Games PC THE TEMPLE OF ELEMENTAL EVIL User Manual

Keyboard Commands

Action Keys

Accept Enter

Center on character Home or left-click on portrait

Select character 1–8 or left-click on character

Group add/delete SHIFT+ left-click on character

Group assign CTRL + F1–F8

Group recall F1-F8

Pause Menu/Cancel ESC

QuickLoad F9

QuickSave F12

Quit ALT + Q

Radial Menu hotkey assign CTRL + key

Screenshot Print Scrn

Scroll camera Arrow keys

Select all `

Useable object highlight Tab

Interface

Action Keys

Inventory I

Logbook L

Town/world map M

Formation F

Rest R

Help H

Options O

Combat

Action Keys

Combat end turn Space

Combat mode toggle C

Move mode ALT + left-click on location

Spontaneous cast SHIFT + left-click on spell

Waypoints ALT + multiple left-clicks

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . .4

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

The ReadMe File . . . . . . . . . . .4

System Requirements . . . . . . . .5

Setup and Installation . . . . . . .5

Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Game Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Starting a New Game . . . . . . . .6

Character Creation . . . . . . . . . .8

Playing the Game . . . . . . . .12

Character Portraits . . . . . . . . .12

Main Icon Bar . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Radial Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Character/Inventory Screen . .19

Other Commands . . . . . . . . .22

Special Combat Interface . . . .22

Ability Scores . . . . . . . . . . .24

Strength (STR) . . . . . . . . . . .24

Dexterity (DEX) . . . . . . . . . .24

Constitution (CON) . . . . . . .24

Intelligence (INT) . . . . . . . . .25

Wisdom (WIS) . . . . . . . . . . .25

Charisma (CHA) . . . . . . . . . .25

Races . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Humans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Dwarves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Elves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Gnomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Half-Elves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Half-Orcs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Halflings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Barbarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Bard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Cleric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Druid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Fighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Monk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Paladin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Ranger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Rogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Sorcerer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Multiclass Characters . . . . . . .69

Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Skills Summary . . . . . . . . . . .70

Using Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Skill Descriptions . . . . . . . . . .72

Feats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

Feat Descriptions . . . . . . . . . .78

Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Carrying Capacity . . . . . . . . .95

Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Armor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Magic Items . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Miscellaneous Items . . . . . . .104

Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Injury and Death . . . . . . . . .105

Saving Throws . . . . . . . . . . .106

Attacks of Opportunity . . . .106

Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Special Combat Situations . .111

Adventuring . . . . . . . . . . .115

Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Treasure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Reputations . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Adding and Removing Player

Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Followers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Casting Spells . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Arcane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Divine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Magic Schools . . . . . . . . . . .121

Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Bard Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Cleric Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Druid Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Paladin Spells . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Ranger Spells . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Sorcerer/Wizard Spells . . . . .140

Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Recipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Atari Web Sites . . . . . . . . .153

Technical Support . . . . . . .154

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

End-User License

Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Index of Tables . . . . . . . . .166

Getting Started

Introduction

Welcome to the Temple of Elemental Evil™: A Greyhawk Adventure™, or ToEE for short. ToEE is the first game set in Greyhawk, which is the first D D

RAGONS

campaign setting made by Gary Gygax. What began in 1975 as a small supplement detailing the lands of Oerth, has become the core setting of the latest incarnation of the D&D rule set. From the great magicians, such as Bigby, Leomund and Otiluke, who we know from the mighty spells that bear their names; to the very gods themselves, the personages of Greyhawk infuse the entire D&D game with their own special style.

To E E is also the first game to ever use the new 3.5 version D&D rules. We think you will find that these new rules clarify and enhance the game system. However, if you are new to D&D, you should know that a detailed knowledge of the rules is not necessary to enjoy ToEE. You can easily create a party of adventurers and set out to explore Oerth without knowing about attack rolls or saving throws or any other D&D terminology. Certainly that information is available to you if you want it (check the Index on page 158), but you can also sit back and relax and let the computer do all of the detailed work.

Keep in mind that ToEE is a reactive game. You will have a different experience depending on what classes you play, what alignments you pick and what skills you raise. We highly recommend that you play through ToEE more than once, if only to try the different paths available to good and evil parties. You may also find it enjoyable to have at least one simple-minded character (i.e. someone possessing an Intelligence score of no more than seven) in your party, to see how dialog responses change when they are filtered through such a sluggish mind. But above all, have fun exploring the wonderful world of Greyhawk. We hope you enjoy playing this game as much as we enjoyed making it for you.

The Troika Team

Summer 2003

The ReadMe File

The Temple of Elemental Evil CD-ROM game has a ReadMe file where you can view both the License Agreement and updated information about the game. We strongly encourage you to read this file in order to benefit from changes made after this manual went to print.

To view this file, double-click on it in the Temple of Elemental Evil directory found on your hard drive (usually C:\Program Files\Atari\ToEE). You can also view the ReadMe file by first clicking on the Start button on your Windows taskbar, then on Programs, then on Atari, then on ToEE and then on the ReadMe file.

UNGEONS &

System Requirements

Operating System: Windows®98/Me/2000/XP

Processor: Pentium

III 700 MHz (Pentium®4 1.7 GHz or

higher recommended)

Memory: 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended)

Hard Disk Space: 1.1 GB Free

CD-ROM Drive: 4X Speed (10X Speed recommended)

Video: 16 MB Windows

video card* (64 MB Windows

98/Me/2000/XP-compatible 3D

98/Me/2000/XP-

compatible 3D video card* recommended)

Sound: Windows

DirectX

: DirectX®version 9.0 (included) or higher

* Indicates device should be compatible with DirectX

98/Me/2000/XP-compatible sound card*

version 9.0 or higher.

Setup and Installation

1. Start Windows®98/Me/2000/XP.

2. Insert the Temple of Elemental Evil CD-ROM game disc into your CD-ROM drive.

3. If AutoPlay is enabled, a title screen should appear. If AutoPlay is not enabled, or the installation does not start automatically, click on the Start button on your Windows If your CD-ROM drive is assigned to a letter other than D, substitute that letter.

4. Follow the remainder of the on-screen instructions to finish installing the Temple of Elemental Evil CD-ROM game.

5. Once installation is complete, click on the Start button on the Windows taskbar and choose Programs/Atari/ToEE/ToEE to start the game.

Note: You must have the Temple of Elemental Evil game disc in your CD-ROM drive to play.

Installation of DirectX

The Temple of Elemental Evil CD-ROM requires DirectX®9.0 or higher in order to run. If you do not have DirectX click “Yes” to accept the DirectX the DirectX

taskbar, then on Run. Type D:\Setup and click on OK. Note:

9.0 or higher installed on your computer,

9.0 Install.

9.0 License Agreement. This will then launch

Quick Start

Game Menus

Main Menu

When the game begins, you will see the Main Menu, which contains the following options:

New Game: Start a new game. You will choose between Normal and Ironman mode.

Load Game: Load a previously saved game.

Options: Adjust graphics, controls and sound options (see Options, page 15).

Credits: See the names of the people who helped make this game.

Quit Game: Quit to Windows

Starting a New Game

Choose a Game Mode

To begin the game, select New Game on the Main Menu. Your first decision will be whether to play in Normal or Ironman mode.

Ironman simulates as closely as possible how the paper-and-pencil D&D game is played. You cannot reroll your character ability scores or buy abilities using the point system and you cannot save your game before opening a dungeon door, checking for traps, attacking an NPC (non-player character), or any other potentially dangerous situation. Just like the paper-and-pencil game, you must accept the consequences of your characters’ actions.

When you quit an Ironman game, your current state is automatically saved and you can re-enter that saved game to continue playing. However, if your party dies, the game ends and you cannot reload it — you must begin a new Ironman game.

Also, due to the restriction of no rerolling during Ironman character-generation, Ironman characters are kept in a separate party pool from Normal mode characters. You cannot share characters between the two pools.

Choose Party Alignment

After selecting either Normal or Ironman mode, you must pick a party alignment. Party alignment is your way of telling the game what kind of characters you are making and how you intend to act. The game reacts to party alignment by changing the starting location of the game, which gives your party its reason for adventuring, and by changing dialog options and storylines in the game. The game has several possible endings, some of which are restricted to certain party alignments.

Your selection of party alignment will also restrict what alignments of characters you can add to this party. Only those alignments that are highlighted when you select a party alignment are allowed in your party. For example, if you select true neutral as your party alignment, then you can add characters who are true neutral, neutral good, lawful neutral, neutral evil and chaotic neutral.

Some party alignments preclude certain classes with alignment restrictions. For example, monks cannot be in any chaotically aligned parties, because a monk’s alignment must be lawful and paladins cannot be in any evil or chaotic parties. In fact, paladins provide an additional restriction in that they will never group with an evil character. So even though a lawful neutral party could contain lawful good and lawful evil characters, such a party cannot contain both a paladin and a lawful evil character. Once one such character is added to the party, the other is prohibited.

Select Characters

After selecting your party alignment, you can form your party by selecting characters in the party pool. You can choose any of the pre-made characters that come with the game, or you can create your own by clicking on the Create button (see Character Creation on page 8). In either case, you can add characters to your party by clicking on a character and then clicking on the Add button. Note: Any character whose alignment is precluded because of party alignment will be shaded red and cannot be added.

We recommend that you add at least three characters to your party before venturing forth. You can add up to five player characters and during the game you can add up to three NPC followers. In addition, each player character can have an animal companion and/or a familiar if his class allows it. Remember that you can add and remove characters after you begin play (see Adding and Removing Player Characters on page 116), so don’t worry too much about getting the perfect party when you start.

Start Your Adventure

To begin your game, click on the Begin Adventuring button. You will then be given an opportunity to buy equipment for your party members (see Bartering on page 21 for information on how to buy equipment). You will receive 500 gp to buy equipment regardless of the number of characters in your party, so big parties will have to budget themselves, while small parties can splurge a little. To switch who is buying, simply click on the character portrait along the bottom of the screen. In this way, everyone in your group can buy equipment.

After you have made your purchases and outfitted your group, you can select the memorized spells for any cleric, druid or wizard in the party. You can select spells in the Spell section of the Character/Inventory screen. After selecting spells, press the red arrow in the bottom-right corner and your adventure will begin with an opening vignette tailored to your party’s alignment.

Note: If you do not select memorized spells for all cleric, druids, and wizards in the group before beginning the adventure, the game will prompt you to do so. You can also choose to let the game select spells for you.

Character Creation

To create a new character, click on the Create button on the Character Pool screen. Character creation requires a series of steps, which you progress through by clicking on buttons on the right side of the screen. As you complete each creation step, the Next button will light up, indicating you can click on it and advance to the next stage.

At any time during creation, you can back up to an earlier step to change or review previous choices by clicking on the appropriate button. You will need to repeat any intermediate stages. For example, if you are picking your class and want to change your race, click on the Race button. You will then need to reselect your gender, height and hair again before selecting class.

Step 1: Ability Scores

You need to select for your character the values of six ability scores: Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom and Charisma. These values are normally generated with four six-sided dice, with the lowest die roll discarded, for a range of 3 to 18. For information on ability scores, see Ability Scores on pages 24.

In Normal mode, you can choose to roll (and re-roll) your scores or to buy them directly. Point-buying allows you to customize your character’s scores, but random rolling will eventually generate better scores.

If you choose to roll your scores, then six values will be randomly generated. You can arrange these any way you like by dragging a value from the right column to the chosen ability score box in the left column. If you don’t like the numbers, you can re-roll until you’re satisfied. However, the game keeps track of the number of rolls you make and displays this number on your character’s Info Sheet.

You can also buy your ability scores directly in Normal mode. When you use this system, your character begins with all abilities at 8 and you are given 25 points to spend on raising your abilities. Abilities cost one point to raise for each score up to 14, two points for scores 15 and 16 and three points for scores 17 and 18. Click on the Advanced tab to use the point-buying method.

In Ironman mode, you can only roll your scores (no point buying is available) and you must accept the first roll. You can still choose how to arrange the scores, however.

Stage 2: Race

Pick one of the seven races for your character. Race affects some ability scores and determines a favored class (see Races on pages 27–33). It will also change the way your character looks in the game.

Stage 3: Gender

Like race, gender also determines your character’s look. Gender will affect some dialog options, mostly in side quests, but the game is no more difficult to complete with one gender than the other.

Stage 4: Height

Select a height, which will vary depending on your character’s race and gender. Height has no affect on your character’s abilities.

Stage 5: Class

Select a starting class for your character. While selection of class is very important, bear in mind that your character is not necessarily restricted to one class forever, as she can change to a new class when she gains a level. (See Multiclass Characters on page 68.)

One bit of warning at this stage: The success of your character in a particular class is very dependent on ability scores. Low scores in important class abilities can make an ineffective character. Unless you are planning to play against the stereotype of a particular class, we recommend that you reserve your highest ability scores for the primary abilities of that class. (See Classes on pages 34–69 for details about class abilities.)

Stage 6: Alignment

Choose an alignment. While some classes recommend certain alignments (rogues tend to be more chaotic than lawful, as a group), some classes have alignment restrictions. Barbarians and bards may not be lawful, while monks must be lawful. Druids must have a neutral alignment and paladins are the most restricted of all — they must be lawful good.

Alignment affects your character’s choice of deity, so it is a very important decision for clerics, who derive their domain powers and spells from their deities. Alignment will also affect dialog choices, both because some NPCs will treat you differently based on your alignment and because your alignment will vary the possible responses you can make. The availability of quests and even their solutions can be altered by a character’s alignment. In short, alignment does matter.

Remember, when creating a party of player characters, the party alignment will limit which characters may adventure together. Consider which characters you may want to group together and select their alignments carefully so that such a group is possible.

Stage 7: Deity

Only deities appropriate to your character’s class, race and alignment are available (the remaining choices are grayed out). Unlike other classes, clerics must choose a deity and a cleric’s choice of deity is supremely important, as they derive their domain powers and spells from their deity. If you select “None” as the deity choice for any non-cleric character, that character may never multiclass as a cleric.

Stage 8: Features

Sometimes, as with the case of selecting a cleric’s domains or a ranger’s favored enemy, this information is required and you cannot complete this stage until you make a choice. In other cases, such as wizard school specialization, this selection is optional and you may skip this stage.

Stage 9: Feats

Select the one or more feats available to your character. Do this by dragging feats from the list on the left into the slots on the right. Some classes, such as fighters, have specific bonus feats available, which are colored gold. You may drag the goldcolored bonus feats into either the white or gold box on the right. (However, you may not drag regular white-colored feats to a gold-colored bonus feats box.)

Some feats have prerequisites and you may only select them when your character has achieved those prerequisites (usually another feat, skill or minimum ability score). These feats are colored gray if they are unavailable. For more information, see Feats on pages 76–94.

Stage 10: Skills

Use your character’s skill points, which are dependent on her Intelligence score, class and race, to purchase ranks in various skills. Class skills (white) cost one skill point per rank, while cross-class skills (gold) cost two skill points per rank. At level 1, you may not raise a class skill above four ranks or a cross-class skill above two ranks. You must spend all of your skill points before continuing. For more information, see Skills on pages 70–75.

Stage 11: Spells

At this stage, you need to select spells for characters who are arcane spellcasters (bards, sorcerers and wizards). You must select the spells that are known to your spellcasters from the list of all arcane spells available for first-level casters. Later, before adventuring, you will select the spells that the character has actually memorized. For more information, see Start Your Adventure (page 8), Classes (pages 34–69) and Spells (pages 123–145).

Stage 12: Portrait

Select a portrait for your character from a list of all available portraits. Although some portraits are more appropriate for your character’s race and gender, you are free to pick any portrait you like. This portrait is displayed in the party bar next to your health indicator and conditions. Portraits also indicate your initiative order in combat.

Stage 13: Voice/Name

Name your character and choose a voice. Your character will use this voice to respond to you when given orders, during combat, or randomly throughout your adventure.

And that’s it! You’ve now made a D&D character!

Playing the Game

The game was designed with a minimal interface that still allows access to the richness and variety that D&D provides. You can perform most of the common actions in the game with a left-click or a right-click, followed by a menu selection.

Left-click on a location to move all selected characters there. Left-click on an NPC to begin dialog with that character. Left-click on an item to direct a character to pick up that item. Left-click on any other object to attempt to use that object. Left-click on a door or container to open it. Left-click on a corpse or a container to display its contents. To use a passage icon (which looks like doorways, stairs or ladders), left-click on it and it will transport the whole party, usually to a new map.

On the other hand (finger?), right-clicking accesses the Radial Menu, which gives you access to a whole host of character abilities and inventory. See Radial Menu on page 17 for more information.

Character Portraits

The character portraits along the bottom of the screen represent your current party, including any NPC followers you may have picked up. Each portrait displays that character’s health as a red bar that decreases as that character takes damage. If the red bar ever reaches zero and disappears, your character is staggered (see Combat on pages 105-110). Any further damage, up to –10 hit points, will knock your character unconscious. Your character will die when his health drops to –10 hit points or below.

In addition, any nonlethal damage that a character takes is displayed as a blue bar. If the length of the nonlethal bar ever becomes longer than the red health bar (i.e. your character has taken more nonlethal damage than current hit points), that character will fall unconscious until she heals some of the nonlethal damage. Nonlethal damage goes away much faster than normal damage. A character heals one hit point of nonlethal damage per character level per hour.

Left-click on any portrait to select that character (as if you had left-clicked on the character) and center the screen on him. You can select more than one character by holding the Shift key while you left-click on additional character portraits. You can also use the “Select All” icon in the main icon bar (see Main Icon Bar on next page) to select the entire party.

Right-click on a character portrait to open that character’s inventory.

In addition, you can use the character portraits as targets for spells. For example, when casting a Cure Light Wounds, you may select the character on screen or that character’s portrait as the target to receive the healing.

Conditions

The character portraits also show various conditions that may be applied to your characters as you play. There are three kinds of conditions that can occur: temporary negative conditions, temporary positive conditions and other conditions.

Temporary negative conditions are any conditions that hurt your character or reduce his performance. Usually these conditions are the results of combat, such as when the character is poisoned by a giant snake bite or paralyzed by an enemy spell caster. However, some class abilities can lead to negative conditions, such as the fatigue that affects barbarians after they rage. All temporary negative conditions are displayed below your character’s portrait.

Temporary positive conditions are any conditions that help your character. These conditions are always the result of using character abilities or using magic. For example, a bard may use a song to inspire courage in his fellow party members, who will all receive a temporary “Inspired Courage” condition. Or, a fighter may drink a potion of Bull’s Strength and receive that condition. All temporary positive conditions are displayed above your character’s portrait.

Other conditions in the game are shown directly on your character’s portrait. These conditions are mostly combat-related, such as being stunned or flat-footed, or are potentially long lasting, such as being unconscious or dead. A fallen paladin also gains a condition shown directly on his character portrait, as a reminder to atone for his misdeeds.

Click on any condition icon to receive information about its effects and possible steps toward its removal.

Main Icon Bar

The main icon bar appears in the lower-right corner of the screen. It contains eight icons, most of which bring up a new interface: Select All, Formation, Logbook, Town/World Map, Rest/Camp, Help, Options and History. The bottom of the icon bar contains a clock, which graphically displays the time of day, or, when you hover the mouse cursor over it, the exact time and date.

Select All

This icon will select all of your party characters.

Formation

This icon will bring up an interface that lets you create up to four party formations and select an active formation. Use the numbered tabs along the top to select the active formation and change a formation by clicking and dragging the character portraits to different locations. The game will initialize your formations to several standard formations, but you are free to change these.

Logbook

The Logbook icon will bring up the Logbook interface, which is broken into five sections, accessible by the tabs the top of the Logbook: Quests, Reputations, Ego, Keys and Rumors.

Quests: The Quests section keeps track of all quests you have accepted or even heard mentioned. The quests are arranged by the location where you received them and these locations appear as tabs on the top of the left page. Each quest is listed on the left page — you may need to scroll if you have a lot of quests in that location.

Select a quest to see its status and a description on the right page. The status of a quest is Mentioned (you heard about the quest), Accepted (you have agreed to undertake the quest), Completed (you have finished the quest) or Botched (the quest is in a state where you can no longer complete it). You receive experience for a completed quest and sometimes you can “unbotch” a botched quest. For example, if you are supposed to rescue someone and they are killed, that quest is botched. But if you resurrect the person, the quest will be unbotched and you can try to complete it.

Reputations: The Reputations section is similar to the Quests section, in that reputations you have acquired are displayed on the left and information about the reputation is displayed on the right. The Logbook tracks when and where the reputation was received and what effect the reputation has on gameplay. See Reputations on page 116 for more information.

Ego: The Ego section of the Logbook keeps track of various party data, including combat stats, damage ranges and similar information. This data is arranged on the left page, with tabs to switch to different ego subsections. The right page shows the actual information. For example, you can select “Creatures Killed” under the Combat tab on the left side of the Ego page. The right side will then list every monster type that you have killed in the game and tabs on that page will let you sort these monsters by CR (Challenge Rating), Hit Dice or Name.

Keys: The Keys section is similar to the Quests and Reputations sections in that it shows all keys you have found on the left and information on the particular selected key on the right. Note: Unlike all other items in the game, keys do not go into personal character inventories, but instead become group property listed here in the Logbook. See Keys on page 96 for more information.

Rumors: The Rumors section records any rumors your characters have heard through the use of the Gather Information skill. Each rumor’s description is added to the Logbook, along with the time and date that you heard it. There may be more than two pages of rumors, so be sure to use the Page buttons at the bottom of the Logbook.

Town/World Map

The Town/World Map icon gives you access to an overview of your current location and other locations you have visited, as well as a World Map. The location maps, often called Town Maps, show the location you are in — areas you have not seen are blackedout on the map. Select different locations using the menu on the right side.

Use the buttons along the bottom right to manipulate any Town Map. To center the map on your party (drawn as blue circles on the map), click on the first button. The second button lets you place note flags on the map. Simply click anywhere on the map and then type in a note to be attached to that flag. Hovering on the flag will display the note. You can delete note flags by clicking on the third button and then clicking on any note flag you want to delete. Click on the fourth button to zoom in and out of the town map by left-click dragging up and down or by using your mousewheel.

The World Map shows an overview of the entire game area, which includes villages, dungeons and several other locations of interest. Click on the button at the top right of the map window to display the World Map. Some locations (usually indoors or underground) do not allow you to access the world map, so you will have to travel to a location outside before you can get to the World Map.

You cannot randomly travel the World Map. Instead, you select a location, either by clicking on it on the World Map (such places appear as labeled red circles) or by selecting one of the location names on the list on the right. Your party will then travel to that location and their path of travel will be drawn as a series of dots. Each dot represents 15 minutes and around a third of a mile of travel. You may have random encounters while traveling and you may avoid these if one of your characters’ Survival skill is high enough (see Survival on page 75). When you arrive safely at your destination, the game will drop back to the main interface, centering on the party at the entrance point of the new location.

The Current Map button on the World Map window will take you back to the Town Map for your current location. The button on the bottom will do that and center the Town Map on your party’s location.

Rest/Camp

The Rest/Camp icon lets you “fast-forward” time, either a set amount, in days and hours, or until a condition is met. Click on the Pass Time or Rest button after making your selection, or click on Cancel to go back to the game.

Note: While you can pass time anywhere, you are only allowed to rest in certain locations (usually at inns, if you pay first, or in the wilderness or in dungeons). If the Rest/Camp icon looks like a watch, you can only pass time. If it looks like a tent, you can rest. You must rest to heal and recover spells.

Before resting, look carefully at the Tent icon. If the background is green, you can rest safely without interruption. However, if it is yellow, you may have a random encounter while you rest. The type of encounter you have will depend on your location and you cannot avoid it with the Survival skill.

Help

The Help icon activates the in-game help system. In this interface, you can access nearly every facet of the game, including the 3.5 D&D rules and definitions. The interface works like a web browser and links appear as blue text. Click on any blue text to access more detailed information on that topic.

The six blue buttons along the bottom allow you to move through the database. The first two buttons are similar to a browser’s back and next buttons. The third button is a home button and takes you to the topmost page of the database. The last three buttons move you to the topic before, above or after the current topic.

Options

The Options Menu allows you to change your video, audio and preferences settings. You can change options either from the Main Menu, before starting a game or from within a game using the Options icon on the main icon bar. Note: The Video and Audio settings are configuration settings and therefore are set for every game, while Preferences settings apply just to the game you are playing (or the next game you start, if you are at the Main Menu).

History

The History icon brings up a scrollable history of all die rolls in the game. Combat attack rolls, damage rolls, saving throws and skill and ability checks are all in there. In addition, the help system is linked to this window, so any bluecolored text is actually a link into the help database that you can click on to get more information.

History is a great way of seeing “what’s going on under the hood,” so to speak and it’s a great way to learn the D&D system. After a combat turn, you can use History to see how all rolls were made and what bonuses applied to them. You can also see how skill checks were made outside of combat, such as when you are picking a lock or disabling a trap.

Radial Menu

The Radial Menu allows you to access the abilities, item powers and combat options of any character — simply right-click to display the Radial Menu for the currently selected character. As you move the mouse over each selection, an array of choices will fan out. You can select some of these choices with a left click, while others will fan out into more choices. Right-click anywhere off of the Radial Menu to close it.

Radial Menu choices are class-dependent. For example, a character that is not a spellcaster will not see a section for spells. There are six possible Radial Menu sections:

Inventory

This lets you open the character’s Inventory screen or use certain items in his inventory, such as a potion, scroll or wand. If you select an item that requires a target, the game will enter a targeting mode for that item.

Skills

This shows all active skills for the character. Note that the skills Move Silently and Hide are activated with the single menu selection of “Sneak.”

Feats

This shows all active feats available to the character.

Spells

This shows all of the current spells that the character can cast, categorized by class and level. If the spell requires a target, the game will enter a targeting mode for that spell when selected. If the character class allows for spontaneous casting (i.e. for clerics and druids), holding down the Shift key while selecting a spell from the Radial Menu will spontaneously cast the appropriate spell.

Abilities

This shows activated class features, such as a wizard calling his familiar, as well as some miscellaneous capabilities, like talking to followers.

Combat

This allows you to specify combat actions and options for the character. It has four main subsections:

Options: This lets you activate combat options for the selected character. Options toggle ON or OFF (as shown by the check mark) when you select them. These options are:

• AutoEnd Turn: The character’s combat turn will automatically end when he has no more actions he can perform.

• Deal Nonlethal Damage: The character will attempt to perform nonlethal damage with his fists or melee weapon. Note: This defaults to the unchecked version of the optional attack method for the current weapon. For example, a sword will show an unchecked “Deal Nonlethal Damage” box, but an unarmed attack for a non-monk will show an unchecked “Deal Normal Damage” box.

• Fight Defensively: The character will take a defensive stance against an opponent, which raises his AC, but lowers his attack chances. See Fight Defensively on page 112 for more information.

• Cast Defensively: The character will cast all spells defensively when this option is checked. See Cast Defensively on page 111 for more information.

Tactical: This allows you to pick among several tactical combat actions, including:

• Ready vs. Spell: The character will gain an attack if your chosen target begins to cast a spell.

• Ready For Counterspell: The character will get an opportunity to attempt to counter a spell if your chosen target beings to cast a spell (see Counterspell on page 116 for more information).

• Ready vs. Approach: The character will gain an attack on the first creature to enter his threat range.

• Ready vs. Withdrawl: The character will gain an attack on the first creature to attempt to exit his threat range.

• Feint: See Feint on page 109.

• Total Defense: See Total Defense on page 109.

Offense: This offers most of the combat actions (see Combat on pages 105–112) such as coup de grace, trip attack, charge attack, full attack and single attack.

Movement: This section allows you to pick any of the move actions (see Movement on page 109) such as run, withdraw, move (see page 23), and 5-foot step.

In combat you are limited to one standard action and one move action per turn, therefore selections on the Radial Menu are color-coded to help you make tactical decisions. You can choose green selections and then make another selection when that action is complete. Yellow actions mean you can choose them, but then you cannot perform subsequent actions during that round, except for free actions (see Free Actions on page 110). Red means you cannot choose that action.

For example, using a wand may be colored green, since it is a standard action. After using that wand (or performing any other standard action), that and other standard action selections will turn red, meaning you cannot select them again that turn.

Hotkeys and the Radial Menu

You can assign hotkeys to any Radial Menu selection by pressing Ctrl and the key you wish to assign. The Radial Menu will appear and you can click any menu action you want. Later, whenever you press that key, that menu action will be performed, if possible. If you assign a hotkey to a Radial Menu entry that uses a checkbox or slider, the checkbox will toggle ON or OFF or the slider will move between its minimum and maximum values when you press the key.

Hotkey assignments are global — if you assign a hotkey for one character, it has the same effect for other characters. If the hotkey is not applicable for the currently selected character, then nothing happens. Hotkey assignments are saved with your save game.

Character/Inventory Screen

Access the Character/Inventory screen by key command (see Keyboard Commands on page 1), or by selecting the Inventory tab on the Radial Menu. You can also access this screen by right-clicking on a character’s portrait. This interface is used mainly to manipulate the character’s inventory, but you can also access all basic character information and change memorized spells, when appropriate.

Quick Item Configurations

Equipped

Gear

Money

Toggle

Character

Display

Character Information

Skills Feats Spells Abilities

Use Item

Total Weight

Carried Inventory

Drop Item

Your character’s equipped gear is shown in the upper left. It contains slots for gloves, headgear, cloak, robes, left weapon, torso armor, right weapon/shield, bracers, ammunition, boots, buckler, bardic instrument, left ring, necklace, right ring and thieves’ tools. If you have a magic item that a character must wield to have an effect, then you must place it into one of these positions before you will gain its effect. Also, note that carrying a shield will prevent an item from going into your right weapon position and vice versa.

The five tabs along the top allow access to different equipped-items configurations, which you can set up in advance and then quickly swap configurations using the tabs. To create a configuration, simply drag items into their positions. When you switch away from a configuration, all equipped items return to your Inventory. When you switch back to a configuration, all of its previously equipped items are re-equipped.

The three buttons underneath the wielded inventory are used to toggle between the character’s 3D model to his portrait and back to his equipped inventory. Below these buttons are the displays for the party money, in stacks of platinum, gold, silver and copper. The bottom left panel shows character information, such as experience points, level, ability scores, hit points, armor class and various bonuses.

On the right side of the Character/Inventory screen is your character’s carried inventory grid. The vertical tabs toggle between the inventory backpack and any bags the character is carrying (up to four). The number below the grid is the total weight of carried items. There are also two icons for letting you use and drop items. Drag an item to the Use Item icon and the window will close, then the game acts as if you had selected the item to use from the Radial Menu. If you drag an item to the Drop Item icon, the item is removed from that character’s inventory and placed on the ground at the character’s location.

You may use the right mouse button to quickly move inventory around. When looting, a right-click will send the item into your character’s Inventory. In Inventory, right-click on a wielded item to send it back into Inventory. Rightclick on an unwielded item to attempt to equip that item, possibly displacing an item already worn (which will return to your Inventory). As a safeguard, you cannot right-click to buy and sell items while bartering.

The top tabs allow you to examine the skills, feats, spells and abilities of the character. Spellcasters (apart from bards and sorcerers) can change their memorized spells by dragging spells from the known spells list on the left to the memorized spells list on the right. The spells on the memorized list will replace the existing memorized spells (accessed from the Radial Menu) after the character rests for eight hours.

Dialog

The Dialog window opens whenever you talk to an NPC. The top pane of the window shows the conversation thread so far, alternating between lines the NPC has said and lines your character has said. The bottom pane displays all of the current responses. Note: An icon appears to the left of any line that uses a dialog skill, such as Diplomacy.

The Dialog History button in the upper right displays a record of several previous conversations.

Bartering

Some NPCs will barter with you, as indicated by their conversation. The bartering interface looks very similar to the character inventory with an extra pane on the left side for the NPC’s inventory. Hovering over any item in your character’s inventory will display the price that the NPC will buy it for and hovering over any item in the NPC’s inventory will tell you what the NPC will sell it for. To buy or sell an item, simply drag it from one inventory to the other. In some cases, the NPC will refuse to buy or sell an item and he will tell you if that is the case.

All shopkeepers can identify magic items, for a price. Simply click the Identify button and you will get a special identify cursor. Click on any unidentified magic item in your inventory and for 100 gp the shopkeeper will identify it. All unidentified magic items sell for the same (low) price. If you want the best price from a shopkeeper, be sure to get your items identified first.

Also, note that the same item can display different prices at different shopkeepers. Three things affect the price of an item. First, every shopkeeper sets his own prices, so some will be a little more expensive or a little cheaper than others. Second, your own Appraise skill affects the prices you see, so try to sell items with the character with the highest Appraise skill level. Lastly, shopkeepers will offer lower prices to buy items that they normally do not sell, so for example you will get a lower price for selling a sword to the moneychanger than to the smith and you will get a lower price for selling leather armor to the smith than to the tanner. If you want the best prices, it pays to shop around.

Leveling-Up Interface

When a character gains enough experience to advance a level, an icon appears on his character portrait. Click on his portrait to bring up the leveling up interface. This interface is similar to the creation interface, except there are fewer stages.

Stage 1: Class

At the beginning of leveling up, you must pick the class that you want to raise one level. You can pick the character’s current class, or you can switch to a new class. Note: Some classes will not be available, due to alignment restrictions. Remember, you can never add the Cleric class to a character who has no deity.

Stage 2: Stats

Every fourth level, you can raise an ability score by one point.

Stage 3: Features

Some classes get special abilities (sometimes optional) at certain levels. For example, a level 1, 5 or 10 ranger must pick a favored enemy and a level 2 ranger must pick a combat style.

Stage 4: Skills

Spend your new skill points for your character at a cost of one point per class skill and two points per cross-class skill. Skill points do not carry over — you must spend all skill points before continuing.

Stage 5: Feats

All classes get a new feat every third level. Fighters get an additional fighterspecific feat at 2nd level, and every two fighter levels thereafter.

Stage 6: Spells

If your raised class is an arcane spellcaster and thus keeps a list of known spells, pick new spells. Note that these new spells are known spells, not memorized ones. Wizards and divine spellcasters will still need to select new spells to memorize.

When you have completed all stages, click on the Finish button and your character will level up. In addition to the new abilities you have selected, your character will also automatically gain hit points, attack and saving throw bonuses and other abilities (such as the number of spells he can cast each day).

Other Commands

Quicksave / Quickload

Press the F12 key while playing to Quicksave your game. This one-stroke process saves your current progress in a saved game called “Auto-save.” Press F9 at any time to Quickload that saved game. Quickload does nothing if you haven’t previously saved your game using the Quicksave function.

Scroll Camera

When in the main game view, you can scroll the camera by moving your mouse against any edge of the screen. Alternatively, you can use the arrow keys to move the camera in the specified direction.

Highlight Usable Objects

Press the TAB key to highlight all usable objects on the screen, which makes it easier for you to see and target them. Usable objects include doors, chests, corpses and items lying on the ground.

Special Combat Interface

Combat Mode Toggle

Press the combat mode toggle key (C) to begin turn-based combat, if your characters are not otherwise engaged. Any nearby creatures will be included in combat. If there are no hostile creatures nearby and your party is in combat mode, you may toggle it OFF using the same key.

Initiative Bar

The Initiative bar appears along the top of the screen when combat begins. Each combatant’s portrait appears on this bar in the order of highest initiative roll, from left to right. Each portrait will highlight when it is that character’s turn to act. When the last combatant in the round has acted, the next round begins and the first character on the bar takes his next turn.

You may move your party’s character portraits on the bar by clicking and dragging the portrait to a new position during that character’s turn, effectively changing his initiative level. This is the Delay action, described on page 110.

Action Bar

The Action bar appears on the left side of the screen during combat, when it is your turn to control one of your characters. The Action bar shows you how much of your move action remains and if you can still perform a standard action after moving. As you move your cursor, the action bar will indicate how much of your move action is used by reducing the amount of the green area. When the bar turns from green to yellow, the character can only perform movement actions.

The action bar has a red End Turn button at the bottom of it. Click on this button during one of your character’s combat turns to immediately end that character’s turn.

Move Mode and Waypoints

During one of your character’s combat turns, you may hold the ALT key (or select the Move mode from the radial menu) while left-clicking on locations. The ALT key triggers a “move mode,” which tells the computer that you wish to target a location and not most usable objects (see below). The computer will display your character’s path in real time as you hover over locations with the mouse cursor. You may perform multiple left-clicks, in order to set waypoints that specifically control the path your character will take. Your character will begin to move when you left-click the same location twice in a row.

Note: Even if you click within the bounding circle of most usable objects, such as doors and dead creatures, the computer will only attempt to move your character as close as possible to the specified location. However, you can click on container objects, such as chests, and on items and non-dead creatures, but you may only click on their bounding circles (the circle at their feet), not their bounding cylinders (their whole bodies). This allows you to target a creature that is standing behind a larger creature that obscures it.

Ability Scores

Characters are defined by six ability scores. The Abilities Modifiers and Bonus Spells table on page 26 shows the modifier that each score gets and if the ability is used to control bonus spells, how many bonus spells each score provides.

Strength (STR)

Strength measures your character’s muscle and physical power. This ability is especially important for fighters, barbarians, paladins, rangers and monks because it helps them to prevail in combat. Strength also limits the amount of equipment your character can carry.

You apply your character’s Strength modifier to:

• Melee attack rolls

• Damage rolls when using a melee weapon or a thrown weapon (including a sling). (Exceptions: Off-hand attacks receive only one-half of the character’s Strength bonus, while two-handed attacks receive one and a half times the Strength bonus. A Strength penalty, but not a bonus, applies to attacks made with a bow that is not a composite bow.)

Dexterity (DEX)

Dexterity measures hand-eye coordination, agility, reflexes and balance. This ability is most important for rogues, but it’s also high on the list for characters that typically wear light or medium armor (rangers and barbarians) or no armor at all (monks, wizards and sorcerers). It is also critical for anyone who wants to be a skilled archer.

You apply your character’s Dexterity modifier to:

• Ranged attack rolls, including those for attacks made with bows, crossbows, throwing axes and other ranged weapons.

• Armor Class (AC), provided that the character can react to the attack.

• Reflex saving throws, for avoiding fireballs and other attacks that you can escape by moving quickly.

• The Hide, Move Silently, Open Lock, Sleight of Hand and Tumble skills have Dexterity as their key ability.

Constitution (CON)

Constitution represents your character’s health and stamina. A Constitution bonus increases a character’s hit points, so it is an important ability for any class.

If a character’s Constitution score changes enough to alter his or her Constitution modifier, the character’s hit points also increase or decrease accordingly.

You apply your character’s Constitution modifier to:

• Each roll of a Hit Die (though a penalty can never drop a result below 1 — that is, a character always gains at least one hit point each time he or she advances in level).

• Fortitude saving throws, for resisting poison and similar threats.

• Constitution is the key ability for the Concentration skill and is therefore important for spellcasters.

Intelligence (INT)

Intelligence determines how well your character learns and reasons. This ability is important for wizards, because it affects how many spells they can cast, how hard their spells are to resist and how powerful their spells can be. It’s also important for any character that wants to have a wide assortment of skills.

A wizard gains bonus spells based on his or her Intelligence score. The minimum Intelligence score needed to cast a wizard spell is 10 + the spell’s level.

An animal has an Intelligence score of 1 or 2. A creature of humanlike intelligence has a score of at least 3.

You apply your character’s Intelligence modifier to:

• The number of skill points gained each level. (But your character always gets at least one skill point per level.)

• The Appraise, Disable Device, Search and Spellcraft skills all have Intelligence as their key ability.

Wisdom (WIS)

Wisdom describes a character’s willpower, common sense, perception and intuition. While Intelligence represents one’s ability to analyze information, Wisdom represents being in tune with and aware of one’s surroundings. An “absentminded professor” has low Wisdom and high Intelligence. A simpleton (low Intelligence) might still have great insight (high Wisdom). Wisdom is the most important ability for clerics and druids and it is also important for paladins and rangers. If you want your character to have acute senses, give him high Wisdom.

Clerics, druids, paladins and rangers get bonus spells based on their Wisdom scores. The minimum Wisdom score needed to cast a cleric, druid, paladin, or ranger spell is 10 + the spell’s level.

You apply your character’s Wisdom modifier to:

• Will saving throws, for negating the effects of charm person and other spells.

• The Heal, Listen, Sense Motive, Spot and Survival skills all have Wisdom as their key ability.

Charisma (CHA)

Charisma measures a character’s force of personality, persuasiveness, personal magnetism, ability to lead and physical attractiveness. This ability represents actual strength of personality, not merely how one is perceived by others in a social setting. Charisma is most important for paladins, sorcerers and bards. It is also important for clerics, since it affects their ability to turn undead.

Sorcerers and bards get bonus spells based on their Charisma scores. The minimum Charisma score needed to cast a sorcerer or bard spell is 10 + the spell’s level.

You apply your character’s Charisma modifier to:

• Bluff, Diplomacy, Gather Information, Intimidate, Perform and Use Magic Device checks. These are the skills that have Charisma as their key ability.

• Checks that represent attempts to influence others.

• Turning checks for clerics and paladins attempting to turn zombies, vampires and other undead.

Ability Modifiers and Bonus Spells

Score Modifier 0 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

1 –5 Can’t cast spells tied to this ability

2––3 –4 Can’t cast spells tied to this ability

4––5 –3 Can’t cast spells tied to this ability

6––7 –2 Can’t cast spells tied to this ability

8––9 –1 Can’t cast spells tied to this ability

10––11 0 ——————

12––13 +1 — 1 ————

14––15 +2 — 1 1 — — —

16––17 +3 — 111——

18––19 +4 — 1111—

20––21 +5 — 21111

22––23 +6 — 22111

24––25 +7 — 22211

26––27 +8 — 22221

28—29 +9 — 32222

30—31 +10 — 33222

32—33 +11 — 33322

34—35 +12 — 33332

36—37 +13 — 43333

38—39 +14 — 44333

40—41 +15 — 44433

42—43 +16 — 44443

44–45 +17 — 54444

Etc…

Races

There are seven races to choose and each one has a different set of ability adjustments and a different favored class. Ability adjustments are applied to your character when you select a race during character creation. Note: Humans and half-elves have no inherent strengths or weaknesses and get no ability adjustments at all.

A character’s favored class does not count against him or her when determining experience point penalties for multiclassing. For example, as a halfling rogue, Lidda can add a second class later on (becoming a multiclass character) without worrying about an XP penalty, because rogue is the favored class for halflings. Note: Humans and half-elves do not have a favored class. Instead their highestlevel class, whatever it may be, is not counted when determining if there is an experience point penalty for that character.

Racial Ability Modifiers and Favored Classes

Races Ability Adjustments Favored Class

Human None Any

Dwarf +2 Constitution, –2 Charisma Fighter

Elf +2 Dexterity, –2 Constitution Wizard

Gnome +2 Constitution, –2 Strength Bard

Half-elf None Any

Half-orc +2 Strength, –2 Intelligence, –2 Charisma Barbarian

Halfling +2 Dexterity, –2 Strength Rogue

Humans

Most humans are the descendants of pioneers, conquerors, traders, travelers, refugees and other people on the move. As a result, human lands are home to a mix of people who are physically, culturally, religiously and politically different. Hardy or fine, light-skinned or dark, showy or austere, primitive or civilized, devout or impious, humans run the gamut.

Physical Description

Humans typically stand from 5 feet to a little over 6 feet tall and weigh from 125 to 250 pounds, with men noticeably taller and heavier than women. Humans have short life spans, reaching adulthood at about age 15 and rarely living even a single century.

Alignment

Humans favor no particular alignment — the best and the worst are found among them.

Religion

Unlike members of the other common races, humans do not have a chief racial deity. Pelor, the sun god, is the most commonly worshiped deity in human lands, but he can claim nothing like the central place that the dwarves give Moradin or the elves give Corellon Larethian in their respective pantheons.

Racial Traits

• Medium: As Medium creatures, humans have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.

• Human base land speed is 30 feet.

• One extra feat at 1st level.

• Four extra skill points at 1st level and one extra skill point at each additional level.

• Favored Class: Any. When determining whether a multiclass human takes an experience point penalty, her highest-level class does not count.

Dwarves

Dwarves are known for their skill in warfare, their ability to withstand physical and magical punishments, their knowledge of the earth’s secrets, their hard work and their capacity for drinking ale. Their mysterious kingdoms, carved from the insides of mountains, are renowned for the marvelous treasures that they produce as gifts for trade.

Physical Description

Dwarves stand only 4 to 4 1/2 feet tall, but they are so broad and compact that they are, on average, almost as heavy as humans. Dwarf men are slightly taller and noticeably heavier than dwarf women. Dwarf men value their beards and groom them very carefully. Dwarves are considered adults at about age 40 and they can live to be more than 400 years old.

Alignment

Dwarves are usually lawful and they tend toward good. Adventuring dwarves are less likely to fit the common mold, however, since they’re more likely those who didn’t fit perfectly into dwarven society.

Religion

The chief deity of the dwarves is Moradin, the Soul Forger. He is the creator of the dwarves and he expects his followers to work for the betterment of the dwarf race.

Racial Traits

• +2 Constitution, –2 Charisma.

• Medium: As Medium creatures, dwarves have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.

• Dwarf base land speed is 20 feet. However, dwarves can move at this speed even when wearing medium or heavy armor or when carrying a medium or heavy load.

• Weapon Familiarity: Dwarves may treat dwarven war axes as martial weapons rather than exotic weapons.

• Stability: +4 bonus on ability checks made to resist being bull rushed or tripped when standing on the ground.

• +2 racial bonus on saving throws vs. poison.

• +2 racial bonus on saving throws vs. spells and spell-like effects.

• +1 racial bonus on attack rolls vs. orcs and goblinoids.

• +4 dodge bonus to Armor Class vs. giant-type creatures, such as ogres, trolls and hill giants.

• +2 racial bonus on Appraise checks related to stone or metal items.

• Favored Class: Fighter.

Elves

Elves mingle freely in human lands, always welcome yet never at home. They are well known for their poetry, dance, song, lore and magical arts. Elves favor things of natural and simple beauty. When danger threatens their woodland homes, however, elves reveal a more martial side, demonstrating skill with sword, bow and battle strategy.

Physical Description

Elves are short and slim, standing about 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 feet tall and typically weighing 95 to 135 pounds, with elf men the same height as and only marginally heavier than elf women. They are graceful but frail. An elf reaches adulthood at about 110 years of age and can live to be more than 700 years old. Elves do not sleep, as other members of other common races do. Instead, an elf meditates in a deep trance for four hours a day.

Alignment

Since elves love freedom, variety and self-expression, they lean strongly toward the gentler aspects of chaos. Generally, they value and protect others’ freedom as well as their own and they are more often good than not.

Religion

Above all others, elves worship Corellon Larethian, the Protector and Preserver of life. Elven myth holds that it was from his blood, shed in battle with Gruumsh, the god of the orcs, that the elves first arose.

Racial Traits

• +2 Dexterity, –2 Constitution.

• Medium: As Medium creatures, elves have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.

• Immunity to magic sleep spells and effects and a +2 racial saving throw bonus against enchantment spells or effects.

• Weapon Proficiency: Elves receive the Martial Weapon Proficiency feats for the longsword, rapier, longbow and shortbow as bonus feats.

• +2 racial bonuses on Listen, Search and Spot checks. An elf who merely passes within five feet of a secret or concealed door is entitled to a Search check to notice it as if she were actively looking for it.

• Favored Class: Wizard.

Gnomes

Gnomes are welcome everywhere as technicians, alchemists and inventors. Despite the demand for their skills, most gnomes prefer to remain among their own kind, living in comfortable burrows beneath the rolling, wooded hills where animals abound.

Physical Description

Gnomes stand 3 to 3 1/2 feet tall and weigh 40 to 45 pounds. Gnomes reach adulthood at about age 40 and they typically live about 350 years, though some can live almost 500 years.

Alignment

Gnomes are most often good. Those who tend toward law are sages, engineers, researchers, scholars or investigators. Those who tend toward chaos are minstrels or wanderers. Gnomes are good-hearted and even the tricksters among them are more playful than vicious. Evil gnomes are as rare as they are frightening.

Religion

The chief gnome god is Garl Glittergold, the Watchful Protector.

Racial Traits

• +2 Constitution, –2 Strength.

• Small: As a Small creature, a gnome gains a +1 size bonus to Armor Class, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls and a +4 bonus on Hide checks, but he must use smaller weapons than humans use and his lifting and carrying limits are threequarters of those of a Medium character.

• Gnome base land speed is 20 feet.

• +2 racial bonus on saving throws vs. illusions.

• Add +2 to the Difficulty Class for all saving throws against illusion spells cast by gnomes.

• +1 racial bonus on attack rolls against goblinoids (goblins, hobgoblins and bugbears).

• +4 dodge bonus to Armor Class against giant-type creatures, such as ogres, trolls and hill giants.

• +2 racial bonus on Listen checks.

• Favored Class: Bard.

Half-Elves

Humans and elves sometimes wed, the elf attracted to the human’s energy and the human to the elf’s grace. These marriages end quickly because a human’s life is so brief (compared to an elf’s life span of hundreds of years), but they leave an enduring legacy places for themselves eventually in human lands, but some feel like outsiders all their lives.

Physical Description

Half-elves range from under 5 feet to about 6 feet tall and weigh from 100 to 180 pounds. Half-elf men are slightly taller and heavier than half-elf women. A half-elf reaches adulthood at age 20 and can live to be more than 180 years old.

Alignment

Half-elves share the chaotic bent of their elven heritage, but, like humans, they tend toward good and evil in equal proportion. Like elves, they value personal freedom and creative expression, demonstrating neither love of leaders nor desire for followers. They chafe at rules, resent others’ demands and sometimes prove unreliable, or at least unpredictable.

Religion

Half-elves raised among elves follow elven deities, principally Correlon Larethian. Those raised among humans follow Ehlonna.

Racial Traits

• Medium: As Medium creatures, half-elves have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.

• Half-elf base land speed is 30 feet.

• Immunity to sleep spells and similar magical effects and a +2 racial bonus on saving throws vs. enchantment spells or effects.

• +1 racial bonus on Listen, Search and Spot checks: A half-elf does not have the elf’s ability to notice secret doors simply by passing near them.

• +2 racial bonus on Diplomacy and Gather Information checks.

• Favored Class: Any. When determining whether a multiclass half-elf takes an experience point penalty, her highest-level class does not count.

— half-elf children. The life of a half-elf can be hard. Most find

Half-Orcs

In the wild frontiers, tribes of humans and orc barbarians live in uneasy balance, fighting in times of war and trading in times of peace. Half-Orcs who are born in the frontier may live with either human or orc parents, but they are nevertheless exposed to both cultures. Some, for whatever reason, leave their homeland and travel to civilized lands, bringing with them the tenacity, courage and combat prowess that they developed in the wilds.

Physical Description

Half-orcs stand between 6 and 7 feet tall and usually weigh between 180 and 250 pounds. Many half-orcs have scars, whether as symbols of pride or shame. Halforcs mature a little faster than humans and age noticeably faster. They reach adulthood at age 14 and few live longer than 75 years.

Alignment

Half-orcs inherit a tendency toward chaos from their orc parents, but, like their human parents, they favor good and evil in equal proportions. Half-orcs raised among orcs and willing to live out their lives with them are usually the evil ones.

Religion

Like orcs, many half-orcs worship Gruumsh, the chief orc god and archenemy of Corellon Larethian, god of the elves. Half-orcs who want to solidify their connection to their human heritage, on the other hand, follow human gods and they may be outspoken in their shows of piety.

Racial Traits

• +2 Strength, –2 Intelligence, –2 Charisma.

• Medium: As Medium creatures, half-orcs have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.

• Half-orc base land speed is 30 feet.

• Favored Class: Barbarian.

Halflings

Halflings are clever, capable opportunists. Halfling individuals and clans find room for themselves wherever they can. Often they are strangers and wanderers and others react to them with suspicion or curiosity. Depending on the clan, halflings might be reliable, hardworking citizens, or they might be thieves just waiting for the opportunity to make a big score and disappear in the dead of night. Regardless, halflings are cunning and resourceful survivors.

Physical Description

Halflings stand about 3 feet tall and usually weigh between 30 and 35 pounds. A halfling reaches adulthood at the age of 20 and usually lives into the middle of her second century.

Alignment

Halflings tend to be neutral. While they are comfortable with change (a chaotic trait), they also tend to rely on intangible constants, such as clan ties and personal honor (a lawful trait).

Religion

The chief halfling deity is Yondalla, the Blessed One, protector of the halflings. Halflings also recognize countless lesser gods, who rule over individual villages, forests, rivers, lakes and so on. The halflings pay homage to these deities to ensure safe journey as they travel from place to place.

Racial Traits

• +2 Dexterity, –2 Strength.

• Small: As a Small creature, a halfling gains a +1 size bonus to Armor Class, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls and a +4 bonus on Hide checks, but she must use smaller weapons than humans use and her lifting and carrying limits are three quarters of those of a Medium character.

• Halflings base land speed is 20 feet.

• +2 racial bonus on Move Silently checks.

• +1 racial bonus on all saving throws.

• +2 morale bonus on saving throws vs. fear. This bonus stacks with the halfling’s +1 bonus on saving throws in general.

• +1 racial attack bonus with thrown weapons and slings.

• +2 racial bonus on Listen checks.

• Favored Class: Rogue.

Classes

There are 11 classes from which to choose, each with different features, skills, restrictions on alignment and so forth. There are some level-dependent benefits that all classes share, as shown in the table below. This table also shows the minimum experience point total needed to attain each level.

Class Experience Points and Bonuses

Character XP Class Skill Cross-Class Skill Feats Ability Score Level Max Ranks Max Ranks Increases

1st 0 4 2 1st —

2nd 1,000 5 2.5 — —

3rd 3,000 6 3 2nd —

4th 6,000 7 3.5 — 1st

5th 10,000 8 4 — —

6th 15,000 9 4.5 3rd —

7th 21,000 10 5 — —

8th 28,000 11 5.5 — 2nd

9th 36,000 12 6 4th —

10th 45,000 13 6.5 — —

In addition to these benefits, all classes gain the following increases at each level:

• An additional hit die is rolled for hit points

• Base attack bonus is raised

• Saving throw bonuses increase

• New skill points

• Special class features are gained or improved

• Arcane spellcasters learn additional spells

• All spellcasters can cast an additional number of spells

The exact benefit (such as what kind of hit die is rolled for hit points) varies by class.

Barbarian

From the frozen wastes of the north and the hellish jungles of the south come brave, even reckless warriors. Civilized people call them barbarians or berserkers and suspect them of mayhem, impiety and atrocities. These "barbarians" have proven their mettle and their value to those who would be their allies.

Characteristics: The barbarian is an excellent warrior. The fighter’s skill in combat comes from training and discipline, however, the barbarian has a powerful rage. Barbarians are at home in the wild and they run at great speed.

Alignment: Barbarians are never lawful. They may be honorable, but at heart they are wild. This wildness is their strength and it could not live in a lawful soul. At best, barbarians of chaotic alignment are free and expressive. At worst, they are thoughtlessly destructive.

Other Classes: As people of the wild, barbarians are most comfortable in the company of rangers, druids and clerics who worship nature deities. Many barbarians admire the talents of bards and are enthusiastic about music. However, barbarians don’t trust what they don’t understand, which includes the practices of wizards. They are more tolerant toward sorcerers, perhaps because sorcerers are so charismatic. Barbarians have little in common with the practical, deliberate approach to combat that monks take, but these two classes are not necessarily hostile to one another. Barbarians have no special attitude toward fighters, paladins, clerics, or rogues.

Role: A barbarian’s typical primary role in a group of adventurers is as a front-line combat specialist. No other character can match a barbarian’s sheer toughness. He can also serve as a good scout, thanks to his speed, skill selection and trap sense.

Abilities: Strength is important for barbarians, because it boosts combat capabilities. Dexterity is also useful to barbarians, especially those who wear light armor. Wisdom is important for several of the barbarian’s class skills. A high Constitution score lets a barbarian rage longer (and live longer, because it gives him more hit points).

Hit Die: d12

Class Skills

• Intimidate, Listen and Survival.

• Skill Points at 1st Level: (4 + Int modifier)

✕4.

• Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 4 + Int modifier.

The Barbarian

Level Base Attack Bonus Fort Save Ref Save Will Save Special

1st +1 +2 +0 +0 Fast Movement,

2nd +2 +3 +0 +0 Uncanny Dodge

3rd +3 +3 +1 +1 Trap Sense +1

4th +4 +4 +1 +1 Rage 2 times/day

5th +5 +4 +1 +1 Improved Uncanny

6th +6/+1 +5 +2 +2 Trap Sense +2

7th +7/+2 +5 +2 +2 Damage Reduction

8th +8/+3 +6 +2 +2 Rage 3 times/day

9th +9/+4 +6 +3 +3 Trap Sense +3

10th +10/+5 +7 +3 +3 Damage Reduction

Rage 1 time/day

Dodge

1/—

2/—

Class Features

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A barbarian is proficient with all simple and martial weapons, light armor, medium armor and shields.

Fast Movement: A barbarian’s land speed is faster than the norm for his race by +10 feet. This benefit applies only when he is wearing no armor, light armor, or medium armor and not carrying a heavy load. Apply this bonus before modifying the barbarian’s speed due to any load carried or armor worn.

For example, a human barbarian has a speed of 40 feet rather than 30 feet when wearing light or no armor. When wearing medium armor or carrying a medium load, his speed drops to 30 feet. A halfling barbarian has a speed of 30 feet, rather than 20 feet, in light or no armor. When wearing medium armor or carrying a medium load, his speed drops to 20 feet.

Rage: A barbarian can fly into a screaming blood frenzy a certain number of times per day. While raging, a barbarian gains phenomenal strength and durability but becomes reckless and less capable of defending himself. He temporarily gains a +4 bonus to Strength, a +4 bonus to Constitution and a +2 morale bonus on Will saves, but he takes a –2 to AC.

The Constitution bonus increases the barbarian’s hit points by two points per level, but these hit points disappear once the rage ends, at which point his Constitution score drops back to normal.

While raging, a barbarian cannot use skills or abilities that require patience or concentration (such as casting a spell or moving silently). He can use any feat he has except for Combat Expertise, item creation feats, metamagic feats and Skill Focus.

A fit of rage lasts for the number of rounds equal to 3 + the character’s newly improved Constitution modifier. At the end of the rage, the barbarian loses the rage modifiers and restrictions, and becomes fatigued (–2 penalty to Strength, –2 penalty to Dexterity, cannot charge or run) for the same number of rounds as the rage lasted.

A barbarian can fly into a rage only once per encounter. At 1st level, he can use his rage ability once per day, twice at 4th level and a maximum of three times per day at 8th level. Entering a rage can only be done during the barbarian’s action, not in response to someone else’s action. For example, a barbarian can’t fly into a rage when struck by an arrow just to get the extra hit points from the Con bonus. Those extra hit points would only be helpful if the barbarian initiated a rage before being struck.

Uncanny Dodge: At 2nd level, a barbarian gains the ability to react to danger before his senses would normally allow him to do so. He retains his Dexterity bonus to AC (if any) even if he is caught flat-footed or struck by an invisible attacker. However, he still loses his Dexterity bonus to AC if immobilized. Note: If a barbarian already has Uncanny Dodge from a different class, he automatically gains Improved Uncanny Dodge (see below) instead.

Trap Sense: Starting at 3rd level, a barbarian has an intuitive sense that alerts him to danger from traps, giving him a +1 bonus on Reflex saves made to avoid traps and a +1 dodge bonus to AC against attacks made by traps. These bonuses rise by +1 every three barbarian levels thereafter (at 6th and 9th level). Trap sense bonuses gained from multiple classes stack.

Improved Uncanny Dodge: At 5th level and higher, a barbarian can no longer be flanked; he can react to opponents on opposite sides of him as easily as he can react to a single attacker. This defense denies a rogue the ability to sneak attack the barbarian by flanking him, unless the attacker has at least four more rogue levels than the target has barbarian levels.

If a character already has Uncanny Dodge (see above) from a second class, the character automatically gains Improved Uncanny Dodge instead and the levels from the classes that grant Uncanny Dodge stack to determine the minimum rogue level required to flank the character.

Damage Reduction: At 7th level, a barbarian gains the ability to shrug off some amount of injury from each blow or attack. One point of damage is subtracted each time a barbarian is dealt damage from a weapon or natural attack. At 10th level, the damage reduction rises by one point, so two points of damage is subtracted at that level. Damage reduction can reduce damage to 0 but not below 0.

Bard

It is said that music has a special magic and the bard proves that saying. Wandering across the land, gathering lore, telling stories, working magic with his music and living on the gratitude of his audience — such is the life of a bard. When change or opportunity draws them into a conflict, bards serve as diplomats, negotiators, scouts and spies.

Characteristics: A bard brings forth magic from his soul, not from a book. He can cast only a small number of spells, but he can do so without selecting or preparing them in advance. His magic emphasizes charms and illusions over the more dramatic evocation spells that wizards and sorcerers often use.

In addition to spells, a bard works magic with his music and poetry. He can encourage allies, hold his audiences rapt, and counter magical effects that rely on speech or sound.

Bards have some of the same skills as rogues, although bards are not as focused on skill mastery as rogues are. A bard listens to stories as well as telling them, of course, so he has a vast knowledge of local events and noteworthy items.

Alignment: Any nonlawful. Bards are wanderers, guided by whim and intuition rather than by tradition or law. The spontaneous talent, magic and lifestyle of the bard are incompatible with a lawful alignment.

Other Classes: A bard works well with companions of other classes. He often serves as the spokesperson of the party, using his social skills for the party’s benefit. In a party without a wizard or sorcerer, a bard contributes his magic. In a party without a rogue, a bard uses rogue skills.

Role: The bard is perhaps the ultimate generalist. In most adventuring groups, he works best in a supporting role. The bard makes all the other characters better at what they do and can often fill in for another character when needed.

Abilities: Charisma determines how powerful a spell a bard can cast, how many spells he can cast per day and how difficult those spells are to resist. Charisma, Dexterity and Intelligence are important for many of the bard’s class skills.

Hit Die: d6

Class Skills

• Appraise, Tumble, Bluff, Concentration, Diplomacy, Gather Information, Hide, Listen, Move Silently, Perform, Sense Motive, Sleight of Hand, Spellcraft and Use Magic Device.

• Skill Points at 1st Level: (6 + Int modifier)

✕4.

• Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 6 + Int modifier.

The Bard

Level Base Attack Fort Ref Will Special

1st +0 +0 +2 +2 Bardic Music, Bardic

2nd+1 +0+3+3

3rd +2 +1 +3 +3 Inspire Competence

4th +3 +1 +4 +4

5th +3 +1 +4 +4

6th +4 +2 +5 +5 Intimidate

7th +5 +2 +5 +5

8th +6/+1 +2 +6 +6 Inspire Courage +2

9th +6/+1 +3 +6 +6 Inspire Greatness

10th +7/+2 +3 +7 +7

Bonus Save Save Save

Knowledge, Countersong, Fascinate, Inspire Courage +1

Class Features

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A bard is proficient with all simple weapons, plus the longsword, rapier, sap, short sword and shortbow. Bards are proficient with light armor, medium armor and shields (except tower shields).

Because the somatic components required for bard spells are relatively simple, a bard can cast spells while wearing light armor without incurring the normal arcane spell failure chance. However, like any other arcane spellcaster, a bard wearing medium or heavy armor or using a shield incurs a chance of arcane spell failure if the spell in question has a somatic component (most do). A multiclass bard still incurs the normal arcane spell failure chance for arcane spells received from other classes.

Spells: A bard casts arcane spells (the same type of spells available to sorcerers and wizards) that are drawn from the bard spell list. A bard can cast any spell he or she knows without preparing for it ahead of time. Every bard spell has a verbal component. To learn or cast a spell, a bard must have a Charisma score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. Like other spellcasters, a bard can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day.

Bard Spells per Day

Spell Level 01234

Bard Level —————

1st 2 ————

2nd 3 0 — — —

3rd 3 1 ———

4th 320——

5th 331——

6th 332——

7th 3320—

8th 3331—

9th 3332—

10th 33320

Bard Spells Known

Spell Level 01234

Caster Level —————

1st 4 ————

2nd 5 2* — — —

3rd 6 3 ———

4th 6 3 2* — —

5th 643——

6th 643——

7th 6442*—

8th 6443—

9th 6443—

10th 64442*

* Provided the bard has a high enough Charisma score to have a bonus spell of this level.

Bardic Knowledge: A bard picks up a lot of stray knowledge while wandering the land and learning stories from other bards. He may make a special bardic knowledge check with a bonus equal to his bard level + his Intelligence modifier to see whether he knows some relevant information about local notable people, legendary items, or noteworthy places.

A successful bardic knowledge check will not reveal the powers of a magic item but may give a hint as to its general function. A bard may not take 10 or take 20 on this check; this sort of knowledge is essentially random.

Bardic Music: Once per day per bard level, a bard can use his song or poetics to produce magical effects on those around him (including himself, if desired). While these abilities fall under the category of bardic music and include descriptions of singing or playing instruments, they can all also be activated by reciting poetry, chanting, singing lyrics or melodies, etc. Each ability requires a minimum bard level and a minimum number of ranks in the Perform skill to qualify.

Starting a bardic music effect is a standard action. Some bardic music abilities require concentration, which means the bard must take a standard action each round to maintain the ability. While using bardic music, a bard can fight but cannot perform mind-affecting abilities, such as casting spells, activating magic items by spell completion (such as scrolls) or activating magic items by magic word (such as wands). The following are a bard’s musical abilities:

• Countersong: A bard with three or more ranks in the Perform skill can use his music or poetics to counter magical effects that depend on sound (but not spells that simply have verbal components). The bard may keep up the countersong for 10 rounds. Each round of the countersong, he makes a Perform check. Any creature within 30 feet of the bard (including the bard himself) that is affected by a sonic or language-dependent magical attack (such as a Sound Burst or Command spell) may use the bard’s Perform check result in place of its saving throw — if, after the saving throw is rolled, the Perform check result proves to be higher.

If a creature within range of the countersong is already under the effect of a non-instantaneous sonic or language-dependent magical attack, it gains another saving throw against the effect each round it hears the countersong, but it must use the bard’s Perform check result for the save. Countersong will not influence effects that don’t allow saves.

• Fascinate: A bard with three or more ranks in the Perform skill can use his music or poetics to cause one or more creatures to become fascinated. The bard can execute no other action besides movement during the round that the creature is fascinated. Each creature must be within 90 feet and able to see, hear and pay attention to the bard. Likewise, the bard must be able to see the creature. For every three levels beyond 1st, he can target one additional creature with a single use of this ability (e.g. two at 4th level, three at 7th level, four at 10th level).

To fascinate, a bard makes a Perform check. His check result is the DC for each affected creature’s Will save against the effect. If the creature’s saving throw is successful, a bard can still attempt to fascinate the same creature as many times as the bard’s daily performance limit allows. If the creature’s saving throw fails, it remains still and listens to the song for as long as the bard continues to play and concentrate (up to a max of one round per bard level). While fascinated, a target takes a –4 penalty on skill checks made as reactions (e.g. Listen or Spot checks).

Any potential threat to the target, such as an ally of the bard approaching the creature, requires the bard to make another Perform check and allows the creature a new saving throw against a DC equal to the new Perform check result. Any obvious threat to the target, such as someone drawing a weapon or the creature taking damage, automatically breaks the effect and the creature will no longer be fascinated.

• Inspire Courage: A bard with three or more ranks in the Perform skill can use song or poetics to inspire courage in his allies and himself, bolstering against fear and improving combat abilities. To be affected, an ally must be able to hear the bard sing and the effect lasts as long as the bard can be heard and for five rounds thereafter. The ally will receive a +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 morale bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls. At 8th level, this bonus increases to +2.

• Inspire Competence: A bard of 3rd level or higher with six or more ranks in the Perform skill can use his music or poetics to help an ally succeed at a task. A bard cannot inspire competence in himself. The ally must be within 30 feet and able to see and hear the bard; likewise, the bard must be able to see the ally. Bardic music may be used to lift the ally’s spirits, to help them mentally focus, or in some other manner. The ally gets a +2 competence bonus on skill checks with a particular skill as long as they continue to hear the bard’s music. The effect lasts as long as the bard concentrates, up to a maximum of two minutes.

• Intimidate: A bard of 6th level or higher with nine or more ranks in the Perform skill can cause a single creature to be intimidated while the creature is fascinated. Using this ability does not break the bard’s concentration on the fascinate effect, nor does it allow a second saving throw for the target. The use of Intimidate counts toward a bard’s daily limit on performances. The creature is affected if it fails a Will saving throw (DC 11 + bard’s Charisma modifier). If the saving throw fails, affected creatures move away from the bard as if they are victim of a Fear spell for the number of rounds equal to the number of levels the bard has.

• Inspire Greatness: A bard of 9th level or 10th level with 12 or more ranks in the Perform skill can use music or poetics to inspire greatness in himself or a single willing ally within 30 feet, granting extra fighting capabilities. To inspire greatness, a bard must sing and be heard by an ally. The effect lasts for as long as the ally hears the bard sing and for five rounds thereafter. A creature inspired with Greatness gains two bonus Hit Dice (d10s), the commensurate number of temporary hit points (apply the target’s Constitution modifier, if any, to these bonus Hit Dice), a +2 competence bonus on attack rolls and a +1 competence bonus on Fortitude saves. The bonus Hit Dice count as regular Hit Dice for determining the effect of spells such as Sleep.

Cleric

The handiwork of the gods is everywhere — in places of natural beauty, in mighty crusades, in soaring temples and in the hearts of worshipers. Like people, gods can run the gamut from benevolent to malicious, reserved to intrusive, simple to inscrutable. The gods, however, work mostly through intermediaries — their clerics. Good clerics heal, protect and avenge. Evil clerics pillage, destroy and sabotage.

Characteristics: Clerics are masters of divine magic, a form of magic that is especially good for healing. Even an inexperienced cleric can bring people back from the brink of death, and an experienced cleric can return those who have crossed over that brink.

As channelers of divine energy, clerics can affect undead creatures. A good cleric can turn away or even destroy undead; an evil cleric can bring such creatures under his or her control.

Clerics have some combat training. They can use simple weapons, and they are trained in the use of armor, since armor does not interfere with divine spells the way it does with arcane spells.

Alignment: Like the gods they serve, clerics can be of any alignment. Because people more readily worship good deities than neutral or evil ones, there are more good clerics than evil. Clerics also tend toward law instead of chaos, since lawful religions tend to be more structured and better able to recruit and train clerics than chaotic ones. Typically, a cleric is the same alignment as her deity, though some clerics are one step away from their respective deities in alignment. A cleric may not be true neutral unless his deity is also true neutral.

Other Classes: In an adventuring party, the cleric is everybody’s friend and often the glue that holds the party together, as well as the healer who channels divine energy to keep others alive. Clerics sometimes clash with druids, since druids represent an older, more primal relationship between the mortal and the divine. Mostly, though, the religion of a cleric and the gods that she worships, determines how they get along with others.

Role: The cleric serves as a primary healer, diviner and defensive specialist. A cleric can hold her own in a fight, but she is not usually well served by charging to the front of combat.

Abilities: Wisdom determines the power of a cleric’s spells, how many spells she can cast per day and how hard those spells are to resist. A high Constitution score improves a cleric’s hit points and a high Charisma score improves her ability to turn undead.

Hit Die: d8

Class Skills

• Concentration, Diplomacy, Heal and Spellcraft.

• Domains and Class Skills: A cleric who chooses the Travel domain adds Survival to the list. A cleric who chooses the Trickery domain adds Bluff and Hide to the list.

• Skill Points at 1st Level: (2 + Int modifier) ✕4.

• Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 2 + Int modifier.

The Cleric

Level Base Attack Fort Ref Will Special

Bonus Save Save Save

1st +0 +2 +0 +2 Turn or Rebuke Undead

2nd +1 +3 +0 +3

3rd+2 +3+1+3

4th +3 +4 +1 +4

5th +3 +4 +1 +4

6th +4 +5 +2 +5

7th +5 +5 +2 +5

8th +6/+1 +6 +2 +6

9th +6/+1 +6 +3 +6

10th +7/+2 +7 +3 +7

Class Features

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Clerics are proficient with all simple weapons, with all types of armor (light, medium and heavy) and with shields.

Every deity has a favored weapon and his or her clerics consider it a point of pride to wield that weapon. A cleric who chooses the War domain receives the Weapon Focus feat related to that weapon as a bonus feat. She also receives the appropriate Martial Weapon Proficiency feat as a bonus feat, if the weapon falls into that category.

Spells: A cleric casts divine spells (the same type of spells available to the druid, paladin and ranger). However, a cleric’s alignment may restrict her from casting certain spells opposed to her moral or ethical beliefs (see Domain spells, below).

To prepare or cast a spell, a cleric must have a Wisdom score equal to 10 + the spell level (Wis 10 for 0-level spells, Wis 11 for 1st-level spells and so forth).

Like other spellcasters, a cleric can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. In addition, she receives bonus spells per day if she has a high enough Wisdom score.

In addition to the stated number of spells per day for 1st through–5th-level spells, a cleric gets a domain spell for each spell level, starting at 1st. The +1 in the entries in the below table represents that domain spell. Domain spells are in addition to any bonus spells the cleric may receive for having a high Wisdom score.

Cleric Spells per Day

Spell Level 012345

Caster Level

1st 3 1+1————

2nd 4 2+1————

3rd 4 2+1 1+1 — — —

4th 5 3+1 2+1 — — —

5th 5 3+1 2+1 1+1 — —

6th 5 3+1 3+1 2+1 — —

7th 6 4+1 3+1 2+1 1+1 —

8th 6 4+1 3+1 3+1 2+1 —

9th 6 4+1 4+1 3+1 2+1 1+1

10th 6 4+1 4+1 3+1 3+1 2+1

Deities, Domains and Domain Spells: The cleric’s deity influences her alignment, the spells she can cast, her values and how others see her.

If the typical worshipers of a deity include the members of a race, a cleric must be of the indicated race to choose that deity as her own. (The god may have occasional worshipers of other races, but not clerics). See Deities on next page.

Clerics also choose two domains for their deity. While the clerics of a particular religion are united in their reverence for their deity, each cleric emphasizes different aspects of the deity’s interests. You can select an alignment domain (Chaos, Evil, Good or Law) for your cleric only if his alignment matches that domain.

Each domain gives your cleric access to a domain spell at each spell level she can cast, as well as a granted power. Your cleric gets the granted powers of both the domains selected. With access to two domain spells at a given spell level, a cleric prepares one or the other each day in her domain spell slot. If a domain spell is not on the cleric spell list, a cleric can prepare it only in her domain spell slot.

Spontaneous Casting: A good cleric (or a neutral cleric of a good deity) can channel stored spell energy into healing spells that the cleric did not prepare ahead of time. The cleric can “lose” any prepared spell that is not a domain spell in order to cast any Cure spell of the same spell level or lower. For example, a good cleric who has prepared Command (a 1st-level spell) may lose Command in order to cast Cure Light Wounds (also a 1st-level spell). Clerics of good deities can cast Cure spells in this way because they are especially proficient at wielding positive energy.

An evil cleric (or a neutral cleric of an evil deity), on the other hand, can’t convert prepared spells to Cure spells but can convert them to Inflict spells. Such clerics are especially proficient at wielding negative energy.

A cleric who is neither good nor evil and whose deity is neither good nor evil can convert spells to either Cure spells or Inflict spells (player’s choice), depending on whether the cleric is more proficient at wielding positive or negative energy. Once the player makes this choice, it cannot be reversed. This choice also determines whether the cleric turns or commands undead.

Exceptions: All lawful neutral clerics of Wee Jas (goddess of death and magic) convert prepared spells to Inflict spells. All clerics of St. Cuthbert (god of retribution) and all non-evil clerics of Obad-Hai (god of nature) convert prepared spells to Cure spells.

Chaotic, Evil, Good and Lawful Spells: A cleric can’t cast spells of an alignment opposed to her deity’s. For example, a good cleric (or a neutral cleric of a good deity) cannot cast evil spells. Spells associated with a particular alignment are indicated by the chaos, evil, good or lawful descriptors in the their spell descriptions.

Turn or Rebuke Undead: Any cleric, regardless of alignment, has the power to affect undead creatures (such as skeletons or zombies) by channeling the power of her faith through her holy (or unholy) symbol.

A good cleric (or a neutral cleric who worships a good deity) can turn or destroy undead creatures. An evil cleric (or a neutral cleric who worships an evil deity) instead rebukes or commands such creatures, forcing them to cower in awe of her power. If your character is a neutral cleric of a neutral deity, you must choose whether her turning ability functions as that of a good cleric or an evil cleric. Once you make this choice, it cannot be reversed. This decision also determines whether the cleric can cast spontaneous Cure or Inflict spells.

Exceptions: All lawful neutral clerics of Wee Jas rebuke or command undead. All clerics of St. Cuthbert and all non-evil clerics of Obad-Hai turn or destroy undead.

A cleric may attempt to turn undead a number of times per day equal to 3 + her Charisma modifier.

Deities

Deity Alignment Domains Typical Worshipers

Heironeous, god of valor Lawful good Good, Law, War Paladins, fighters, monks

Moradin, god of Lawful good Earth, Good, Law, Dwarves the dwarves Protection

Yondalla, goddess of Lawful good Good, Law, Halflings the halflings Protection

Ehlonna, goddess of Neutral good Animal, Good, Elves, gnomes, half-elves, the woodlands Plant, Sun halflings, rangers, druids

Garl Glittergold, god of Neutral good Good, Protection, Gnomes the gnomes Trickery

Pelor, god of the sun Neutral good Good, Healing, Rangers, bards

Strength, Sun

Corellon Larethian, Chaotic good Chaos, Good, Elves, half-elves, bards god of the elves Protection, War

Deities Cont.

Deity Alignment Domains Typical Worshipers

Kord, god of strength Chaotic good Chaos, Good, Fighters, barbarians,

Luck, Strength rogues, athletes

Wee Jas, goddess of Lawful neutral Death, Law, Wizards, necromancers, death and magic Magic Sorcerers

St. Cuthbert, god Lawful neutral Destruction, Law, Fighters, monks, soldiers of retribution Protection, Strength

Boccob, god of magic Neutral Knowledge, Wizards, sorcerers, sages

Magic, Trickery

Fharlanghn, god of roads Neutral Luck, Protection, Bards, adventurers,

Travel merchants

Obad-Hai, god of nature Neutral Air, Animal, Fire, Druids, barbarians,

Earth, Plant, Water rangers

Olidammara, Chaotic Chaos, Luck, Rogues, bards, thieves god of thieves Neutral Trickery

Hextor, god of tyranny Lawful evil Destruction, Evil fighters,monks

Evil, Law, War

Nerull, god of death Neutral evil Death, Evil, Evil necromancers,

Trickery rogues

Vecna, god of secrets Neutral evil Evil, Knowledge, Evil wizards, sorcerers,

Magic rogues, spies

Erythnul, god of slaughter Chaotic evil Chaos, Evil, Evil fighters, barbarians,

Trickery, War rogues

Gruumsh, god of the orcs Chaotic evil Chaos, Evil, Half-orcs, orcs

Strength, War

Druid

The fury of a storm, the gentle strength of the morning sun, the cunning of the fox, the power of the bear — all these natural forces and more are at the druid’s command. The druid, however, claims no mastery over nature. That claim, she says, is the empty boast of a city dweller. The druid gains her power not by ruling nature but by being at one with it. To a trespasser in a druid’s sacred grove and to those who feel her wrath, the distinction is overly fine.

Characteristics: Druids cast divine spells much the same way clerics do, though most get their spells from the power of nature rather than from deities. In addition to spells, druids gain an increasing array of magical powers, including the ability to take the shapes of animals, as they advance in level.

Alignment: Druids, in keeping with nature’s ultimate indifference, must maintain at least some measure of dispassion. As such, they must be neutral on at least one alignment axis (chaotic—lawful or good—evil), if not both. Therefore, alignment choices include neutral good, lawful neutral, neutral, chaotic neutral or neutral evil.

Other Classes: The druid shares with rangers and many barbarians a reverence for nature and a familiarity with natural lands. She doesn’t really understand the urban mannerisms of a rogue and finds arcane magic disruptive. The typical druid also dislikes the paladin’s devotion to abstract ideals instead of “the real world.” However, most druids accept diversity and, as such, take little offense to other characters.

Role: The druid enjoys extraordinary versatility, using her offensive spells and wild shape ability to a party’s advantage.

Abilities: Wisdom determines a druid’s spell power, how many spells she can cast per day and how hard those spells are to resist. To cast a spell, a druid must have a Wisdom score of 10 + the spell’s level. A druid gets bonus spells based on Wisdom. The Difficulty Class of a saving throw against a druid’s spell is 10 + the druid’s Wisdom modifier. Since a druid wears only light or medium armor, a high Dexterity score greatly improves her defensive ability.

Hit Die: d8

Class Skills

• Concentration, Diplomacy, Heal, Listen, Spellcraft, Spot and Survival.

• Skill Points at 1st Level: (4 + Int modifier)

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• Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 4 + Int modifier.

The Druid

Level Base Attack Fort Ref Will Special

1st + 0 +2 +0 +2 Animal Companion, Nature

2nd +1 +3 +0 +3 Woodland Stride

3rd +2 +3 +1 +3 Trackless Step

4th +3 +4 +1 +4 Resist Nature’s Lure

5th +3 +4 +1 +4 Wild Shape (1 time/day)

6th +4 +5 +2 +5 Wild Shape (2 times/day)

7th +5 +5 +2 +5 Wild Shape (3 times/day)

8th +6/+1 +6 +2 +6 Wild Shape (Large)

9th +6/+1 +6 +3 +6 Venom Immunity

10th +7/+2 +7 +3 +7 Wild Shape (4 times/day)

Bonus Save Save Save

Sense, Wild Empathy

Class Features

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Druids are proficient with the following weapons: club, dagger, dart, quarterstaff, scimitar, sickle, shortspear, sling and spear. They are also proficient with natural attacks (unarmed strike, claw, bite, etc.) when in the form of a creature that has that attack. Druids are proficient with light and medium armor but may only wear padded, leather, or hide armor (no metal armor). Druids are proficient with shields, but can use only wooden ones.

A druid who wears prohibited (metal) armor or carries a prohibited shield is unable to cast druid spells or use any of her supernatural or spell-like class abilities while doing so and for 24 hours thereafter.

Spells: A druid casts divine spells (the same type of spells available to the cleric, paladin and ranger), which are drawn from the druid spell list.

Like other spellcasters, a druid can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. In addition, she receives bonus spells per day if she has a high enough Wisdom score.

Druid Spells per Day

Spell Level 012345

Caster Level

1st 3 1 ————

2nd 4 2 ————

3rd 421———

4th 5 3 2 — — —

5th 5321——

6th 5332——

7th 64321—

8th 64332—

9th 644321

10th 644332

Spontaneous Casting: A druid can channel stored spell energy into summoning spells that she hasn’t prepared ahead of time.

Animal Companion: When you create a druid, you may select an animal companion for her. Choices include: dire rat, dog, wolf, jackal, chicken, lizard, black bear, brown bear, panda bear and polar bear. This animal is a loyal companion that accompanies the druid on her adventures as appropriate for its species.

A druid of 4th level or higher may select from alternate lists of animals. Should she select an animal companion from one of these alternate lists, the creature gains abilities as if the character’s druid level were lower than it actually is.

Nature Sense: A druid gains a +2 bonus on Survival checks.

Resist Nature’s Lure: Starting at 4th level, a druid gains a +4 bonus on saving

throws against the spell-like abilities of fey (such as dryads, nymphs and sprites).

Wild Shape: At 5th level, a druid gains the ability to turn herself into a wolf, brown bear or polar bear once per day. This effects last for one hour per druid level, or until she changes back. Changing form (to animal or back) is a standard action and doesn’t provoke an attack of opportunity.

A druid loses her ability to speak while in an animal form, because she is limited to the sounds that a normal, untrained animal can make, but she can communicate normally with other animals of the same general grouping as her new form.

A druid can use this ability more times per day at 6th, 7th and 10th levels.

Venom Immunity: At 9th level, a druid gains immunity to all poisons.

Fighter

The questing knight, the conquering overlord, the king’s champion, the elite foot soldier, the hardened mercenary and the bandit king — all are fighters. Fighters can be stalwart defenders of those in need, cruel marauders or gutsy adventurers. Some are among the land’s best souls, willing to face death for the greater good. Others are among the worst, with no qualms about killing for private gain, or even for sport. Fighters who are not actively adventuring may be soldiers, guards, bodyguards, champion or criminal enforcers.

Characteristics: Fighters are familiar with all the standard weapons and armors and also develop particular weapon and fighting specialties of their own.

Alignment: Any.

Other Classes: The fighter excels in a straight fight, but he or she relies on others

for magical support, healing and scouting. On a team, it is a fighter’s job to man the front lines, protect the other party members and bring the tough opponents down.

Role: In most adventuring parties, the fighter serves as a melee combatant, charging into the fray while his comrades support him with spells, ranged attacks and other effects. Fighters who favor ranged combat can prove very deadly, although without other melee support they can find themselves in front-line combat more often than they might prefer.

Abilities: Strength is especially important for fighters because it improves their melee attack and damage rolls. Constitution is important for giving fighters lots of hit points, which they need in their many battles. Dexterity is important for fighters who want to be good archers or who want access to certain Dexterityoriented feats, but the heavy armor that fighters usually wear reduces the benefits of a very high Dexterity score.

Hit Die: d10

Class Skills

• Intimidate.

• Skill Points at 1st Level: (2 + Int modifier)

• Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 2 + Int modifier.

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The Fighter

Level Base Attack Fort Ref Will Special

Bonus Save Save Save

1st +1 +2 +0 +0 Bonus feat

2nd +2 +3 +0 +0 Bonus feat

3rd+3 +3+1+1

4th +4 +4 +1 +1 Bonus feat

5th +5 +4 +1 +1

6th +6/+1 +5 +2 +2 Bonus feat

7th +7/+2 +5 +2 +2

8th +8/+3 +6 +2 +2 Bonus feat

9th +9/+4 +6 +3 +3

10th +10/+5 +7 +3 +3 Bonus feat

In the Base Attack Bonus column for Fighters, the first number represents the bonus applied to the attack with a primary weapon. The second number represents the bonus to attack with a second weapon.

Class Features

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A fighter is proficient with all simple and martial weapons and with all armor (heavy, medium and light) and shields.

Bonus Feats: At 1st level, a fighter gets a bonus combat-oriented feat in addition to the feat that any 1st-level character gets and the bonus feat granted to a human character. The fighter gains an additional bonus feat at 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th level. A fighter must still meet all prerequisites for a bonus feat, including ability score and base attack bonus minimums.

These bonus feats are in addition to the feat that a character of any class gets every three levels.

Monk

Dotted across the landscape are monasteries — small, walled cloisters inhabited by monks who pursue personal perfection through action as well as contemplation. They train themselves to be versatile warriors skilled at fighting without weapons or armor. The inhabitants of monasteries headed by good masters serve as protectors of the people. In contrast, the residents of monasteries headed by evil masters rule the surrounding lands through fear, as an evil warlord and his entourage might.

Characteristics: The key feature of the monk is her ability to fight unarmed and unarmored. Though a monk casts no spells, she has a magic of her own, called ki, which allows her to perform amazing feats. The monk’s best-known feat is her ability to stun an opponent with an unarmed blow.

Alignment: Any lawful. A monk’s training requires strict discipline. Only those who are lawful at heart are capable of undertaking it.

Other Classes: Monks do not have much in common with others, as their skills and motivation differ from most adventurers. However, monks realize that they work well with the support of others and they usually prove themselves reliable companions.

Role: The monk functions best as an opportunistic combatant, using her speed to get into and out of combat quickly, rather than engaging in prolonged melees.

Abilities: Wisdom powers the monk’s special offensive and defensive capabilities. Dexterity provides an unarmored monk with a better defense and with bonuses to some class skills. Strength helps a monk’s unarmed combat ability.

Hit Die: d8

Class Skills

• Concentration, Diplomacy, Hide, Listen, Move Silently, Perform, Sense Motive, Spot and Tumble.

• Skill Points at 1st Level: (4 + Int modifier)

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• Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 4 + Int modifier.

The Monk

Level

Base Attack

Bonus

Fort Save

Ref Save

Will Save

Special

1st +0 +2 +2 +2 Bonus feat, Flurry of –2/–2 1d6 +0 +0 ft.

Blows, Unarmed Strike

2nd +1 +3 +3 +3 Bonus feat, Evasion –1/–1 1d6 +0 +0 ft.

3rd +2 +3 +3 +3 Still Mind +0/+0 1d6 +0 +10 ft.

4th +3 +4 +4 +4 Ki Strike (magic), +1/+1 1d8 +0 +10 ft.

Slow Fall 20 ft.

5th +3 +4 +4 +4 Purity of Body +2/+2 1d8 +1 +10 ft.

6th +4 +5 +5 +5 Bonus feat, +3/+3 1d8 +1 +20 ft.

Slow Fall 30 ft.

7th +5 +5 +5 +5 Wholeness of Body +4/+4 1d8 +1 +20 ft.

8t h +6/+1 +6 + 6 +6 Sl o w Fall 40 ft. +5/+5/+0 1d10 +1 +20 ft.

9th +6/+1 + 6 +6 + 6 Improved Ev asion +6/+6/+1 1d10 +1 +30 ft.

10th +7/+2 +7 + 7 + 7 Ki Strike, (lawful), +7/+7/+2 1d10 +2 +30 ft.

Slow Fall 50 ft.

Flurry of Blows

Attack Bonus

Unarmed

Damage

AC Bonus

Unarmed Speed

Bonus

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