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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arlough" data-source="post: 5444786" data-attributes="member: 79335">While this is a great topic, it now has its own thread, so please move that discussion over there. The thread is only about an hour old and already there is vigorous discussion about the difficulties and hurdles that would be faced regarding this endeavor.Thanks. <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=";)" />Back to the topic of this thread.Potential solution for the problem of the Non-compiled Magazines[*]One idea I have that would reduce or eliminate the irritation of the non-compiled zines, for me at least, would be if they were delivered to me.  This could be to my kindle (or kindle for pc, kindle for ipad, etc.), or my nook (for pc, for ipad, etc.) or any other method that made it so I didn't have to visit the website every day just to see if there was any content.  I'd even say distribution via email, but I doubt WotC in their current IParanoia would accept that.  Of course, this doesn't address the lack of valuable content in the magazines, merely their distribution.Potential solution for the lack of valuable content in <s>the magazines</s> Dungeon. (We will address these seperately.)This will be more complex, because I have spent quite a bit of time thinking about what I would want out of Dungeon in order to feel that it was of value to me as a DM. So here are things that I would value.<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Encounter of the month.  Actually, I think this should be an encounter a month per tier, with rotating levels to cover the entire tier.  Include, perhaps, a basic map that has no textures, just line of sight/effect/movement blocking and enemy placement, thus allowing a DM in a hurry to skin the map to whatever terrain his players happen to be in.  Provide, also, a full description of monster tactics as they would work in that particular group. And please, choose monsters that would be likely to be in a group.  The suggested encounters in the MM1/2/3 tend to be somewhere between absurd and stupid, unless you are just providing bags of XP for your players to harvest.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">There's more than one way to re-skin a _______. Basically, this is a monthly excercise in taking one creature from the published sources, and reskinning it to fit a different situation or setting.  This would have two advantages.   1) New DM's would be made more comfortable by the idea of changing flavor (and made aware of the difference between flavor and crunch in the process).   2) Even experienced DM's could find some of the reskinning ideas interesting and useful</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Dungeon Master's tale A section where they ask for submissions from DM's to write in and tell a story about a game.  This could be a funny story, a tale of caution (don't give your players the ability to fly) or even a just a recounting of a short adventure.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Rules clarification / Official Q&A This is where a DM can submit a rules question, and we can all learn from the official answer.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Setting enhancement Give me some content, not just rules. What is the personality of the current Patriarch of Canneth?  What's on those islands in the Sea of Stars?  What dark ambitions might the village leader of Waishiki hold that I could use in my campaign? Or even, what events surrounded the last sighting of the Lady of Pain?</li> </ol>Potential solution for the lack of valuable content in <s>the magazines</s> Dragon.Here is a list of things that, again, I would value in a magazine.<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">New ways to use powers This could be anything from a flavor change, to a tactical gambit.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Themed character builds A Storm Wizard, Spear Fighter, Reactive Ranger, or Sliding Bard.  These should cover at least a tier's worth of leveling.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Test character options I feel like most of the powers, feats, etc. in Dragon were test powers, but nobody weeded the overmighty ones out.  I would like them in there, but with a more explicit statement of "potentially unbalance" as well as some form of dialog/feedback so that players and DM's can point out the exploits of these powers before they are published. Hopefully this will cut down on the amount of errata produced.</li> </ol>That's all I have right now. Feel free to tear this apart, but please be civil in doing so. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh    :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" /></blockquote>

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