Dragon magazine 173

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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. ^{[citation template]}

• 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 ^{[citation template]} and Secret of the Silver Blades ^{[citation template]}.

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

By Spike Y. Jones. p. 77-84

A scholarly treatise on the Flind. ^{[citation template]}

TSR Previews[]

By Uncredited. p. 95

New products for October.

• Elfshadow novel.

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