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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Turjan" data-source="post: 1889013" data-attributes="member: 3477">Hi Erik,I'm in the crowd with those people who still have a subscription, but are not really convinced whether that's a good expenditure. A few things can't be helped: Dragon is a magazine directed to players, and I'm more on the DM side of the table. That's why I love my Dungeon magazine <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />. On the other hand, with Dragon I often find me just flipping through the magazine when it arrives and put it away afterwards. Maybe, I read "Elminster's Guide" and Nodwick, and that's about it.I won't repeat all of the reasons other people have aired so far, just stress a few things that are most important in my book.1) After several years of 3E, I'm just fed up with prestige classes and feats. The days when every new prestige class was something innovative are long gone. I just don't look at them anymore if they don't have a very good reason. A very good reason, I said <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=";)" />!2) In my case, the words half-dragon and half-troll result in immediate reading abort. I like the suggestion from further above to bring more articles of how to play the core material intelligently. This helps the players - and also the not so versed DMs <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!    :o"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" />.3) On first glance, this point concerns Dungeon: I'm one of those people who liked to see Polyhedron go. However, Dragon made a change I did not appreciate at all by becoming a WotC/core D&D only magazine. These pages over pages of advertising material disguised as magazine content rubbed me the wrong way. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against WotC; I like my D&D. But somehow this change devaluated the magazine. Usually you get your ad magazines for free in your mailbox. A magazine with the claim to further gaming should have a broader perspective. It should deliver honest reviews. The narrow focus on WotC material leads to this same old same old feeling. This does not mean that I do not like my campaign flavour stuff <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.4) Too much about miniatures. I don't like them and I don't use them. More important, I don't play the miniatures game.Well, I'm not very fond of Eberron, either, but that's a different cup of tea. I see that many people love that setting, and with a little effort, that stuff can still be useful for me. Maybe, a few conversion notes would be fine <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.</blockquote>

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