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Arcane Power

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This article is about the 4th edition sourcebook. For the power source, see arcane magic.

Arcane Power is a 4th-edition Dungeons & Dragons accessory.

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You are a master of magic, a wielder and shaper of raw arcane power. Armed with your favorite staff, sword, or other implement, you stand ready to crush the forces arrayed against you. This DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® supplement presents new powers, feats, paragon paths, and epic destinies designed for the bard, sorcerer, swordmage, warlock, and wizard classes. It also includes the vestige pact for warlocks, rules for familiars, a new kind of implement (tomes), and new builds and class features that allow you to play new versions of your favorite arcane classes—from the prescient bard or storm sorcerer to the illusionist wizard or summoner wizard.
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Description[]

Arcane Power is intended as supplementary rules for players playing as characters using the arcane power source, such as wizards or warlocks. It covers all of the officially released classes of the arcane power source, including swordmages, to that point but not later released ones, such as the artificer class. In addition to providing new builds, the book also comes with new feats, rituals, paragon paths, and epic destinies as well as rules for using familiars. Although a book mostly built on game mechanics and rules, also known as "crunch," the book contains a small amount of lore to provide players with a context for their class, such as details on how different races play out different classes.

The book is organized into seven chapters, as follow:

  1. Introduction - This foreword gives players a brief glimpse at what the book details, as well as how to integrate new material into an already running game.
  2. Bards — This chapter focuses solely on bards, introducing the prescient bard build as well as new paragon paths such as the euphonic bow or life singer.
  3. Sorcerers — This chapter introduces two new sorcerer power origins, the cosmic and storm sorcerers along with new paragon paths, such as the blizzard mage and the primordial channeler.
  4. Swordmages — More options for the Forgotten Realms swordmage class are included here such as the ensnaring swordmage build or sigil carver and sword of assault paragon paths.
  5. Warlocks — A new warlock pact, an adaptation of the 3.5 binder class known as the vestige pact, is introduced in this chapter, along with new paragon paths such as the god fragment or storm scorge.
  6. Wizards — Two new wizard builds, the illusionist and summoning wizard are presented in this chapter, along with a new implement type, the tome, and a new type of orb. Additionally, new paragon paths such as the arcane wayfarer and rimetongue caller are introduced.
  7. Arcane Options — Additional character options are presented here, such as how to use familiars in 4th edition, new feats, and new epic destinies, such as the archlich.

Contents[]

  • 1: Bard
  • 2: Sorcerer
  • 3: Swordmage
  • 4: Warlock
  • 5: Wizard
  • 6: Arcane Options

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Credits[]

  • Design: Logan Bonner (lead), Eytan Bernstein, Bruce R. Cordell, Peter Lee
  • Additional Design: Robin Laws
  • Development: Mike Mearls (lead), Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Peter Schaefer
  • Additional Development: Andy Collins, Stephen Schubert
  • Editing: Julia Martin (lead), Greg Bilsland, Michele Carter, Jennifer Clarke Wilkes
  • Managing Editing: Kim Mohan
  • Director of D&D R&D and Book Publishing: Bill Slavicsek
  • D&D Creative Manager: Christopher Perkins
  • D&D Senior Art Director: Jon Schindehette
  • D&D Design Manager: James Wyatt
  • D&D Development and Editing Manager: Andy Collins
  • Art Director: Keven Smith
  • Cover Illustration: William O'Connor
  • Graphic Designer: Keven Smith
  • Interior Illustrations: Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai, Matt Cavotta, Chippy, Ed Cox, Steve Ellis, Wayne England, Jason Engle, Tomas Giorello, Woodrow Hinton III, Ralph Horsley, Howard Lyon, Warren Mahy, Mike Nash, William O’Connor, Lucio Parrillo, Wayne Reynolds, Dan Scott, Chris Seaman, Anne Stokes, Matias Tapia, Franz Vohwinkel, Eva Widermann, James Zhang
  • Publishing Production Specialist: Erin Dorries
  • Prepress Manager: Jefferson Dunlap
  • Imaging Technician: Carmen Cheung
  • Production Manager: Cynda Callaway

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