Player's Handbook 2

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Player's Handbook 2
Player's Handbook 2 (D&D manual).jpg
AuthorRob Heinsoo, Mike Mearls, Robert J. Schwalb
GenreRole-playing game
PublisherWizards of the Coast
Publication date
March 2009
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages224
ISBN0-7869-5016-1

Player's Handbook 2 is a supplement to the 4th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

Contents[]

The Player's Handbook 2 includes eight classes: the avenger, barbarian, bard, druid, invoker, shaman, sorcerer, and warden, and five races: the deva, gnome, goliath, half-orc, and shifter.[1]

Publication history[]

The 4th edition Player's Handbook 2, subtitled Arcane, Divine and Primal Heroes,[2] was released on March 17, 2009.[2] The book was designed by Jeremy Crawford, Mike Mearls, and James Wyatt, and featured cover art by and interior art by Steve Argyle, , , , , , Eric Deschamps, Brian Despain, Vincent Dutrait, Steve Ellis, Wayne England, Howard Lyon, , Raven Mimura, William O'Connor, , Wayne Reynolds, , , , Franz Vohwinkel, Eva Widermann, and James Zhang.

Shannon Appelcline commented that with Fourth Edition Dungeons & Dragons, Wizards planned to publish just three books for each setting, beginning with the poorly-received Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide, Forgotten Realms Player's Guide and Scepter Tower of Spellgard in 2008, and "The next year saw the clockwork production of Dungeon Master's Guide 2 (2009), Monster Manual 2 (2009) and Player's Handbook 2 (2009), as well as the reappearance of Eberron through the typical two books and an adventure – the latter released as part of Free RPG Day. These setting books were much better accepted, perhaps because the 4e nay-sayers had now moved on to other games."[3]:300

Reception[]

The book reached No. 28 on USA Today's bestseller list the week of March 26, 2009 and No. 14 on the Wall Street Journal's non-fiction bestseller list a week later.[4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ Crawford, Jeremy; Mearls, Mike; Wyatt, James. "Contents" (PDF). Player's Handbook 2 excerpts. Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Crawford, Jeremy; Mearls, Mike; Wyatt, James. "Contents". Player's Handbook 2. Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  3. ^ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  4. ^ "BC-Best-sellers-Books-USA Today". USA Today. The Associated Press. March 26, 2009. Archived from the original on March 28, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2013. – via HighBeam Research (subscription required)
  5. ^ "BC-Best-sellers-Books-WSJ". Wall Street Journal. The Associated Press. April 2, 2009. Archived from the original on March 28, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2013. – via HighBeam Research (subscription required)
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