Dragon magazine 343

Dragon issue 343, Monsters, was released in May of 2006. It contained the following articles related to the Forgotten Realms:

Creature Collection V

 * By Wolfgang Baur, Sean K. Reynolds, et al. pp. 36–57

This article describes the arcane dragons (hex dragon, tome dragon), chupacabra, gray shiver, hellchain weaver, living wall, malfera, norker, nuckalavee, rune golem, warturtle, and white hart.

Rivals

 * By Richard Lee Byers, illustrated by James Ryman. pp. 59–65

This short story follows Dorn Graybrook and Raryn Snowstealer as they pursue a white dragon around Hillsfar.

Ecology of the Ettercap

 * By Paul Leach and Russell Brown, illustrated by Peter Bergting. pp. 66–71

This article describes ettercaps in detail.

Spellcraft: Worm Bound

 * By Jesse Decker, illustrated by Kieran Yanner. pp. 76–81

Flesh-crawling spells of the worm!