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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 5858748" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dragon Magazine Issue 270: April 2000part 1/7132 pages. So we're finally three quarters of the way through this journey. And as with the 2/3rds mark, this is purely a postdated landmark that doesn't feel particularly significant sandwiched between the 1999 annual and the 3e changeover issues. Still, it looks like the topic is high level and planar stuff, both of which are topics I'm quite fond of. High level stuff in particular could do with a few more articles before we wave out the old and in with the new, as material suitable for levels 20+ is pretty scarce. Hell, Dungeon hasn't even got any 2e adventures that go above 15th level. So let's see if this bumper sized issue has any suitably impressive articles. Scan Quality: Excellent, indexed. In this issue:The wyrms turn: Here we get a good reminder exactly why high level campaigns got short shrift in 2e. 1: they were too busy trying to be sensible and mature, prove they'd outgrown all that twinky nonsesnse. 2: The rapidly expanding plethora of settings and character options made people more likely to switch games regularly rather than sticking with one to high levels. So this is a series of jokes about the more silly end of obscene power, where the players run roughshod over the world, rather than finding new enemies that present a suitable challenge. If the current editors have this kind of attitude, it's no wonder you have to pretty much make it all up, or use BECMI D&D instead, which did take the whole epic deeds during the endgame thing seriously. (although not completely without whimsy) This doesn't make me confident it'll get the gravity it needs. Mind you, it is april, so maybe we'll get amusingly unbalanced instead. As long as it's not boring, anyway, that's the really important thing. D-Mail: We kick off with some more edition change concerns that just go to show how differently people can wind up interpreting the same teasers, even though they're not particularly ambiguous. Oh, and the new format for upcoming products sucks, because it doesn't give as much info as the old one. Not disagreeing on that one. A letter asking them to go back to the old school. While they're adding a bit more old style flavour than they did in the mid 90's, they still want to move forward, so expect mixed results on this one. Variety is the spice of life, after all. A letter generally praising them, but also telling them where they're oversaturating the market. Rest assured, they will take a break, and then find new markets to oversaturate next edition. In fact, they have one planned already. You thought new races and kits were bad. Wait until you see how many prestige classes they put out! Muahahaha!A letter from someone pissed off about all their expensive stuff becoming obsolete. THEY'RE NOT BUYING IT!!! Ironically, the things they're complaining about in 2e are going to be fixed in 3e. They may have to eat crow in a few months. Another letter of general praise. Oh, and lechery. You really don't want to go out with a Drow. The drama quotient in their race is off the charts, and that's on a good day. No amount of slow-aging hotness is worth that. Another request to bring back reviews. Sorry. They're feeling outclassed by the internet these days. It's not like they're your only avenue for communicating about RPG's in general anymore, and you can probably trust them to be more objective, and able to rant more amusingly without worrying about censorship. So on reflection, nope, not going back. A question about the balance of new clerics from someone who's noted some have more domains than others. Already accounted for. And you wouldn't have an all cleric of a single god party, (most adventures'd be no challenge <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" /> ) so it's unlikely to become an issue. And finally, someone asking about book reviews. As with RPG reviews, they don't plan to bring them back, but they may be doing some more articles converting stuff from books in the future, as they have been with computer games. Gotta keep their eye on their core competencies all the time! Otherwise disastrous things might happen again! Nodwick is really starting to find his employers predictable.</blockquote>

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