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I'll start by saying that the Pathfinder Fighter is indeed better than its 3.5 equivalent. How ever, it is still left in the shade by casting classes.

Problem #1
the basic spell scales at +1d6 perlevel fighter class abilitys scale moastly, if at all, by +1 every other level.

Solve by making more Fighter only feats that scale like spells.

Problem #2
Fighters lack mobility at later levels.

Solve by, more fighter only feats granting mobility, inspired by cinematic fights, to let fighters, for example, grab onto a dragon as it flies past, climb onto its back, and hack away.

Problem #3
Fighters no use outside of actual battle.

Solution, give them better Skills, say, Heal, Deception, diplomacy, and more skill points.

Fighter feats as it stands are part of the problem, being just too weak and too few, but they are a means to redress the balance by giving fighters real choice, real options at later levels.

Got 359 today, and its a great final issue, abet a poiniant one. it is how ever the timeto give one last fairwell.

So without further adoo (The bard's still on the run ;) )

The Day that Dragon Died (With apologys to Don McLean)

A long, long time ago...
I can still remember
How that natural 20 used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make my players dance
And, maybe, they’d be happy for a while.

But April made me shiver
With every page the net deliverd.
Bad news on the doorstep;
I couldn’t take one more step.

I can’t remember if I cried
When I read about the things they cried,
But something touched me deep inside
The day that Dragon died .

So bye-bye, to this DM’s delight.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
And them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

Did you write the book of rules,
And do you have faith in God above,
If the SRD tells you so?
Do you believe in rock ’n roll,
Can music save your mortal soul,
And can you teach me how to roll just so?

Well, I know that you’re in love with cash
`but of my game you’ve made a hash.
You both kicked off your shoes.
I hope to god a job you lose.

I was a lonely teenage broncin’ buck
With a bag of dice and one of guts,
But I knew I was out of luck
The day that Dragon died.

I started singin’,
"bye-bye, to the dreams and the Die."
Drove my chevy to the game store,
But the game store was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

title says it all, apparently 359 is being shipped to subscribers today, but I'm still waiting for 358, should I be worried?

Well its all drawing to a close, but having been burned over my understanding of subscription timings in the last I just wanted to make sure I had things straight. My Last issue of my sub is 359, so that means I'm clear to the end of the run? again I am sorry about asking such a stupid question, but I ended out completely mistiming a gift subscription last year and want to be sure beyond certainty so if not I can take measures to make sure I get the bittersweet final issue.

Long term reader of dragon, and disparing at lusing my monthly inspiration. However my group is small (I run exclusavely solo games for an old freind as im too buisy to find a larger group & happy with my long established situation in this) This means we tend to charicter foucused plot centric campeghns taht do not readaly accept pre written adventures, and as a result I never use them.

So as adventure paths have no real use to me how much value would there be in my picking up Pathfinder?

Goodbye Dragon, gone you may be, but you will live on in my book shelves. It was this hallowed publication that kindled an enduring passion for Gaming in me. I may have drifted away from D&D when the editions changed, but you have always been with me. In the Characters your pages spawned, in the heroes you inspired, in the epics you helped me weave, you will be remembered.

Eled.

A few questions from a would be writer. I placed a query last march to Dragon, and have heard nothing of it since. What should I include in the chaser E-mail? Also due to play testing one of the Queries concerning a new player race has changed rather. Should my chaser detail them as I now see them? Lastly would it be better to include a few other ideas for articles in the chaser E-mail, or to send a separate one?

Thank you for taking the time to answer me, as this was my first query and I am a shade uncertain how to proceed.

First up, I love the magazine, have been reading Dragon since the 100 and somethings (My first issue had an article 1001 suprised in a bag of beans ) and over the years I have watched revision and stylistic change, evolution and progression. I ahave also become very long wnded- But thats not why Im here.

There seems to be an increasing incusrsion of Adventure path matereal into the Pages of Dragon magazine. I dont subscribe to dungion, I have never used a premade adventure. this owing to the fact that I have a very small but long established gaming group and would be modifying so much to acomadte I my as well come up with my own stuff any way. This means that any matereal I find n Dragon to do woth an adventure path is useless to me. I understand that I may be in a minority, but could effort be put into iether maing Adventure path matereal more usefull on its own (Sidebars with ideas on how to transplant it say) or reduced in occurance? and does any one else agree?

2 questions, wich if answered could make my Life far easyer.
First, does Paizo have any alowances for Gift subscriptions, or at the very least if I were to buy a years sub for someone could they then extend iton there own or would I have to do that?
Second, If you do offer gift Subscriptions whaen should I place the order to ensue the december issue is the first issue recived? (If it makes any difference I live in the UK, as does the intended recepient )
Thank you in advace for helping me spend less time Shoping, and more time gaming.

Im a european subscriber and 347 was to be the first issue in my subscription, but my acount says that 348 has shipped and i still havent recived 347 yet. Can any one help with the missing issue?

Just placed a Uk sub today (after being a regular reader for 11 years) And I wanted to know when I could expect my first mag and what issue it will be (ie shoud I make my usual trip to get 346 from the news agent or not, dont want to miss one) thanks and great wok guys.