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<blockquote data-quote="Swordsage" data-source="post: 1889014" data-attributes="member: 14904"><p>Hey Erik</p><p></p><p>I'll be brutally honest - and I'm way, way in the minority here and I know that: I buy DRAGON for FR content. No FR article and the magazine is usually pretty unnattractive to me. But I've realised that this is the case not because of lack of FR content necessarily, it's lack of flavor content as a whole</p><p></p><p>I do think that a regular FR presence (other than Ed's infrequent articles - when was the last time Ed got to write an article that was longer than 2 pages sans pictures?) in DRAGON would be a positive selling point for readers, especially if we got coverage on all the other campaign settings as well. I don't mind Greyhawk material (I just re-read one of my old Gord the Rogue novels) and I haven't seen enough of Eberron to make a judgement, but I think campaign flavour is what the magazine needs - whatever the setting.</p><p></p><p>Big FR articles that weren't 90% crunch such as the Cult of the Dragon article back in #110 and the Wyrms of the North columns were great (and used by many DMs - not just FR ones). Similarly, I fondly recall the great Dragotha article for Greyhawk and other such articles over the many years. The taleteller in me would rather see a write-up of a +2 sword with a great story and history behind it, than a +5 undead bane, disrupting, thermonuclear, world-destroying blade with no sense of "self" or how to use it in your game. And if we do have to have a +5 undead bane, disrupting, thermonuclear, world-destroying blade, isn't it better if it has that story and background attached to it?</p><p></p><p>Oh, and again on an FR front, I am absolutely gobsmacked that a much-published author like Eric Boyd has had one, single article printed in DRAGON over the last 6+ years. And I know that hasn't been through lack of trying. Let's crank up the lore - whatever the setting and leave the plusses to their own devices!</p><p></p><p>Thanks for listening.</p><p></p><p>-- George Krashos</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swordsage, post: 1889014, member: 14904"] Hey Erik I'll be brutally honest - and I'm way, way in the minority here and I know that: I buy DRAGON for FR content. No FR article and the magazine is usually pretty unnattractive to me. But I've realised that this is the case not because of lack of FR content necessarily, it's lack of flavor content as a whole I do think that a regular FR presence (other than Ed's infrequent articles - when was the last time Ed got to write an article that was longer than 2 pages sans pictures?) in DRAGON would be a positive selling point for readers, especially if we got coverage on all the other campaign settings as well. I don't mind Greyhawk material (I just re-read one of my old Gord the Rogue novels) and I haven't seen enough of Eberron to make a judgement, but I think campaign flavour is what the magazine needs - whatever the setting. Big FR articles that weren't 90% crunch such as the Cult of the Dragon article back in #110 and the Wyrms of the North columns were great (and used by many DMs - not just FR ones). Similarly, I fondly recall the great Dragotha article for Greyhawk and other such articles over the many years. The taleteller in me would rather see a write-up of a +2 sword with a great story and history behind it, than a +5 undead bane, disrupting, thermonuclear, world-destroying blade with no sense of "self" or how to use it in your game. And if we do have to have a +5 undead bane, disrupting, thermonuclear, world-destroying blade, isn't it better if it has that story and background attached to it? Oh, and again on an FR front, I am absolutely gobsmacked that a much-published author like Eric Boyd has had one, single article printed in DRAGON over the last 6+ years. And I know that hasn't been through lack of trying. Let's crank up the lore - whatever the setting and leave the plusses to their own devices! Thanks for listening. -- George Krashos [/QUOTE]
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