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2 years ago ::
Sep 01, 2011 - 8:03AM
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- Forum Guide
- Hero Craftsman Gold Medalist
- Master Dungeon Master
Date Joined:
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 Editorial
By Steve WinterEver heard of Darwin’s finches? The D&D game has an abundance of them.
Magic Academies 
By Robert J. SchwalbWhere do wizards, swordmages, binders, and other spellcasters learn to become masters of enchantment, evocation, necromancy, nethermancy, and illusion? Get a behind-the-curtain glimpse into five arcane schools of magic and sample their elite curricula.
Gond’s Way: Artificers of the Realms
By Doug HyattArtificers in Faerûn have a welcome patron in Gond, the god of invention. This article explores what it means to play an artificer in the Forgotten Realms and provides roleplaying advice as well as new powers and feats.
A Hero’s Choice: Level 0 Rules
By Phillippe Antoine-MenardTake your first step toward becoming a brave and powerful adventurer! Introducing an optional rules system for playing 0-level characters.
Strange Constellations
By Bruce R. CordellStar pact warlocks can now unlock the secrets of the “elder constellations,” but be warned! Such knowledge isn’t for the timid.
Confessions of a Full-Time Wizard
By Shelly MazzanobleD&D’s “Player-in-Chief” wonders what it’s all about, whether it’s worth it, and why anyone bothers.
D&D Alumni
By Bart CarrollTake a trip through past editions of the D&D game, and see how its iconic features have evolved over the decades.
Dragonmirth
By Various ArtistsLSephter returns to the pages of Dragon magazine. Get your “funny fix” here.
Nerathi Legends: The Gorgon King
By Richard BakerBeneath the icy rampart of the Nurthedur Mountains in Karkoth lies the kingdom of the fell giants and their dread lord, the Gorgon King.  Leader of the Pack
By Julian Sieber Three years ago, Zelgar Lightborn’s brother left the town of Silvergrail on a grand adventure and was cursed with lycanthropy. Now he’s returned, along with the rest of his pack. A D&D adventure for characters of levels 4–6.
Temple of the Weeping Goddess
By Phillippe Antoine-Menard It’s time to leave behind your childhood and become an adventurer, but are you ready to search for a lost goddess in the Elemental Chaos? Your crazy mentor seems to think so! A D&D adventure for 0-level characters, designed to accompany Dragon 403’s “0-level Adventurers” article.
War College
By Robert J. Schwalb Discipline. Loyalty. Courage. To a soldier born in Caer Storogal, these words hold profound meaning. Whether you’re good or evil, there’s much that can be learned about war behind the granite walls of this mighty fortress.
Less Death, More Danger
By Jeffrey Ludwig Introducing the Injury Deck—a print-it-yourself deck of cards (with rules) that add a fun element of realism to combat.
Save My Game
By Stephen Radney-MacFarland Eventually, every DM needs some advice. This month we delve deep into the mail bag to answer a number of questions from DMs.
The Crafthouse of Inspiration
By Doug Hyatt If you’re playing an artificer in the Forgotten Realms, where do you go to find inspiration? Explore a temple of Gond that’s home to some of the wildest inventions in Faerûn. This article accompanies Dragon 403’s article “Gond’s Way: Artificers of the Realms.”
Eye on the Realms: Thormil’s Secret
By Ed Greenwood If you need a sturdy beast to pull your wagon, Nars Thormil has the finest oxen in all of Cormyr. Just don’t ask where he got them.
Eye on Dark Sun: House of the Mind
By Rodney Thompson In Draj, there is only one place to learn the secrets of the Way. The training is brutal and the headmaster’s a slave driver, but the rewards for success are well worth it.
Eye on Eberron: Daask
By Keith Baker You think the criminal underworld is bad in Sharn? Meet the monsters behind the shadowy syndicate known as Daask.
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2 years ago ::
Sep 01, 2011 - 8:09AM
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- Hero Craftsman Gold Medalist
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Personally, I'm excited about every article listed, except the class-specific ones (which simply aren't my cup of tea, though I know many many people love them). (And the Injury Deck. I'll probably skip that one.)
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2 years ago ::
Sep 01, 2011 - 11:00AM
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I'm disappointed that there's only one "real" adventure this month. I don't really count a zero-level adventure built around optional rules. I hope I'm wrong and there's enough goodness in it to make it usable.
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2 years ago ::
Sep 02, 2011 - 1:51AM
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Gorgon King? I thought gorgons are some kind of cows with foul breath? Maybe a king with some gorgons as pets? Please don't let me wait to long before solving the riddle.
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2 years ago ::
Sep 02, 2011 - 3:04AM
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- Stampeding Hybrid
- Dragon Slayer
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Only thing that is remotely interesting to me is the Magic Academics. Looks like soemthing that could of been an average to good 20-30 page article during the first year of online Dragon. Highly doubt it will actually be anywhere near that in actuality.
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2 years ago ::
Sep 02, 2011 - 3:30AM
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The Magic Academy and the War College intrerest me...it can only be Schwalbulous !
The Artificer Article of Gond sounds both flavorful and love-pacted, with new powers and feats. And the Crafthouse of Inspiration article to come support it is neat. Perhaps new Items ?
I am intrigued by the new Level-0 article. I always liked the idea of starting at Level-0 then getting to actually choose your skills and profession in-game with instructors etc... but never came up with anything concrete, may be this will do it....And i like that Philippe tailored an adventure to it. Looking forward to this.
Starlock ...under the telescope ? Brilliant !
Leader of the Pact sounds like a fun adventure...
The Fumble Deck? really get me excited....i can't wait to see it...
Lots of really cool stuff coming in Dragon/Dungeon again this month....
Yan
Montréal, Canada
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2 years ago ::
Sep 02, 2011 - 3:16PM
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really bummed about a level 0 article. kind of got nauseous but then saw the dungeon against the giants preview and felt a little better
bummed about the lack of adventures and heroic bloat
anything schwalb does is gold
artificer support is good, people have begged for it for a while
wont be dling the card deck
warlock support is always nice
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2 years ago ::
Sep 06, 2011 - 9:07PM
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If that's epic-level support for starlocks, I'm going to do a happy dance. I'm not even that interested in playing a starlock... but the idea of actually getting epic level support for ANYTHING is just exciting as all hell!
[20:53] [SadisticFish] yeah  Llamas convinced me
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2 years ago ::
Sep 07, 2011 - 4:53AM
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Fingers crossed on the Artificer support. My Gnome-in-a-warforged-suit character is likely to be either an arti or a swordmage, and the former would be both great fun and really useful to the group, so... here's hoping this is actually worth having. But I'm not expecting much
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2 years ago ::
Sep 08, 2011 - 3:05PM
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So, umm... cool article and all, but how'd this wind up in Dragon? www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/d... Also, it didn't make it onto the Content Calendar. Nor did the Dungeon article: www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/d...
[20:53] [SadisticFish] yeah Llamas convinced me
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