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  The Dragon Magazine
This adventure is printed on glossy paper stock and is still inside the magazine, attached in the center, in its original condition.
The rest of the magazine contains a very long article on incorporating the Witch NPC class into your campaign, a long test about rating yourself as a DM, the introduction of three new monsters--the Amazon, the Tolwar, and the Lythlyx--to the ADandD bestiary, and a Squad Leader scenario ("The Fall of Sevastopol").
Bound in the magazine are counters, map and cards as well as the rules.
members.aol.com /wergames/dragons.htm   (1422 words)

  
  The Sega Saturn Magazine \\ Games \ Dragon Force
That was until the evil lord known as Madruk unleashed his fury unto the continent, tearing the land between 8 generals all of which are trying to take it all for their people.
Dragon Force is a cross between an RPG and a turn-based strategy title.
And despite the simplistic graphics, Dragon Force presents some amazing visuals with up to 100 enemies on the screen at the same time going at it with a camera that can zoom in and out to see the huge battle in all its glory.
saturn.classicgaming.gamespy.com /magazine/games/dragonforce/ss_games_dragonforce.shtml   (686 words)

  
  Chasing the Magic Dragon - National Wildlife Magazine
Though it doesn’t breathe fire, this dragon is still a fearsome beast: more than seven feet in length and weighing more than 150 pounds, with flesh-slicing serrated teeth, a whiplike tail that can snap bones and a top running speed of nearly 20 miles per hour.
Despite its imposing presence, the dragon (technically, a monitor lizard, and not a mythical monster) was unknown to Western science until 1912.
To discover the secret to the dragon’s immunity, Fredeking needed to analyze samples of the reptile’s blood and saliva—preferably samples from wild dragons, which, unlike captive reptiles in Western zoos, have never had contact with antibiotics.
www.nwf.org /nationalwildlife/article.cfm?issueID=63&articleID=810   (1832 words)

  
  Worldwide Dragon Boat Calendar Homepage
During the inaugural ceremony of a dragon boat race, a Taoist priest or a community civic leader is usually called upon to dot the dragon eyes with red paint - a symbolic gesture to bring the dragon to life.
The challenge of dragon boat racing lies not in the paddling technique but rather in synchronizing with 19 other paddlers on the boat through all phases of the stroke (catch-pull-finish-reach) and through the entire race course.
Although dragon boating and the traditions of observing the "Double Fifth Day" existed long before Qu Yuan's death, dragon boat racing and rice dumpling eating are done today in the Chinese community primarily to commemorate the death of a great patriot.
www.dragonboatcalendar.com /facts.htm   (994 words)

  
 CM Magazine: The Dragon New Year: A Chinese Legend.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Dragon New Year: A Chinese Legend is the second book in their "Chinese Legend" series, a follow-up to the internationally acclaimed picture book, The Great Race: The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac, published in 1997.
Caught in the roaring web of fire, the dragon New Year is frightened and confused by the dreadful noises issuing from the blazing mountain and plummets to the bottom of the sea, a demon of darkness temporarily defeated by the power of light and sound.
Buddha brushes away the woman's thanks with modesty, exhorting her to "Share the gift as you will." So the grandmother does, content in the knowledge that this important story will be passed on from generation to generation.
www.umanitoba.ca /outreach/cm/vol6/no2/dragonnewyear.html   (509 words)

  
 Dragon - WikiFur, the furry encyclopedia
Although not all dragons have scales or are even entirely reptilian, they are generally classified as scalie or herp within the furry fandom.
Non-anthropomorphic dragons are frequently direct allies of heroes and villains, and often serve as their protectors, companions or partners.
Dragon characters are often crafted for appealing or exciting appearances as much as traditional mythological qualities, and combined with present day or science fiction settings in addition to traditional fantasy.
furry.wikia.com /wiki/Dragon   (1374 words)

  
  The Sega Saturn Magazine \\ Games \ Dragon Force
That was until the evil lord known as Madruk unleashed his fury unto the continent, tearing the land between 8 generals all of which are trying to take it all for their people.
Dragon Force is a cross between an RPG and a turn-based strategy title.
And despite the simplistic graphics, Dragon Force presents some amazing visuals with up to 100 enemies on the screen at the same time going at it with a camera that can zoom in and out to see the huge battle in all its glory.
www.classicgaming.com /saturn/magazine/games/dragonforce/ss_games_dragonforce.shtml   (686 words)

  
 Dragon Magazine
It is unusual in village magazines in that it is distributed free to all households in the parish.
In 2000 the Dragon was thrilled to win two awards in competitions for village magazines.
The Dragon carries church news and the monthly letter from the vicar as well as the church calendar and village diary of forthcoming events.
www.henham.org /dragon_magazine.htm   (692 words)

  
 NEXUS: The Dragon Snake
A further study of Mount Dragon revealed that there is a small lake in the mountain that is the beginning of a river.
I began discussing the matter of the so-called Dragon Snake with my father-in-law, John, and explained how some of the white men believe that aliens from other worlds are the ones responsible for driving this type of flying vehicle.
From where "Mount Dragon" was situated, there was really only one way to the coast that the UFO could take without being detected flying over mountains.
www.nexusmagazine.com /articles/dragonsnake.html   (5386 words)

  
 Reason Magazine - After the Decapitation
A wandering knight named Lancelot challenges the dragon to a battle—much to the dismay of most people in the city, who have gotten used to life under the dragon and see him as their protector.
What first made me think of "The Dragon" was the sight of Iraqi officials spinning a war in which their military forces and political power bases are being pummeled by the United States and its allies.
In "The Dragon," as Lancelot battles the dragon in the skies over the city and clearly starts to prevail, the dragon's human flunkies give "news updates" to the crowd gathered on the square, explaining that "the military action is unfolding in full accordance with the Dragon's battle plans."
www.reason.com /news/printer/31904.html   (677 words)

  
 RDECOM Magazine | in the field | Dragon Fire Mortar System Test Successful
Dragon Fire, a highly automated 120mm rifled mortar system capable of remote operation by mortar crews, is under development here for the Marine Corps by the Program Executive Office for Ammunition and the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center.
"Dragon Fire is the first system to incorporate an automated fire and gun control system and an indirect fire mortar system," Franchino explained.
The Dragon Fire is designed to fill a void in the Marine Corps inventory for a mid-range fire support weapon system.
www.rdecom.army.mil /rdemagazine/200310/itf_dragonfire_AMRDEC.html   (613 words)

  
 The DragonDex - A complete index to Dragon Magazine
Dragon is a trademark of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. All trademarked names, titles, and product identity appearing on this web site are the property of their respective owners and are cited here for reference purposes only.
The magazine (originally known as The Dragon) was the successor to The Strategic Review, a gaming newsletter started by D&D co-creator Gary Gygax, which published seven issues before the advent of The Dragon.
The DragonDex accounts for all information from issues of Dragon, all seven issues of The Strategic Review, and the Dragon Annual special editions that were released each November from 1996 to 2001.
www.aeolia.net /dragondex/index.html   (447 words)

  
 The Dragon
In Deal's Gap, North Carolina, there is a section of road called "The Dragon." It is about 14 miles long, and during 11 of these 14 miles one encounters 318 sharp curves.
The Dragon, as many have found, is truly a unique road.
Deals Gap, the name that many riders know the Dragon by, is actually the name of the gap between the mountains that the road follows.
www.lilaw.info /the_dragon.htm   (597 words)

  
 paizo.com - Dragon
Dear friends, in April, Wizards of the Coast and Paizo Publishing announced the conclusion of Paizo's license to publish Dragon and Dungeon magazines.
The magazines will cease publication following the release of the September issues, which ship to subscribers and newsstands in August.
Dragon is the official source of information regarding all aspects of the Dungeons and Dragons hobby and provides DandD players with the tools, utilities, and excitement they need to raise the level of their play experience.
paizo.com /dragon   (296 words)

  
 paizo.com - Dragon   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Dear friends, in April, Wizards of the Coast and Paizo Publishing announced the conclusion of Paizo's license to publish Dragon and Dungeon magazines.
The magazines will cease publication following the release of the September issues, which ship to subscribers and newsstands in August.
Dragon is the official source of information regarding all aspects of the Dungeons and Dragons hobby and provides DandD players with the tools, utilities, and excitement they need to raise the level of their play experience.
www.paizopublishing.com /dragon.shtml   (235 words)

  
 Land Line Magazine - July 2003
The Dragon itself has no crossroads or places to turn around, but even long before you get there, there are few places where a big rig would have sufficient space to turn back.
The Dragon at this point is peppered with small car pull-offs and shiny guard rails — appropriately enough, at Guard-Rail Cliff near the 4 mile marker — looking as if they were newly installed, perhaps to replace ones that were torn out by the actions of less-than-prudent motorists.
Just over the border, more than 11 miles into the Dragon, is the first warning sign noting a steep grade, with a picture of a truck running down a fl triangle.
www.landlinemag.com /Archives/2003/Jul03/features/beware_the_dragon.htm   (4073 words)

  
 paizo.com - Dragon   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Dragon is the official source of information regarding all aspects of the Dungeons and Dragons hobby and provides DandD players with the tools, utilities, and excitement they need to raise the level of their play experience.
Dragon also presents an exclusive bonus quarterly catalog previewing new DandD releases from Wizards of the Coast.
Most product names are trademarks owned or used under license by the companies that publish those products; use of such names without mention of trademark status should not be construed as a challenge to such status.
www.paizo.com /dragon   (182 words)

  
 Wired 1.03: The Dragon Ate My Homework
There is a grate on the grimy floor." Your job is to explore the room and its objects and discover treasures hidden in the labyrinth of other rooms connected to it.
You'll probably need to find a small collection of treasures and clues along the way to win the mother-lode booty, a search that may involve breaking a spell, becoming a wizard, slaying a dragon, or escaping from a dungeon.
Howard Rheingold (hlr@well.sf.ca.us) is editor of The Whole Earth Review and author of The Virtual Community (Addison-Wesley), to be published this fall.
www.wired.com /wired/archive/1.03/muds.html   (874 words)

  
 Go-Go Magazine - Enter the Dragon
Regardless of what you may think of "Dragon and the Hawk" as a film, one thing is for certain: without Grove, it would all be in the garbage can.
Technically that makes her the enemy to many in the film community, but she is married to an American and she can hide her "outs" and "abouts" if she really puts her mind to it.
"Dragon" was her first foray into the world of action films and a baptism by fire it may have been.
www.gogomagazine.com /0210/enterthedragon.html   (4757 words)

  
 Kong Le & the Dragon | TIME
The dragon, who lives in the Mekong River in front of the Lan Xang Hotel in Vientiane, is a powerful force to the spirit-worshiping Laotians.
The river eventually went down without the benefit of atonement ceremonies, but Kong Le was so infuriated at the right-wing generals' interference that he refused to return the eggs.
As a result, all of Laos was at the mercy of an infuriated dragon.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,836505,00.html   (610 words)

  
 Game Over Online Magazine - I of the Dragon
The red dragon is the fire dragon, and it focuses on breath weapons; the blue dragon is the frost and lightning dragon, and it focuses on magic; and the fl dragon is the acid dragon, and it focuses on summoning creatures to assist it.
The balance in the game is a little off (I lost count of the number of times I had to load before I finally beat the end boss), and things are a little bit sloppy (I don’t think one sentence of the spoken dialogue actually matches the subtitles).
But while I of the Dragon falls short of being a great game, I think it can be entertaining for a while, and so those looking for an action-oriented role-playing game, or those who think controlling a dragon would be cool, might want to take the game for a spin.
www.game-over.net /reviews.php?id=976   (795 words)

  
 SIMPLY THE BEST: Dragon Skin Armor
DefenseReview.com is an online tactical technology/military defense industry magazine designed to keep active U.S. military personnel (including Special Operations), PSD/Security Operators, law enforcement SWAT operators and 1st Responders, security professionals, and civilians informed about the latest developments in cutting-edge military, law enforcement, and security technologies from around the world.
Dragon Skin in his recent news briefing are either ignorant (showing a lack of knowledge of the available ballistic data), outright lies, or deliberately deceptive.
Pinnacle Armor Dragon Skin/SOV Indoor Shooting Test (Uninterrupted Close-Up View) on 1/26/06 -- 21 Rounds 7.62x39mm FMJ military ball ammo fired at 20 feet from AK-47/AKM-variant rifle, and 120 rounds 9mm FMJ military ball ammo fired at 10 feet from HK MP5 subgun.
www.military.com /soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_060420_dragon3,,00.html   (1414 words)

  
 The "What's New" Dragon
According to legend, the "What's New?" Dragon was created when a drunken arch-mage attempted to crossbreed a red dragon, a blue dragon, a cow, and a small terrier dog he had handy, "Just to show 'em!" The resulting animal (using the term loosely) promptly torched the wizard's lab and flew away.
Spells cast at the dragon are dispelled mere inches away from it, weapons miss it no matter how skilled the wielder is, and thieves always step on a squeaky board when creeping up on it (even in the outdoors).
Watering a "What's New?" Dragon is considered a felony in most kingdoms, punishable by being made to swim a froghemoth's pond armed with a putty knife.
www.thugdome.com /slagblah_dragon.html   (860 words)

  
 Pete’s Dragon Film Review - Time Out Film
Pete (Marshall) is orphaned and freckly; the dragon is animated and pale green.
As a pair they're technically unconvincing and emotionally unpalatable, particularly when they snuggle together in close-up or when the dragon uses a gentle finger to lift a tear from his pal's eye.
But the film's sentimentality is mostly contained in the trite and foolish songs; the remainder is familiar Disney knockabout comedy, depending for much of its appeal on the mugging of mountebank Jim Dale, his assistant Red Buttons, and Mickey Rooney's cuddly drunk of a lighthouse keeper.
www.timeout.com /film/71013.html   (160 words)

  
 Getting Started
Most professionals in the industry at least look through this magazine, and every one of them will be impressed if you have been published there.
Dragon Magazine, particularly, is simply the place to break into the industry.
Now, you might be thinking, "An article in Dragon is fine, but I have a whole world I've created and I'm ready to send it to a publisher." Well, if that's what you really want to do, good luck to you, but you are taking the most difficult approach to the obstacle ahead of you.
www.montecook.com /cgi-bin/page.cgi?arch_lineos70   (1368 words)

  
 Electric Games Review - Dragon Magazine Archive by Wizards of the Coast
This nifty package includes all of issues 1 to 250 of Dragon Magazine, as well as the seven Strategic Review issues.
For years, Dragon has been putting out tons of information, humor, and artwork that have added greatly to the AD&D experience.
Looking through the magazine pages means you're basically looking at images - you cannot cut or paste text from the articles, although you can print them.
www.electric-games.com /reviews/d/dragonmagazine.html   (451 words)

  
 RPG GAMING - Dragon Magazine Avenger : Legends Magazine, Issue 55
I have been told often, especially after the printing in Legends Magazine*, that Dragon Magazine has already printed an avenger character class for the ADandD rules.
I assure you, no matter how close my version of this class may be to the one in Dragon, that I have never seen this class before and was not aware of its existence until told by someone who read it in Legends.
It was completely devised by me while striving to create a character opposite of the paladin** for my campaign while unbeknownst to me there was already one devised.
www.legendsmagazine.net /55/avenger.htm   (194 words)

  
 News - Dragon Quest meets FF // PSP /// Eurogamer
Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable, as it's known in Japan but probably won't be over here, already has it's very own official website - not that there's much to see so far.
However, Japanese magazine Shonen Jump has revealed the first snippets of info about the game, including news that it will feature playable characters from both series, including Final Fantasy XII's Fran and Balflear.
Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable is due out in Japan this spring - here's hoping it makes it to Europe later in the year.
www.eurogamer.net /article.php?article_id=63039   (203 words)

  
 ACT! - News Room - Press releases
Dragon NaturallyOrganized is comprised of speech recognition software, powerful natural language technology and a digital portable recorder that responds to the spoken word and can generate e-mails, schedule to-dos, meetings and calls, generate documents and much more right from within ACT!.
Dragon NaturallyOrganized responds to commands, such as "schedule an appointment at (time), send an e-mail to (name)" followed by dictated details.
Dragon NaturallyOrganized comes complete with a copy of Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition software, a headset microphone for use with a PC, Dragon NaturallyMobile digital recorder, a connecting cable, special linking software for the recorder and a revolutionary new software that uses a patent-pending process to convert recognized speech into actions.
www.act.com /company/newsroom/pressreleases/index.cfm?page=B308957A-268E-425A-BCDCAB9C1248830A&prID=121&DivID=1,3®ionID=0&year=0&TID=2   (710 words)

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