Theme: Heroes.

This month Dragon tries out its sleek new look, as many favorite old worlds come out and strut new stuff.

Forum Rules problems, aerial war, and more.

Sage Advice by Skip Williams. A round of spells of many types.

Out of Character: In the Beginning by Peter Adkison. Origins of many types of heroes.

Rakasta of Mytara by Bruce Heard. The feline humanoids from the world of Mystara, detailed for use as player characters. 18 possible species included, plus a generator for possible exotic ancestry (traces of sphinx, dragonne, elf, & displacer beast) and for body types of "plain" rakasta. Very nice paintings by Bob Klasnich.

The Taltos by Tom Moldvay. A spellcaster rogue class from Hungarian mythology.

Heroes of Cerilia by Ed Bonny. Skills & Powers options for PCs in Birthright.

The Sentinel Wyrm--Miirym by Ed Greenwood. An insane guardian "ghost" dragon.

Reunification (Body & Soul) by Jeff Grubb, art by Rags Morales. Fiction: the crew of the ship Realms Master go on a psychic quest to save their shipmate Omen's life.

Crew of the Realms Master by Kate Novak. Statistics for the characters from the 1989 joint TSR/DC Comics adventure comic book.

Bizarre of the Bizarre: Magic That Works by Sebastian Dietz. Magic items from the artisan's workshop: tools, glasses, aprons, and odd substances.

The Dragon's Bestiary: The Anurans by Johnathan M. Richards. Nasty frogs & toads.

Dungeon Mastery: Give Them Pidgins by Brent Knowles. Language barriers for PCs.

Comics, Bookwyrms (reviews), Convention Calendar, Roleplaying Reviews, Previews.

Profile: author Jeff Grubb.

--By Sharon Daugherty