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<blockquote data-quote="The Gryphon" data-source="post: 1926875" data-attributes="member: 17286"><p>I think dropping Winning Races to an occasional feature is a mistake. Sure most people aren't going to create 12 new characters per year, but just like the other articles which are staying in every issue not every article will be useful to every person each month.</p><p> </p><p>Also the races are not just a player resource, they are an aid DMs when creating new areas of the campaign world or adding a twist to an adventure. I'm sure a few DMs could use more than 3-4 new races a year.</p><p> </p><p>Dropping the frequency of Gaining Prestige is also an error in my opinion. There has only been a single prestige class every month since the change, from this column I might add (this is already a large reduction compared to dragon most of the time before the change of format). Contrary to popular opinion not all prestige classes need compelling cultural and roleplaying information, as some are just a widely held archetype which has previously been unexplored. Often making a prestige class too specific is the problem.</p><p> </p><p>This again is also a DMs resource. Whether the class is exactly what you're looking for or not it gives you ideas and a basis for a class you might want to create for your game.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I think you mean Magic Shop not Bazaar of the Bizarre <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since you are insistent on continuing this column could you please format it like the rest of the magazine, 3 columns per page and continue the articles on one after another instead of starting each class on a separate page. As at 11 pages per issue this column seems excessive, as it occupies around 10% of the magazine's total page count (and around 14% of the total gaming content).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of the repetitive familiars which are being cut back and were specifically mentioned, such as Winning Races and Gaining Prestige, these are often more fluff than crunch (especially in the case of Winning Races) in the first place so it makes little sense to cut them in preference to more dynamic features. While cutting back the page count for Class Acts will get more room without cutting content that I like <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Thank you for listening.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Gryphon, post: 1926875, member: 17286"] I think dropping Winning Races to an occasional feature is a mistake. Sure most people aren't going to create 12 new characters per year, but just like the other articles which are staying in every issue not every article will be useful to every person each month. Also the races are not just a player resource, they are an aid DMs when creating new areas of the campaign world or adding a twist to an adventure. I'm sure a few DMs could use more than 3-4 new races a year. Dropping the frequency of Gaining Prestige is also an error in my opinion. There has only been a single prestige class every month since the change, from this column I might add (this is already a large reduction compared to dragon most of the time before the change of format). Contrary to popular opinion not all prestige classes need compelling cultural and roleplaying information, as some are just a widely held archetype which has previously been unexplored. Often making a prestige class too specific is the problem. This again is also a DMs resource. Whether the class is exactly what you're looking for or not it gives you ideas and a basis for a class you might want to create for your game. I think you mean Magic Shop not Bazaar of the Bizarre :) Since you are insistent on continuing this column could you please format it like the rest of the magazine, 3 columns per page and continue the articles on one after another instead of starting each class on a separate page. As at 11 pages per issue this column seems excessive, as it occupies around 10% of the magazine's total page count (and around 14% of the total gaming content). Of the repetitive familiars which are being cut back and were specifically mentioned, such as Winning Races and Gaining Prestige, these are often more fluff than crunch (especially in the case of Winning Races) in the first place so it makes little sense to cut them in preference to more dynamic features. While cutting back the page count for Class Acts will get more room without cutting content that I like :) Thank you for listening. [/QUOTE]
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