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I'd like to fix the motives of the Brotherhood. Their stated motive is to prevent Kazavon's resurrection because he is "an easy villain to hate."

This doesn't make sense to me. Kazavon was a great champion and practitioner of Zun-Kuthons's faith. ZK cursed Kleestad for betraying Kazavon. It seems like ZK would definitely prefer having Kazavon back, and the Brotherhood members could have verified this with Commune.

Likewise, "easy to villain to hate." Okay, so what? ZK already rules Nidal entirely, how much more hateable/exposed can the church be? In fact, wouldn't a Kazavon resurrection make the churn more frightening to its enemies and more impressive to its adherents?

Thoughts?
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Here's my suggested revision:

Kazavon had been a great champion of Zun-Kuthon, but upon claiming Scarwall fell into blasphemy. Perhaps he thought himself greater than Zun-Kothon, or turned away from torture to mass murder - more death but without agony. One way or another, Kazavon begins to lose favor with the Midnight Lord.

Waning favor from ZK makes it possible for the Esoteric Order of the Palatine Eye to invade Scarwal. Kleestad was aware of the growing weaknesses in Scarwall's defenses, but he didn't act on that knowledge - he was trying to play both sides, either quitting the churn is Kazavon survived the assault to join the villain, or abandoning Kazavon's mission to stay with ZK should Kazavon die.

With Kavavon's death, the curse takes the castle as otherwise described.

Centuries later, the Brotherhood is arguing about how to proceed. Laori thinks Kazavon should be kept dead - he was a blasphemer and didn't see the fun in torture. This more or less reflects the opinion of the Brotherhood, who also mostly believe the Kazavon is in terrible pain in his current state, so restoring him would count ZK's wishes.

Sial, however, believes Kazavon can be bound to the church's will, becoming an Eidolon of Zun-Kuthon, but not if Ileosa claims his power for her own. Sial also thinks that even if Kazavon shouldn't or can't be restored, his remains still hold limitless spiritual potential. Either way, his goal is to get as close to Kazavon's remains as possible, either to use their power, or better, "save" Kazavon from Ileosa to bind him back to ZK.

How does this sound?

I'd like to see articles that connect with various supplemental books WTC puts out. There ought to be something for the Book of Vile Darkness, Miniatures Handbook, XPH, Book of Exalted Deeds, etc. A feat, new spells, a race, etc. every issue related to these supplements would be great additions to the magazine.

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I've been subscribed to both Dragon and Dungeon since November 2001. Consequently, I've got quite a few copies of each magazine. I generally enjoy every issue I receive. Each issue always has some content I can use.

And that's the problem. There's so much content that it becomes near impossible to sort through.

You really ought to create a search function on this website that would allow people to type in a particular subject ("drow armor," for instance) and find exactly which articles in which issues pertain to that topic. Diggings through dozens and dozens of magazines can be a real pain.

I've been subscribed to both Dragon and Dungeon since November 2001. Consequently, I've got quite a few copies of each magazine. I generally enjoy every issue I receive. Each issue always has some content I can use.

And that's the problem. There's so much content that it becomes near impossible to sort through.

You really ought to create a search function on this website that would allow people to type in a particular subject ("drow armor," for instance) and find exactly which articles in which issues pertain to that topic. Diggings through dozens and dozens of magazines can be a real pain.