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The ranger was one of the standard character-classes available in the original Player's Handbook, [4] one of five subclasses. [5]: 145 The first edition rangers were a subtype of the fighters, [6] using any weapon and wearing any armor, but they gained extra attacks at a slower rate than fighters and paladins.
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. [1]
Character race is a descriptor used to describe the various sapient species and beings that make up the setting in modern fantasy and science fiction.In many tabletop role-playing games and video games, players may choose to be one of these creatures when creating their player character (PC) or encounter them as a non-player character (NPC).
Kender are a type of fantasy race first developed for the Dragonlance campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role playing game published by TSR, Inc. in 1984. The first kender character was created by Harold Johnson as a player character in a series of role-playing adventures co-authored by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis.
In Publishers Weekly's "Best-selling Books Week Ending November 20, 2016", Volo's Guide to Monsters was #13 in "Hardcover Nonfiction". [13] For The A.V. Club, Nick Wanserski wrote that "what I’ve enjoyed about Volo’s is that it understands how role-playing game source books, at their best, serve two distinct purposes. As a direct campaign ...
The tiefling (/ ˈ t iː f l ɪ ŋ / TEEF-ling) [2] is a fictional humanoid race in the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy roleplaying game. Originally introduced in the Planescape campaign setting in the second edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons as a player character race for the setting, they became one of the primary races available for ...
The centaur is presented as a playable character race in The Complete Book of Humanoids (1993), [11] [12] which allows centaurs to be wizards, but not to advance beyond 12th level. [13] The centaur is later presented as a playable character race again in Player's Option: Skills & Powers (1995). [14]
[5]: 66 The kobold was considered one of the "five main 'humanoid' races" in AD&D by Paul Karczag and Lawrence Schick, [14] and a classic of D&D by reviewer Dan Wickline. [ 15 ] Journalist David M. Ewalt highlighted that kobolds have often been the first combat encounter for new players of Dungeons & Dragons , from its beginnings to the current ...