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Dungeoneer's Survival Guide (Advanced Dungeons and Dragons)

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For the 1st edition lovers, this is another good collection. I sure miss the 1st edition for I think it's still better than the new editions they have now.

This book will add amazing depth to your campaigns, by providing you with exhaustive information on caverns and the depths of the Underdark. Included are rules on the Underdark, swimming, climbing, bridges, falling, spelunking, fatigue, skills, combat underground, BattleSystem wars underground, cave-ins, mining, new equipment, and much more!

This survival guide puts the roll playing emphasis on the journey and not just the combat rounds. The material is presented well and is entertaining. The information is thorough enough to lead DMs to develop games and campaigns that are engrossing and not just a series of die rolled battles. It should inspire players into seeing the possibility of roll playing the journey for the journey and not just the respite between a series of dice battles. I have used this book for over 20 years of game playing!

This was the first of the terrain survival guides i purchased for my AD&D campaigns, and has remained my favorite. There is a certain mystique to the Underdark that captures the imagination of every gaming group. Almost without fail, pretty much every gaming group ends up in the Underdark at some point, and generally ends up getting in over their heads as well, lol.
This supplement really helps a DM to flesh out that environment, and make it both more deadly and more survivable, lol (love that disparity). From ecology to mining to the simple basics of survival, you can really make the Underdark shine in your campaign with this book. It deals in great detail with aspects of underground survival that you may not consider otherwise, such as climbing, mining potential, and the like. Temperature and availability of air, earthquakes and cave-ins....etc....
I think this really is a supplement that would benefit any gaming group, and one of the better ones ever published.

Enjoy!

I really love the content in this book. I am using it as added description in my AD&D 2nd edition game and boy is there ever great flavor text in here. Its a gem in the D&D world- a direct view into the game as it was intended. Quirky, often contradictory and fun. My only complaint was that the seller sent the product in a media envelope and the edges were damaged in the shipping. Otherwise great product.

I can't say that this out-of-print book is important, necessary or even interesting for the AD&D player, but it does contain a relative wealth of rules and information about underground locales (water, cave-ins, etc.) and also presents a not-too-badly done version of the Underdark (the one prior to the existance of Menzoberranzan).