Dragon magazine 219

Dragon issue 219, The Ring of Steel, was released in July of 1995. It contained the following articles related to the Forgotten Realms:

At Sword's Point

 * By Chris Williams. Artwork by Michael Scott. pp. 10-14

How to create adventures where swashbuckling heroes take centre stage.

Out of Armor

 * By Alison Brooks. Artwork by Eric Anderson. pp. 20-24

Considerations, new rules and rule variations for the 2nd edition to accomodate swashbucklers and other lightly armored fighters.

Pirate Crews and Retinues

 * By James R. Collier. Artwork by Bob Klasnich. pp. 26-32

A number of new and refined tables for the followers a fighter gains in 2nd edition at 9th level, specialized for the different fighter types of amazon, barbarian/berserker, gladiator, myrmidon, beast rider, cavalier/noble warrior, outlaw/peasant warrior, pirate, savage, swashbuckler, and wilderness warrior/samurai.

The Ecology of the Black Pudding

 * By Johnathan Richards. Artwork by Terry Dysktra. pp. 35-39

A detailed look at the black pudding, a slimy yet deadly ooze.

Role-playing Reviews: A Thousand and One Adventures

 * By Allen Varney. pp. 48-54

A review of the Al-Qadim campaign setting as a whole and its individual products (and some others).

Al-Qadim products
Arabian Adventures &bull; Land of Fate &bull; City of Delights &bull; Golden Voyages &bull; Assassin Mountain &bull; A Dozen and One Adventures &bull; Ruined Kingdoms &bull; Corsairs of the Great Sea &bull; Caravans &bull; Cities of Bone &bull; Secrets of the Lamp &bull; The Complete Sha'ir's Handbook 

The Wizards Three: Warmer Than Expected

 * By Ed Greenwood. Artwork by Dan Burr. pp. 90-98

The archmages Elminster, Mordenkainen of Oerth and Dalamar of Krynn meet again near Ed Greenwood's house, this time contending with Shaaan, the Serpent-Queen.

Index

 * Characters
 * Dalamar &bull; Ed Greenwood &bull; Elminster &bull; Mordenkainen &bull; Shaaan
 * Eater-of-Magic &bull; Savengriff
 * Creatures
 * dark elf (Krynn)
 * frog &bull; snake &bull; unicorn
 * Locations
 * Earth
 * Astral plane &bull; Faerûn &bull; Greyhawk &bull; Netheril &bull; Mintarn &bull; Shadowdale &bull; Tashalar &bull; Waterdeep
 * Magic Items
 * Floating Helm of Tharandos
 * Spells
 * brainblaze &bull;Dauntra's cloak &bull; farscry &bull; forcebolt &bull; handfangs &bull; permanency &bull; ring teleport &bull; spell-shield &bull; translocation shift &bull; temporal freedom &bull; timestop &bull; brainblaze
 * meteor swarm &bull; teleport
 * Organizations
 * the Wizards Three
 * Chosen of Mystra &bull; Company of Crazed Venturers &bull; Conclave of Wizards
 * Food & Drink
 * beer &bull; coffee &bull; marshmallow &bull; mushroom &bull; mustard &bull; pickle &bull; pepper &bull; sausage &bull; steak (food) &bull; wine
 * fishpaste
 * Other
 * codpiece &bull; kohl &bull; rouge
 * Harpstars War
 * fishpaste
 * Other
 * codpiece &bull; kohl &bull; rouge
 * Harpstars War
 * Harpstars War

TSR Previews

 * By Uncredited. p. 124

New products for July and August.


 * Masquerades novel.
 * Spellbound sourcebook.
 * The Secret of Spiderhaunt module.
 * Volo's Guide to Cormyr sourcebook.