Dragon magazine 254

Dragon issue 254, Giant Kin, was released in December of 1998. It contained the following articles related to the Forgotten Realms:
==Wyrm's Turn: The Pitfalls of Roleplaying==
: By Dave Gross. p. 4
Low Wisdom and the perils of pits.
==PC Portraits: Giant Slayers==
: By David Day. p. 28
14 potential PC pix.
==The Bigger They Are...==
: By Skip Williams. p. 30
Giant NPCs.
==...The Harder They Fall==
: By Paul F. Culotta, illustrated by Pete Venters, Cartography by Delfino. p. 36–46
Combat tactics used for and against giants. 
==Wyrms of the North: Saryndalaghlothtor, Lady Gemcloak==
: By Ed Greenwood, illustrated by Storn Cook. p. 84–88
Saryndalaghlothtor, the crystal dragon who wards the city of Mirabar. 
==The Dragon's Bestiary: Giants from the Grave==
: By Gregory W. Detwiler, illustrated by Stephen Schwartz. p. 90–96
Undead giants. 
* Barrowe
* Cairn
* Frostmourn
* Firegaunt
* Spectral cloud
* Temperament
==Rogues Gallery: Greendale MeadowField, a Lord of Ravens Bluff==
: By Jeff Quick and Robert Suriano, illustrated by David Kooharian. p. 98–99
Greendale MeadowField, half-elf bard and merchant of Ravens Bluff. 
==The Ecology of the Cyclopskin==
: By Johnathan M. Richards, illustrated by Matthew Mitchell. p. 102-108
A scholarly treatise on the Cyclopskin. 
==ProFiles: Jeff Easley==
: By Allen Varney. p. 120
TSR's senior artist Jeff Easley has painted the cover of all the AD&D core rulebooks, and he still hasn't tired of dragons. "There's nothing else I'd rather paint!" 
==Appendix==
===Gallery===
File:Dragon254 - Harder They Fall.png|The interior cover to the article "...The Harder They Fall," displaying a sorceress sneaking up on a bloodthirsty fomorian wielding a wooden club and shield.
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