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[...]... Empires); reviews and sources of other Fantasy magazines, especially the smaller “shoe string ones that most of us never have a chance to find out about much less see; an article on the Society for Creative Anachronism would be of interest to many readers I’m sure; battle reports from Dungeon players could be good if worked right; and mainly keep the magazine headed in the direction it seems to be... hope that the Loeran campaign will be successful — it’s a world of ideas May your treasures always be plentiful, Keith A Abbott Dear Sirs, Allow me to congratulate you on your new magazine, as well as to order a copy of The Dragon #1 Although not a D&D player myself, I still find many of the articles and rules most interesting However, I begin to wonder where it will all end My meaning is this: I fear... readers who oppose fiction in The Dragon Frankly, I would like to see much more I was especially pleased to see Gardner Fox writing for you I find his heroes to be considerably more original than most of the “Conan”-types most other authors offer us I missed the first installment of “Gnome Cache” but the author’s writing seems to be improving from the se- 13 The purpose of THE DRAGON is to provide a forum... and wilderness episodes, so when he states that fiction is a total waste of time, it leaves me wondering Now I agree with his statement that one could probably find better material elsewhere, yet if The Dragon ceases to publish these stories, many new writers would be left out in the cold After reading his letter, I don’t think that Mr Pulsipher would object to that at all, but in doing so, he is actually... revised to: a 20-sided die, 1-16 = Silvan; 17-19 = Sindar; 20 = Noldor In actuality, there were far less Eldar than that even, but the Eldar were more likely to go adventuring than the Silvan-elves Happy Dragoning, David Michael Friedman; LotR Lore-ist Sounds good to me — any objections out there? Ed To the average wargamer, regardless of his area of interest, the entertainment or pleasurable aspect as... had been Iphygia INCREASE SPELL IN LIST STAT by Charles Preston Goforth, Jr 1 7th l-2 8th The following rules are designed to supplement the research rules 9th l-3 found in Men & Magic at 6-7 and The Dragon, Vol 1, No 2, Aug 10th 1-4 1976, at 29 These rules have been playtested in the “Kingdom of 11th 1-5 Blake” game at the Historical Simulation Society in Charlottesville, 1-6 12th Virginia, for over... may be researched by any level magic user, cleric, or healer at the 16th 1-10 following cost: 17th 1-11 GOLD CHANCE 18th 1-12 TIME PIECE OF SPELL 3 Only wizards, patriarchs, witches and matriarchs (The Dragon, INVESTMENT REQUIRED SUCCESS LIST Vol 1, No 3, Oct 1976, at 7-10) may create or change magic items 1 week 2,000 20% 1st through research Normal research involves making or changing the 10,000 100%... than once Samurai, Idiots, and Jesters outward They touched Iphygia, ran over her like a malachite slime And now Iphygia threw back her WIZARD RESEARCH RULES 61-65 66 67 68 69-70 24 + 1 Weapon, + 3 vs Dragons + 1 Weapon, + 5 vs Player Characters + 2 Weapon + 3 Weapon + 2 Weapon, Charm Person Ability 25 Vol I No 5 71-72 73 74 75 76 77-78 + 3 Weapon sharpness, holy, dancing, of disruption This sword may... Experience Points 20 sided die A Wizard Blade contains spells picked as for a human magician (Including Magic Users Employing Fire or Fire-like Spells) with the same number of experience points 79-82 + 2 Dragon Slaying Weapon 15 Rules 13 and 14 represent the ultimate enchantments — the cre83 -1 Cursed Weapon ation of the Eldritch Wizardry class item by the player character These 84-89 -2 Cursed Weapon... Cuthbert (Eldritch Wizardry at 41) 96 rule is taken as a personal insult by virtually everyone in Gods, DemiDancing Weapon 97 Weapon of Sharpness (Use the Samurai Critical Blow table at Gods & Heroes 98 The Dragon, Vol 1, No 3, Oct 1976, at 25, for damage done 16 Guesswork A Wizard may tell the games master how much money, time, and experience points he has invested The games master when 19 or 20 rolled on . time for THE DRAGON to expand its subject matter. I Featured Creature 12 want to get into fantasy miniatures as well. (There is a very good Out On A Limb Letters 13 chance that DRAGON will. been saving the best news for last. DRAGON is expanding to eight issues per year. This came about as a result of several influences. First, and most importantly, DRAGON has been a great success to date,. two extra months per year, which we decided to Editor — Timothy J. Kask devote to DRAGON. Subscription for both magazines is still $9.00 for six issues. Staff Artist — Dave Sutherland Assoc. Fantasy