Publication:Unearthed Arcana (1e)

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Unearthed Arcana (1e)

System: Dungeons and Dragons 1e  Abbreviation: UA  Author: Gary Gygax, Jeff Grubb, Kim Mohan, Len Lakofka, Roger Moore  Publisher: TSR  Item Code: 2017  Publication Date: 1985  Format: Hardcover  Page Count: 128  ISBN-10: 0-88038-084-5

Product Blurb "...All the new discoveries, plus a wealth of just uncovered secrets, between one pair of covers." This, the latest of the AD&D® game books, further defines and describes the game system. Inside are new spells, character classes, magic items, weapons, and much more for both players and Dungeon Masters. This text is quoted from promotion material. Text and images are copyrighted by the original publisher.

This was the first (A)D&D book to contain variant rules (home rules) and make them official. It was intended to be used with AD&D first edition rule books, claiming to expand Dungeon Master's Guide and Player's Handbook. Divided into two sections (one for players and one for Dungeon Masters), this 128-page book provided new races, character classes, magic items and spells, weapon types, deities, as well as some other expansion material.

Much of the material in Unearthed Arcana had previously appeared in Dragon magazine, and was later (in second edition) incorporated directly into Player's Handbook and Dungeon Master's Guide. Some other additions, like Comeliness attribute, were not included in the core, but were used almost everywhere. The new classes and character races presented in Unearthed Arcana were left out of the next version of the Player's Handbook, as they were considered unbalanced by the AD&D 2nd Edition's designers (the book's author, Gary Gygax, has left the team by that time), but were revitalised anyway in the following supplements.

The most important additions

• The idea of prestige class was presented by means of thief-acrobat.
• The barbarian class appeared for the first time.
• Weapon Specialization.
• Cantrips.
• Hierophant Druid was the first epic class.
• Gray dwarves in addition to hill dwarves and mountain dwarves.
• Gray, wild, valley and dark elves in addition to high elves.
• Deep gnomes (svirfneblin).
• Non-human deities.
• A lot of pole arms, which were so abundant in the Second Edition.
• Lots of magic items still encountered in the modern rulebooks.

Table of Contents

Players' Section

Section	Page
Character Abilities (Comeliness)	6
Character Races	7
Dwarves	10
Elves	10
Gnomes	11
Half-elves	11
Halflings	11
Half-orcs	11
Humans	11
Character Classes	12
Cavalier	14
Druid	16
Fighter	18
Thief	22
Money (for cavaliers)	25
Equiping The Character	26
Armor	26
Weapons	26
Character Spells	28
Spell Tables	28
Cleric Spells	32
Druid Spells	41
Magic-User Spells (Cantrips)	45
Magic-User Spells	51
Illusionist Spells (Cantrips)	65
Illusionist Spells	66

Dungeon Master's Section

Section	Page
Creating the Player Character	74
Generation of Ability Scores, Method V	74
Starting Hit Points for Player Characters	74
Character Abilities (Comeliness)	74
Character Classes	74
Followers for Cavaliers	74
Henchmen (Retainers) for Cavaliers	75
Armor, Armor Class & Weapons	75
Types of Armor & Encumbrance Table	75
Descriptions of New Armor Types	75
Warhorses and Barding	76
Descriptions of New Weapon Types	77
Character Spells	79
Acquisition of Cantrips, Magic-Users	79
Magic-User Spell Books	79
Acquisition of Illusionist Spells	80
Acquisition of Cantrips, Illusionists	80
Illusionists Spell Books	80
Cost of Magic-User/Illusionist Spell Casting	80
Spell Explanations	81
The Adventure (Underwater Spell Use)	81
Combat (Effects of Darkness)	82
The Campaign	82
Social Class and Rank	82
Circumstances of Birth	83
Treasure	84
Random Treasure Determination Tables	84
Potions	90
Scrolls	91
Rings	92
Rods	94
Staves	94
Wands	96
Miscellaneous Magic	97
Armor and Shield	104
Swords	104
Miscellaneous Weapons	105

Appendices

Letter	Name	Page
Q	Weaponless Combat	106
R	Non-Lethal Combat	109
S	Non-Human Deities	109
T	The Nomenclature of Pole Arms	123

See also

• Unearthed Arcana - 3rd edition, for DMs only
• Arcana Unearthed - a similarly named setting
• Book's webpage in Pen&Paper RPG Database

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