Dragon magazine 53

Dragon issue 53 was released in September of 1981. It contained the following articles related to the Forgotten Realms:

Defining and Realigning the Monk

 * By Steven D. Howard. p. 12

Advice on playing a Monk, and a general Q&A about them.

How to Give Disease a Fighting Chance

 * By Matt Thomas. p. 59

Rules that make diseases tougher to cure by adding a minimum Clerical level for a Cure Disease to work.

Merchants Deserve More, Too

 * By Dennis Matheson. p. 62

Expanded character generation tables for Merchants in character.