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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 5591753" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dragon Magazine Annual 1996part 4/8Rogues gallery: Another set of characters from a recent novel stated out here, courtesy of their actual author. Now, given that I've never seen Elaine Cunningham produce any game books, I do wonder if she actually plays D&D much, or if she's like Simon Hawke, just someone who writes in their worlds. Well, it's not as if D&D is that hard to learn. We shall see if there's any rules-breaking going on here. Hasheth, Lord Venazir is an annoyingly talented teenage nobleman who has trained as an assassin, worked for the harpers, and also managed to amass an independent fortune through merchant work at the age of 16. Sounds more like an anime protagonist than a D&D one. Can you say Cheeeese. Ahh, the joys of flexible timekeeping. Ferret is an elf who disguises herself as a human, in the process wearing some rather sleazy outfits to ensure people's attention is always on the wrong features. Fanservice! She too works as an assassin, but has an agenda behind many of the targets she chooses. Interesting. Still, if the next one is a shaved dwarf on stilts, I shall laugh a lot. Foxfire is another elf with a literally translated name. He also reads as author fanservice for women, with great detail gone into just how sexy he is, strong and with a dark past, but also considerate and a good leader. So yeah, there is a hell of a lot of cheese in this collection. I really don't think I'm the target audience for her books. Let's move on. Campaign Classics: Spelljammer's turn now. This is one that doesn't feel basic or rehashed, instead being Roger Moore's look at the scro, and how to make the most of them in any setting. They're reasonably capable in a fight, and have even more tricks up their sleeves than regular goblinoids. Plus spaceships scare the <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/64/1f642.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/64/1f642.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/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> out of people in a regular fantasy campaign, because it means you have an enormous mobility advantage. You'll need the original monster entry as it doesn't repeat that stuff, but if you do, there's plenty of cool ideas for you to take advantage of. Actually, in terms of presentation, it's quite similar to his old classic articles on demihumans in 1982. And that's a very good thing indeed in my book, as it gives this article more weight in general. Not being constantly occupied by editorial work has indeed helped him return to being a valuable writer for them. Forgotten realms: Ed Greenwood introduces this one of course, with his usual impish sense of humour making things so much more entertaining to read. The realms is now packed full of characters competent, and not so much. And good gods they get up to some funny stuff. Well, when you're Elminster, and they offer very little threat to you, it's easy to laugh. How big does the body count in the various Realms novels become before they get the mandated happy ending? I guess even here, you can make a real difference to individual lives. There's still plenty of people having fun with this world, and actually, you could be one of them. Don't forget that, amid all the overcrowding canon.</blockquote>

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