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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 6173591" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dragon Issue 331: May 2005part 6/7A novel approach: Huh. The Spiderwick Chronicles. There's a real turnup for the books. Tony Diterlizzi may have left RPG's behind for the FAR more lucrative world of children's books, but it's good to see him keeping in touch. This means that this column is both bigger and better illustrated than usual, and includes an interview with him and Holly Black, the writer. (who it turns out is also a gamer) It also means there's room for more setting information, with only a relatively small amount of statistics at the end. (after all, D&D already has a quite copious selection of fae for you to use) It also talks quite a lot about he overall themes and how to apply them to your game. When your protagonists are kids, you have to balance a whole extra set of social challenges with the physical ones of dealing with monsters, especially in a world that doesn't even believe in them. This once again shows the benefits of not having the same columns every single issue, so the ones you do include are bigger and better. It's a definite shame that they aren't producing D20 modern material in the magazine, as this would have been a perfect opportunity to cross over a little of that. Still, even as it is, this gives you quite a few cool ideas to alter your game in ways that are common in fiction, but rare in D&D. Sage advice: Can antimagic field be detected by detect magic (Only if a magic item goes into it and suddenly goes off your radar. Very tricksy.)Can detect magic locate an invisible creaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrggggggghackhackslump!. (Andy remembers that sskip got asssked this loads of times. Andy wishes people would remember the answer too. )Can detect magic detect supernatural effects (yes)What kind of damage does a slashing or piercing wooden weapon do (You jusst answered your own question, preciouss)Do the bonuses granted by spikes and brambles stack (Only the untyped parts, yess)How can the DM alter the effects of entangle based on the local plants (Usse your imagination, yess?)Is Balance needed to stand up in the area of a grease spell (no)Does casting detect magic count as an attack and break invisibility (Yes)Does counterspelling (yes) Does casting flaming sphere and using it non-offensively (no)Does sanctuary. (no)Do clothes cleaned by prestigitation get dirty again after the duration wears off (no)Can you ride your own tensers floating disk. (No. If you can't move, it can't follow you, preciouss) If you tie Cause fear to an Unhallow spell, does it work every round (No, only when the nassty intruders enter, collins collins. )Does the bonus from practiced spellcaster apply before or after other bonuses (Whichever iss most twinky, yess. They're still underpowered, so they need all the help they can get. ) How does practiced spellcaster interact with wild magic (Pretty well, yess. )</blockquote>

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