The first of three core rulebooks for the 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons® Roleplaying Game. TheDungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game has defined the medieval fantasy genre and the tabletop RPG industry for more than 30 years. In the D&D game, players create characters that band together to explore dungeons, slay monsters, and find treasure. The 4th Edition D&D rules offer the best possible play experience by presenting exciting character options, an elegant and robust rules system, and handy storytelling tools for the Dungeon Master. The Player's Handbook presents the official Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game rules as well as everything a player needs to create D&D characters worthy of song and legend: new character races, base classes, paragon paths, epic destinies, powers, more magic items, weapons, armor, and much more.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0
it's not like 3.5, 4e is actually fun.:
4e is a great edition. I played the first and second edition, but stopped at 3rd. 3rd was a game for people who like minutia, and love to do calculus at the gaming table, and had 12 spare hours to spend on one fight. This edition makes the game accessible flexible, and makes it fun with out all of the monotony for 3 and 3.5e. If you are a fan of spending 15 minutes and a graphic calculator to resolve each turn you might not like this game. If you want to play D&D and actually finish an encounter before... more info
Great game...but not D&D:
Whatever continuity TSR and Wizards had in previous iterations of D&D have been lost here. Regardless of this, this is a very solid, very fun game...if you like moving miniatures around a battle map. There is NO WAY to play this game without minifigs and maps, so be prepared. If you want a continuation of D&D 3.5, check out Pathfinder by Paizo Publishing (playfully referred to by many gamers as "D&D 3.75"). If you're willing to get past any preconceived notions you may have, you will... more info
will use again:
I choose this company for gaming books over their competitors because they didn't charge me seperate shipping for each item I ordered, but allowed entire order to be shipped together during ordering. I will order again from this business
4th Edition is a very bad thing:
I bought the books when they were first released. After after 3 campaigns ranging from level 1 - 15, there are some VERY big issues with 4th edition. You can read about all the improvements that have been made, like class balance and streamlined system. But that's all shine on the new system. There are huge fundamental flaws with 4h edition. 1) After playing a while, it makes no difference if you play a Wizard or a Barbarian or whatever class. Each has basically the same number of encounters,... more info
