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Song And Silence
''Song and Silence: A Guidebook to Rogues and Bards'' is an optional rulebook for the 3rd edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', and notable for its trade paperback format. Contents The ''Song and Silence'' guidebook provides supplemental information for characters belonging to the Rogue and Bard base classes. This book contained tips for creating and playing characters of the aforementioned class, as well as a large number of prestige classes. Publication history This book was written by David Noonan and John D. Rateliff and published in 2001 by Wizards of the Coast. Cover art was by Todd Lockwood, with interior art by David Roach and Wayne Reynolds. Although it was not updated to 3.5 Edition, most of the prestige classes were reintroduced in the 3.5 supplemental source book ''Complete Adventurer'', and a few in ''Complete Arcane''. Reception The reviewer from ''Pyramid'' noted the prestige classes in the book, and felt that it offered "some jim-dandies in this one", includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Noonan (game Designer)
David Noonan is an author of several products and articles for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game from Wizards of the Coast. Career Role-playing games David Noonan began his career with Wizards of the Coast in 1998. He contributed to the design of the three core books for the third edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons''. For the new ''Dungeon Master's Guide'', he developed the treasure tables, based on guidance from Monte Cook, and worked on the non-player characters that appear in the book's second chapter. Noonan also contributed some prestige classes to '' Sword and Fist'', as well as designing a large part of '' Song and Silence'', and spent five months on editing and design work for the third edition ''Manual of the Planes''. Noonan, Andy Collins, Mike Mearls, and Jesse Decker were part of Rob Heinsoo's "Flywheel" design team for the fourth edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', and did the final concept work from May 2006 to September 2006, before the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Reynolds
Wayne Reynolds is a British artist whose work has appeared in comics and role-playing games. Early life and education Wayne Reynolds was born in Leeds, UK. He attended art college in Dewsbury and Middlesbrough. Games Wayne Reynolds has continued to produce interior illustrations for many ''Dungeons & Dragons'' books and ''Dragon'' magazine since 1999, as well as cover art for ''Deep Dwarven Delve'' (1999), ''Reverse Dungeon'' (2000), '' Complete Warrior'' (2003), and several books for the Eberron campaign setting. He has also produced artwork for many other games including ''Pendragon'' (Chaosium), ''Rolemaster'' (Iron Crown Enterprises), and the ''GameMastery'' line (Paizo Publishing), and illustrated cards for the ''Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game and the video game '' Hearthstone''. Reynolds has also produced numerous covers for the ''Pathfinder Roleplaying Game''. Comics Reynolds has also done work on British comics, in particular at '' 2000 AD'' on stories lik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sword And Fist
''Sword and Fist: A Guidebook to Fighters and Monks'' is an optional rulebook for the 3rd edition of '' Dungeons & Dragons'', written by Jason Carl and published in trade paperback format. Contents The guidebook provides supplemental information for characters belonging to the Fighter and Monk base classes. This book contained tips for creating and playing characters of the aforementioned class, as well as a large number of prestige classes, most of which have been reintroduced in the 3.5 supplemental sourcebook Complete Warrior. Chapter 1 - Feats and Skills This chapter gives descriptions of 31 new martial-related feats (such as Circle Kick and Rapid Reload) and 6 new knowledge-based skills (such as Literature and Mathematics). Several standard skills are also clarified to include new uses. Chapter 2 - Prestige Classes This chapter gives descriptions and advancement information for the following prestige classes: * Cavalier * Devoted Defender * Drunken Master * Duelist * Fist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masters Of The Wild
''Masters of the Wild: A Guidebook to Barbarians, Druids, and Rangers'' is an optional rulebook for the 3rd edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', and notable for its trade paperback format. Contents The guidebook provides supplemental information for characters belonging to the Druid, Ranger, and Barbarian base classes. This book introduced Natural Feats, which were still used in version 3.5. This book also contained tips for creating and playing characters of the aforementioned class, as well as several prestige classes. Publication history ''Masters of the Wild'' was written by David Eckelberry and Mike Selinker and published in 2001 by Wizards of the Coast. Cover art was by Jeff Easley, with interior art by Dennis Cramer, David Day, and Wayne Reynolds. According to Eckelberry: "we looked at much of the previously published material on the "nature classes," but spent more time examining how the subjects of this book work in the new ''D&D''. Since we had a bit more time post-rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defenders Of The Faith (Dungeons & Dragons)
''Defenders of the Faith: A Guidebook to Clerics and Paladins'' is an optional rulebook for the 3rd edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', and notable for its trade paperback format. Contents The guidebook provides supplemental information for characters belonging to the Cleric and Paladin base classes. This book introduced Divine Feats, which are still used in version 3.5. This book also contained tips for creating and playing characters of the aforementioned class, as well as several prestige classes. Publication history The book was designed by Rich Redman and James Wyatt, and was published in 2001 by Wizards of the Coast. Cover art was by Brom, with interior art by Dennis Cramer. Although it was not updated to 3.5 Edition, most of the book's prestige classes were reintroduced in the 3.5 supplemental sourcebook ''Complete Divine''. Reception The reviewer from ''Pyramid'' found the advice on effectively playing clerics and paladins useful, even if it "rarely goes beyond the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thief-acrobat
''Unearthed Arcana'' (abbreviated UA) is the title shared by two hardback books published for different editions of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Both were designed as supplements to the core rulebooks, containing material that expanded upon other rules. The original ''Unearthed Arcana'' was written primarily by Gary Gygax, and published by game publisher TSR in 1985 for use with the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' first edition rules. The book consisted mostly of material previously published in magazines, and included new races, classes, and other material to expand the rules in the '' Dungeon Masters Guide'' and ''Players Handbook''. The book was notorious for its considerable number of errors, and was received negatively by the gaming press whose criticisms targeted the over-powered races and classes, among other issues. Gygax intended to use the book's content for a planned second edition of ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons''; however, much of the boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prestige Class (Dungeons & Dragons)
A character class is a fundamental part of the identity and nature of characters in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. A character's capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses are largely defined by their class; choosing a class is one of the first steps a player takes to create a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' player character. A character's class affects a character's available skills and abilities. A well-rounded party of characters requires a variety of abilities offered by the classes found within the game. ''Dungeons & Dragons'' was the first game to introduce the usage of character classes to role-playing. Many other traditional role-playing games and massively multiplayer online role-playing games have since adopted the concept as well. ''Dungeons & Dragons'' classes have generally been defined in the ''Player's Handbook'', one of the three core rulebooks; a variety of alternate classes have also been defined in supplemental sourcebooks. Classes by type Principal base c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyramid (magazine)
''Pyramid'' was a gaming magazine, publishing articles primarily on role-playing games, but including board games, card games, and other sorts of games. It began life in 1993 as a print publication of Steve Jackson Games for its first 30 issues, though it has been published on the Internet since March 1998. Print issues were bimonthly; the first online version published new articles each week; the second online version is monthly. ''Pyramid'' is headquartered in Austin, Texas. It replaced Steve Jackson Games' previous magazine '' Roleplayer''. ''Pyramid'' features general gaming articles by freelance authors, as well as Designer's Notes by Steve Jackson Games product developers, industry news, cartoons, and gaming product reviews. Although articles tend to concentrate on Steve Jackson Games products such as ''GURPS'', it has published articles on other games such as '' d20 System'', ''Talisman'', ''Nobilis'', ''Hero System'', and has featured various comic strips and single-pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Complete Arcane
''Complete Arcane'' is a supplemental rulebook for the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. It expands upon and replaces an earlier soft-cover rulebook entitled ''Tome and Blood''. Contents ''Complete Arcane'' presents additional rules and advice for the creation and use of character classes which specialize in arcane magic, which represents magic that is learned through research or inherent power as opposed to divine sources. New classes The Complete Arcane introduces three new base classes to the 3rd edition game. Warlock A Warlock has been given supernatural powers; either he or his ancestors made a deal with a supernatural being. A warlock has an innate magical ability called the ''eldritch blast'', a damaging ray-like ability. The damage for this attack increases as the warlock gains levels. Instead of spells, warlocks gain a limited number of ''invocations'', spell-like abilities with a distinctively sinister flavor. Most of these invocation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Complete Adventurer
''Complete Adventurer'' is a supplemental hard-cover rulebook for the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' game system published by Wizards of the Coast. Contents It focuses on the skill based character classes of D&D, replacing and expanding upon an earlier soft-cover rulebook entitled '' Song and Silence''. It also provides a catchall for anything that doesn't fit into ''Complete Arcane'', ''Complete Divine'', '' Complete Warrior'', or ''Complete Psionic''. It presents additional base classes, prestige classes, and feats. New classes ''Complete Adventurer'' introduces three new character classes to ''D&D'' 3.5. These classes are strongly related to the rogue class, and are highly skill based. The classes added are Ninja, Scout and Spellthief. Ninja The ninja class represents the standard image of a stealthy fighter. A ninja can come unseen, attack quickly but furiously, then leave unseen. The ninja excels at quick, powerful attacks but lacks the combat stamina of o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Roach (comics)
David Roach is a British comic book artist and writer based in Wales, United Kingdom. Roach actively illustrates for many companies, including '' 2000 AD'', Panini Comics, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Topps, and the gaming company Wizards of the Coast. Career Roach started comic book illustration in the 1980s, self-publishing the ''Hellfire'' fanzine. Since 1988 Roach has worked as an inker and penciller for '' 2000 AD'' on such titles as ''Nemesis the Warlock'', ''Judge Anderson'', ''Judge Dredd'' and ''Synnamon''. In the 1990s, Roach started producing work for DC Comics, drawing ''Batman and Demon'' and inking ''Challengers of the Unknown''. Roach contributed to the Dark Horse Comics' '' Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi''. Roach is associate editor of the U.S. based magazine Comic Book Artist, which is dedicated to the historical representation of comic-book characters. Roach was co-editor of ''The Warren Companion: The Definitive Compendium to the Great Comics o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John D
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
