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[...]... cases like this DRAGON 33 red dragon? If he has, then he may have a good chance to fool the orcs But if he doesn’t know what a red dragon looks like from personal experience (and good memory), the result of his spell might be ludicrous He might get a reaction out of the orcs, but it may be one of them falling down from laughing so hard Phillip Meyers, in his article in issue #43 of DRAGON Magazine, “Now... up a dragon for an encounter, determined that the dragon knew some magic, and rolled the spells randomly Phantasmal Force was one of them At the time I was disappointed, because I didn’t realize the capabilities of the spell at that point in my experience as a Dungeon Master However, I decided to go with what I had rolled, and this is what happened: The dragon created an illusion of a large blue dragon. .. aids, and so forth Also during this recent time period, we have acquired AMAZING™ Magazine, a craft company, and the assets of SPI Those of you who enjoy military simulations and the like can expect to see four re-issued or new SPI games every month starting this fall Look for both S&T™ and ARES™ Magazines back in print from Dragon Publishing soon, too! We have also been at work setting up an Entertainment... sleeping in a small clearing surrounded by rocks The party indeed came upon the “sleeping dragon, ” and decided to charge en masse, hoping to kill it before it awoke The real dragon was watching from high in the sky, and caused the illusion to react realistically — right down to bleeding and awakening abruptly The illusory dragon s reaction in the next round was to “breathe” at one of the party members I asked... no saving throws before then, since the dragon had caused the illusion to be an image such as might ordinarily be found After the next three rounds, the party had lost three members to “lightning bolts.” (No one had yet managed to penetrate the armor class of the dragon, ” so it had not been dispelled.) When all of this began, I had told the players that “The dragon rises to its feet and breathes, but... particularly if they know a spell caster is in the adventurers’ party If the caster is inept enough to cause a red dragon to appear from nowhere in full view of everyone, the intended victims should be sharp enough to doubt its reality However, should the caster cause the victims to come across a “sleeping dragon in natural surroundings, and if the beast should then happen to wake up and “breathe” on them, the... (softcover, Starblaze, The Donning Company, 5659 Virginia Beach Blvd, Norfolk VA 23502); Journey to Sorrow’s End (Playboy Press); and Elfquest (magazine, WARP Graphics, 2 Reno Rd., Poughkeepsie NY 12603) All material created and copyrighted by Wendy and Richard Pini DRAGON 15 Are demi-humans able to manufacture magical items? Yes, of a wide variety of types, though not as many as humans are able to make... comprehensive, and any player in a difficult situation looking for a loophole can easily find one in this spell unless the DM is extremely careful For instance: David Wainwright, in his letter in issue #46 of DRAGON Magazine, says, “If belief [in an illusion or phantasm] can cause wounds, then belief should be able to cure as well.” The principal argument against that statement is that the damage taken as a result... develop scaled-down versions of the gods’ major weapons and equipment and define those as items able to be fabricated by demi-human spellcasters Halfling druids who worship Sheela the Wise (issue #59 of DRAGON Magazine) might use permanently enchanted shillelaghs or amulets that store Entangle spells; dwarven clerics of Dumathoin (issue #58) might have amulets that duplicate the functions of Wands of Metal... “The dragon rises to its feet and breathes, but he makes no noise.” But not one of them picked up on that tidbit of information When a character finally managed to hit the dragon it was, naturally, dispelled — whereupon the real dragon flew down and chuckled at the situation Three of six party members were dead from an illusion they (the players, and through them their characters) should have detected . Trampier DRAGON Magazine (ISSN 0279-6848) is pub- lished monthly for a subscription price of $24 per year by Dragon Publishing, a division of TSR Hobbies, Inc., P.O. Box 110, Lake Geneva WI 53147. DRAGON. published in DRAGON Magazine becomes the exclusive property of the publisher upon publication, unless special arrangements to the contrary are made prior to publication. DRAGON Magazine welcomes. em- ployment. Just about three weeks ago, the staff of Dragon Publishing walked back out that same door for the last time. Don’t worry: DRAGON Magazine is alive and well; this issue is proof of