Dragon Issue #413

Articles

Character Themes: Against the Matriarchs

By Erik Scott de Bie

Being a male in a matriarchal society isn’t that bad. Just ask the bloodthirsty champions of Melee-Magthere, the powerful Sorcere adepts, the elder sons of the drow houses, and the wily mercenaries of the Bregan D’aerthe.

Character Themes: Scourges of Lolth

By Erik Scott de Bie

You are a female drow, and Menzoberranzan is your oyster. Dare you serve as the voice of Lolth in a powerful drow house, or would you rather sever all ties to the houses and thrive as a widow of Arach-Tinilith?

D&D Outsider: Driders on the Storm

By Jared von Hindman

You definitely don’t want to wake up and find one of these critters in your sleeping bag.

Character Themes: Fringes of Drow Society

By Doug Hyatt

Given the cutthroat politics and backstabbing in drow society, sometimes it pays to be a lowly slave, an outsider, or a devotee of Vhaeraun or Ghaunadaur.

Eye on Eberron: The Crown of Khaas

By Keith Baker

This crown has the power to unite the warring goblin factions. That would be bad.

Class Acts: Seekers of the Moonrise Vale

By Doug Hyatt

Live for the chase, and revel in the hunt. All else is secondary. Under the cold light of the moon, everyone and everything is fair game.

Spin a Yarn: Jantharl's Surprising Journey

By Ed Greenwood

Each year at Gen Con, Ed Greenwood, father of the Forgotten Realms, joins fans in throwing together a hilarious (and often ribald) tale, which is woven into a short story after the show. This is one such story.

Eye on the Realms: The Six Horned Crowns

By Ed Greenwood

They appear one after another without explanation—orc skulls wearing crowns of gold—and then vanish without a trace. Who were these orcish “kings”? When and where will their crowned skulls appear next?

Eye on Dark Sun: The Crown of Whispers

By Rodney Thompson

In Athas, crown wears you.

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