Dragon magazine 229

Dragon issue 229 was released in May of 1997. Its overarching topic was "Specialist Wizardry". It contained the following articles related to the Forgotten Realms:

A Wizards' Three

 * By Chris Perry. Artwork by Scott Rosema. pp. 40-45

This article presents the frost wizard, a special elemental specialist wizard, and two new wizard kits, the fiend slayer and the spiritualist, all for the 2nd edition.

School of magic
School of elemental cold

Spells
Chill • snow tread • freezefire • ice claws • ice magic • summon ice mephits • Laruin's Blinding Blizzard

Proficiency
Lower Plane Knowledge

The Dimensional Wizard

 * By Barry A. A. Dillinger. Artwork by Fred Fields. pp. 50-52

This article features the dimensionalist, a wizard specializing in spells dealing with the planes.

Spells
Mask light • ethereal walk

Campaign Classics: Wu-jen: the Oriental mage revisited

 * By David "Zeb" Cook. Artwork by Jim Holloway. pp. 54-58

This article updates the wu jen from Oriental Adventures for the 2nd edition.

Spells
Elemental turning • fire breath • internal fires • tsunami

Dungeon Mastery: 'A' is for NPC

 * By Keith Strohm. p. 85

Developing NPCs.

Role-playing Reviews

 * By Rick Swan. pp. 115

Planes of Conflict and Wizards and Rogues of the Realms.

TSR Previews

 * By Uncredited. p. 117

New products for May and June.


 * Silver Shadows novel.
 * Sword Play novel.
 * The North: Guide to the Savage Frontier sourcebook.
 * The Vilhon Reach sourcebook.
 * Undermountain: The Lost Level module.