Can anybody offer up a summary and reviews of the Worm Food articles featured in Dragon Magazine? I got the first one, and while I liked the detail and options for craft skills that may otherwise not get used, but I knew my players would never use it. Other articles I happened to see were of even less apparent use and I never pursued any more.
Still, I’m curious enough to ask what use others have gotten from them. Are there any high points I missed out on? While we’re at it, what other supporting articles in Dragon have you gotten good use out of?
Speaking of which, does anybody have a scan of the map of the ruined house for the first Wormfood article?
I liked the recent article with the 'style-points' optional rule.
I liked the recent article with the 'style-points' optional rule.
That sounds interesting. Any more details?
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I'm a bit out-of-touch with Dragon, I tend to buy them several issues at a time every few months and consequently miss quite a few, but I've got most of the ones with wormfoods...
334 - equpment and goods (some less legal than others) available in Diamond Lake
335 - character descriptions & stats for three cohorts (taken from the AoW home game of some bloke called Erik)
336 - Ecology of the Sons of Kyuss, plus an overview of the "Free City" and ...
337 - ... going shopping for magic while you're there
338 - the Wormhunter prestige class who, as the article says, choose to fight fire with fire
339 - Tens^H^H^H^HManzorian's Fountain of Fortune's Folly, like a deck of many things only more thirst quenching
340 - Dungeons & Designers, fantastic fashion, enough glam to appease even the most devout Jasidan cleric
That sounds interesting. Any more details?
The article has several different Style shops, i.e. baths, makeup and hair specialists, tailors, etc. If you pay the required gold/time for their treatment you get a certain number of stlye points; for each 10 points you accrue, you get a +1(+2?) bonus to all CHA-based checks (or Diplomacy checks...Hmm, looks like I need to re-read the article).
Also, different things work better (or worse) for different people. You may get a straight +2 bonus with nobles for wearing that freshly-killed displacer beast, but you'll also face a -2 with druids.
My personal fave from the article were the "hangers-on". These include a personal crier who shrilly decrees your every move, a sultry piece of arm candy that can cozy up to someone and improve their attitude towards you (or ruin it...), and a Ms. Manners matron who can direct you to success in every social situation.