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- Free Ars Magica & Deadlands RPGs.
- D&D 3.5 front covers
- Wizards Loose Pokemon License.
- SG-1 RPG.
D&D 3.5 Front Covers
Player’s Handbook
The revised Player’s Handbook received revisions to character classes to make them more balanced, including updates to the bard, druid, monk, paladin, and ranger. Spell lists for characters have been revised and some spell levels adjusted. Skills have been consolidated somewhat and clarified. A larger number of feats have been added to give even more options for character customization in this area.
Release Date: July 2003
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 320
Price: $29.95 ; C$41.95
Dungeon Master’s Guide
The revised Dungeon Master’s Guide is an essential rulebook for Dungeon Masters of the D&D game. The Dungeon Master’s Guide has been reorganized to be more user friendly. It features information on running a D&D game, adjudicating play, writing adventures, nonplayer characters (including nonplayer character classes), running a campaign, characters, magic items (including intelligent and cursed items, and artifacts), and a dictionary of special abilities and conditions. Changes have been made to the item creation rules and pricing, and prestige classes new to the Dungeon Master’s Guide are included (over 10 prestige classes).
Release Date: July 2003
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 320
Price: $29.95 ; C$41.95
Monster Manual
The revised Monster Manual now contains an adjusted layout that makes the monsters statistics easier to understand and use. It has 31 new illustrations and a new index, and contains expanded information on monster classes and playing monsters as heroes.
Release Date: July 2003
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 320
Price: $29.95 ; C$41.95
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