Dragon magazine 173

Dragon issue 173, A dark sun casts the darkest shadows, was released in September of 1991. It contained the following articles related to the Forgotten Realms:

Bazaar of the Bizarre: A Wizard's Staff is to Lean On

 * By Ed Greenwood. p. 30-34

Magical staffs, some with Forgotten Realms background.


 * Rilantaver's staff
 * Staff of battle
 * Staff of displacement
 * Staff of divergence
 * Staff of miracles
 * Staff of night
 * Staff of scrivening
 * Staff of silence
 * Staff of spheres
 * Staff of surprises
 * Staff of the moonglow
 * Staff of vision

Magical Mangling Made Easy

 * By Gregory W. Detwiler. p. 36

What to do when magic is too strong.

Get Your Priorities Straight!

 * By Royce Wicks. p. 50

Playing alignments as objectives, not rules.

The Role of Computers

 * By Hartley Lesser, Patricia Lesser and Kirk Lesser. p. 52

Clue Corner: Eye of the Beholder and Secret of the Silver Blades.

The Ecology of...: The Sociology of the Flind

 * By Spike Y. Jones. p. 77-84

A scholarly treatise on the Flind.

TSR Previews

 * By Uncredited. p. 95

New products for October.


 * Elfshadow novel.