level spels under the new rules. (no. We did mess up. Skip gotta clean up agaiun.)</p><p></p><p>table 30 page 95 0,1 2 points table 30 up to 29 points infinal round against initiative huh? ( Youy forget modifiers. Many more points can be accumulated if you apply them, see. Pkus give more monety please. Skip, er deity like that.)</p><p></p><p> Arrow of done duration special how long special? ( 1 day until fired, prepare in advance) </p><p></p><p>Can you stack heart of stone and trollish regheneration (no.)</p><p></p><p>How do mind fayers work in campaigns without psionics (juuuust dfine. Skips mind wor just fine. Magic if not psiobnics.)</p><p></p><p>How do you convert psionic powers to skills& owers (11-power score = MAC. Ok)</p><p></p><p>Can humaniods ability adjustments exceed ability score maxumums (no. Rules all backwards. Not like PHB. Skip Caaap mooooofooooo)</p><p></p><p>Can you stack MA specialization with Complete book of humanoids fighting styles. <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="(:" />sips coffee: only close quarter fighting. Savage and finesse fighting styles do not mix well.)</p><p></p><p></p><p>KotDT tries to break it's players of the kill them and take their stuff habit, to no avail. Dragonmirth reminds us that to get to the top, you've got to be ready to cheat. Swordplay are not acknowledging encumbrance. Floyd continues to treat serious matters in a rather goofy fashion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="(un)reason, post: 5560627, member: 27780"] [B][U]Dragon Magazine Issue 233: September 1996[/U][/B] part 6/8 Game wizards: Skip Williams is once again promoting his big Rod of 7 Parts adventure. (and isn't that an invitation to make tons of dick jokes. Well, at least it's not an [url=http://www.geekologie.com/2008/04/the_octodog_slices_wieners_is.php]octodog[/url]) Still, this time it's stuff that definitely isn't in the book, but may well be helpful to you once you buy it. And it's more support of their official campaign worlds, albeit nowhere near all of them, as he shows you good places to put the various scenarios in the adventure. I guess Krynn has never been fond of adding random gods and artifacts, while Athas and Ravenloft are kinda closed off from the standard planar cosmology. This obviously isn't useful if you aren't interested in the first place, but it's not bad as a bit of promotion. Bonus features are always far more welcome than a straight advert. Network News: Ahahaha! The epic editorial fail in issue 231 is corrected here, with the rest of the interview with Lou Prosperi. This is actually only half a page of writing, squeezed around an advert. Basically, it's just more reiteration of the fact that this is a hard job, but a fun one if you can get into it, and you have to be prepared to make your own breaks. Yeah, we know that. It's only getting harder, too. Still, if you don't play the game you've got no chance of winning. We can't give up hope, even if we make mistakes like this. Just try not to do it again. Sage advice: Can an invoker really have 8 1st level spels under the new rules. (no. We did mess up. Skip gotta clean up agaiun.) table 30 page 95 0,1 2 points table 30 up to 29 points infinal round against initiative huh? ( Youy forget modifiers. Many more points can be accumulated if you apply them, see. Pkus give more monety please. Skip, er deity like that.) Arrow of done duration special how long special? ( 1 day until fired, prepare in advance) Can you stack heart of stone and trollish regheneration (no.) How do mind fayers work in campaigns without psionics (juuuust dfine. Skips mind wor just fine. Magic if not psiobnics.) How do you convert psionic powers to skills& owers (11-power score = MAC. Ok) Can humaniods ability adjustments exceed ability score maxumums (no. Rules all backwards. Not like PHB. Skip Caaap mooooofooooo) Can you stack MA specialization with Complete book of humanoids fighting styles. (:sips coffee: only close quarter fighting. Savage and finesse fighting styles do not mix well.) KotDT tries to break it's players of the kill them and take their stuff habit, to no avail. Dragonmirth reminds us that to get to the top, you've got to be ready to cheat. Swordplay are not acknowledging encumbrance. Floyd continues to treat serious matters in a rather goofy fashion. [/QUOTE]
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