Ordo Draconis

Yes, that’s right: the next issue of Ordo Draconis – due out at end of May – will focus on this vast expanse of steppeland, a veritable ocean of grass, to the east of the Harogarn mountains.

Expect shamen, feuds, disreputable border towns… and fierce archers who can put an arrow in you as they speed past on horseback.  Don’t forget the Citadel of the Shadowlords whose ill-famed riches still tempt those journeying north up the River Isis in the hope of trading with the Khanates.

The issue will also round off the Cornumbria with an adventure or two.

Meanwhile you can still buy OD2 – the current issue – here and here.

For those of you with Paizo accounts, you can now also buy Ordo Draconis, Issue #2, at Paizo’s online store.   Just follow this link…

The magazine continues to be available at DriveThruRPG, and the price is the same, wherever you buy it!

To whet your appetite for the latest issue we have posted many of the maps it contains to the Dragon Warriors Wiki. We hope you will agree that we have achieved a quantum leap in quality since OD #1 and also that you will tell us what you think about it (see below…).

Please see Northern Cornumbria and The Fief of Eastmarch for a couple of article tasters.

If so, perhaps you should head over to the free Dragon Warriors Yahoo Group, where the rules and adventures from OD #2 are currently being debated. The group is free to join and you can consult it via web or email.

Bought the mag and would like to give some feedback on what you liked and didn’t… and what you’d prefer to see in the next issue?
Just fill in our survey form for this issue!

It should  take a mere 5 minutes of your time and the results are only used for analysis… we won’t be using them to spam you later!

Alternatively, if you’d like to CONTRIBUTE to the mag (as a writer or artist), drop us a line at submissions@draconismag.com , briefly outlining your idea and mentioning examples of your previous work.

The next issue of the magazine is now available on DriveThruRPG! Just sidle on over to… http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=79261

Ain’t she luvly guvnor?

OD #2 will shortly be available for sale on DriveThruRPG!

This issue features over 60 pages of quality content, including excellent maps, artwork, and a beautiful cover contributed by Mr. Hodgson.  Wherever relevant, dual stats are provide for both DW and the Pathfinder system – along people who are familiar with PF or That Other Game to get their teeth into the world of Legend.

1. ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’; an adventure set in a Monastery in Cornumbria that plunges the PCs into the midst of political intrigue and assassination. This adventure includes 12 full colour maps including one of the whole of Northern Cornumbria and many interior battlemaps of the Abbey of St Columba and the surrounding region.

2. A setting piece, ‘Eastmarch’ focusing on an Albish Fief on the Cornumbrian border set in the middle of the Coronach Marshes. The setting describes the town of Eastmarch, including a full colour map of the town and its surrounds, and potential sources of adventure, including a remnant Druidic cult, a band of rebels seeking to throw off Albish rule, a gang of tomb-robbers and spies from both King Hadric and Chaubrette.

3. A new player profession for Dragon Warriors, called the Thane. This class are spear and shield fighters and have skills for charging, fighting in formation, shield-breaking, taunting, intimidating and using specialised weapons to exert battlefield control.

4. The Creature Feature describes a new monster which some unfortunate travellers might come across, known as the Buggane.

5. Darbony Barony: another setting piece focussing on a Cornwall/Devon-like Barony at the southern border of Cornumbria and Albion.

6. Short scernario ideas: a article of Cornumbrian themed ideas for short encounters with the Fey and of local myths and legends

7. Fireside tales is a fiction piece that incorporates many of the new elements presented in this work and tells the story of several travellers, lost in the marshes who happen on an old barrow and seek shelter.

8. An update on the Thuland campaign, detailing the first session of play as though it were a long and fabled story.

Announcing Ordo Draconis Issue #1 – Available for download from RPGNow.com  or DriveThruRPG.com

ORDO DRACONIS is a new fanzine for the Dragon Warriors RPG, available four times a year. Each issue is released as a free PDF that can be downloaded from the Magnum Opus Press website, the Mongoose Publishing website, DriveThruRPG.com and several other websites.

The first issue of ORDO DRACONIS is 36 pages long, and contains:

• A new character profession, the Friar;
• The first part of the Thuland Campaign;
• ‘The Ruins of Castle Cerreg’, an adventure set in the far south;
• An interview with Dragon Warriors creator Dave Morris and publisher James Wallis;
• Dave Morris’s thoughts on the role of faerie in the Lands of Legend; 
• A description of the county of Anglicia in Ellesland;
• New artwork from DW cover-artist Jon Hodgson;
• A copy of the very first sketch-map of the Lands of Legend, from 1984; 
• and more.

ORDO DRACONIS is an unofficial publication, produced and published by fans of the Dragon Warriors game and its setting. It is not owned, licensed or approved by Magnum Opus Press, but the company is happy to support it and keen to see it succeed.

DW Intro Book

TAKE A STEP INTO LEGEND

Intrigued by what you’ve heard about Dragon Warriors, but not willing to invest yet? Download this free preview of the game’s rulebook, originally released as part of Free RPG Day 2009, and find out what it’s all about. This sampler contains the full character-generation rules, two of the game’s seven basic character classes, the combat system, full background on the territory of Ellesland and a short introductory scenario. Plus there’s art from Jon Hodgson, Scott Purdy, Andy Hepworth and Erik Wilson.

Find out what all the fuss is about!