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+ | ====== Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (2nd Edition) ====== | ||
+ | Kidnapped from Wikipedia: [[https:// | ||
+ | In 1987, a small team of designers at TSR lead by David " | ||
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+ | By the end of its first decade, AD&D had expanded to several rulebooks, including three Monster Manuals, and two books governing character skills in wilderness and underground settings. Gygax had already planned a second edition for the game, which would also have been an update of the rules, incorporating the material from Unearthed Arcana, Oriental Adventures, and numerous new innovations from Dragon magazine in the Player' | ||
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+ | The release of AD&D 2nd Edition corresponded with important policy changes at TSR. An effort was made to remove aspects of the game which had attracted negative publicity, most notably the removal of all mention of demons and devils, although equivalent fiendish monsters were included, renamed tanar' | ||
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+ | The game was again published as three core rulebooks which incorporated the expansions and revisions which had been published in various supplements over the previous decade. However, the Monster Manual was replaced by the Monstrous Compendium, a loose-leaf binder in which every monster is given a full page of information, | ||
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+ | Numerous mechanical changes were made to the game. The combat system was modified. The minimum number required to hit a target uses a mathematical formula in which the defender' | ||
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+ | Character creation is modified in many ways. Demi-human races are given higher level maximums to increase their long-term playability, |
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