Dragon magazine 254

Dragon issue 254, Giant Kin, was released in December of 1998. It contained the following articles related to the Forgotten Realms:

Wyrm's Turn: The Pitfalls of Roleplaying

 * By Dave Gross. p. 4

Low Wisdom and the perils of pits.

PC Portraits: Giant Slayers

 * By David Day. p. 28

14 potential PC pix.

The Bigger They Are...

 * By Skip Williams. p. 30

Giant NPCs.

...The Harder They Fall

 * By Paul F. Culotta. p. 36

Combat tactics used for and against giants.

Wyrms of the North: Saryndalaghlothtor, Lady Gemcloak

 * By Ed Greenwood, Illustrated by Storn Cook. p. 84–88

Saryndalaghlothtor, the crystal dragon who wards the city of Mirabar.

The Dragon's Bestiary: Giants from the Grave

 * By Gregory W. Detwiler, Illustrated by Stephen Schwartz. p. 90–96

Undead giants.


 * Barrowe
 * Cairn
 * Frostmourn
 * Firegaunt
 * Spectral cloud
 * Temperament

Rogues Gallery: Greendale MeadowField, a Lord of Ravens Bluff

 * By Jeff Quick and Robert Suriano, Illustrated by David Kooharian. p. 98–99

Greendale MeadowField, half-elf bard and merchant of Ravens Bluff.

The Ecology of the Cyclopskin

 * By Johnathan M. Richards, Illustrated by Matthew Mitchell. p. 102-108

A scholarly treatise on the Cyclopskin.