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<blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 6096261" data-attributes="member: 27780"><p><strong><u>Dragon Issue 310: August 2003</u></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>part 2/9</p><p></p><p></p><p>Scale Mail: We start off with a couple more letters about dice superstitions. Yawn. Just because everyone has their quirks, doesn't mean you have to broadcast them to the world. </p><p></p><p>Also unfortunately familiar is someone who's parents chucked out their dice and character sheets. Sad to see that still happens in the new millennium. </p><p></p><p>Two people praise the westeros special. They don't plan to follow that up, but they will continue to do themed issues on other books when they get the chance. Keep sending that material in, you never know what series might hit critical mass next. </p><p></p><p>And finally we have a clever suggestion of representing battles too large scale for minis with graph paper and coloured pins. Neat, even if you will use up materials faster than with regular minis and props. But then, they're cheaper too, so it'll work out fine unless you're doing tons of mass battles, at which point you might as well invest in a dedicated games room with an extra large table anyway. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Zogonia deals with conflicted sexuality. Oh, the angst. Nowick deals with the absence of monsters. Oh, the humanity! </p><p></p><p></p><p>The roles of rage: Back to basic multiclassing advice, are we? I thought we'd got past that a year or so ago. The changes to Barbarians haven't really been that great, apart from reducing the front-loading, so you have more incentive to stick with them. So once again it's time for 8 different basic class combos to be examined with their pros and cons over sticking with the single class for 20 levels. (apart from literacy, obviously) I'm not impressed. It looks like my worst fears about a theme spread this thinly might well be realised for this issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="(un)reason, post: 6096261, member: 27780"] [B][U]Dragon Issue 310: August 2003[/U][/B] part 2/9 Scale Mail: We start off with a couple more letters about dice superstitions. Yawn. Just because everyone has their quirks, doesn't mean you have to broadcast them to the world. Also unfortunately familiar is someone who's parents chucked out their dice and character sheets. Sad to see that still happens in the new millennium. Two people praise the westeros special. They don't plan to follow that up, but they will continue to do themed issues on other books when they get the chance. Keep sending that material in, you never know what series might hit critical mass next. And finally we have a clever suggestion of representing battles too large scale for minis with graph paper and coloured pins. Neat, even if you will use up materials faster than with regular minis and props. But then, they're cheaper too, so it'll work out fine unless you're doing tons of mass battles, at which point you might as well invest in a dedicated games room with an extra large table anyway. Zogonia deals with conflicted sexuality. Oh, the angst. Nowick deals with the absence of monsters. Oh, the humanity! The roles of rage: Back to basic multiclassing advice, are we? I thought we'd got past that a year or so ago. The changes to Barbarians haven't really been that great, apart from reducing the front-loading, so you have more incentive to stick with them. So once again it's time for 8 different basic class combos to be examined with their pros and cons over sticking with the single class for 20 levels. (apart from literacy, obviously) I'm not impressed. It looks like my worst fears about a theme spread this thinly might well be realised for this issue. [/QUOTE]
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