What's D&D?

Dungeons and Dragons can be considered a game where character options and the consequences of their choices are controlled by many rules that control all aspects, from combat to social interaction, this game is presented as a free game, theoretically a player can do all the things that he can imagine.Dungeons and Dragons hasn't got a particular intent, so a group of players, led by the dungeon master, can start a campaign without purpose and develop it with the evolution of the adventure or start to play with a specific intent. The game usually starts with no background, only the dm must know the story of the characters that the players are playing with. One of the most beautiful and interesting things of this game is the role that religion has in social life inside and outside the group of each character, for example a Paladin that's a always good character does not get along with clerics devoted to evil gods or pagan characters as druids or sorcerer. Dungeon Master's Role The game is presented by a dungeon master who acts as narrator, the DM also checks that the rules are obeyed and decides the reactions of NPCs that players will face during their adventure; Although the dm is the master of adventure, he does not have unlimited power over players, he must follow some rules too. For example he can't collocate a monster that lives in mountains near the sea or in the hills. The damage done by monsters and their drops are written in the manual of monsters, there are also lists the special abilities of monsters and their habitats. The dungeons master can also use the Dungeon Master's book that provides a series of magical items that can be dropped and further information on special abilities typical of the game. Weapons and special objects The game is based on the effect that magic's got on the universe. Magic can be used by many classes, but sometimes weapons and object are magic too. It is not hard to find a magic sword that's got a personality and some additional effects as some extra damages. Magic weapons are usually protected by very strong monsters as minotaurs or dragons, sometimes there are weapons of the gods that can be used only with the consent of the god or by killing the god. Magic object are usually rings, cloack or scrolls: Rings are the most important objects for a sorcerer because they give additional spell damage and damage reduction, cloacks give you a change to dodge an attack and scrolls are very usefull because with that you can launch the spell that countain eaven if you couldn't do it, for example a druid can use a scroll to use a sorcerer spell.The effect of a magic weapon or object must be decided by the dm. Races,basical classes and presige classes The most used races in this game are the elf, the human, the dwarf, the halfling and the gnome; sometimes players use the half-orc too. Each race's got different statics point which determines a

favourite class. For example the elf's got a lot of intelligence and he's usually used as a sorcerer or as a druid. The basical classes or standard class require no special requirements;The standard classes are: The warrior, The sorcerer, The barbarian, The paladin, The chieric, The thief, The ranger and the bard. There are also another type of class: Prestige class. prestige class were created to go over the basic levels, they are characterized by special talents, special skills and greater versatility in combat, of course, to get to a prestige class requirements are needed, and are not always easy to obtain . A dm can also create prestige classes as well as he can unavoid the use.