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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 5850347" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dragon Magazine Issue 268: February 2000part 7/7Silicon Sorcery: They've been increasing the frequency of computer game conversions over the last year. Now they get their own regular column. I think that proves pretty conclusively they're either popular with the readers, or the company is getting kickbacks for including these. So this time, we're converting some summoned monsters from Disciples: Fallen lands into something that fits the AD&D cosmology. Which since they seem to be from a fairly generic Hell, is an easy fit. Beliarh are big humanoid coobeasties, that charge their opponents and trample them. They're quite smart, but don't have any particular spell-like powers to back that up, so they're still very much shock troops. Infernal Avengers are mysterious cloaked beings with big swords, that can terrify people with their faces, and unleash really devastating fireballs.  They're obviously all about vengeance, and actually seem to enjoy being summoned for an appropriate mission. So if you want to go hellish, but don't want to be screwed over, you could do a lot worse. KotDT has another attempt at modern gaming. They still don't get it, I'm afraid. Dragonmirth mocks playboy readers. Shop keep mocks D&D's history. There does seem to be a lot of nostalgia around back then. Coming attractions: A rather more substantial collection than usual for this era this month. Many are still rehashes though. Drizzt's second trilogy gets released in an omnibus edition. The first book of the cleric quintet gets reissued, with more to follow. The Dragonlance chronicles get reissued as individual books again, so now you can choose between them and the compiled omnibus versions. The best of the dragonlance short stories over the years get compiled and rereleased in a new form. It's tedious to the point of brainrot. I really can't wait for this to be over. There's also the 3rd and final part of the priest's spell compendium. So you haven't done as many as wizards got after all. No surprise there. And finally, there's Secrets of the Magister by Ed Greenwood. Exactly how much this has in common with the original Magister book from a decade ago I'm not sure, but I am not inclined to be generous at the moment. Onto the vaguely new stuff. Dragonlance gets Rise of the Titans, another dual stat adventure. Alternity gets Beyond Science: Guide to FX. Yeah, I definitely see the influence this one had on D20 modern a few years later. It also gets the Dark Matter arms and equipment guide. More attempts to find big sellers by packing lots of crunch in. And Marvel Super Heroes does Spider-man: Marvel Team-up. Noo yoik sees things go to crap, and a whole bunch of heroes have to work together to fix things. They really are focussing a lot more on adventures using existing heroes rather than your own this time around. What is with that? What's new introduces an old joke to a whole new generation. And It's funnier than ever, curiously enough. Growf Growf. So it looks like they're going to use the extra size in these issue to fill us up to bloating point with generic material. Those who are fed up of 2e will be well and truly nauseous and never want to go back, while those who aren't will have enough material to keep their game going for years to come. And since the OSR does tend to focus on 1e rather than 2e, I think we can say that tactic worked all too well. So they're now busy measuring up the coffin for 2e, making sure it's suitably large and extravagant in trappings. Will there be tears at the funereal? Probably, but I'll check to be certain.</blockquote>

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