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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 5631844" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dragon Magazine Issue 241: November 1997part 1/8124 pages. Giraffe neck, woodlike head, trogdor arm. This dragon is a bit of a mismatch of body parts. And would have serious trouble chewing it's food. If it doesn't eat those adventurers whole, they'll be doing it a mercy killing it. No particular connection to the contents this time, which apparently involves ancient empires. Well, most of their campaign worlds have been around long enough for that, with the ironic exception of Ravenloft. That gives them plenty of room for tie-ins. Lets see who gets excavated, and who is left buried this time. In this issue:The Wyrm's turn: Ooh. We add a 9th member to the staff again. A production manager? What does one of them do then that the editors and directors don't? Actually, their staff list currently looks a bit top heavy in general. Big titles, or do they actually have too many chiefs and not enough indians? Well, as long as everyone knows their role, and doesn't step on the other's toes, it hopefully won't be a problem. Speaking of stepping on toes, they're now trying to figure out how much material they should publish on specific settings. One person may like one over another, but really, they shouldn't be in competition. So this is the public's chance to influence their direction in the next few years. Once again, they're trying to pay attention, really give people what they want. Let's hope what they want is interesting to me as well. D-Mail: A letter complaining about the Mother NPC article. By a man. No mothers appear to have been offended by the creation of this parody. Lighten up maaan. A letter asking about Alternity and what kind of support it's going to get. Quite a bit, apparently. Once again, given how previous attempts died, they want to try extra hard to get this right, so they're not so dependent on their flagship products. A letter from someone who finds their group is being bogged down by bickering from contrasting characters. An article on how to deal with this would be very welcome. I doubt the editors will have trouble finding one. On the other hand, they may have trouble finding original articles if this is the quality of would-be writers for them. Our final letter is from multiple people who want to write for them, but don't have a clue what to write about. You may be approaching things the wrong way around. Do you even know if you're any good at writing in the first place? Do you enjoy the process, or do you just want the prestige? It won't be worth it if that's the only reason.</blockquote>

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