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Dragon #317 is a magazine issue released in March 2004.

Content[]

Features[]

The following feature articles appeared in this issue:

Title Page Author Rules
Barrage Balloon? The End of Murlynd's Mayhem 12 Gary Gygax
Countdown to Eberron: Races of the New World 16 Mat Smith D&D 3e
Xenophilia: 4 New Exotic Races 22 Dean Poisso D&D 3e
Urban Druids: Secret Voice of the City 30 James Jacobs D&D 3e
Truenames and Fetishes: The Power and the Peril 38 Philip M. Greeley D&D 3e
Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog: Using Power Components 44 Jim Bishop & F. Wesley Schneider D&D 3e
Body of Knowledge: Feeling It In the Bones 50 Andrew M. Scott D&D 3e
Magic's High Notes: 9 Magical Instruments 58 S. Deniz Bucak D&D 3e
Beasts of the Sun: Central American Monsters 62 J.C. Alvarez D&D 3e
The Ranger Knight of Furyondy 68 Charles Dunwoody D&D 3e
Dungeons & Dragons Heroes: Magic, Monsters, & Mayhem 70 James Jacobs D&D 3e
Faiths of Faerun: Battleguard of Tempus 76 Thomas M. Costa D&D 3e
Faiths of Faerun: Holy Strategists of the Red Knight 80 Travis Stout D&D 3e
Out of Thin Air 84 Jesse Decker & Michael Donais D&D 3e
Expanded Psionics Preview #3: Psionic Power 88 Bruce R. Cordell D&D 3e
Running a Non-Iconic Party, Part 1 92 Michael Mearls D&D 3e
Designing Wilderness Adventures: Into the Wild 96 Monte Cook D&D 3e

Development and release[]

Development[]

Matthew Sernett served as Editor-in-Chief.

Release[]

Dragon #317 was released by Paizo Publishing in March 2004 for $5.99 US or $8.99 Canadian.

Paizo Publishing later released a PDF copy of this issue for $4.95 US. Paizo's contract with Wizards permitted them to release digital copies of any issue once print back issues were depleted,[1] eventually releasing digital downloads of issues #274 to #345. These PDFs were high quality digital-origin rather than scanned, watermarked but DRM-free, and omitted advertising. Due to licensing restrictions, some comics were also omitted. The PDFs were withdrawn from sale by early 2024.

Reception and influence[]

Critical reception[]

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External links[]

References[]

  1. Frequently Asked Questions. Paizo.com, March 29, 2006. Archived 2006-09-20.

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