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[...]... players use their Monster Manuals, if they want; it will not save them Some examples follow Dragons: You can drive the players into convulsions of paranoia by making dragon colors inconsistent You could decide that the color associated with a dragon is only the most common color, so 75% of all chlorine-breathing dragons are green, but 10% are red, 10% are black, and 5% are yellow with pink spots Armor... any figures according to their own tastes, keeping game balance in mind If you’re interested in contributing an article to DRAGON Magazine, the first thing you need is a copy of our guidelines for writers Send a selfaddressed, stamped envelope to “Writer’s guidelines,” c/o DRAGON Magazine, P.O Box 110, Lake Geneva WI 53147; and we’ll send you back a sheet with all the basic information you need to make... magic-user cast a guards and wards spell? 59 What is the range of a drow elf’s infravision? 60 In what year was the DMG first published? 61 In which issue of DRAGON Magazine was Kim Mohan first listed as Editor-inChief? 62 How many different dragon types are listed in the two Monster Manuals and the FIEND FOLIO® Tome, excluding Tiamat and Bahamut? 63 In which AD&D game adventure can one journey to... of a small adult blue dragon? 22 Would a nonmagical blunt silver weapon be harmful to a Type IV demon? 23 What is the maximum possible hitpoint total for a half-orc fighter/assassin, levels 6/6, with maximum normal constitution? 24 The breath weapon of which of the following creatures causes the most hit points of damage? (a) small, adult dragon turtle (b) average, adult white dragon (c) chimera of... column addresses some questions and problems concerning the Unearthed Arcana volume Many questions on this book were addressed in DRAGON Magazine issue #103; this column is effectively “Arcana update, part II.” Other aspects of the Unearthed Arcana volume are addressed in DRAGON issues #100 (page 9, on ranger-druids) and issue #113 (page 3, assassin and thief alignments) If you have any questions on... Masters Guide, Players Handbook, Unearthed Arcana, Legends & Lore, Monster Manual I, Monster Manual II, the DEITIES & DEMIGODS™ Cyclopedia, the FIEND FOLIO® Tome, and a few adventure modules — with a DRAGON Magazine or two thrown in besides The above references are abbreviated in the answers section The questions may be used for quizzes, or written on 3” x 5” index cards, with the answers on the back,... means that the DM has to have several scenarios ready, it also means that he doesn’t have to worry about balanced adventures If the players hear a rumor about a gigantic dragon hoard and don’t realize there’s no way they can kill that dragon, that’s their problem; they should have investigated the situation more thoroughly The only word of caution is that there should be clues to the strength of the... Generic monsters are boring Everyone has the Monster Manual memorized, so nothing therein is likely to surprise anyone The other sources for monsters (the FIEND FOLIO® Tome, Monster Manual II, and DRAGON Magazine) have the same limitations, since players can memorize them, too The solution is variation So what if orcs are supposed to have one hit die? Those are natural orcs — your orcs are different!... stirrups not be the determinant of a rider’s stability, in AD&D games or real life David Sisk Chapel Hill, NC I find myself in some disagreement with Alex Curylo’s “It’s a hit —but where?” article in DRAGON Magazine, issue #114; His system makes the assumption that every hit does bodily damage The fact is that hit points, particularly for higher-level characters, consist of many things besides a body’s... to be extinct” means that the local experts think these creatures are extinct The experts should be wrong on occasion It’s very pleasant to hear a once-jaded player scream in horror, “It can’t be a dragon! Dragons have been extinct for a hundred years!” There’s also a chance that monsters will cross the hills or leave the swamps, repopulating an area that hasn’t seen them for many a year On the flip . one article on the DRAGONQUEST game appeared in DRAGON Magazine; was there a reason for this? James Comingore Bloomington, IN It is possible that TSR, Inc., will produce an occasional DRAGONQUEST game. Sta. Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 00709 DRAGON Magazine (ISSN 0279-6848) is published monthly by TSR, Inc. The mailing address for all material except subscription orders is DRAGON Magazine, P.O. Box 110, Lake. material published in DRAGON Magazine becomes the exclusive property of the publisher, unless special arrangements to the contrary are made prior to publication. DRAGON Magazine welcomes unsolicited