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DRAGON Magazine, P.O SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS Issue #156 That Time of Year Again Vol. XIV, No. 11 9 And were giving you our worst best April material. Really. April 1990 Not Necessarily the Monstrous Compendium The readers 10 You sent them, and were printing them: the weirdest monsters in the Publisher universe! James M. Ward Razznarock! John M. Maxstadt 23 Adventure! Excitement! Thrills! Cliches! Hype! And lots of them! Editor Roger E. Moore Yet Even More (Gods Forbid) Outrages From the Mages John M. Maxstadt 27 Magical items that youve all been waiting for, maybe! Fiction editor Barbara G. Young OTHER FEATURES Assistant editor Dale A. Donovan The Game Wizards James M. Ward 31 Computer games: threat, menace, or just a way of life? Art director Paul Hanchette Novel Ideas J. Eric Severson 34 The latest word on the sagas of the Realms for 1990 and beyond. Production staff Kathleen C. MacDonald Can You Swim? Juggle? At the Same Time? Vince Garcia 37 D&D® game skills: a new system, from acting to winemaking Subscriptions Confusing Sequel to a Story You Havent Read fiction by Adam-Troy Janet L. Winters 42 Castro We wont even try to explain this tale. Just read it! U.S. advertising The Marvel®-Phile Dale A. Donovan Sheila Gailloreto Tammy Volp 48 An appropriate selection of villains for the April issue. U.K. correspondent Wrestling With Style Janne Jarvinen and U.K. advertising 50 The Greeks knew about martial arts, tooand they werent picky about rules. Sue Lilley Official Ballot for the Origins Awards 1989 53 No joke! Use this ballot and vote for the best games of the yearnow! Characterization Made Easy Scott Bennie 60 So your character has a +10 battle axe. But whats he really like? Through the Looking Glass Zoe Bell Hurst 64 Shady secrets revealed! Give your miniatures real depth with a brushstroke. Role-playing Reviews Ken Rolston 80 Walk down the streets of six magical cities of role-playing. The Role of Computers Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser 89 Its a fight to the finish across Krynn and the North Atlantic. The Voyage of the Princess Ark Bruce A. Heard 96 At a strange seaside castle, the voyage may abruptly end. The Ecology of the Behir Tony Jones 101 A particularly monstrous monster that has two deadly cousins. The Twilight Empire Stephen D. Sullivan and John M. Hebert 110 A journey into a fantastic land begins in this issue. D EPARTMENTS 5 Letters 58 TSR Previews 106 Dragonmirth 6 Editorial 68 Forum 108 Gamers Guide 55 Sage Advice 74 Convention Calendar COVER Its springtime, and a young mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts of cute beholders. I know mine always do. Daniel Horne is this issues cover artist, and well let his painting speak for itself. Happy April! 4 APRIL 1990 DRAGON® Magazine (ISSN 0279-6848) is published monthly by TSR, Inc., P.O. Box 756 (201 Sheridan Springs Road), Lake Geneva WI 53147, United States of America The postal address for all materials from the United States and Canada except subscription orders is: DRAGON Magazine, P.O. Box 111 (201 Sheridan Springs Road), Lake Geneva WI 53147, USA.; telephone. (414) 248-3625. The postal address for all materials from Europe is DRAGON Magazine, TSR Ltd, 120 Church End, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge CB1 3LD, United Kingdom; telephone: (0223) 212517 (U.K.), 44-223- 212517 (international); telex: 818761, fax: (0223) 248066 (U.K. ), 44-223-248066 (international). What did you think of this issue? Do you have Our DM expressed all of our feelings in a Distribution: DRAGON Magazine is available from a question about an article or have an idea for a statement at the end of her poem: This person game and hobby shops throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and through a limited new feature youd like to see? 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Odd & ends III Subscriptions: Subscription rates via second-class outhouse, and quick. Shouldnt there be a table mail are as follows: $30 in U.S. funds for 12 issues sent or something to see if a character needs to go to to an address in the U.S. or Canada; £16 for 12 issues The following letters were actually received by the washroom during battle? Couldnt it cause a sent to an address within the United Kingdom; £24 for 12 the editors of DRAGON Magazine and, except for lack of concentration while casting spells? It issues sent to an address in Europe; $50 in U.S. funds minor editing, appear as they were written. for 12 issues sent by surface mail to any other address, turned out that my friend didnt have to go to or $90 in U.S. funds for 12 issues sent airmail to any the washroom; he just wanted to see what a other address Payment in full must accompany all Dear Dragon: wand of fireballs would do to the inside of an subscription orders. 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The issue of expiration of each subscription is Dear Dragon: one. I know you have a lot of artists do draw- printed on the mailing label of each subscriber’s copy of A recent letter you printed really caught my ings for you, and I was wondering if you could the magazine Changes of address for the delivery of eye. It was in the letters section of issue #144 subscription copies must be received at least SIX weeks possibly look to see if you have any drawings prior to the effective date of the change in order to assure (page 95) and said: Want me to send you a lying around. uninterrupted delivery quick and easy system for picking up girls, using If you do happen to look, Im basically looking Back issues: A limited quantity of back issues is available from either the TSR Mail Order Hobby Shop the 30-sided die? Do you have a copy of this for a full dragon (wings, body, and all) that system, and would you please send me one if it (P.O. 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This lisher unless special arrangements to the contrary are sideline helps everyone in the group relax after just let us keep guessing. made prior to publication DRAGON Magazine welcomes we have endured some heavy-duty gaming. unsolicited submissions of written material and artwork, However, our DM insists on using tables and Dear Dragon: however, no responsibility for such submissions can be assumed by the publisher in any event. Any submission charts for our every action. Since there is no I just love it when my players, companions, or accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope of other system for picking up girls, I think this anyone complains about sex in an AD&D cam- sufficient size will be returned If it cannot be published. would really help our game. Our DM tries to paign. I find a few points to argue, and all We strongly recommend that prospective authors write intermingle with other ideas which are sup- for our writers’ guidelines before sending an article to us.
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