Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition is the second version of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. With the further development of D&D versions, it has also become known as AD&D 2ed.
AD&D developed from the Basic D&D system in various ways, which include:
- races were no longer character classes
- the amount of classes were expanded
- characters could have multiple classes at any one time
- the default skillset of each class was expanded
- characters had non-weapon proficiencies and weapon proficiencies that they could develop inside or outside their class
AD&D 2nd Edition, introduced in 1989, was based on AD&D, but had some notable changes, including:
- Classes were grouped under four major categories, Warrior, Wizard, Rogue, Priest
- Wizards could specialize in any school of magic, thus the illusionist class became a special case of such.
- Priest spells were organized into spheres, and the notion of priests of specific mythoi was established, of which the druid became an example of such.
- The assassin as a separate class was dropped, and the bard became a base class.
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The original publications for the Birthright campaign setting set out the rules and NPCs according to the AD&D 2nd Edition system. The BRCS is the development of those rules for other versions of D&D.BIRTHRIGHT, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, D&D, the BIRTHRIGHT logo, and the D&D logo are trademarks owned by Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., and are used by permission. ©2002-2010 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
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