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  <title><![CDATA[Player's Handbook I: A 4th Edition Core Rulebook (D&amp;D Core Rulebook)]]></title>
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  <default-description>The first of three core rulebooks for the 4th Edition &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dungeons &amp; Dragons&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&#174; &lt;i&gt;Roleplaying Game&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The&lt;b&gt; &lt;i&gt;Dungeons &amp; Dragons&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Roleplaying Game&lt;/i&gt; has defined the medieval fantasy genre and the tabletop RPG industry for more than 30 years. In the &lt;b&gt;D&amp;D&lt;/b&gt; game, players create characters that band together to explore dungeons, slay monsters, and find treasure. The 4th Edition &lt;b&gt;D&amp;D&lt;/b&gt; rules offer the best possible play experience by presenting exciting character options, an elegant and robust rules system, and handy storytelling tools for the Dungeon Master.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The &lt;i&gt;Player's Handbook&lt;/i&gt; presents the official &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dungeons &amp; Dragons&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Roleplaying Game&lt;/i&gt; rules as well as everything a player needs to create &lt;b&gt;D&amp;D&lt;/b&gt; characters worthy of song and legend: new character races, base classes, paragon paths, epic destinies, powers, more magic items, weapons, armor, and much more.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">2008</original-publication-year>
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    <body><![CDATA[Kicking off our campaign today.  First time DMing a D&amp;D game, and the first time we've ever played 4ed.  Should be interesting.<br/><br/>I've got my soundtrack prepared for the game session today.  I put together a mix of songs from Diablo 2, and some tracks from Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel Gu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57514976">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Aug 22 07:39:20 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Monte Cook really described well what is wrong with forth edition D&amp;D.  He said that when 3ed edition came around, D&amp;D was out of print and people were rather unhappy with the system.  Here comes 4th edition and everyone is still pretty happy with 3ed edition.  So what did 4th change?  Well, it turn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30889946">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun Jan 11 00:07:07 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like most relatively satisfied 3.5 players, I was somewhat skeptical of 4th edition. But the more I heard about it, the more I liked, and now that I've started GMing the game, I would never go back. Running a 4th Edition game is *so* much more fun and tons easier as a GM.<br/><br/>The adaptation o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42650655">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60166455">
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  <date_added>Thu Jun 18 08:26:37 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[If I had known I could review gaming rulebooks on this site... woah boy...<br/><br/>To my friends and those few people following my reviews, sorry for the nerdy segue... which, as I wrote it, turned into a one-sided conversation for some reason.<br/><br/>Ok, I gave this book 5 stars because...<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60166455">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44167059">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The new 4E Player's Handbook is a mixed bag. Parts of it are great and parts are disappointing. The descriptions and pictures are all great. Unfortunately, the organization is less than ideal. As a reference manual, the organization is acceptable. However, a first-time reader may find parts confusin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44167059">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23426475">
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked it, sometimes even against my own will. I like the game that's in these pages, and I'm excited to play it. Whether it is/isn't D&amp;D I'll leave for later; I'll take this game for what it is and enjoy it as such.]]></body>
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    <review id="35636371">
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    <body><![CDATA[Of all the editions that have come since the original Advanced D&amp;D, I think that this is the closest to the original in flavor (if not in rules).  The classes are distinct, the rules have been pared down to only those that are necessary to run the game, and the game is more about having fun and doin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35636371">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="28782831">
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    <body><![CDATA[Dungeon and Dragons released its 4th edition this summer, and it is a change from the other editions in a number of ways.<br/><br/><br/>Some of the changes from 3.5 to 4.0 include different starting player races and classes, the change from feats and class powers to at-will, encounter, and daily pow...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28782831">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="27949069">
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    <body><![CDATA[I am completely pleased with the changes made to the Dungeons and Dragons game with this new installment. I have played several games, and read through the Handbook several times already, and I can't find any portion that does not make sense, streamline the game, or enhance the level of fun I am hav...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27949069">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="27055710">
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    <name><![CDATA[Matt]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[i like:<br/><br/>- the rolls are arranged vs. defenses.<br/>- the powers (giving players more options is good.)<br/>- that rogues are more powerful<br/>- some of the simplifications of movement<br/>- the reset button hit on some of the racial stuff.<br/>- the layout of the powers is helpful f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27055710">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32922707">
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    <body><![CDATA[It's difficult to say whether I think this is an improvement on 3.5 or not. The big differences are simply that many of the classes have been homogenized with one another and that the freedom to choose the manner in which your character develops has been curtailed in favor of pre-packaged &quot;path...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32922707">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66166850">
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm old school 1e - playing off and on for 30 years.  I don't like 4e at all.  It is too power intensive obviously geared towards a younger generation of gamers.  The tragedy here is that all of this power mongering / munchkin-like aspects dilute the ROLE-PLAYING and the emphasis on the STORY, which...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66166850">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23879669">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's hard to accurately review a rulebook like this having only read it, and not actually played a game using said rules yet, so this review is subject to later amendment.<br/><br/>The changes from the previous edition are overall positive seeming changes.  It seems as if the designers took a cons...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23879669">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42268111">
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting... adding half dragon and half demonic races; but with all the math and modifiers, if this had been the book I found over 20 years ago, I'd never have played the game... and never met my better half!]]></body>
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    <review id="71640068">
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    <body><![CDATA[Having not picked up a D&amp;D book since the 2nd edition there was a lot to take in but on the whole I liked it. This is not a book for reading, in the most part, it's for reference.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not bad.  It does seem to change the game considerably which is going to rub some people the wrong way.  The emphasis seems to be much more on combat than other aspects, but the rules are much cleaner and the content that used to be in the DMG (magic items) are finally moved to the PHB where they be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26301350">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43776264">
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  <date_added>Tue Jan 20 21:53:39 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 20 21:54:18 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[and why would i, a geek(shut up, you know who i'm talking about), rate this badly?]]></body>
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    <review id="37968140">
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  <date_added>Mon Nov 17 12:50:20 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 29 13:26:43 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I have to admit, there are some changes from 3.5 to 4.0 that I like, but, overall, I am not very impressed with the new game.  It seems like almost all flexibility has gone out of character creation, and, except for a token feat, multi-classing has gone out the window.  Any class or ability with non...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37968140">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65592970">
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    <name><![CDATA[Casktapper]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Canada]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 30 17:53:30 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 30 17:53:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am fascinated by the game design decisions made in 4e<br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="42015382">
  <user id="735627">
    <name><![CDATA[Clackamas]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Oregon City, OR]]></location>        
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    <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 05 15:49:36 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 05 15:49:36 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Eh. I'll stick with 3.5 for now. ]]></body>
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