dragon magazine số 222

[...]... Nut of Baba Yaga, by Lisa Smedman TSR, Inc., $10 The dancing hut remains of one TSR’s most durable villains, having boogalooed through a 1976 DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® game supplement (Eldritch Wizardry), the AD&D Book of Artifacts, and a couple of DRAGON Magazine articles After spelling out the hut’s powers and immunities, Smedman serves up an adventure with an avalanche of adversaries and what seems like... armor while she prepared my meal and bath The small room was quite plain: a simple bed with woolen blankets and pillow, a wardrobe with two doors, a few pegs on the wall, a chamber pot, and a small table DRAGON 17 and candle by the bed On one wall was a small painting of St Marlowe, and there was one small window next to the door My armor was difficult to get off — some of the snaps and clasps had been... Common A listener who makes an Intelligence check can understand the speech, but the monster’s conversation is about impending doom of the listener or the joys of being undead dreds?—of supplements and magazine articles brought an onslaught of new spells And they never stop coming Gamers, it seems, have an insatiable appetite for spells, which designers are only too happy to indulge If spells were lollipops,... core classes, all the races, the barbarians, the gladiators, even the spacefarers So why not the wizard specialists? The necromancer is a good place to start, as he’s arguably the most interesting of the DRAGON 27 bunch, and unquestionably the guy with the most marquee value The Complete Book of Abjurers doesn’t quite have the same pizzazz This volume pretty much follows the format of the previous Complete... too, uh, nice If you buy the approach, however, you’re in for a treat Kurtz has packed the book with sharp insights and inspired mechanics Not only can humans specialize in necromancy, but so can drow, dragons, githyanki, even undead; mummy necromancers safeguard tombs and temples, and their vampiric counterparts can change into bats and cast spells like brainkill The Allies chapter provides workable... knights specialize in their chosen weapons and, therefore, gain certain bonuses Death knights make saving throws as either warriors or priests, whichever save is better They have no level limits, though DRAGON 11 death knights over 9th level are extremely rare (thank goodness!) Unlife Abilities The evil that creates and motivates a death knight rewards its servant with certain special abilities All death... what seems like an infinite number of rooms Sure, it’s a glorified dungeon crawl, but it’s a dungeon crawl of transcendent proportions— how many dungeons do you know that lead to Alternate Reality Tokyo? DRAGON 29 the first to eliminate all of the enemy shields is the winner Building a tower requires thoughtful, sophisticated tactics; a reckless player will soon find himself on the wrong end of a Sword . is: DRAGON Magazine, 201 Sheridan Springs Road, Lake Geneva, WI 53147, U.S.A.; tele- phone (414) 248-3625; fax (414) 248-0389. The postal address for all materials from Europe is: DRAGON Magazine, . Guidelines, c/o the publisher. Material published in DRAGON Back issues: A limited quantity of back issues is DRAGON Magazine, TSR Ltd., include sufficient Magazine does not necessarily reflect the opinions. United States and Canada, write to: Letters, DRAGON Magazine, 201 Sheridan Springs Rd., Lake Geneva WI 53147, U.S.A. In Europe, write to Letters, DRAGON Magazine, 120 Church End, Cherry Hinton,