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Sword of the Peaceful: This +1 merciful longsword "deals an extra 1d6 points of damage, and all damage it deals is nonlethal damage. On command, the weapon suppresses this ability until commanded to resume it" (http://www.wizards.com/d20/files/v35/MagicItemsII.rtf).

Clearly, I'm using the d20 SRD as my source ;)

The Sword of the Peaceful typically is wielded by devotees of pacifist creeds. Paladins and divine champions may earn such a weapon upon completion of a test of faith, such as subduing a powerful foe without drawing blood.

Faint conjuration; CL 5th; Craft Magic Arms and Armor, cure light wounds; Price 8,315 gp; Cost 4,315 gp + 320 XP.

Yeah, that's quite a teaser. Even more so than a meeting to look at queries. A greenlight on a manuscript is as close to a sure thing of making it to print as you can get. Hopefully the Were-cabbages catch the editors in the right mood.

There are no sure things. I sent my query in September 2004. I was asked to turn in a manuscript by December 1, 2004 (which I did). In February 2005, I was told that they had accepted the manuscript, but there was no room on the current schedule, so (unless someone failed to come through on a deadline) it would be put on the schedule at the next scheduling meeting. Yesterday, over a year later, I was informed that they have decided not to publish my manuscript. I'm sure I'll bounce back soon enough, but right now I'm feeling pretty lousy.

johnny.quest wrote:

I've had a completed manuscript sitting on their desks since November 2004.

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What is this manuscript? Drop me a line at dungeon@paizo.com and I'll see if I can figure out what happened.

That said; this afternoon we'll be doing a meeting to decide the fate of many manuscripts we've got in...

Line dropped -- the manuscript is "Paragons of Virtue." I last spoke with you about it at Gen Con 2005. Thanks for the response!

I have a completed manuscript sitting on their desks for months now that I haven't heard back about. Speaking of which, maybe it's time for another prodding. :)

I've had a completed manuscript sitting on their desks since November 2004.

Only complaint so far is that the friggin mail carrier must have walked around with it folded in half in his bag or something, because the mag is sporting a big, ugly vertical crease right down the middle of the whole thing.

Of course, after posting yesterday, I found it waiting for me in the mailbox. My carrier folds EVERYTHING and RUBBER BANDS it so the crease is nigh permanent. Oy.

I'm expecting mine here in Indianapolis any day now.

I'm in Bloomington, and I have yet to receive my issue 128.

I'm starting AoW with my group, which currently consists of two players. These are the two guys who make it every week without fail, and I want to run a full campaign with them. So, I'm going to need NPCs to fill out the rest of the party. I was thinking of pulling the NPCs from the fifty described in AoW Overload. I'm wondering how others have approached playing with a smaller group of players and how you might fill out the party given all the resources associated with AoW.

And epic-level adventures are really needed always.

Is that true? My impression was that Dungeon rarely will feature epic-level material.

Efficient language those eskimos have...

Languages, according to dictionary.com:

"Eskimo has come under strong attack in recent years for its supposed offensiveness, and many Americans today either avoid this term or feel uneasy using it. It is widely known that Inuit, a term of ethnic pride, offers an acceptable alternative, but it is less well understood that Inuit cannot substitute for Eskimo in all cases, being restricted in usage to the Inuit-speaking peoples of Arctic Canada and parts of Greenland. In Alaska and Arctic Siberia, where Inuit is not spoken, the comparable terms are Inupiaq and Yupik, neither of which has gained as wide a currency in English as Inuit. While use of these terms is often preferable when speaking of the appropriate linguistic group, none of them can be used of the Eskimoan peoples as a whole; the only inclusive term remains Eskimo. The claim that Eskimo is offensive is based primarily on a popular but disputed etymology tracing its origin to an Abenaki word meaning 'eaters of raw meat.' Though modern linguists speculate that the term actually derives from a Montagnais word referring to the manner of lacing a snowshoe, the matter remains undecided, and meanwhile many English speakers have learned to perceive Eskimo as a derogatory term invented by unfriendly outsiders in scornful reference to their neighbors' unsophisticated eating habits."

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=eskimo

Howdy Y'all,

I'm hoping to run a D&D Miniatures event this year at Gen Con. As part of the scenario, I'm planning on using The Dragon's Hoard treasure map, which came with issue 322 of Dragon some months back. I'm in need of three additional copies of the map, however. I was hoping that some folks here on the boards would be willing to sell or lend (or give ) me their copies. I'm planning to laminate mine and would be glad to have yours done, if you so desire, in exchange for borrowing it. Anyone?

I subscribed at GenCon and was pleased to receive a duplicate issue in my goody bag so's I could cut out visual aids. And the free t-shirt was the clincher. Say, and I realize I might be laughed out of the Nerd Club for this one, but who's the dude with the big blue helmet on the Dungeon t-shirts they were giving away with subscriptions at GenCon?

And what does the "Gen" in GenCon stand for?

And who played Lumpy on <i>Leave it to Beaver</i>?

I'll buy another issue of Dragon at the newsstand before I drop cash to subscribe. It lay there, even now, upon my nightstand, undevoured. Not a good sign ...

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