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The Gem and the Staff, by John and Laurie Van De Graaf, is an adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons Expert Set.Rather than being a typical group adventure, The Gem and the Staff was designed for head-to-head tournament-style play, with players separately playing the same adventure and competing against each other for points earned by accomplishing certain goals.
The encounters in the Book of Challenges include straightforward traps (such as a domed room with a hinged floor that serves as the hidden lair for a beholder).It also includes challenging logic puzzles, riddles and even role-playing encounters where combat or mechanics skills play a secondary role.
The Player's Handbook (spelled Players Handbook in first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D)) is the name given to one of the core rulebooks in every edition of the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). It does not contain the complete set of rules for the game, and only includes rules for use by players of the game.
However, Wizards allowed a group of fans to support the line for the 3rd Edition on the internet. Initially, the Dragonlance-L mailing list updated the setting; this mailing list would become known as the Whitestone Council and would maintain The Dragonlance Nexus website. The Whitestone Council was supported by both Tracy Hickman and Margaret ...
Dragon kill points or DKP are a semi-formal score-keeping system (loot system) used by guilds in massively multiplayer online games.Players in these games are faced with large scale challenges, or raids, which may only be surmounted through the concerted effort of dozens of players at a time.
The player characters are sent to another plane and trapped in a labyrinth known as the Demonweb, and must escape the web and defeat Lolth in her lair to return home. [ 4 ] The Q1 module was the first to offer a glimpse into the Abyss, home to the D&D race of demons .
In his 1990 book The Complete Guide to Role-Playing Games, game critic Rick Swan was disappointed, commenting, "though the premise is interesting, the execution is so convoluted that it's bound to discourage all but the most dedicated players." Despite this, Swan liked the combat system's "solid rules covering back-stabbing, strangulation, and ...
The Dungeon Master's Guide (DMG [1] or DM's Guide; in some printings, the Dungeon Masters Guide or Dungeon Master Guide) is a book of rules for the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. The Dungeon Master's Guide contains rules concerning the arbitration and administration of a game, and is intended for use by the game's Dungeon Master .