Dragon Magazine, #254

Dragon Magazine #254 includes: The Bigger They Are (If you can't beat 'em, hire 'em), The Harder They Fall (Or just beat 'em Smarter), The Measure of a Monster (You can learn a lot from the classics), Are You Proficient? (No campaign ever has too many proficiencies), Life Is the Pits (We guarantee you'll fall for these traps), fiction by J. Robert King, Wyrms of the North (To the dwarves, this crystal dragon is "Lady Gemcloak"), Dragon's Bestiary (It's one thing to fight big opponents, but watch out for these deadly "Grave Giants"), and more.