Revised versions of the phenomenally successful Dungeons & Dragons core rulebooks.

Outlines how to determine a character's abilities, rules for character improvement, and mapping and combat procedures

"Based on the original Dungeons & Dragons rules created by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson."

This companion to the 'Player's handbook' core rulebook introduces the primal power source, which draws on the spirits that preserve and sustain the world. This book includes four classes tied to the primal power source: the barbarian, the druid, the shaman, and the warden. It also presents four new arcane and divine classes: the avenger, the bard, the invoker, and the sorcerer.

An introduction to computer role-playing games -- Origins -- The dark age -- The bronze age -- The silver age -- The birth of the golden age -- SSI's golden age -- Origin's golden age -- The golden age of Sir-Tech, New World Computing, and Sierra -- Early Japanese role-playing games -- Dungeon master and the rise of real-time 3D -- Other games of the golden age -- The epic fails -- The platinum age -- Diablo and the rise of action RPGs -- Fallout and Baldur's gate -- Other treasures of the platinum age -- The birth of the modern age -- Modern JRPGs -- The rise of the MMORPG -- The late modern age -- The renaissance, Kickstarted -- The road ever ventures forth -- Surprise encounter -- Appendix I : the CRPG bestiary of the extraordinary and the obscure.

This core rulebook is a deluxe, leather-bound edition of the essential tool every D&D player needs.

This first of three books for the 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game presents the official rules as well as everything a player needs to create D&D characters worthy of song and legend. (Games/Gamebooks/Crosswords)