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Dragon #318 is a magazine issue released in April 2004.

Content[]

Features[]

The following feature articles appeared in this issue:

Title Page Author Rules
What's In a Name? 12 Gary Gygax
The Ninja: Masters of the Silent Shadow 24 Jesse Decker D&D 3e
Update: Oriental Adventures: Eastern Flavor 32 James Wyatt D&D 3e
X Marks the Spot: Setting Sail With Saber and Spell 50 Frank Brunner D&D 3e
The Wickedest City In the World: Port Royal 56 Shelly Baur D&D 3e
Dungeons & Dinosaurs 62 James Jacobs D&D 3e
Children of Ka: The Dagger of the Dinosaur Sage 70 Ken Marable D&D 3e
Children of Ka 74 Ken Marable D&D 3e
Countdown to Eberron: Encounter the Warforged 86 Mat Smith D&D 3e
Expanded Psionics Preview #4: Psionic Monsters 90 Bruce R. Cordell D&D 3e
Fang & Shadow: Campaign Play for D&D Miniatures 94 Jesse Decker & Michael Donais D&D 3e
Running a Non-Iconic Party, Part 2 98 Michael Mearls D&D 3e

Fiction[]

Title Page Author
Kalif's Coffin, The 76 Thomas Harlan

Development and release[]

Development[]

Matthew Sernett served as Editor-in-Chief.

Chris Thomasson came up with the issue's theme of "Ninjas, Pirates, and Dinosaurs".[1]

Release[]

Dragon #318 was released by Paizo Publishing in April 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,[2] 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 The PDFs were withdrawn from sale by early 2024.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[]

This issue was rated #3 in The Top 10 Issues of Dragon, Dragon #359 (Sep 2007).

Influence on other works[]

External links[]

References[]

  1. The Top 10 Issues of Dragon, Dragon #359 (Sep 2007).
  2. Frequently Asked Questions. Paizo.com, March 29, 2006. Archived 2006-09-20.

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