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Player's Handbook - Deluxe Edition: A 4th Edition Core Rulebook (D&D Core Rulebook) |  | Author: Wizards RPG Team
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Category: Book
List Price: $74.95
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 119973
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 4 Deluxe
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 8.6 x 0.8
MPN: WOC2195672
ISBN: 0786950439
Dewey Decimal Number: 793
EAN: 9780786950430
ASIN: 0786950439
Publication Date: October 21, 2008
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| Features:
| • | Core Rulebook I Deluxe Edition | | • | Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro |
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Product Description
This deluxe volume is a special edition of the 4th Edition core rulebook that every Dungeons and Dragons player and Dungeon Master can appreciate. This book features embossed premium foil covers and premium gilt-edged paper. The Dungeons and Dragons Roleplaying Game has defined the medieval fantasy genre and the tabletop RPG industry for more than 30 years. In the D and D game players create characters that band together to explore dungeons slay monsters and find treasure. The 4th Edition D and D rules offer the best possible play experience by presenting exciting character options an elegant and robust rules system and handy storytelling tools for the Dungeon Master. The Player's Handbook presents the official Dungeons and Dragons Roleplaying Game rules as well as everything a player needs to create D and D characters worthy of song and legend: new character races base classes paragon paths epic destinies powers magic items weapons armor and much more. This 320-page Player's Handbook is the first of three core rulebooks required to play the 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons Roleplaying Game. The improved page layout and presentation enables new and established players to understand and learn the 4th Edition D and D rules quickly.
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| Customer Reviews:
 why is this more expensive? December 2, 2008
S. Patel (Washington, DC United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
there is no reason this book is more expensive, except perhaps the error correction. if anything it should have been the regular player's handbook.
 Correcting the typos and omissions in the regular edition November 23, 2008
Overweight and Proud Of It (Springfield, Illinois USA)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
It was "nice" that Wizards of the Coast posted the steady stream of typo corrections, omissions and rewritten rules on their web site; it would have been even "nicer" if a better editing effort had been performed on the regular version of the 4.0 edition PHB, so that some of the more annoying omissions had been caught before the regular version came out. Still, if Wizards can refrain from making more corrections to the PHB for at least the next 12 to 24 months, it will give me a chance to actually use the PHB without having paste yet another corrections page into the book.
Same Book: Prettier Package October 28, 2008
Nebten
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
Let me first say that this isn't a review of the 4th edition PHB overall, but of how the Deluxe version is different from the basic version. I like 4th edition D&D to buy this book in the first place. But I feel that they should have released this version of the book in 2009 to make sure all the bugs got out of 4th ed.
I was aware what the book contained and what it didn't. I knew it wasn't going to contain any new material, just 10 pages of errata of the first printing of the 4th ed PHB.
The page tags are nice. But they do not come off easy with worry that they may damage the pages. The ink quality is the same from the other 4th ed books which is widely believed to be subpar due to the fact that it smugs. This was something that I have not noticed in the multitude of 3.X and AD&D books I've owned over the years.
The biggest difference is the foil bindings and glossy front and back covers. I am turned off by this more then I thought I would be. It makes the PHB appear to be a thick hard cover special edition comic book. Because of this I have become more concerned about putting dings into this expensive book.
The 3.5 Special Edition PHB, DMG, and MM got it right and is worth the price. Nice sturdy black leather covers that make you feel like you are opening a wizard's tome. The silk book marker is classer then the page tags.
I bought this book because of the heavy discount Amazon.com gave it at the time. I definatly wouldn't buy it again nor recommend it to anybody unless they don't like carrying around errata pages like myself. While I do not have the Deluxe version of the DMG or MM I would not recommend buying those at all for the increase price. For the price you are only get 5 pages of errata for each book with a pretty cover. I feel the DMG is pretty much a worthless book to those who already know how to DM and create a world. The errata for it doesn't make a difference.
In short: If you like to splurg, go ahead. But I wouldn't buy this if you already own the basic PHB.
 The quality is improved, but the ink smears... inexcusable! October 27, 2008
Mike Karkabe-Olson (Ferndale, WA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
What is good: The bindings of these deluxe books are much better than the standard, cheaper printings. And the cover is much nicer (though leather would have been even better). The paper quality is also better. Lastly, and most importantly, these books contain updates/corrections to the rules that the standard printings do not yet include.
What is bad: The ink on the pages of these books still smears, just like the cheaper printings. This alone causes me to knock off a full two stars from the rating. Paying this much money, I expect them to be of perfect quality... and running my fingers across the ink and having them smear is just inexcusable. I only had one other trivial complaint (and no I did not knock off any stars because of this). The gilt edges stick together when you first get them. I fail to see how the gilt makes them look any better and I had to carefully separate them upon my first reading to assure I caused no damage. Without the ink-smearing debacle I would have otherwise given these books a 5 star rating.
Dissapointed -- Nothing here is better than the cheaper handbooks. Give us LEATHER! October 23, 2008
Joshua R. Garvin (Austin, TX USA)
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
I'm extremely disappointed that these books are not leather bound and that they are not significantly higher quality than the standard rulebooks. This "Deluxe" Players Handbook is only different on the cover -- not in quality, quantity or presentation.
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