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Message: <blockquote data-quote="devilish" data-source="post: 1892376" data-attributes="member: 17552">Hi Erik,Loyal subscriber now but not enthused -- here's what I miss and what I'veloved about Dragon in the past:What I love, from the crunch side, is raw mechanics - useful and useless:--remember the stuff in the Dragon Annuals -- rules and formula for the damage  a character takes from being picked up by an ogre , thrown 30 feet in the air, over a cliff; his velocity, d6 damage, etc.-- How to tell, through stats, whether your dice are flawed--Size, weight and damage for 100's of golems (and their formula) -- like a wax golem.  All in one article instead of monster supplements-- Ecologies for their 2e-version of Monster Advancement--Right before 3E, Dragon had an issue on how to rewrite/customize spells: "Change a spell from Target -> AreaOfEffect = 1 Spell Level"On the fluff side:-- Random Elf Name/Tavern Name/etc. generators-- The whole Devil/Satan/Nine Hells articles-- Ecologies for their flavor, alterations, and different ways to look at creatures (like a mini Libris Mortis/Draconomicon, but for Otyughs!)And, though some may disagree, the *whole* "Book Of Vile Darkness" issue .... someof the spells in there gave me nightmares and would love to see grittier issues.Sure, it was a product tie-in -- but it had good stuff, moreso than other product tie-ins.Oh, forgot -- I *hated* the "Samurai v." article in the first "New and Improved" issues thatcame out this year.  Lots of pomp and circumstance and no conclusion -- thatalmost made me cancel my 10 year+ record of subscribing.  Hate Hate hate !!!!Thanks for listening to all of us,-DPS And to repeat everyone else, Kudos on what you've doneto Dungeon -- no comments necessary.</blockquote>

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