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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 6166052" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dragon Issue 329: March 2005part 1/7107 (108) pages. Still going back to their roots this issue, but a different set of them. Instead of dungeoneering or demihumans, it's the original mythological sources of their monsters. We've certainly managed entertaining articles on that in previous editions. I hope they can repeat that feat without sucking out the sense of wonder, now that feats are a formal thing. Scan Quality: Excellent, indexed. In this issue:From the editor: Time for Erik to do the "Let me tell you about my characters" thing that all the editors do at one point or another. (apart from Kim, who of course didn't game) And just like Matthew's editorials, the good practice and teamwork they try and preach in the articles is nothing like the drama driven, PvP loving, bad joke cracking actual play sessions in his past. It would be amusing to read about if it weren't so very consistent, and thus all the more baffling that they try to get new gamers to play in a style so different to the one that got them on board. I fully agree with him that characters should change and develop, not just get more powerful as they level up, and it's hard to do that when they're all built with a 20 level plan and work together in a team perfectly the whole time. Now perhaps you should accept some more articles based on that assumption. Scale Mail: We kick off with another letter from someone who found the magazine delivered exactly what they wanted, when they needed it. It's good to be in tune with the secret desires of the public. Of course, there are still quite a few old-school things they don't do. They haven't done cardboard inserts that you assemble into castles or vehicles in a long time. Since doing so again requires both approval from the WotC higher-ups, and a careful calculation of how to do so economically, it's an idea they can't do very often. No surprise that there's already someone bored by the bite-sized, highly formulaic columns of the new format. Since they're already in the process of changing that, Erik can be fairly relaxed about this. However, the idea of bringing back Dragonmirth seems to be a rather trickier subject. Are artists really that much more expensive than writers for the amount of space they fill? Is a picture literally worth a thousand words? Somewhat off-topic is a request for info on a long out of print book. I think internet forums would definitely answer this one more quickly and effectively, and maybe even save you the expense of paying for a physical copy from ebay. Since the cover blurbs will be staying for the foreseeable future, they get asked to bring back the clean cover images inside. Since this saves them money coming up with more content anyway, that's one they're quite happy to grant. Somewhat more amusing is a letter about always ensuring you have a gaming group by chaining them up in the basement. The attic will do perfectly fine too if you live in a place that doesn't have basements. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> And finally, we finish with two general opinion pieces. More stuff where people talk about their gaming experiences, and more horror stuff seem to be the big lessons to take from them, and seem easy enough to provide, given the number of submissions of that sort they get.</blockquote>

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