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Paperback Dungeons & Dragons for Dummies Book

ISBN: 0470292903

ISBN13: 9780470292907

Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies

(Part of the Dummies Series)

Explore the fantasy world of D&D and delve into dungeons, slay monsters, and gain treasure If you've been thinking of playing D&D or you've played before and you want to get up to speed on the all-new 4th Edition, this is the book for you. Here's what you need to know to join the fantasy fun. D&D terminology -- understand what ability check, modifier, saving throw, AC, gp, hp, and XP mean Roll the dice -- add modifiers and see if you rolled the d20 high enough to beat the challenge Minding your manners -- know D&D etiquette so you'll be welcome in any adventure Character building -- select your character's race and class, and choose the best powers, skills, feats, and gear Roleplaying -- give your character a background and personality quirks Combat -- use combat rules, a battle grid, and miniatures to play out furious battles Open the book and find: Everything a new player needs to get started playing D&D Details on four fantasy races and four iconic classes Explanations of every number and statistic on the character sheet The best magic items and equipment for characters of all classes Advice on roleplaying and teamwork A ready-to-use adventure to get you started as a Dungeon Master A ready-to-use battle grid with character and monster markers

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Rated 5 stars
A big help for newbies like me

I'm just getting into D & D again after a 20 year haitus, and I've recently purchased the core rulebooks. I was very confused, however, by all of the options and how things have changed since the days of AD & D. This book did a very good job of showing me the strategies for building better characters and different possibilities for combat. I read it cover to cover, and found it especially helpful in knowing the best spells,...

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One of the more helpful guides even for us grognards

Interesting batch of reviews this item has generated. As several others, I've being playing RPGs for a very long time (26 yrs). When 3.0, and then 3.5 came out, I felt that a rather simple game had become very complicated. I have sat and read both Player's Manuals, both DMGs, and utilize all 3 Monster Manuals. I still felt somewhat lost and unable to thoroughly and correctly run a game according to all of the new rules. This...

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Rated 5 stars
A great introduction into a great hobby

This book is a perfect introduction to the D & D game with neophytes in mind, although it has enough meat to keep it from growing dusty on your shelf. I picked up this book mid-october of last year, and I must say it helped me get over the learning curve of D & D a bit faster, and it broke down into layman's terms those concepts I found abstract in my first readings of the core rulebooks. Nowadays I find less and less use...

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Rated 5 stars
Exactly what i expected!

This book is exactly what I expected from the authors - a well written, useful resource. I have over 10 years playing many editions of D+D and wanted to see what some of the experts had to say and to see their opinions on some of the top 10 lists. I have gleaned some useful information for myself, a person who knows quite a bit, but definately not all of it. Having bought over 40 different resource books, I would rank this...

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GREAT RESOURCE FOR NOVICES

Dungeons & Dragons for Dummies is exactly what the title implies, it's and introduction to the long-time and highly popular role-playing game for novices. It's as simple as that. It's not meant to educate long-time players although I did benefit from it for one major reason which I will explain later. The book opens with a short history of the D & D game from its creation by Gary Gygax, born out of war gaming with miniatures...

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