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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 22162" data-attributes="member: 307">That isn't the point of that recurring section. They use computer games as inspiration for suggestions for the table top game. Given the format of the article, not only is there no need to tell you what platform the computer game is for, it would be a useless waste of space.Boo hoo. I had a subscription to Dragon for most of the eighties. Every few months, someone would write in the Dragon talking about how, in recent issues, there were many more ads than there were than previous issues. And guess what? Those assertions were for the most part hogwash, since if you went back and looked through the earlier magazines there were just as many ads.The few times that there actuially was a modest increase in the number of ads, there was usually a larger increase in page count. And it was always pointed out (and it is just as true now), that ads make the magazine cheaper for you to buy.I'm not. It is a full color 130 page magazine with a decent binding. I'd expect it to be fairly high on the cost side for a magazine you buy at retail off the rack.In addition, newstand prices are always high, much higher than subscription prices. I have a subscription, and the price is quite modest.So? Are you saying they should make a concerted effort to power up the feats, monsters, PrCs and magic items they put in the magazine? I'd prefer they err on the side of caution in that regard, it makes a DMs job much easier.Personally I liked the prestige classes, the magic items, the Edo article and the monster-plants. I also liked the blood golem. Most of the other articles had interesting or useful stuff in them to a lesser degree.Um, which CR 20 plant? There wasn't one in the article in my copy of Dragon.They seem to use the standard magic item construction rules from the DMG. They may seem more expensive if you don't account for the increase in cost the results from stacking multiple powers in a single item.[/b]Because the prestige class is rare? In any event, there is no Charisma requirement for the class anyway so you seem to be just making things up there. You have to be able to cast spells, but nothing about the class states they have to be Charisma dirven, none of the class abilities depend upon Charisma. Some class skills are Charisma based, but so what? Some of the class skills for the Tribal Protector are Charisma based, and no one seems to think that is odd.As for why an orc based class? Why not? Who else is going to be retaining fiendish creatures as animal companions in most campaigns?Edo isn't "Japan-like", it is Tokyo. In any event, you were expecting wilderness or something instead of a city? I'll note that not every article in a magazine ties into the theme of that issue.</blockquote>

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