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Player's Handbook II
''Player's Handbook II'' is the title of a third edition ''Dungeons & Dragons'' supplement. It is a handbook of rules and guidelines for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. As the name implies, the book is a supplement to the edition's ''Player's Handbook''. It introduces supplemental rules, new spells and new classes. Contents ''Player's Handbook II'' contains four new classes, along with new spells, feats, and new role-playing options. Chapter two introduces four new base classes: * Beguiler - A rogue-like spell-caster who specializes in illusions and enchantments. * Dragon Shaman - A relatively well-rounded character who gains spell-like abilities similar to a dragon. * Duskblade - An elven-based hybrid of the fighter and wizard, although it is available to any race. *Knight - Lawful fighters who use bard-like charisma to draw threatening opponents away from party members and onto himself, like the tank in many MMORPGs In addition to these new classes, many ... [...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 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fighter (Dungeons & Dragons)
The fighter is one of the standard playable character classes in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. A fighter is a versatile, weapons-oriented warrior who fights using skill, strategy and tactics. Fighter is a generic and broad class; individual fighters have diverse backgrounds and different styles. Bodyguards, adventurers, former soldiers, invading bandit kings, or master swordsmen are all fighters, yet they come from all walks of life and backgrounds and often find themselves on very different alignments, goals, and sides in a conflict. Publication history ''Dungeons & Dragons'' The "Fighting Man" was one of the three classes in the original ''Dungeons & Dragons'' game; the other two classes were Magic-User and Cleric. The paladin was introduced in '' Supplement I - Greyhawk'' (1975), as a subclass of Fighting Man. ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 1st edition The fighter was one of the standard character classes available in the original ''Player's Hand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Komarck
Michael Komarck is a fantasy artist. His work has been featured in many roleplaying games, board games, book covers, and collectible cards. Komarck produced the official art and calendars for George R.R. Martin's ''A Song of Ice and Fire''. Early life Michael Komarck was born in Louisiana and moved to Michigan as a child. Career Komarck has worked as an illustrator on the '' Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game'' by Sony Online Entertainment. He has done illustrations for '' Magic: The Gathering'' and ''Hearthstone''. He has also illustrated comic books. Komarck has also worked as an illustrator for ''Dungeons & Dragons'' on third edition books. He also provided the cover art for Voltaire's album, ''Raised by Bats''. Awards Komarck was nominated for the Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration – Paperback in 2009, for ''Dragonforge'' by James Maxey. Komarck was also nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist The Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hudnut
David Hudnut is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games. Career His ''Dungeons & Dragons'' work includes the cover art for '' Heroes of Battle'' (2005), '' Heroes of Horror'' (2005), and the adventures '' Red Hand of Doom'' (2006), and '' Expedition to the Demonweb Pits'' (2007), and interior art for ''Draconomicon'' (2003), ''Unearthed Arcana'' (2004), '' Planar Handbook'' (2004), ''Frostburn'' (2004), ''Races of Destiny'' (2004), ''Complete Adventurer'' (2005), ''Sandstorm'' (2005), ''Player's Handbook II'' (2006), ''Monster Manual IV'' (2006), and ''Rules Compendium'' (2007). He also did the cover art for the Dragonlance novel '' The Alien Sea'' (2006). He is known for his work on the ''Magic: The Gathering ''Magic: The Gathering'' (colloquially known as ''Magic'' or ''MTG'') is a Tabletop game, tabletop and Digital collectible card game, digital Collectible card game, collectable card game created by Richard Garfield. Released in 1993 by Wizards ...'' co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Horsley
Ralph Horsley is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games. Career His ''Dungeons & Dragons'' work includes cover art for the adventure '' The Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde'' (2006), and interior art for ''Monster Manual III'' (2004), ''Player's Handbook II'' (2006), '' Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss'' (2006), '' Complete Psionic'' (2006), ''Complete Mage'' (2006), ''Cityscape'' (2006), ''The Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde'' (2006), ''Dungeonscape'' (2007), ''Magic Item Compendium'' (2007), ''Monster Manual V'' (2007), ''Rules Compendium'' (2007), '' Elder Evils'' (2007), and the 4th edition ''Monster Manual'' (2008) and '' Manual of the Planes'' (2008). He is known for his work on the '' Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game. He has also contributed art to the ''World of Warcraft Trading Card Game'' and ''Hearthstone''. Personal life Horsley was married to artist Anne Stokes Anne Stokes is a fantasy artist whose early work has appeared in r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Frank
Carl Frank is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games. Education He graduated from California State University, Fullerton with a BFA in illustration. Career His ''Dungeons & Dragons'' work includes ''Scourge of the Howling Horde'' (2006), ''Player's Handbook II'' (2006), ''Monster Manual IV'' (2006), ''Tome of Magic'' (2006), ''Cityscape'' (2006), ''Complete Mage'' (2006), ''Dungeonscape'' (2007), ''Complete Scoundrel'' (2007), ''Rules Compendium'' (2007), and the 4th edition ''Monster Manual'' (2008). He is known for his work on the ''Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game, and has also contributed art for the ''World of Warcraft Trading Card Game'' and ''Hearthstone ''Hearthstone'' is a free-to-play online digital collectible card game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. Originally subtitled ''Heroes of Warcraft'', ''Hearthstone'' builds upon the existing lore of the ''Warcraft'' series by ...''. References External links Carl Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Fiegenschuh
Emily Fiegenschuh is an artist and children's book illustrator whose work has also appeared in role-playing games. Early life and education Emily Fiegenschuh attended art school at the Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, and graduated with honors and a BFA from the Illustration program in 2001. Career Fiegenschuh has provided illustrations for a variety of published works, including the Young Adult novel series, ''Knights of the Silver Dragon'', ''The Star Shard'', by Frederic S. Durbin ( Cricket Magazine), ''A Practical Guide to Dragons'', ''A Practical Guide to Monsters'', and ''A Practical Guide to Faeries'', and several ''Dungeons & Dragons'' rulebooks for Wizards of the Coast, including ''Draconomicon'' (2003), ''Races of the Wild'' (2005), and '' Dungeonscape'' (2007). She has painted illustrations for the Inuit Mythology Initiative, and received positive reviews for her illustrations of ''The Shadows That Rush Past: A Collection of Frightening Inuit F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Ellis (comics)
Steve Ellis is an American comic book artist and illustrator who has worked for Wizards of the Coast, DC Comics, Wildstorm, White Wolf, Moonstone Books and Marvel Comics. Career Ellis is the illustrator and co-creator behind ''The Silencers'' (with Fred Van Lente) and ''High Moon'' (with David Gallaher). Steve Ellis’ work has been featured on CD covers, computer games, trading cards, books, RPGs, magazines, toys and comics. Ellis worked for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Wizards of the Coast, and Upper Deck, among other companies. His ''Dungeons & Dragons'' work for Wizards of the Coast includes interior illustrations for '' Libris Mortis'', '' Frostburn'', ''Lords of Madness'', '' Complete Adventurer'', and ''Player's Handbook II''. While acting as penciler and inker for Marvel Comics and DC Comics’ famous properties like Lobo, Iron Man, and Green Lantern, Ellis has spearheaded such new titles as Wildstorm’s Jezebelle and the Marvel/Epic lines’ Crimson Dynamo. He has cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Belledin
''yes'Steve is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Steven or Stephen Notable people with the name include: steve jops * Steve Abbott (other), several people * Steve Adams (other), several people * Steve Alaimo (born 1939), American singer, record & TV producer, label owner * Steve Albini (born 1961), American musician, record producer, audio engineer, and music journalist * Steve Allen (1921–2000), American television personality, musician, composer, comedian and writer * Steve Armitage (born 1944), British-born Canadian sports reporter * Steve Armstrong (born 1965), American professional wrestler * Steve Antin (born 1958), American actor * Steve Augarde (born 1950),arab author, artist, and eater * Steve Augeri (born 1959), American singer * Steve August (born 1954), American football player * Stone Cold Steve Austin (born 1964), American professional wrestler * Steve Aylett (born 1967), English author of satirical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Scott (artist)
''One Tree Hill'' is an American television series created by Mark Schwahn for The WB in 2003. After its third season, The WB and UPN merged to form The CW, which then became the broadcaster for the show in the United States. Schwahn served as executive producer while also writing and directing for the show, including the premieres and finales of all seasons. The show began with nine main characters in its first season as the roles of Lucas Scott, Nathan Scott, Peyton Sawyer, Brooke Davis, Haley James, Dan Scott, Karen Roe, Keith Scott, and Whitey Durham. After that, characters from that first season left the show, with new main characters having been both written in and out of the series. Originally, it followed two half-brothers Lucas and Nathan Scott who started out as enemies but later formed a close bond as brothers. It also followed the brothers' various relationships with other female leads during their high-school years and in their early twenties. The series ultimately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MMORPGs
A massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) is a video game that combines aspects of a role-playing video game and a massively multiplayer online game. As in role-playing games (RPGs), the player assumes the role of a Player character, character (often in a fantasy world or science-fiction world) and takes control over many of that character's actions. MMORPGs are distinguished from Online game, single-player or small Multiplayer online game, multi-player online RPGs by the number of players able to interact together, and by the game's persistent world (usually hosted by the game's video game publisher, publisher), which continues to exist and evolve while the player is offline and away from the game. MMORPGs are played throughout the world. Worldwide revenues for MMORPGs exceeded half a billion dollars in 2005, and Western revenues exceeded a billion dollars in 2006. In 2008, the spending on subscription MMORPGs by consumers in North America and Europe grew to $1.4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
