Shadis
Issue 50
August 1998

Table of Contents

Articles

Editorial by Jim Pinto.
The Squid Page
Dear Shadis by the readers.
Letters to the Editor.

Sell Sword Blues by Paul Lucas
Mercenaries in Fantasy Campaigns.

Rogue Dragons Mercenary Team for Your Fantasy Campaign

Introduction
Rhiannon Winterdawn, Condar, and Ruckus Skullbasher
Callan, Illusia Willowmist, and Aurella
Ghalon, Thallin, and Aegim Cresst
Chaplain Roric
Ontas
Other Members
Hiring the PCs

Timothy Bradstreet
Maximum Black Pictorial and Iconic Images (very slow: 261K).

The House on Summoner Court Greyhawk Location by Roger E. Moore

Introduction
Events of Harvester 14 584CY: About Noon
Loose Ends and Odd Trails
Examining the House Inside and Outside
Objects Found in the House
Future Adventures and Disasters
NPCs: Sgt-at-Arms and Invisible Stalker

X Marks the Spot by Craig Zipse.
Runequest Slayers Map (slow: 166K)
Prisoners by Chris Hepler.
Strange Vistas Fiction.

The Edge

Gaming on Time The Holy Pilgrimage to Gen Con by Chris Hussey
50 Issues Shadis Memories by the staff
An E3 Report 1998 Convention Report by Edwin Millheim

Reviews

Tales from the Empire RPG Sourcebook Game Review by Mike Leader
Day of the Beast RPG Game Review by Patrick Kapera
Greyhawk RPG Game Review by James Macduff
X-Men: Law of the Jungle and Wit'ch Fire Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novels and Anthologies Book Reviews by Edward Carmien

Comics

Dork Towers (extremely slow: 658K) by John Kovalic
The Stew (monstrously slow: 1.4MB!) by Rob Vaux, John Wick, and Cris Dornaus
Kev's Cartoons: Lord Tiamat (slow: 86K) by KEV
Rulz Jockies (slow: 154K)

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