''Player's Handbook 3'' is a supplement to the
4th edition of the ''
Dungeons & Dragons
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role-playing game
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Publication history
''Player's Handbook 3'', subtitled ''Psionic, Divine and Primal Heroes'', was released on March 16, 2010. Retrieved on 2011-02-20. The book was designed by
Mike Mearls
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,
Bruce R. Cordell
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, and
Robert J. Schwalb
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, and featured cover art by
Michael Komarck
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Earl ...
and interior art by
Ralph Beisner,
Eric Belisle,
Kerem Beyit,
Wayne England
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He died on 9 Fe ...
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Jason A. Engle
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Early life
Jason Engle was born in southern California in 1979.
Career
His '' Dungeons & Dragons'' work includes '' Shining South' ...
,
Carl Frank,
Randy Gallegos
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Adam Gillespie
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Ralph Horsley
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Career
His ''Dungeons & Dragons'' work includes cover art for the adventure '' The Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde'' (2006), and interior art for ''Monster Manual III'' ...
,
Roberto Marchesi,
Jake Masbruch
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Jim Nelson,
William O'Connor,
Hector Ortiz,
Shane Nitzche,
Wayne Reynolds
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Chris Seaman,
John Stanko,
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Beth Trott,
Francis Tsai
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Early life
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Eva Widermann
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Education
She went to the Scholastic of Graphic & Design, Munich.
Career
Widermann started her graphic design career in 1998 and wor ...
,
Sam Wood
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Ben Wootten
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, and
Kieran Yanner. It includes six classes: ardent, battlemind, monk,
psion, runepriest, and seeker, along with four races: wilden, the
minotaur
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,
githzerai
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, and shardminds. The PHB3 also includes new multi-classing rules for hybrid characters.
Reception
''Player's Handbook 3'' won the 2010 Silver
ENnie Award
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for "Best Supplement".
References
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