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.
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