Plus one on the bead around the ports on the intake gasket. The engine in my photo above (with the oil pressure gauge) burns a lot of oil without it. It does not do it at first and later on the smoke starts. At this point in time I use gloved hands to completely smear the intake gaskets with a thin coating of sealant on both sides prior to final installation of the intake manifold.
I don't think there is perfect alignment with my Edelbrock Torker intake manifold and Ford D0AE closed chamber heads. Perhaps other setups have better alignment with the intake and heads, and can run dry intakes gaskets.
I have another Pantera with a Hall Pantera Weber manifold and Ford closed chamber heads, and I am near final assembly of the engine. Maybe it will seal with dry intake gaskets. I am tempted to try it but putting Right Stuff on the gaskets is a small extra step and will probably go that route.