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HISTORICAL FANTASY Issue # 249 Volume XXIII, NO. 2 July 1998 Seeds of Evil James Wyatt Combining the historical AD&D® supplements with the Masque of the Red Death campaign for a legacy of terror. 26 66 Wyrms of the North Ed Greenwood The guile and subtlety of a drow lurks behind the Below the Tomb of Horrors smile of The Dark Lady. Bruce R. Cordell 76 Giants in the Earth New terrors to add to the classic AD&D module J. Gregory Keyes New legends from or any cryptic dungeon in your campaign. the World of the Waterborn. 38 82 Bazaar of the Bizarre Jeffrey Mendoza Before your next Sixguns and Sesheyans trek, shop at A Travelers Emporium. 90 Arcane Lore Rich Baker Ed Bonny Discover the dire powers of ® Back to the future with ALTERNITY game rules The Lost Spellbook of Rary the Traitor. for Old West firearms, plus guidelines for creating your own Weird West campaign. 98 Dungeon Mastery Holly Ingraham Learn the vocabulary 48 of the Underdark in Deep Meanings. Fiction Wakes the Narrow Forest The Wyrms Turn . 4 J. Gregory Keyes D-MAIL .................... 6 The ghost of his father compels Fool Wolf FORUM ...................... 10 to visit giant country. SAGE ADVICE ................. 18 58 OUT OF CHARACTER ........... 24 BOOKWYRMS ................. 72 CONVENTION CALENDAR ........ 102 DRAGONMIRTH .............. 104 KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE . 106 ROLEPLAYING REVIEWS ......... 108 GAME PREVIEWS ............... 114 PROFILES .................... 120 Publisher Wendy Noritake Executive Editor Pierce Watters Editor Dave Gross Art Director Larry Smith Associate Editor Chris Perkins Editorial Assistant Jesse Decker Production Manager John Dunn Advertising Sales Manager Bob Henning Advertising Traffic Manager Judy Smitha ® Michael Roele falls before the might of the dread Gorgon in this months cover by BIRTHRIGHT campaign artist Tony Szczudlo. r - DRAGON® Magazine (ISSN 0279-6848) is published monthly except November (twice monthly) by TSR, Inc., 1801 Lind Avenue S.W., Renton, WA 98055, United States of America. Periodical-class postage paid at Lake Geneva, WI, U.S.A., and additional mailing offices. 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