Whether you're creating a new campaign or playing in an old one, Dragon gives you what you need for swashbuckling style: character types, new weapons, swashbuckling feats, stunts, duels, fencing styles, new rules for firearms, new uses for skills, and parrying rules!

Added to that is essential advice on dramatic pacing for D&D games, juicy tidbits and upgrades for bards, FR fiction by Paul Kemp, alchemical components, and more than you ever wanted to know about trolls.Of course, you'll also find "Elminster's Guide to the Realms," "Living Greyhawk," the return of "Dungeoncraft", and more advice, tools, and tactics to improve your game!