Player's Handbook

• Glossary
• Step-by-Step Player Character Generation

Ch 1: Player Character Ability Scores

• Rolling Ability Scores
• Strength · Dexterity · Constitution · Intelligence · Wisdom · Charisma
• What the Numbers Mean

Ch 2: Player Character Races

• Minimum and Maximum Ability Scores · Racial Ability Adjustments · Class Restrictions and Level Limits · Languages
• Dwarves · Elves · Gnomes · Half-Elves · Halflings · Humans
• Other Characteristics
• Character Race Tables

Ch 3: Player Character Classes

• Warrior: Fighter · Paladin · Ranger
  • Warrior Tables
• Wizard: Mage · Illusionist · Specialist Wizards
  • The Schools of Magic · Wizard Tables

• Priest: Cleric · Druid
  • Priests of Specific Mythoi · Priest Tables
• Rogue: Thief · Bard
  • Skill Explanations · Rogue Tables
• Multi-Class and Dual-Class Characters

Ch 4: Alignment

• Law, Neutrality, and Chaos
• Good, Neutrality, and Evil
• Alignment Combinations

• Non-Aligned Creatures
• Playing the Character's Alignment
• Changing Alignment

Ch 5: Proficiencies

• Weapon Proficiencies
  • Effects of Weapon Proficiencies
  • Related Weapon Bonus
• Weapon Specialization
  • Cost of Specialization
  • Effects of Specialization

• Nonweapon Proficiencies
  • Using What You Know
  • Secondary Skills
• Nonweapon Proficiencies
  • Using Nonweapon Proficiencies
  • Nonweapon Proficiency Descriptions
• Proficiencies Tables

Ch 6: Money and Equipment

• Starting Money
• Equipment Lists
  • Clothing
  • Daily Food and Lodging
  • Household Provisioning
  • Transport
  • Animals
  • Services
  • Tack and Harness
  • Miscellaneous Equipment
• Weapons
  • Weapons Table

• Armor
  • Armor Sizes
  • Getting Into and Out of Armor
  • Creatures with Natural Armor Class
  • Armor Table
• Encumbrance (Optional Rule)
  • Basic Encumbrance (Tournament Rule)
  • Specific Encumbrance (Optional Rule)
  • Encumbrance and Mounts (Tournament Rule)
  • Magical Armor and Encumbrance
  • Effects of Encumbrance
  • Encumbrance Tables

Ch 7: Magic

• Wizard Spells
  • Schools of Magic
  • Learning Spells
  • Illusions
• Priest Spells

• Casting Spells
  • Spell Components
• Magical Research
• Spell Descriptions

Ch 8: Experience

• Group Experience Awards
• Individual Experience Awards
• Training Experience
• Where's the Specific Info?

Ch 9: Combat

• Definitions
• The Attack Roll
  • Figuring the To-Hit Number · Modifiers to the Attack Roll · Impossible To Hit Numbers · Weapon Types vs. Armor Modifiers (Optional Rule)
• Calculating THAC0
• Combat and Encounters
• The Combat Round
  • What You Can Do in One Round
• The Combat Sequence
• Initiative
  • Standard Initiative Procedure
  • Initiative Modifiers
  • Group Initiative (Optional Rule)
  • Individual Initiative (Optional Rule)
  • Multiple Attacks and Initiative
  • Spellcasting and Initiative
  • Weapon Speed and Initiative (Optional Rule)
    • Magical Weapon Speeds
• Attacking with Two Weapons
• Movement in Combat
  • Movement in Melee · Movement and Missile Combat · Charging an Opponent · Retreat
• Attacking Without Killing
  • Punching and Wrestling
  • Overbearing
  • Weapons in Nonlethal Combat
  • Nonlethal Combat and Creatures
• Touch Spells and Combat
• Missile Weapons in Combat
  • Range
  • Rate of Fire
  • Ability Modifiers in Missile Combat
  • Firing into a Melee
  • Taking Cover Against Missile Fire
  • Grenade-Like Missiles
  • Types of Grenade-Like Missiles
• Special Defenses
• Parrying (Optional Rule)
• The Saving Throw
  • Rolling Saving Throws
  • Saving Throw Priority
  • Voluntarily Failing Saving Throws
  • Ability Checks as Saving Throws
  • Modifying Saving Throws
• Magic Resistance
  • Effects of Magic Resistance
  • When Magic Resistance Applies
  • Successful Magic Resistance Rolls
• Turning Undead
  • Evil Priests and Undead
• Injury and Death
  • Wounds
• Special Damage
  • Falling · Paralysis · Energy Drain · Poison
• Healing
  • Natural Healing · Magical Healing · Herbalism & Healing Proficiencies
• Character Death
  • Death From Poison · Death From Massive Damage · Inescapable Death · Raising the Dead

Ch 10: Treasure

• Treasure Types
• Magical Items
• Dividing and Storing Treasure

Ch 11: Encounters

• The Surprise Roll
• Effects of Surprise
• Encounter Distance
• Encounter Options

Ch 12: NPCs

• Hirelings
• Followers

• Henchmen
• Player Character Obligations

Ch 13: Vision and Light

• Limits of Vision
• Light

• Infravision
• Using Mirrors

Ch 14: Time and Movement

• Movement
  • Jogging and Running (Optional Rule)
  • Cross Country Movement
• Swimming
  • Holding Your Breath

• Climbing
  • Calculating Success
  • Climbing Rates
  • Types of Surfaces
  • Actions While Climbing
  • Climbing Tools
  • Getting Down
  • Climbing Tables

Appendix

• Notes on Spells · Spell Index
• Wizard Spells
  • Wizard Spells by School
• Priest Spells ·
  • Priest Spells by Sphere