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Issue #141

Vol. XIII, No. 8

January 1989

S PECIAL ATTRACTION

Publisher

Mike Cook

15Not Human Enough:

Humanoids have very simple tastes (and they like the taste of

adventurers best).

Editor

Roger E. Moore

16 The Dragons Bestiary The Readers

Want some excitement? Let the PCs meet a swamp-orc assassin tribe.

Associate editor

Robin Jenkins

Fiction editor

Barbara G. Young

22 Orcs Throw Spells, Too! Randal S. Doering

Shamans and witch doctors must earn their magic but the price is steep.

Editorial assistant

Kimberly J. Walter

34 Boulder-Throwers and Humanoid Hordes Arthur Collins

The bigger they are, the more you should worry.

Art director

Lori Svikel

38 Hey, Wanna Be a Kobold? Joseph Clay

In just seven minutes, we can make you a humanoid.

Production staff

Paul Hanchette

Betty Elmore

Kim Janke

Carolyn Vanderbilt

O THER FEATURES

Subscriptions

Pat Schulz

U.S. Advertising

Sheila Gailloreto

44 The Ulfjarls Stone fiction by Mickey Zucker Reichert

Was he sent out to die or to live?

U.K. correspondent

Lyn Hutchin

50 Role-playing Reviews Jim Bambra

The state of the galactic gaming art: GDWs MEGATRAVELLER and SJGs

GURPS ® Space games.

U.K. advertising

Dawn Carter

Kris Starr

64 The Role of Books John C. Bunnell

Sorcerers from England, China, and the lands beyond.

68 The Game Wizards Mary Kirchoff

Its trilogy time! New book releases from TSR, Inc.

72 The Role of Computers Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser

Start the New Year on the right disk (or VCR tape).

80 Through the Looking Glass Karen S. Garvin

Brown is a fine color for a horse, but not all the time!

88 The Marvel ® -Phile David Edward Martin

A mad scientist and a benevolent sorcerer on the same super-team.

DEPARTMENTS

3 Letters

62 TSR Previews

92 Convention Calendar

6 Forum

84 Gamers Guide

98 SnarfQuest

14 Sage Advice

86 Index to Advertisers 102 Dragonmirth

COVER

Daniel Horne calls his cover painting Strength in Numbers, pointing out that the

best thing you can have when you face a big problem is a friend who will help you

solve it. Here, two gnome guards have discovered a qullan in their cavern treasury

and theres only one solution to that problem.

2 JANUARY 1989

This is the first editorial Ive writ-

ten since my mononucleosis passed

(sort of) in late November. In my

addled state, no coherent theme

suggests itself to start the new year,

so we will make do with

Value of EPT

Random notes

What did you think of this issue? Do you have

a question about an article or have an idea for a

new feature youd like to see? In the United

States and Canada, write to: Letters, DRAGON®

Magazine, P.O. Box 111, Lake Geneva WI 53147,

U.S.A. In Europe, write to: Letters, DRAGON

Magazine, TSR Ltd., 120 Church End, Cherry

Hinton, Cambridge CB1 3LD, United Kingdom.

Were International! This issue

of DRAGON® Magazine ends the

series of U.S. and U.K. editions that

were printed throughout 1988.

Whatever you now see in the maga-

zine is the same material that

appears everywhere, with the

exception of some cover changes.

DRAGON Magazine has had an

international flavor for many years

(see the editorial for issue #135).

Wherever you happen to be, you

will get the best of what we have.

Weve moved! Or rather, the TSR

Limited (formerly TSR UK Limited)

offices have moved. Our readers in

the United Kingdom and Europe

should note the new address: TSR

Ltd., 120 Church End, Cherry Hin-

ton, Cambridge CB1 3LB, England.

The TSR Ltd. offices offer subscrip-

tions to DRAGON Magazine, too; see

the subscription information at the

bottom of the first Forum page.

The mailing address for the edito-

rial offices of DRAGON Magazine

has changed, too. Our address is

now: DRAGON Magazine, P.O. Box

111, Lake Geneva WI 53147.

No errer: This is the January

1989 issue, but the copyright dates

herein are correct. This issue was

printed in late December 1988, so

the copyrights are for 1988. Well

change to 1989 dates in February. I

mention this only to stop the flood

of Ha, ha, you screwed up! letters

we get.

Changelings: In the last six

months, weve had a number of staff

changes (as evidenced by the

masthead-box changes on page 2 of

each issue). Some readers have

wondered what was going on. Brief-

ly: Two of our people gained new

additions to their families and have

left TSR for the more demanding

roles of parents (one is a free-lance

writer whose material still appears

here); one left and joined the staff of

a magazine in California; three left

TSR to pursue free-lance work as

writers and/or editors; one got mar-

ried and changed her name (but still

works here); and weve rearranged

the job positions of the rest (after

Continued on page 43

Dear Dragon:

I am inquiring about the value of the EMPIRE

OF THE PETAL THRONE role-playing game

(copyrighted 1975 by TSR, Inc.). I received it

recently from my aunt, who paid a mere dollar

for it! My cousin and I both believe it may be a

collectors item. It contains all of its original

contents, in mint condition, minus the dice.

Kevin Collins

Dearborn Heights MI

Holo-Dragon

Dear Dragon:

Have you seen National Geographic’s Decem-

ber 1988 issue? The cover is a hologram. It

would be interesting to see a DRAGON Maga-

zine issue with a hologram on its cover. This is

an ideal for a special issue e.g., 150th issue or

13th anniversary issue. Even if this might raise

the price of the magazine for that issue, Im

sure faithful readers wouldnt mind the price.

Im even sure that that issue would sell like

hotcakes! I dont know if youd be able to do

this, but it would be great if you could.

Emanuel Matos

St. Bruno, Quebec

At the 1983 and 1984 GEN CON® Game Fairs,

copies of this game in good condition sold for

about $15-16. The price has probably increased

since then, but (as noted in the response to the

letter Golden oldies” in issue #135) the price

you’ll get depends on the buyer. Keep your

game in good shape and see what people want

for it in game auctions, if you want to sell it. For

more information on the EPT game, see “Role-

playing reviews” in issue #128.

Setting records

This idea has been suggested before (thanks to

several National Geographic covers), but the

National Geographic Society has a far bigger

budget than we have. We haven’t checked on

the exact cost, but a phone call to the National

Geographic Society revealed that the technical

problems the magazine’s staff faced in produc-

ing their two hologram covers were enormous,

as was the cost (and we’re talking about a maga-

zine with 2.8 million readers). Oh, well!

Dear Dragon:

My gaming group has been playing AD&D®

games for about a year now. We are interested

in trying to break the world record for continu-

ous playing of the AD&D game [and] I am

writing to you for the marathon rules. We

would be much obliged if you could send us the

rules and the current record. The most up-to-

date record we have is 84 hours.

Mark Way

No address given

Wheres Krynn?

This is one of the most frequently asked

questions we get at TSR, but we are the wrong

people to ask. The offices of the Guinness Book

of World Records should be able to help you

with this, since they publish the records. How-

ever, we do not really recommend this activity

since of course it means prolonged periods of

sleep loss.

Dear Dragon:

I have noticed that there have been no articles

on Krynn for a good period of time (over a

year). I have tried to do my part as a writer to

help remedy this situation. I am sure others

who love the world of Krynn and adventuring

in it would also love to see more. Will there be

more on Krynn in the future? If so, I hope it is

in the very near future. Krynn has plenty of

room to grow; will you help it by publishing

more about it?

Computer glitch

Dear Dragon:

What happened to one of my favorite sec-

tions, The Role of Computers? I noticed in

DRAGON issue #139 that instead of The Role of

Computers you had The Role of Books. I

would like The Role of Computers returned.

Thank you.

Jeff Maxwell

Troy MI

We have received very little material on

DRAGONLANCE® campaigns and only margin-

ally more material on the WORLD OF

GREYHAWK® setting. Though these settings are

widely played, few have written to us about

them. It would be easiest to tailor a group of

characters, magical items, monsters, or new

spells to fit one of these settings for our “Lords

& Legends,” “Bazaar of the Bizarre,” “The

Dragon’s Bestiary,” and “Arcane Lore” columns.

Perhaps some of our readers would like to try

this (nudge, nudge).

Ted Leng

North Caldwell NJ

The Role of Computers and Role-playing

Reviews were bumped from issue #139 at the

last moment due to a number of problems.

Barring unforeseen events, these columns will

continue to appear in the magazine on a regular

basis or at least as regular as we can manage.

DRAGON 3

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