Introduction to Advanced Dungeons & Dragons is a 2nd-edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons boxed-set.
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Imagine you have entered a fantasy realm with monsters, treasures and daring deeds to be done! Play a heroic fighter or cunning wizard. Explore old castles and chart the depths of mysterious dungeons. The Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game has no limits. Your character can do anything you can imagine!
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Description[]
Introduction to Advanced Dungeons & Dragons is designed to serve as a comprehensive entry point for new players to the complex and immersive world of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. This set aimed to streamline the onboarding process for those unfamiliar with role-playing games or the extensive lore and mechanics of Dungeons & Dragons.
The set included a variety of components designed to facilitate a smooth introduction to the game. These components included rulebooks, adventure modules, character sheets, and dice, among others. The rulebooks provided a condensed overview of the game's mechanics, focusing on character creation, combat, spellcasting, and dungeon exploration. This was complemented by a series of introductory adventures, which were specifically crafted to guide new players and Dungeon Masters through their initial gaming sessions, emphasizing learning through gameplay.
It addressed common barriers to entry for new players by simplifying complex rules and presenting them in a clear and engaging manner. Additionally, the set included pre-generated characters, allowing players to jump into the game quickly without getting bogged down in the initially daunting process of character creation.
Contents[]
- Introduction to the Player's Handbook
- Introduction
- Player Characters
- Rules
- Wizard's Spells
- Cleric's Spells
- Introduction to the Dungeon Master Guide
- About Adventures
- The Tomb of Damara
- The Town of Freedale
- The Ghost of Harrow Hill
- Under Mount Dread
- Making Up Your Own Adventures
- Introduction to the Monstrous Manual
- Monsters
- Treasure Types
- Treasure Generation
- Treasure List
Index (Introduction to the Player's Handbook)[]
Races
Spells
aid • air breathing • animate dead • augury • bestow curse • bless • cause disease • cause fear • cause light wounds • charm person • clairvoyance • combine • continual light • continual darkness • cure disease • cure light wounds • curse • darkness, 15' radius • detect charm • detect evil • detect good • detect invisibility • detect magic • dispel magic • endure heat • endure cold • enlarge • explosive runes • feather fall • find traps • fire trap • fireball • flaming sphere • fly • glyph of warding • haste • hold person • hold portal • identify • infravision • invisibility • knock • know alignment • levitate • light • lightning bolt • locate object • lock • magic missile • magic mouth • mirror image • obscure object • prayer • produce flame • protection from evil • protection from fire • protection from good • purify food and water • putrefy food and water • read magic • reduce • remove curse • remove fear • shield • shocking grasp • silence, 15' radius • sleep • slow • slow poison • speak with dead • stinking cloud • suggestion • undetectable alignment • undetectable charm • water breathing • web • wizard lock
Index (Introduction to the Dungeon Master's Guide)[]
Characters
Axerock • Bonegnasher • Damara • Erika • Gunter Weiss • Klaus • Kordak • Netheril • Taran Goldenstar • Tinker
Referenced only
Azazabus
Referenced only
Azazabus
Creatures
black bear • bugbear • carrion crawler • drow • duergar • ghost • ghoul • giant bat • giant rat • gelatinous cube • gnoll • gnome • goblin • gray ooze • hobgoblin • kobold • lammasu • lizard man • ogre • orc • giant rat • piercer • red dragon • shadow • skeleton • snake • giant snake • giant spider • giant toad • giant wasp • worg • zombie • zombie (ju-ju)
Locations
Spells
cause fear • cause light wounds • charm person • clairvoyance • cure light wounds • detect invisibility • detect magic • fireball • hold person • invisibility • knock • know alignment • light • magic missile • shield • slow • slow poison • stinking cloud
Referenced only
bless • read magic
Referenced only
bless • read magic
Magic Items
Weapons
arrow • bastard sword • battleaxe • bow • club • dagger • dart • hand axe • long sword • morning star • mace • short bow • short sword • spear
Armor
Clothing
Musical Instruments
Tools
Materials
Index (Introduction to the Monstrous Manual)[]
Monsters
giant ant • giant bat • black bear • brown bear • beetle, giant, fire • bugbear • carrion crawler • Centipede, megalo • copper dragon • red dragon • duergar • drow • gargoyle • gelatinous cube • djinn • ghoul • gnoll • gnome • goblin • gray ooze • hobgoblin • kobold • lammasu • lizard man • myconid • ogre • orc • piercer • giant rat • scorpion, large • shadow • skeleton • snake, constrictor • snake • snake, giant poisonous • spider, large • Trapdoor spider • sprite • giant toad • unicorn • giant wasp • werebear • werewolf • wight • wolf • worg • zombie • ju-ju zombie
Enchanted items
axe of hurling • boots of dancing • boots of elvenkind • bracers of archery • bracers of defenselessness • carpet of flying • cloak of elvenkind • cloak of protection • crystal ball • cursed scroll • dust of appearance • elixir of health • gauntlets of fumbling • gauntlets of ogre power • gloves of missile snaring • horn of fog • ioun stone • mace of disruption • necklace of adaptation • portable hole • potion of fire resistance • potion of giant strength • potion of healing • potion of invisibility • potion of poison • potion of speed • ring of clumsiness • ring of feather falling • ring of fire resistance • ring of free action • ring of invisibility • ring of protection • ring of shocking grasp • rope of climbing • rope of constriction • short sword of quickness • stone of good luck • stone of weight • sword of berserking, cursed • sword +1, flame tongue • sword +1, luck blade • sword +4, defender • Sword of wounding • wand of fear • wand of fire • wand of illumination • wand of lightning • wand of magic missiles • wand of paralyzation
Gallery[]
Back Cover
Introduction to the Player's Handbook Cover
Introduction to the Dungeon Master Guide Cover
Introduction to the Monstrous Manual Cover
Credits[]
- Introduction to the Player's Handbook
- Design: Bruce Nesmith
- Editing: Julia Martin and Thomas M. Reid
- Art Coordinator: Peggy Cooper
- Cover Art: Jeff Easley
- Interior Art: Bruce Eagle, Jeff Easley, Paul Jaquays, Walter Velez and Robin Wood
- Graphics Coordinator: Sarah Feggestad
- Graphic Design: Dee Barnett
- Electronic Prepress Coordinator: Tim Coumbe
- Typography: Angelika Lokotz
- Production: Paul Hanchette
- Introduction to the Dungeon Master Guide
- Design: L. Richard Baker III, David "Zeb" Cook, Kevin Melka, and Bruce Nesmith
- Editing: Julia Martin and Thomas M. Reid
- Art Coordinator: Peggy Cooper
- Cover Art: Jeff Easley
- Interior Art: Bruce Eagle, Jeff Easley, Paul Jaquays, Walter Velez and Robin Wood
- Graphics Coordinator: Sarah Feggestad
- Cartography: Diesel and Robin Raab
- Graphic Design: Dee Barnett
- Electronic Prepress Coordinator: Tim Coumbe
- Typography: Angelika Lokotz
- Production: Paul Hanchette
- Introduction to the Monstrous Manual
- Design: Bruce Nesmith
- Editing: Julia Martin and Thomas M. Reid
- Cover Art: Jeff Easley
- Interior Art: Tom Baxa, Jeff Butler, Stephen A. Daniele, Tony DiTerlizzi, Les Dorscheid, Mark Nelson, Robin Raab, Dave Simons, and Robin Wood
- Typesetting: Angelika Lokotz
- Graphic Design: Dee Barnett
- Production: Paul Hanchette
Appendix[]
Background[]
Most of the content in the book is adapted from First Quest, a similar product except set in Karameikos instead of the Realms.