Cover Date Aug 2007
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Core Beliefs: Saint Cuthbert by Sean K Reynolds
Submit to the faith of Saint Cuthbert of the Cudgel, god of discipline, truth, and wisdom. Learn the ways of his stern faith and zealous clergy. The word of the Cudgel is the law, and the word must be spread so that all may benefit from his wisdom.
Checkmate by Kevin Baase and Eric Jansing
Drawn from four of Dragon's best-known covers, six new creatures bring the cold strategy of the chessboard to life. Face powerful foes like the black king or take command of an entire chess legion for the ultimate battle of wits.
The Master's Forge by Rodney Thompson
Learn the tricks of masters of the trade and create equipment worthy of the word "masterwork."
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The Ecology of the Kaorti, Volo's Guide, Dragonmarks, Savage Tidings, Class Acts, Comics—including Order of the Stick—and more!
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this issue had some cool stuff, and some not cool stuff. first of all, i play in eberron, so i don't really care about the gods from the phb, like st.cuthbert. if i did, that would have been an enjoyable article. i thought the chesspieces in dnd was a cool idea, but wouldn't be to useful. the master's forge had cool ideas for low magic campaigns, but none of the things in it were that powerful. but, the ecology of the kaorti was awesome! even though it's hard to incorporate the far realm into eberron, or any campaign with it's own cosmology, it still was interesting and cool. also the dragonmarks and volo's guide were very good.
Penultimate!
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I got choked up seeing this one, knowing there's only this one and one more left. Onto the review!
Core Beliefs: St Cuthbert is awesome. This series of articles never fails to impress, and this one is no exception.
The Master's Forge: I really like this article - it's a perfect fit for those people that play in low-magic campaigns, or DMs that want to control the number of magic items in a campaign, but still want to give out swanky gear.
The Ecology of the Kaorti: Very very cool stuff. The article gives some suggestions on updating the kaorti to 3.5, which make total sense, as well as provide options and ideas for including the kaorti in your game.
Dragonmarks: Again, cool article. It details finding pieces of the prophecy in non-standard locales, and plot hooks for them.
Volo's Guide: The countries of Unther and Mulhorand always confused me, but this article does a great job of clearing up the confusion. Think of it as a supplement to the FRCS section.
WotC placed a full page ad thanking Paizo for all of their work on Dragon/Dungeon the last five years - thanks that I'm sure many of us feel the same way about.
However, my favorite thing about this issue was the Order of the Stick comic. Its "thinly veiled allegory" was as usual, per Burlew's max ranks in Craft Story, fitting and apt. I need to get it framed.
My table was waiting for a long time for a core breliefs article of San Cuthberto del Mazo, since we are now playing in Cauldron, and that is the prominent church. Thank you again! we Can't wait a whole month to have it.
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