DEITIES & DEMIGODS FEATURES 28 Hearth & Sword Ian Malcomson Deities and specialty priests for a Dark Ages campaign. 44 The Oeridian Lesser Gods Andy Miller The first in a three-part series. 54 Heaven's Trump James Wyatt Warriors of Heaven lets you play celestials, but how can your mortal PCs count on their help? 60 Wyrms of the West Charlie Martin More options for your Council of Wyrms campaign. FICTION 64 Dux Bellorum Ben Bova Arthur's legend continues to unfold before Orion the Hunter. ARES™ 92 The Blink of an Eye Steven Kenson They might look like lizards, but don't mistake the t'sa for beasts. MARVEL SUPER HEROES™ 103 Onslaught Jeff "Zippy" Quick He beat all the heroes once. Do you dare bring him back for an encore?

DEPARTMENTS 76 Bazaar of the Bizarre Not every "cursed" magical item is useless.  Some are "Blessings in Disguise."  Lloyd Brown III 82 Giants in the Earth Titania, Oberon, and Puck are the main powers of "Shakespeare's Fairy Court."  Carrie Bebris 86 Dungeon Mastery Tired of hustling back to town to raise the dead PCs?  Put a little "New Life" into your resurrections.  Rod Meek COLUMNS THE WYRM'S TURN™ 6 D-MAIL™ 8 FORUM 12 DUNGEONCRAFT 18 SAGE ADVICE 22 PC PORTRAITS 81 ROLE MODELS 90 CONVENTION CALENDAR 103 DRAGONMIRTH™ 104 KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE 106 TSR™ PREVIEWS 108 PROFILES 112

ON THE COVER Michael Sutfin's paintings continue to amaze us.  His research and attention to detail are second to none, his lighting models his subjects in dramatic yet believable ways.  Michael remains a credit to his college prof Mark Nelson, whose work also appears in this issue (The Blink of an Eye, page 92).

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