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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 2539960" data-attributes="member: 508">And that's the end of another one.&nbsp; Obviously, this was written back in the AD&amp;D 2nd Edition days (as evidenced by some of the teminology in the notes) - in fact, according to my records, I submitted it back on 6 November 1997.&nbsp; It was rejected in part due to the &quot;graphic nature&quot; of parts of the storyline, and I recall Chris Perkins (then the assistant editor of Dragon) specifically not liking the &quot;twig breaking&quot; cliché.&nbsp; I couldn't really argue with them, either, because even I felt I had probably crossed the &quot;graphics line&quot; with this one.&nbsp; Naturally, the &quot;graphics line&quot; was much closer in those days; I don't think this storyline was anywhere near as bad as some of the things that would later become acceptable in Dragon fiction, but then times change.In any case, I hope you enjoyed reading it.Oh, and for those who care, I shortened &quot;Brokko&quot; to &quot;Brokk&quot; when I needed a thuggish-sounding name for the protagonist of my &quot;Ecology of the Cyclopskin&quot; (published in Dragon #254), and I liked the name &quot;Gandlebain&quot; enough (it sounded appropriately elvish to me) to reuse it in an adventure called &quot;Rimbule the Metamorph&quot; (published in Signs &amp; Portents #7).&nbsp; &quot;Skrunge&quot; was actually the name of a half-orc assassin PC I rolled up in the AD&amp;D 1st edition days and never got to use.Johnathan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Richards, post: 2539960, member: 508"] And that's the end of another one. Obviously, this was written back in the AD&D 2nd Edition days (as evidenced by some of the teminology in the notes) - in fact, according to my records, I submitted it back on 6 November 1997. It was rejected in part due to the "graphic nature" of parts of the storyline, and I recall Chris Perkins (then the assistant editor of [i]Dragon[/i]) specifically not liking the "twig breaking" cliché. I couldn't really argue with them, either, because even I felt I had probably crossed the "graphics line" with this one. Naturally, the "graphics line" was much closer in those days; I don't think this storyline was anywhere near as bad as some of the things that would later become acceptable in [i]Dragon[/i] fiction, but then times change. In any case, I hope you enjoyed reading it. Oh, and for those who care, I shortened "Brokko" to "Brokk" when I needed a thuggish-sounding name for the protagonist of my "Ecology of the Cyclopskin" (published in [i]Dragon[/i] #254), and I liked the name "Gandlebain" enough (it sounded appropriately elvish to me) to reuse it in an adventure called "Rimbule the Metamorph" (published in [i]Signs & Portents[/i] #7). "Skrunge" was actually the name of a half-orc assassin PC I rolled up in the AD&D 1st edition days and never got to use. Johnathan [/QUOTE]

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