We’ve past the halfway marker boys. Very fresh issue. The covers keep improving. Rolling NPCs: Curious table for the generation of NPCs for classes with ability score minimums using only d100s. In an age of abundant random generation methodology this is quaint but one can imagine this would have saved some GMs a couple of … More [Review] The Beholder #15; Fresh Air in the Tunnels

Written under the spell of the bard. By now there are few surprises, you know what you are getting into. The gameable bits are very solid this issue. Consistently good tricks, items and monsters. Amazons: A fighter sub-class. The idea of creating a seperate always chaotic warrior-woman class is awesome, and bravo for recognizing the … More [Review] The Beholder #14; Holding Pattern

Beholder is starting to stabilize but shows no signs of stagnation. Innovation is attempted and articles and topics remain fresh. Unfortunately for us, the fruits of innovation are failure, more often then success. Life After Death (Graham Staplehurst): An intriguing concept that is really much broader then its allotted 3 pages allows for. The possibility … More [Review] The Beholder #13; Traders Row

The gods are kind and have provided. The missing issue is here. It is fitting irony that it is not that good. Many of the articles are haphazard. The adventure itself is very interesting. Sounds. An article on generic sounds you might find in a dungeon, with occasional effects for such things as the terrifying … More [Review] The Beholder #6; New Year’s Gift

Happy newyear boys. Another year another review. All, or maybe some, issues of Beholder magazine carry a terrible curse. They must either have good articles or good adventures but never both at the same time, for the awesomeness would be too much for a mere mortal to endure. Monster Summoning: 5 entries of Fiend Folio … More [Review] Beholder #12; Funhouse

Alright, we all know how this goes. Another good issue with only a little bit of trash. Here’s hoping the two adventures per issue format is kept up until the end of the run, although the companion adventures thus far have been pretty weak. The Archer: New class. An almost platonically bad approach to the … More [Review] The Beholder #10; Simplicity

Beholder #8 continues to innovate on the article side but the adventures remain the main draw. I hold my breath for another Mines of Mentorr. The Anti-Paladin: Straightforward mirror-image of the Paladin, with minor modifications such as the ability to call a Nightmare at level 9 instead of getting a mount at 4 and the … More [Review] The Beholder #8; Jerk Dungeon