Player's Handbook 3.pdf

PLAYER'S HANDBOOK~ 3

ROLEPLAYING GAME C ORE RULES

M ike Mearls • Bruce R. Cordell . Robert J. Schwa lb

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Game rul es based on the original DUNG~oNS & DRAGO NS rules

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Monte Cook. Skip Williams, Richard Baker. and Peter

Adkison (3 rd Edition); and Rob Heinsoo, Andy Collins, and

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INTRODUCTION.................. 4

Runeprlest ....................... 98

EpiC Destinies ............•...... 1S6

The Psionic Power Source

.... 4

Runeprlesl Class Features ........ 99

Diamond Soul .................156

Creating a Runepriest ..

. .. 99

Godmind ......................157

I: CHARACTER RACES ........... 6

Runepriest Powers ............. I 00

Invincible Mind ................ 1 58

Glth~erai. ......................... 8

The Runic Keyword ........... I 00

Master of

Minotaur......................... 10

Rune Magie .................. I 00

the Eternal HunL ............. l 59

Shardmind ....................... 12

Runeprlen Paragon Paths ....... 111

Rune Maker ..................., 60

Wilden .......................... 14

Hammer of Vengeance ........ I 12

War Master .................... I 61

Racial Paragon Paths .............. 16

Light Bringer .................113

Blooded Champion ............. 16

Master ofthe Forge ........... I 14

3: CHARACTER OPTIONS .....162

Nature's Avatar ................. 17

Rune Shield .................. 115

Skill Powers .....................164

Rrathmal ....................... 18

Seeker......

. ............ 116

Gaining and Using

Shard DisCiple

..... 19

Seeker Class Features........... I I 7

a Skill Power .................164

Creating a Seeker .............. 117

Acrobatics ..................... 164

2: CHARACTER CLASSES ....... 20

Seeker Powers ................. I I 7

Arcana ........................165

Ardent .......................... 12

Seeker Paragon Paths...........130

Athletics

........ , 65

Ardent Class Features ........... 13

Crimson Hunter ..............130

Bluff .......................... I 66

Creating an Ardent. ............. 13

Dealh Arrow ................. I 31

Diplomacy ....................167

Ardent Powers .................. 14

Seven Fates Archer............ I 32

Dungeoneerlng ................ I 68

Ardent Paragon Paths ........... 38

5wift Strider..................133

Endurance .....................168

Argent Soul.....

. ..... 38

Hybrid Characters ...............134

Heal

......'69

Psionic Binder ................. 39

Hybrids and Roles....

. .....134

Hlstory ........................170

Stygian Adept ................. 40

Group Building ................134

Insight...

. ..... I 70

Talarlc Strategist ............... 41

Creating a Hybrid Character .... 135

Intimidate .....................171

Battlemind ....................... 41

How Does It Work? .......... 135

Nature ........................171

Battlemlnd Class Features ....... 43

Special Rules ..................136

Perception.....................173

Creating a Battlemind

... 43

Assigning Ability Scores ....... I 36

Religion .....

. .......... 174

Baulemlnd Powers .............. 44

Psionic Augmentation

Stealth..............

. .175

Battlemlnd Paragon Paths ....... 58

and Hybrid Characters ........, 37

Streetwise .....................1 7S

Eternal Slade .................. 58

Hybrid YS. Multidass .........., 38

Thievery........

. ....... 176

Iron Guardian ................. 59

Hybrid Artificer ................ I 39

Feats ........................... I 77

5teel Ego.....

. ........ 60

Hybrid Ardent ................. I 39

Rune Feats... . . .

. ........ , 77

Zephyr Blade .................. 61

Hybrid Avenger. . .

. ...... I 40

Heroic Tier Feats ...............I 77

Monk ............................ 63

Hybrid Barbarian...............141

Paragon Tier Feats.............., 86

Monk Class Features............. 63

Hybrid Bard ................... I 4 1

Epic Tier Feats .................190

Implements .................... 63

Hybrid Battlemlnd ............. 142

Multldass Feats.. . .

. .... 193

Creating a Monk.

. ...... 64

Hybrid Cleric .................. 143

Superior Implements.

. ...195

Monk Powers...... . ...... . . .. 64

Hybrid Druid .................. 143

Magic Items .....................197

Monks and Weapons ........... 64

Hybrid Fighter ................. 144

ArmOl'"............... . ....... 197

Full Discipline ................. 64

Hybrid Invoker................. 145

Weapons ......................200

Monk Paragon Paths............. 76

Hybrid Monk..........

. .. 145

KI Focuses ..................... 203

Ghostwalker .................. 76

Hybrid Paladin .................146

Orbs.................

..206

Initiate of the Dragon .......... 77

Hybrid Pslon ...................147

Slaffs. ......................... 209

Mountain Devotee ............. 78

Hybrid Ranger .................147

Rings..........................213

Radiant Fist ................... 79

Hybrid Rogue .................. I 48

Consumables ..................213

Psion...

. ............... 80

Hybrid Runepriest.............. I 49

Psion Class Features ............. 81

Hybrid Seeker ................. I SO

AWENOlX:

Implements .................... 81

Hybrid Shaman ................150 READ1NG A PO.IIER............ 214

Creating a Pslon ................ 81

Psion Powers ................... 82

Hybrid Son:erer ................151

Hybrid 5wordmage ............. l 52

The Power Format ...............214

Entries in a Powe," ...............214

Pslon Paragon Paths ............. 94

Hybrid Warden ................1 52

Keywords .......................215

Cerulean Adept..

. ...... 94

Hybrid Warlock ................ l 53

Dreamwalker.................. 95

Hybrid Warlord ................154 GLOSSARY ...................... 220

Time Bender .................. 96

Hybrid Wlzard .................l 55

Uncarnate.

. ..... 97

primal controller) and the runepriest (a divine leader)

round Ollt the new classe!>. New rules for hybrid char-

acters. who combine powers and features from two

dasse!>. also appear in Chapter 1. along with six new

epic destinies.

Chapter 3 includes a \'ariety ofnew optiolH for

characters ofe,'ery class, Hrst are skill powers. a new

category ofutility powers that characters ofany class

can gain to make beller usc ofthcir .. kills. New feats

prm'ide additional opportunities lor characters to

specialize in certain types ofweapons, maneuvers, or

powers. Finally. the chapter includes new equipmelU.

notably superior implements.

The book's appendix summarizes how to read a

power and includes updated definitions ofthe key·

words u.. ed in the book's powers. The best way to stay

on top ofupdates to the game's rules i.. by visiting t he

Wizards ofthe Coast website,

Playt'r's Handbook 3 concludes with a glossary of

game terms that are used in this book.

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THE PS10N1C POWER SOURCE

"The Far Healm is a disease, and we are its cure."

Through many long ages the Living Gate rested

peacerully. E"en as the Dawn \\'ar sundered the

fabric ofthe Astra l Sea and its dominions. the gate's

guardian kept it shut. As the war raged 0 11. how·

e\'er. one ofthe three gods who had peered beyond

the gate broke the shared "0\\ they had all sworn.

returned to the gate. and killed the guardian. Prob·

ably it was the nameless god. for it is hard to imagine

Pelor or loun doing anything so roolish or malign.

Tn any cvent, the Lh'ing Gate awoke from its eons or

sleep ... and opened.

The alien creatures and defiling energy of the Far

Realm erupted into real it)', and its terrors emerged

acrms the Astral Sea and spJllcd into the \\'orld. l\lany

astral realms were consumed. forcing the go<1 ... to

turn their attention away from the Uawn \\'ar and

defend their homes. Finally, Joun and Pelor shanered

the 1.I"lng Gate, scaling the passage to the Far Healm

and protecting the rabric ofreality. although ilt the

cost ofPclor's H:,rdant dominion.

LOllg ago, berore the Dawn War between the gods

and the primordial~ changed the face ofthe unh'erse,

a gateway lay hidden in the depths ofthe Astral Sea,

a Living Gale that slept through the ages. A powerful

being, said to be neither god nor primordial but kin

to both. guarded the Living Gate so that none could

open it or peer into the madness beyond.

An often.forgotten legend describes how Ihrcc

gods came to the U\"ing Gate. Pelor. who shined

light into all shadow!>. first found the gate. though he

later wished he had not. Toun. whose mind hungered

to understand all things, awoke Ihe sleeping gate,

And a third. nameless god. who feared no danger

and doubted aU authority. distracted the guardian

so that all three gods could catch a glim pse through

the Living Gate. The three gods left. changed by the

knowledge they had gained and linked by a terrible

secret. and swore nc"er to scek the gafe again or

share \\hat they had <;een.

t/\ I "OJ)LCIIO~

THIS VOLUME. the third Players Handbook for

the current edition ofthe DIJI\GEONS & DRAGON')

game, offers a \\t'alth ofnew character options,

including new races and clas<;es, a new war to com·

bine classes, ne\\ skill powers, and a wide array of

new feats, It introduces the psionic po\\er source.

used by four ofthe classes in these pages, along \\ ith a

new approach to power acquisition and management

that allows certain psionic characters unprecedented

fleXibility with their power...

Chapter 1 introduce!> four additional races. 'I he

githzeral and the minotaur from the "'onsrer Mallual'

appear here in player·friendl) form with some addi-

tional and revised abilities. \\'ilden are a newborn

race ofplantlike fey arisen to combat the thn'at ofthe

Far Realm. Shardminds arc crystalline living con·

structs imbued with psioniC power.

Si.>.. new classes make up Illost of Chapter 1. The

users ofthe psionic power ~ollrce are the psion. the

battlemlnd. the monk. and the ardent. rhe seeker (a

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