{{OGL Topambiguous|Unearthed Arcana|for 3.5th edition}}{{Publication Infobox|system=Dungeons and Dragons 3.5e|url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ag/20040213a|image=UA Cover.jpg|abbreviation=UA|series=|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|itemcode=177290000|author=Andy Collins, Jesse Decker, David Noonan, Rich Redman|date=February 2004|format=Trade Hardcover|pgcount=224|isbn10=0-7869-3131-0|asbn13=978-0786931316|price=$34.95 ; C$51.95|productblurb=A new guide to variant rules for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. This all-new sourcebook provides D&D players and Dungeon Masters with a wide choice of variant rules for alternate roleplaying in a D&D campaign. Designed to expand the options available for customizing gameplay, these variant rules are modular and can be imported into any campaign in any amount desired. Examples of variant rules include playing core classes as prestige classes and alternate damage systems. Brand-new rules include a new system of metamagic feats and a new spell system.}}

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=== [[Publication:Unearthed Arcana#Introduction ===|Introduction]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana#What's Inside?|What's Inside?]][[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Races|Races]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Environmental Racial Variants|Environmental Racial Variants]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Elemental Racial Variants|Elemental Racial Variants]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Reducing Level Adjustments|Reducing Level Adjustments]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Bloodlines|Bloodlines]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Racial Paragon Classes|Racial Paragon Classes]][[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Classes|Classes]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Variant Character Classes|Variant Character Classes]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Specialist Wizard Variants|Specialist Wizard Variants]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Spontaneous Divine Casters|Spontaneous Divine Casters]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Class Feature Variants|Class Feature Variants]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Prestigious Character Classes|Prestigious Character Classes]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Gestalt Characters|Gestalt Characters]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Generic Classes|Generic Classes]][[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Building Characters|Building Characters]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Alternative Skill Systems|Alternative Skill Systems]] *[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Complex Skill Checks|Complex Skill Checks]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Character Traits|Character Traits]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Character Flaws|Character Flaws]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Spelltouched Feats|Spelltouched Feats]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Weapon Group Feats|Weapon Group Feats]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Craft Points|Craft Points]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Character Background|Character Background]][[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Adventuring|Adventuring]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Defense Bonus|Defense Bonus]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Armor as Damage Reduction|Armor as Damage Reduction]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Damage Conversion|Damage Conversion]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Injury|Injury]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Vitality and Wound Points|Vitality and Wound Points]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Reserve Points|Reserve Points]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Massive Damage Thresholds and Results|Massive Damage Thresholds and Results]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Death and Dying|Death and Dying]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Action Points|Action Points]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Combat Facing|Combat Facing]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Hex Grid|Hex Grid]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Variable Modifiers|Variable Modifiers]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Bell Curve Rolls|Bell Curve Rolls]] *[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Players Roll All the Dice|Players Roll All the Dice]][[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Magic|Magic]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Magic Rating|Magic Rating]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Summon Monster Variants|''Summon Monster'' Variants]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Metamagic Components|Metamagic Components]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Spontaneous Metamagic|Spontaneous Metamagic]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Spell Points|Spell Points]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Recharge Magic|Recharge Magic]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Legendary Weapons|Legendary Weapons]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Item Familiars|Item Familiars]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Incantations|Incantations]][[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Campaigns|Campaigns]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Contacts|Contacts]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Reputation|Reputation]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Honor|Honor]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Taint|Taint]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Tainted Prestige Classes|Tainted Prestige Classes]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Sanity|Sanity]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Test-Based Prerequisites|Test-Based Prerequisites]]*[[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Level-Independent XP Awards|Level-Independent XP Awards]][[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/When Worlds Collide|When Worlds Collide]]

[[Summary::''Unearthed Arcana'' exposes you to more variant rules and alternative methods of gaming than anyone can hope to use in a single campaign. On top of those, a bunch of House Rule sidebars written by various members of the Wizards of the Coast R&D department describe personal variants they’ve used in their home campaigns. In fact, there’s probably more in here than you could reasonably use in a dozen campaigns, and some of it you probably won’t ever get around to actually introducing to your game.]]

=== What’s Inside? ===

'''[[UAPublication:Unearthed Arcana/Races|Races]]''' introduces the concept of racial variants, keyed either to a particular environment or a certain elemental type. It offers a way to reduce a character’s level adjustment, which can pay off in more rapid advancement at higher levels. Much of the chapter is devoted to bloodlines—a way to make characters distinctive by giving them a hint of monstrous ancestry. Finally, it presents paragon classes that enable characters to develop into quintessential examples of their race.

'''[[UAPublication:Unearthed Arcana/Classes|Classes]]''' is full of ways to tailor the standard d20 System character classes. It provides a system allowing divine spellcasters to cast their spells spontaneously, as well as some variant class features. You can replace the standard bard, paladin, and ranger classes with prestige versions of those classes, or you can create gestalt characters who gain levels in two classes at the same time. For a simpler approach to class selection, try out the generic classes at the end of this chapter.

'''[[UAPublication:Unearthed Arcana/Building Characters|Building Characters]]''' offers options for detailing a character—a new way of determining which skills a character knows, a system for complex skill checks, and selections of traits and flaws that make characters more distinctive. Spelltouched feats and weapon group feats add even more variety to what characters can do. Instead of using the standard rules for the Craft skill, you can give characters craft points that they spend to create alchemical substances and magic items. The largest section of this chapter deals with character background, a way to create a character of higher than 1st level who has a unique personal history.

'''[[UAPublication:Unearthed Arcana/Adventuring|Adventuring]]''' is a treasure trove of ideas for changing basic aspects of the way the game works. If you want to try out a new system for how [[SRD:Armor Class|Armor Class]] is determined, or the benefit that armor provides, or how characters are affected by damage, you’ll find options here. you can give characters action points, which they se to improve their chances of succeeding at a task. You can change the way combat works by keeping track of a creature’s facing, or by using a hexagonal grid rather than a square grid. You can even modify the most fundamental concept in the d20 System rules by getting rid of the d20 altogether!

'''[[UAPublication:Unearthed Arcana/Magic|Magic]]''' is in many ways a counterpart to [[UAPublication:Unearthed Arcana/Adventuring|Adventuring]], except that the variants here are all related to the effects of magic on the game. You can give each character and creature a magic rating, which determines its caster level. You can generate individualized lists of ''summon'' spells related to each caster’s world view or goals. Metamagic components allow spellcasters to use spells with the effect of a metamagic feat already built in. The spontaneous metamagic variant gives casters the opportunity to assign metamagic effects to a spell just as it is cast. The spell point system gives casters more flexibility in their daily spell choices. Rather than limiting casters to a certain number of spells per day, you can use the recharge magic system to determine how often a character can cast a particular spell or a spell of a certain level. You can change the role of magic in the game without altering any other rules by using the material on legendary weapons, item familiars, and incantations.

'''[[UAPublication:Unearthed Arcana/Campaigns|Campaigns]]''' takes a look at concepts that can flesh out characters and affect (for good or ill) the way they interact with their world. Contacts are NPCs who can provide various forms of aid to player characters. Reputation and honor help to determine how the other residents of the campaign world perceive the PCs. For a darker and grittier campaign world, one in which characters are up against perils they can’t control, you can incorporate the rules for taint or insanity (or both). Finally, for a different way of determining how characters fulfill the requirements for feats and prestige classes, check out the variant test-based prerequisites.

'''[[UAPublication:Unearthed Arcana/When Worlds Collide|When Worlds Collide]]''' offers some brief advice for DMs on how to use a wide variety of variant rules during play without necessarily creating different campaign worlds for different combinations of variants.

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