Dragon magazine 288

Dragon issue 288, Fear, was released in October of 2001. It contained the following articles related to the Forgotten Realms:

Plots and Schemes: Designing Mystery Adventures

 * By Bryan Fagan. p. 38

How to design a mystery, with a fairly extensive recommended reading list.

Unhallowed Ground: Building a Fantasy Graveyard

 * By Rudy Thauberger. p. 48

Different types of graveyard and their features.

Disguise

 * Uncredited. p. 52

Guidance for steering the players in an investigative scenario.

Class Acts: Lifedrinker

 * By Monte Cook. p. 64

A vampire prestige class.

Forgotten Realms Poster Map: Second Part

 * Uncredited. p. 66

The second of four issues with part of the giant Forgotten Realms poster map.

Silicon Sorcery: The Legacy of Baldur's Gate: The Bhaalspawn

 * By Dave Gaider and James Ohlen. p. 100

Bhaal is apparently as promiscuous as Zeus, so there's a template for his many children.