Dragon #52: Priests


 
The Role of the Cleric Clerics: This Land is My Land Sacrifices A History of Siege Warfare Bounty Hunter
Detail for Greyhawk Island Enchanters Rhaumbusun & Pelins UOAS: To Err is Human UOAS: The Best DMs
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OUT ON A LIMB

‘Foul up’

Dear Editor:
I did not think too much of issue #52. The
info on bettering the cleric class helped, as
did the Sage Advice and the 3 bounty
hunter NPC classes, but the list stops there.
The D&D Basic Set articles did not help me
nor probably anyone else who reads DRAGON
because nearly everyone who reads the magazine
plays D&D already. Leomund’sTiny Hut <link>
didn’t help me as a DM because I don’t use
Greyhawk.

The “Knock, knock” article was worthless,
too. What’s the use of having an armed fortress
(or a fortress, period)? In my opinion,
forts and the like slow down campaigns, while
good dungeons or town adventures make it
more complete.

The Dragon’s Bestiary was no good this
month, either. If I was to define a rhaumbusun,
I would say, “a weak basilisk.” So why
have rhaumbusuns when you can have basilisks?
And the pelins — what do they do to
help a campaign? Zilch.

I felt the same about the Boris article that
Don Corman (Out on a Limb, #52) felt about <link>
the Tim Hildebrandt article. I like the art, but
how does that help me as a DM?

That GAMMA WORLD module, scenario,
as you called it, was not worth beans. I looked
it over thoroughly, and I would like to know
the purpose of it. Personally, I like to encounter
things every once and again, but in this
scenario the only things to be encountered
are 15 badders and a parn, possibly.

I like your magazine, but every once in a
while even great magazines like DRAGON
foul up.

Edwin Hendricks
Widefield, Colo
(Dragon #54)