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ISSUE 385 | MARCH 2010

A DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ® ROLEPLAYING GAME SUPPLEMENT

CONTENTS

F E AT U R E S

POWER OF DRAGONS

By Greg Tito

Learn how some dragonborn, as well as members of other races, have found

immense power by tying themselves to different metallic dragons.

CLASS ACTS: SHAMAN

By Russell Jones and Jeramy Pappas

New paragon paths for shaman characters focus their spiritual affinities.

CLASS ACTS: FIGHTER

By Daniel Jones

These new powers enhance a fighter’s ability to fight with a shield.

POWER OF THE MIND: THE KALASHTAR

By Keith Baker

The Kalashtar are one of the least understood races in Eberron. Discover

more about this unique race, as well as their ties to the psionic power source.

CLASS ACTS: SORCERER

By Jeff Morgenroth

The luckbender wagers on the outcome of every event, large or small—and

twists many of them to his own will.

THE MINOTAURS OF MIST WATCH

By Steve Townshend

If you’re looking for a place for your minotaur character to call home,

consider Mistwatch, a community of minotaurs that has removed itself to

a corner of the world guarded by immense pillars of stone and concealing

mists.

CLASS ACTS: SWORDMAGE

By Matt James

Learn about Spellbinders, a group of swordmages who seek to find the

perfect balance of sword and spell.

SPELLSCARRED

By Daniel Jones

The spellscars of the Forgotten Realms continue to manifest in unique ways.

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CLASS ACTS: WIZARD

By Daniel Marthaler

These new summoning powers give wizards powerful new allies—who will

turn on them at the first opportunity.

MAGIC ITEM RITUALS

By Peter Schaefer

Each of these unique rituals enhances several of your favorite magic items.

WINNING RACES: DEVA

By Rodney Thompson

These two new racial epic destinies allow a deva to realize his or her full

potential.

CLASS ACTS: ASSASSIN

By Robert J. Schwalb

Discover the hybrid options for the assassin, as well as several new racial

feats for assassins of several stripes.

WINNING RACES: ELVES

By Craig Bishell

The Valenar elves have a combat style all their own. Discover their secrets for

yourself !

CO L U M N S

WINNING RACES: HALF-ELVES

By James Auwaerter

These new character options give half-elves, the ultimate dabblers, new ways

to define “dilettante.”

EDITORIAL

WINNING RACES: WARFORGED

By Logan Bonner

Some warforged have taken the idea of self-improvement to a new level via

these new body modifications.

CONFESSIONS OF A FULL-TIME WIZARD

By Shelley Mazzanoble

D&D ’s “Player-in-Chief ” shares more of her

wisdom and insight.

CHANNEL DIVINITY: MORADIN

By Michael Haneline

Three sects of Moradin worshipers, each devoted to a different sacred calling

and dedicated to expanding the inf luence of the Soul Forger.

D&D PLAY REPORT

By Chris Tulach

Join Chris Tulach as he talks about what’s going

on with official D&D play, the community, and

upcoming events!

CHANNEL DIVINITY: IOUN

By Andrew Schneider

A group known as the Preservers seek to collect and guard knowledge in any

form, all in Ioun’s name.

AMPERSAND

By Bill Slavicsek

Bill discusses more of the changes in store for

D&D in 2009.

ON T H E COV ER

Illustration by Zoltan Boros &

Gabor Szikszai

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E D I T O R I A L

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WHERE DO THEY COME

D R A G O N

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Editor-in-Chief Chris Youngs

Senior Art Director Jon Schindehette

FROM

Web Specialist

Steve Winter

Web Production Bart Carroll

Contributing Authors James Auwaerter, Keith Baker,

Each month, Dragon’s digital pages are filled with twelve to

fifteen articles. They range in length from two pages to ten.

They cover as wide a range of topics as we can cram into the

space allotted. (While we don’t worry about page count in

digital space, we do worry about our budget and word count.)

Where do articles come from? How do we decide what

makes an issue? Trevor Kidd, our community manager, has

been poking me for months to write an editorial about these

topics. “Chris, the people want to know our process!” he’ll say.

To which I reply, “Why? It’s kind of boring.”

But he’s insistent and he has posts on the forums to support

him, so I’m caving. If you’re bored, blame Trevor.

It begins with the submissions inbox, submissions@wiz-

ards.com. If you have a great idea, if you spot some D&D topic

that needs elaboration, or if you just want a new toy for your

favorite character, this is where to start. Here are a few more

tips:

F When you send us an email with your pitch, be interesting!

We all think our ideas are fascinating—I’m no exception.

Go a step further, and ask yourself whether your idea will

be interesting to gamerdom at large. If you’re playing a

dhampyr shadar-kai hybrid rogue/cleric who specializes

in using the khopesh, that’s awesome. If you pitch us new

khopesh feats for dhampyr shadar-kai hybrid rogue/clerics,

you’ll have a hard time making the case. That article might

be super great for your character, but you might be the only

one playing that combo. (Scratch that—that sounds cool

enough to be my next character. The point still stands.) It’s

also always a good idea to hone your ideas with friends or

the regulars at the local game store.

F Once you have a solid idea, work up that email. Put the mag-

azine you’re targeting in the subject line ( Dragon runs player

content, Dungeon runs DM content). Include the name of the

article series that your pitch is intended for, if any. For exam-

ple, if you’re writing a Class Acts: Fighter article for Dragon ,

the subject line should convey that information. It’s okay to

send multiple proposals in a single email; note the number

of pitches in the subject line as well. A strong subject line

helps us pluck your email from the swarm.

F Describe your article as concisely and clearly as possible. A

pitch is not a full article or even an outline. A few hundred

words (300 or fewer) should suffice. If it doesn’t, you’re

explaining too much or your idea is too complicated.

F Have a friend proofread your email before hitting send.

You’re sending a resume to a potential employer who’s hiring

writers; typos and unclear language hurt your chances.

Once your pitch hits our inbox, we’ll read it and decide

yes, no . . . or maybe. If we’re not interested, you won’t hear

from us. Like most large publishers, we get too many propos-

als to send even form rejections. If we’re interested, you’ll

get an email asking for an outline, along with requests for

changes, within sixty days. In the case of a maybe, you might

not hear from us for longer than our normal sixty-day wait-

ing period, but then you’ll get an email out of the blue. This

is because we f lagged your pitch as interesting but not some-

thing we can use in the next several months (usually because

it’s related to an unreleased or even unannounced product).

Once we contact you, we’ll go back and forth over several

drafts of the outline, hammering out the minutiae. There will

be some paperwork at this stage, including a confidentiality

agreement and a contract. The contract will include a dead-

line, and we expect you to hit it. As with the outline, expect

to be asked for several revisions on your article. Once it gets

the green light, you’ll get paid and the article will see the light

of day, to be thoughtfully and considerately critiqued by your

fellow members of the online community. Ahem.

All in all, it’s a simple process. I hope you’re all inspired to

send us some fresh pitches. Our content is for you, by you—fan

contributions are what make these magazines so fantastic. Stay

tuned to the D&D Insider and Dungeons & Dragons com-

munity pages, because we’re going to post requests for specific

topics there. But if you have a great idea that’s all yours, don’t be

shy about suggesting it. We can’t print what we don’t receive.

Above all, if we don’t reply to your submission, don’t get

discouraged. Keep sending, keep writing, and keep playing!

Craig Bishell, Logan Bonner,

Michael Haneline, Matt James,

Daniel Jones, Russell Jones, Daniel

Marthaler, Shelly Mazzanoble, Jeff

Morgenroth, Jeramy Pappas, Peter

Schaefer, Andrew Schneider,

Robert J. Schwalb, Bill Slavicsek,

Rodney Thompson, Greg Tito,

Steve Townshend, Chris Tulach,

Developers Peter Schaefer, Stephen

Schubert, Rodney Thompson

Editors Miranda Horner

Cover Artist Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai

Contributing Artists

Alexey Aparin, Zoltan Boros,

Vincent Dutrait, Mike Faille, Tyler

Jacobson, William O’Connor, John

Stanko, Sarah Stone, Gabor

Szikszai, Peter Tikos, Tyler

Walpole, Eva Widermann

Publishing Production Specialists Angelika Lokotz, Erin Dorries,

Christopher Tardiff

Web Development Mark A. Jindra

D&D Creative Manager Christopher Perkins

Executive Producer,

D&D Insider Chris Champagne

Director of RPG R&D Bill Slavicsek

Special Thanks

Richard Baker, Greg Bilsland, Michele Carter, Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, Andy

Collins, Bruce R. Cordell, Jeremy Crawford, Peter Lee, Mike Mearls, Kim Mo-

han, Cal Moore, Peter Schaefer, Stephen Schubert, Matthew Sernett, Rodney

Thompson, James Wyatt

POWER OF

By Greg Tito

Illustration by William O'Connor

power of their larger cousins. Some have

learned to access the power that resides

in their draconic blood more completely than

others. They devote themselves to a cause or join

organizations that teach the secrets of unlocking a

draconic ancestry. These groups sometimes align

themselves with any variety of dragons, but metallic

dragons in particular are more interested in the

afairs of their more humanoid brethren. Copper

or silver, mercury or adamantine, all empowered

like-minded dragonborn. Rumors hint that the

mithral dragons of the Astral Sea grant dragonborn

and other mortal races alike the ability to commune

with them to do their will. The following ive

paragon paths let your character tap into the power

of dragons.

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DRAGONS

T hey say all dragonborn carry the innate

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