Fight On! Issue #5 Spring 2009

About

The premiere fanzine of the old-school renaissance rolls into its second year of publication, battling harder than ever! Joining original Dragon Magazine editor Tim Kask in this issue are Jeff Rients, Lee Barber, Judd Karlman, Gabor Lux, Kelvin Green, Vincent Baker, David Bowman, Michael Curtis, Frank Farris, Baz Blatt, Kevin Mayle, Del Beaudry, Steve Zieser, Alex Schröder, Akrasia, Settembrini, Chgowiz, Calithena, and dozens of others ready to give your game the potion of super-heroism it needs to take it to the next level! With adventures, maps, rules options, campaign settings, fiction, magic, monsters, and treasure, this issue has everything you need to unlock your imagination and keep Fighting On!

Table of Contents

Article Contributor(s) Page
Background Professions Akrasia 3
The Scholar Zachary Houghton 4
The Wuuky! Moritz Mehlem and Frank Ditsche 5
Distinctive Magic Houghton, Dörfliger, & Calithena 7
The Deck O’ Stuff Jeff Rients 9
The Tomb of Ixtandraz Lee Barber 11
Delvers Delve: Extended Crawling David Bowman 17
Tables for Fables Age of Fable 20
Dungeon Motivations Paul Vermeren 21
Knights & Knaves Del L. Beaudry 23
Black Blood Gabor Lux 25
Pentastadion Gabor Lux 36
Creepies & Crawlies Alex Schröder, Wayne Rossi, Jeff Rients, Terje Nordin, and Geoffrey McKinney 39
Tucker & Co. M. “Chgowiz” Shorten 44
Bad Hair Day Peter Schmidt Jensen 44
Fight On! Jason Vasché 45
Education of a Magic User Douglas Cox 45
A Few for the Road Michael Curtis 47
A Giant Dilemma Frank Farris 50
Clarisseth Tony Dowler 53
It Used to be a Hobbit Hole Baz Blatt 54
The Barrow of Therex Erin “Taichara” Bisson 55
The Devil’s in the Details: Pygmy Folk Baz Blatt 56
Seven Kings Mountains Judd Karlman 62
The Darkness Beneath, Level 2 Calithena 67
The Tower of Thalen Garh John Hitchens 78
Oceanian Legends Del L. Beaudry 79
Guest Editorial Timothy J. Kask 81
Merlin’s Mystical Mirror Jeff Rients 83
Artifacts, Adjuncts, & Oddments Greg Backus, Terje Nordin, Jeff Rients, and Calithena 87

Illustrations & Cartography

Front Cover by Kevin Mayle (kevinmayle.netaidz.com/ main.php). Back Cover by Settembrini. Fight On! and Erol Otus logos by Jeff Rients. Tim Kask photo by Rich Franks. Knights & Knaves and Creepies & Crawlies logos by Lee Barber. Interior artwork and cartography by Andrew Reyes (4,19), Richard Scott/Otherworld Miniatures (5), Andy “Atom” Taylor (7), Jeff Rients (9), Lee Barber (ghosttower.crithitcomics.com, 11,13,14,15,16,17,23,73), Age of Fable (20), Gabor Lux (25,27,30,32,33,36,37), Kelvin Green (26,43,45,52,87), Georges Roux (34), Alex Schröder (39,40,62), Peter Seckler (40), Jason Pierce (jasonpierce.animaldillo.com, 42), M. “Chgowiz” Shorten (44), Peter Schmidt Jensen (44,50), Douglas Cox (45), Frank Farris (51), Tony Dowler (53), Baz Blatt (54), Erin “Taichara” Bisson (55), Kesher (59,61), Carl Brodt/Tita’s House of Games (60), Vincent Baker (63,64,65,66), Robert S. Conley (67), Paul “Bliss Infinite” Fini (indieonlycomics. com, 68), David Bowman (70), Anthony Stiller (72), Steve Zieser (74,81), Calithena (75,77), Patrick Farley (76), Kevin Vito (77), Pete Mullen (83), Joseph Browning (84), and Dan Proctor (85). We also used public domain clipart from karenswhimsy.com (3,8,10,29,35,38,42,47,52,86) and wiki-media commons (48,49,56).