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CONTENTS

Features

Yeenoghu

By Robert J. Schwalb

Unleash the bloodthirsty Demon Prince of Gnolls—and

his many loyal followers—on your unsuspecting PCs.

lost citY oF Bael turath

By Nicolas Logue

This long-dead relic of the ancient tief ling empire is

rife with adventure for those willing to brave its dark

streets.

27 PlaYing warForgeD

By Chris Sims

Fully realized as a 4th Edition PC race, the warforged

are here. New racial feats, rules for warforged

components, and more.

36 ashen covenant

By Ari Marmell

Devoted to the demon prince Orcus, the Ashen

Covenant believes that victory for their dark

lord will come only when he ascends . . .

as the new god of death.

5 Demonomicon oF iggwilv:

17 vor K r agal :

48 the wolves oF malDeen

By Nicolas Logue

Long ago, the legendary Maldeen stood up

to champion those who could not fight for

themselves. Now his order continues this

noble cause.

columns

4 eDitorial

55 cr e at ur e inc arnations:

the hazarDs oF DarK sun

By Gary Astleford

The deadly hazards of Athas are countless . . . but these

three will get you started.

KoBolDs

By Mike Mearls

Sure, the Monster Manual is full of the

little buggers, but who couldn’t use some

more kobolds? Introducing the wild mage,

vermin handler, and many more varieties.

68 class acts: wizarD

By Rodney Thompson

Look no further for illusionist-style wizard powers.

60 roll vs. role: goBlins

By Bruce Cordell and Chris Sims

Meet the Bile Spider tribe, an alchemically

inclined group of goblins willing to do

anything for a necessary reagent.

Forest oF Flesh

By Keith Baker

Enter the world of Mordain the Fleshweaver.

the Dungeon master’s guiDe

By James Wyatt

The author of the DMG takes us on tour of the book.

on the cover

Illustration by Steve Prescott

80 conFessions oF a Full-time wizarD

By Shelly Mazzanoble

Shelly sits down with James Wyatt to get some inside tips

on running a game.

83 rPga rePort

By Chris Tulach

This month, Chris covers the days of Living Greyhawk.

85 amPersanD

By Bill Slavicsek

Bill talks about D&D Game Day and the launch..

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66 camPaign classics:

70 e x PeDi t ion a rY Dis Patch e s :

75 De s ig n & De v eloPm en t:

EDITOrIAL

364

SAME AS IT EVER WAS?

Dr agon

June 2008

Editor-in-Chief Chris Youngs

Senior Art Director Stacy Longstreet

Web Production Bart Carroll, Steve Winter

When I was trying to come up with a title for this

editorial, I was actually hoping for something more

grandiose. More awe-inspiring. More . . . choir of

angels-like.

But it seemed more important to emphasize two

things in this space. The first is that if you’ve seen

past iterations of D r a g o n Magazine, you should expect

to see many familiar elements in this latest iteration—

specifically, new articles in each issue that will make

your game more fun and more compelling. That

means new monsters, new powers, new feats, new

magic items, new paragon paths, and new ways to use

it all.

You’ll see features you’ve come to love, like this

issue’s Demonomicon of Iggwilv article on Yeenoghu.

You’ll see articles that give you new race options for

your next character, like “Playing Warforged.” And

you’ll see plenty of familiar designers in our pages

(such as Ari Marmell, whose first 4th Edition article

is in this issue), as well as new authors (like you, once

you’ve read your 4th Edition core rulebooks).

So why the question mark in the title? If

everything’s the same—I mean, digital delivery

aside—what’s new? It turns out, plenty.

The new D r a g o n will be delivered almost entirely

in pdf format. (I say “almost” because we’ll still put

columns up as Web articles as they roll out over the

month.) Each week, we’ll release portions of the

issue—feature articles and columns like this one—

until we’ve released the entire thing. Then you’ll get

a monthly pdf compilation of the whole issue at the

end of the month.

Oh, and did I mention these issues are free? We

want you to get a taste of what we’re bringing to your

table. So for at least a couple of months, we’re not

charging for a D&D Insider subscription.

Thanks to D r a g o n going digital, we’ll be able to

more fully integrate all our content. Hyperlinks are

just the beginning. We’re exploring opportunities to

add multimedia options to the magazines—like the

“On the Set of 4th Edition” cartoons you’ve enjoyed

in the past few months. Furthermore, all of D r a g o n ’s

content will also be integrated with the D&D Com-

pendium and other upcoming D&D Insider utilities.

We’re treating all D r a g o n ’s content like we do all

our printed game supplements. Everything you’ll

see in these pages makes its way through our experi-

enced, savvy developers, and our story team checks

each article for internal continuity, as well. So if you

see it in D r a g o n , it’s D&D canon like never before.

Perhaps our most exciting change is that we’ll be

offering our readers the opportunity to playtest new

D&D rules before the finished content sees print.

Next month will kick off with a new class, and in the

fall, we’ll be offering up exclusive playtest opportuni-

ties for Player’s Handbook II .

So there it is. We know the past few months

haven’t quite delivered everything we hoped. But

we’re confident that with our redesigned, relaunched,

fully digital D r a g o n , we’ll give you more than enough

reasons to keep coming back each week.

Graphic Design Scott Okumura,

Shauna Wolf Narciso

Contributing Authors

Gary Astleford, Keith Baker, Bruce

Cordell, Nicolas Logue, Ari

Marmell, Shelly Mazzanoble,

Mike Mearls, Chris Sims, Bill

Slavicsek, Rodney Thompson,

Chris Tulach, James Wyatt

Developers Mike Mearls, Stephen Radney-

MacFarland, Peter Schaefer

Editors Dawn Hagerman, Miranda

Horner, Jennifer Clarke Wilkes

Cover Artist

Steve Prescott

Contributing Artists

Dave Allsop, Chris Burdett,

Eric Deschamps, Wayne England,

Jason A. Engle, Carl Frank,

Brian Hagan, Raven Mimura

Jim Nelson, William O’Connor,

Cyril Van Der Haegen

Cartographers

Sean Macdonald, Mike Schley

Director of RPG R&D Bill Slavicsek

Web Development Mark A. Jindra

Special Thanks

Richard Baker, Greg Bilsland, Logan Bonner, Michele Carter, Jennifer

Clarke Wilkes, Andy Collins, Bruce R. Cordell, Jeremy Crawford, Rob

Heinsoo, Peter Lee, Julia Martin, Mike Mearls, Kim Mohan, David

Noonan, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Peter Schaefer, Stephen

Schubert, Chris Sims, Rodney Thompson, Rob Watkins, James Wyatt

DEMONOMICON

Yeenoghu, Demon Prince of Gnolls

T There is nothing unique about the wanton violence of the

illustrations by Jason A. Engle and Brian Hagan

Destroyer. All demons hunger for slaughter, and they all

seek the end of all things. They all want to tear down the

works of the gods and reduce all things to ruin. Where

Yeenoghu differs, however, is in his ability to turn the

business of killing into a breathtaking spectacle. With

him, it is a form of art—if you can stomach the screams

and noxious odors issuing from the dead. Yeenoghu is

special because he embodies killing. He has few ambi-

tions beyond the visceral thrill of rending the soft f lesh of

his enemies and drinking deep the hot blood from their

bodies. He craves nothing more than the utter defeat of

all those who stand against him and is relentless in his

pursuit of feeding the emptiness of his existence with

the frantic screams of those he slays. Butchery is the

provender of Yeenoghu, and his single-minded pursuit of

annihilation makes him a dangerous force in the infinite

layers of the Abyss.

June 2008 | Dragon 364

OF IGGWILV

by Robert J. Schwalb

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