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| Xysma |
Posted - 13 Jul 2005 : 14:03:24
For those of you who no longer subscribe to Dragon, be sure to pick up issue #334. WOW! This article features 12, yes 12, pages of glorious Realmslore from the bearded one himself. Here's a taste: city streets, Badges, merchant shingles, street signs, a full page map of the city, sights and shopping, Shadow Thieves, a list of crimes and associated punishments, the brands that are given as punishments, inns, ghosts, taverns, even a list of names common to the city. Whew! I got my subscription to Dragon back at issue 274, but started picking them up off and on at issue 106. In all that time, I have to say that this is my favorite article I have ever read in a Dragon magazine. Thank you Ed! 
Are there other cool articles in this issue? Why, yes.
Ecology of the Kraken
Boooze in D&D
Dreams of Arabia (a bestiary of Akkadian, Arabian, Egyption, and Persian myths)
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| warlockco |
Posted - 30 Jul 2005 : 06:57:35
quote:
Originally posted by The Hooded One
For warlockco and everyone else who wants a little more detail on those NPCs, please see Page 55 of the 2005 Questions for Ed Greenwood thread, in the Chamber of Sages. Ed delivers (of course!). 
love to all,
THO
Thanks THO!!
Already saw it and posted a thanks there. |
| The Hooded One |
Posted - 30 Jul 2005 : 01:42:37
For warlockco and everyone else who wants a little more detail on those NPCs, please see Page 55 of the 2005 Questions for Ed Greenwood thread, in the Chamber of Sages. Ed delivers (of course!).
love to all,
THO |
| warlockco |
Posted - 29 Jul 2005 : 07:05:03
Just finally purchased my copy of Dragon 334.
Just skimmed the article, looks very good, but that is to be expected of Realmslore by Ed.
Only thing that had me a bit put out was the NPCs that had a stat line, didn't have the ethnic group they belonged to listed for the humans.  |
| The Sage |
Posted - 20 Jul 2005 : 15:25:36
quote:
Originally posted by Dargoth
quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
quote:
Originally posted by Dargoth
333 has been and gone the guy at SGC had to reorder it for me
Strange... I'm still waiting for my copy.
Did you subscribe?
Yes, within the first week of June. Given the 6-to-8 week shipping standard though, I suppose I'll be getting my issue #333 toward the end of this month.
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| Dargoth |
Posted - 20 Jul 2005 : 14:43:54
quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
quote:
Originally posted by Dargoth
333 has been and gone the guy at SGC had to reorder it for me
Strange... I'm still waiting for my copy.
Did you subscribe?
Given Pazios recent performance with the realms (recent being the last 11 months) I couldnt see any reason to subscribe to the either magazine.
If we I was gurranteed to get a realms related article in every or even every 2nd Magazine then I might think about about subscribing
Im getting 333 on friday and the last issue I bought before that was 322 almost a year ago (the one with Tom Costas Bhaal speciality Cleric) and the last time I bought 2 Dragon issues in a row was 311 and 312 |
| The Sage |
Posted - 20 Jul 2005 : 14:30:53
quote:
Originally posted by Dargoth
333 has been and gone the guy at SGC had to reorder it for me
Strange... I'm still waiting for my copy.
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| Dargoth |
Posted - 20 Jul 2005 : 14:23:36
333 has been and gone the guy at SGC had to reorder it for me |
| The Sage |
Posted - 20 Jul 2005 : 14:04:27
quote:
Originally posted by Dargoth
George or Sage
Any idea around what date Dragon magazine normally reaches stores out here?
Well, I'm still waiting for issue #333 to arrive, so what does that tell you    ...
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| Dargoth |
Posted - 20 Jul 2005 : 12:19:30
George or Sage
Any idea around what date Dragon magazine normally reaches stores out here? |
| George Krashos |
Posted - 20 Jul 2005 : 03:37:49
And Elaine's article on New Olamn for all you bard-lovers.
-- George Krashos
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| Blueblade |
Posted - 20 Jul 2005 : 03:12:54
BUT there's an interview with Ed in the next issue, from what Eric Boyd and others have murmured around various places on the Net. I think it's a revamped review from Sylvan, by Jeff Thetford. I believe that same next issue will have Waterdeep stuff by Eric and an Elaith story by Elaine that involves Waterdeep. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 20 Jul 2005 : 03:00:00
quote:
Originally posted by Alaundo
Certainly looking forward to more Cities of the Realms as well as the forthcoming Waterdeep articles over the next few issues. THIS is the Dragon i know and love
THO said a few weeks back that due to Ed's other committments, the articles won't be following in successive issues of Dragon. More likely they will make quarterly appearances.
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| Alaundo |
Posted - 19 Jul 2005 : 22:12:09
Well met
I managed to pick up Dragon magazine today and must say i'm very impressed with Ed's entry of Crimmor. An outstanding article!  I'll be going over this again in more detail later this week.
Certainly looking forward to more Cities of the Realms as well as the forthcoming Waterdeep articles over the next few issues. THIS is the Dragon i know and love
Any other thoughts on this particular article? |
| Dargoth |
Posted - 18 Jul 2005 : 04:21:25
quote:
Originally posted by thom
quote:
Originally posted by Dargoth
*fetches Morning star and starts handing out swords, maces flails and chainmail to the other board members*
*looks up from his sack of Flame Strike spells and peers at Alaundo*
Or did you mean we should do it in some sort of wussy non violent way?
Dibs on the chainmail and a mace!
Done! |
| thom |
Posted - 15 Jul 2005 : 22:07:59
quote:
Originally posted by Dargoth
*fetches Morning star and starts handing out swords, maces flails and chainmail to the other board members*
*looks up from his sack of Flame Strike spells and peers at Alaundo*
Or did you mean we should do it in some sort of wussy non violent way?
Dibs on the chainmail and a mace!
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| Dargoth |
Posted - 15 Jul 2005 : 12:43:58
quote:
Originally posted by Alaundo
Well met
Thank ye for bringing this to our attention, KnightErrantJR. I suggest we all head over to the Paizo board and show our support for the Realms and an abundance of Realms material in future Dragon issued
*fetches Morning star and starts handing out swords, maces flails and chainmail to the other board members*
*looks up from his sack of Flame Strike spells and peers at Alaundo*
Or did you mean we should do it in some sort of wussy non violent way? |
| Snotlord |
Posted - 15 Jul 2005 : 11:55:55
They goofed! Freebies for us!
http://paizo.com/image/dragon/334/CrimmorMapCorrected_1000.jpg
Now... buy the issue!
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| Alaundo |
Posted - 13 Jul 2005 : 23:28:28
Well met
Thank ye for bringing this to our attention, KnightErrantJR. I suggest we all head over to the Paizo board and show our support for the Realms and an abundance of Realms material in future Dragon issued
May I suggest that we discuss this particular issue over here, if need be, and keep this scroll dedicated to talking about Crimmor |
| KnightErrantJR |
Posted - 13 Jul 2005 : 18:17:05
Oh, I'm sure sales do more to convince them than anything else, but I do worry about some of the ancillary effects. I don't think negative comments on the article will scare of Ed, for example, but perhaps a newcomer to wrighting articles will see how FR articles are received and decide that its not worth it.
Besides, I'm just not one to let unfounded comments stand. Part of free speech is knowing that someone might free speech you back, lol. |
| Snotlord |
Posted - 13 Jul 2005 : 18:13:45
... or more importatly, show your support the rodent way: buy the issue. Sales (and later backlist sales) ultimately decides the support of Forgotten Realms. Twelve pages of bearded lore cannot be ignored by any FR fan, and hopefully it will show on the Paizo bottomline.
I bet Mona recognizes constructive critisim when he sees it. People has bashed FR (and Eberron) on the Paizo boards since day one, so the recent change in the level of FR content is not based on messageboard rants. |
| KnightErrantJR |
Posted - 13 Jul 2005 : 17:35:25
For anyone that regularly cruises those boards (or even if you don't, just to show your support), some of the local, er, anti-Realmsian, anti-Ed detractors have gotten some early jabs in on Ed's article, and given that Dragon and Dungeon have just, under Erik Mona, decided to revitalize their Realms coverage, I would hate for them to get the wrong idea about how people received Ed's article.
SO . . . if you care to keep the review positive (or even if you don't have anything positive to say, but at least you can be objective) pop by this location and let them know what you think of Ed's Cities of the Realm launch article.
http://paizo.com/paizo/messageboards/dragon/generalDiscussion/citiesOfTheRealmsFeedback |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 13 Jul 2005 : 17:34:38
quote:
Originally posted by Snotlord
Booze in D&D? Overall it sounds like a fantastic issue
I had a character who was an aficionado of ale. We were playing 2nd edition, and I rolled very well for gold. Since the character concept prevented spending money on some of the obvious big-ticket items (like a horse), I had all this extra gold to spend... So I flipped thru Aurora's Whole Realms Catalog. When I hit the section on beers and ales, a new facet was added to my character's personality.
I obviously don't know about that article... But the AWRC is a wonderful resource for fleshing out all sorts of things in the Realms, including types of booze available to characters. |
| Snotlord |
Posted - 13 Jul 2005 : 17:33:26
Does the article update Amn in any way?
Lands of Intrigue left lots of plots hanging (the monsters in the southern port comes to mind), and I am curious if any of those are resolved. |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 13 Jul 2005 : 17:30:12
quote:
Originally posted by Xysma
For those of you who no longer subscribe to Dragon, be sure to pick up issue #334. WOW! This article features 12, yes 12, pages of glorious Realmslore from the bearded one himself. Here's a taste: city streets, Badges, merchant shingles, street signs, a full page map of the city, sights and shopping, Shadow Thieves, a list of crimes and associated punishments, the brands that are given as punishments, inns, ghosts, taverns, even a list of names common to the city. Whew! I got my subscription to Dragon back at issue 274, but started picking them up off and on at issue 106. In all that time, I have to say that this is my favorite article I have ever read in a Dragon magazine. Thank you Ed!
Are there other cool articles in this issue? Why, yes.
Ecology of the Kraken
Boooze in D&D
Dreams of Arabia (a bestiary of Akkadian, Arabian, Egyption, and Persian myths)
Twelve pages of lore from Ed? Sold! |
| Xysma |
Posted - 13 Jul 2005 : 14:35:38
quote:
Originally posted by Snotlord
Booze in D&D? Overall it sounds like a fantastic issue
Any hints of which city that gets the Bearded One treatment next?
If there were any, I missed them. |
| Snotlord |
Posted - 13 Jul 2005 : 14:15:36
Booze in D&D? Overall it sounds like a fantastic issue
Any hints of which city that gets the Bearded One treatment next? |
