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When author Cook re announced the project in Dragon January he called it a "major reorganization, clean-up, and development". And that's what Winter and Cook spent the next two and a half years on. Some of those updates were quite controversial and purposefully so.

Meanwhile, work continued on. Director of Games Development Michael Dobson laid out the release plans in Dragon August : the two core books were to be done by December , then turned over to the RPGA for playtesting in early , then returned to TSR for redevelopment in late The goal was to release the new game in "March or April ".

By any standards, Dobson's scheduling was quite accurate, as the 2e Player's Handbook appeared in February , then the 2e Dungeon Master's Guide in May.

Many Printings. The new Player's Handbook was reprinted more than ten times following its release. This was primarily a cosmetic change. A third major edition of the 2e Player's Handbook appeared as part of Wizards of the Coast's premium reprint program.

It used the revision as its basis, though it swapped out a couple of illustrations and cropped the original cover with a faux-leatherbound frame. A Different Sort of Player's Handbook.

The 1e Players Handbook was a very limited book that only provided the rules for creating characters — and not even all of those. Players didn't get to know how combat or saving throws worked. They weren't even told how to roll their characteristics! Unsurprisingly, the 1e Players Handbook was also a lot shorter than the 1e Dungeon Masters Guide Second edition totally revamped those ideas, with the new Player's Handbook and Dungeon Master's Guide changing places in page count.

Now the Player's Handbook was the core rulebook of the game. You got almost all of the character creation rules and everything else that players should know.

There were still a few weird omissions — such as the level caps for demihumans only appearing in the Dungeon Master's Guide. Then, he invited players to write to him with their own opinions. Cook later said that he was intentionally trying "to get a reaction". And, boy did he. He was soon digging out from a deluge of hundreds of correspondences. A more sustained controversy emerged following James M. Ward's "Game Wizards" article in Dragon February So, fiends were out.

Cook says otherwise, stating that the class just wasn't good for party dynamics. The half-orc was also cut, but no one has talked about the precise reason for that removal.

There were four of them, all clearly laid out in Dragon October :. Second, all of the information on one topic should be in one place. Third, a player shouldn't have to pay for information he doesn't need when he buys the new Player's Handbook , and the DM shouldn't have to pay for redundant information when he buys the new Dungeon Master's Handbook. Fourth, everyone who currently owns the Players Handbook and Dungeon Masters Guide should feel that his money has been well spent when he buys the second editions of these books.

Cook had a few design guidelines of his own. First, the second edition must be largely compatible with the first to preserve both players' investments and TSR's backlist. Third, the new rules should once more be guidelines. However, Cook was able to have his cake and eat it as well: though he presented the rules as guidelines and simultaneously included many optional rules, he also defined tournament rules that would be used for competitive gaming.

And, the biggest changes did turn out to be the paring down of character classes. Following Cook's thoughts in "Who Dies? However, the bard, which had also been marked for elimination, was saved by player response — though he now appeared in a dramatically different form, one that didn't have to move through other classes.

The proficiency rules were listed as "optional", but they appeared throughout the examples in the new rules, and were generally considered standard by most gamers at the time. The other big change was in the magic-user now: mage class. The traditional illusionist class was reimagined as one of these specialists. Clerics were similarly revamped so that their spells fell into spheres, with access determined by a god's portfolio.

The game also moved toward the ideas of specialty priests by offering variant rules that allowed some clerics to use edged weapons. So, for example, THAC0 was brought into the core rules, where it had previously only been seen in supplements; and psionics were removed, to later be detailed in a non-core book. There were lots of other small changes, encompassing spells, combat, weapons, XP, levels, and everything else you can imagine.

About the Creators. TSR lost a lot of its rules writers in the mid '80s. Fortunately, they still had David Cook on staff. Please feel free to mail corrections, comments, and additions to shannon. These PDF files are digitally watermarked to signify that you are the owner. A small message is added to the bottom of each page of the PDF containing your name and the order number of your purchase. Warning : If any files bearing your information are found being distributed illegally, then your account will be suspended and legal action may be taken against you.

Login My Library Wishlists. New Account or Log In. Hide my password. Otherwise I just get the pdf versions for my tablet, but the hardcovers are for my bookcase. I have two of these in soft back and the rest of my gaming group has pretty much got their own. Why can't I get this in Hardback? I would really like to get this in Hardback. I lost my pants! Was surprised how quickly it showed up. I don't remember these books being so thick. I also forgot how awesome 2e DMG was. It actually has useful information in it, unlike the 5e DMG.

I did find it odd that there is no character sheet printed in any of the books. Its been 25 years since I last read these books, and it was the non-revised edition, but I could have sworn there was a character sheet in the book I used to photocopy. The other weird thing is that I can't find a 2e character sheet on the DMs guild.

I wouldn't. These books are insanely thick. They are using thicker paper than in the original editions. In hardcover, the book would be way too large, heavy and bulky to be easily transported together. The thicker, more durable paper makes paperback format much better than even the modern hardcover books. Does anyone know if these 2nd edition Premium version reprint have any typeos in them. The First edition one where riddled with typeos that weren't well except the Dungeon Master Guide for some reason , So I am kind of weary of purchasing the POD of these unless I know I won't have to deal with more errors in them.

I was so disappointed when I got my 1st edition monster manuel and unearthed arcana when I see the error the monster manuel has about six errors throught the book, while unearthed arcana has three, but only on one page.

If anyone has purchase these 2nd edition book, could tell me if there are any errors in them that would help a lot in deciding to by both the pdf and pod or just the pdf, I would appreciate the information greatly. Can you confirm as to whether or not the errors were corrected in this version.

A hard cover in the original print with the Easley cover will be an instant sale here. It would be nice to have the option for all 1st and 2nd Edition books to be ordered in hardcover. I was so excited to see this. You can get the originals of these in hardbound from Amazon for like 23 bucks.

The ones were beautiful works of art throughout. The players handbook, dungeon Masters guide had amazing paintings, incredible page layout, and beautiful typography.

The revised Black cover 95 Versions were sad by comparison. I really really really really really want to buy the versions in print. Is there any possibility we will see those at some point? Extremely unhappy to learn this version is based on the version rather than the version.

Much uglier and doesn't evoke any nostalgia for me personally. Would return and refund if I could find an easy link. Since I can't, I guess I'll chalk it up to user carelessness. What is the difference between this version and the original? What is "Revised" in it? The answers here explain it well, I think. Jason W. This reprint uses very thick and heavy paper, which makes it more like a college text book, than a typical gaming book. Those asking for a hardcover don't know wha [ Richard L.

The quality of the softcover is really good. The covers are bound really well and are sturdy. The interior paper is thick and holds up pretty well. It's a fantastic reprint of the 2nd Edition of the rules. For the price, you really can' [ Reuben C. It has fantastic art work and it felt ironed out than 1st edition.

Profice [ Edward C. Sean K. Absolutely beautiful! I cried a little when I opened the package. Please enter your email address. You will receive a link to create a new password. Toggle navigation. Embed Script. Size px x x x x Start Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 I am at odds as to list the new Raveloft releases or not, but for now here they are.

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