Urban Arcana Campaign Setting (d20 Modern) (Hardcover)

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Product Description

The Urban Arcana Campaign Setting is the first setting to be released for players of the d20 Modern Roleplaying Game. It greatly expands on material available to d20 Modern players and includes new races, advanced classes, occupations, feats, creatures, and rules for organizations and secret societies. It contains both short adventures and adventure hooks and presents a fully detailed city for adventuring, including maps. A key feature is the expanded magic system that features new magic items for the modern world.

About the Author

Bill Slavicsek is the director of roleplaying game development at Wizards of the Coast, Inc. His most recent credits include the d20 Modern Roleplaying Game and the Star Wars Roleplaying Game Revised Core Rulebook.

Jeff Grubb is an award-winning game designer whose recent credits include Enemies and Allies, Monster Manual II,and the d20 Modern Roleplaying Game.

Eric Cagle's most recent credits are the Star Wars Ultimate Alien Anthology and the Arms and Equipment Guide.

David Noonan's most recent credits include the Stronghold Builder's Guidebook and the Hero Builder's Guidebook.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (May 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786926597
• ISBN-13: 978-0786926596
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #476,433 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An amalgamation of modern magic, September 23, 2003

By	Michael T. Schell "fenrys" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

When I read of this setting idea in the back D20 Modern I thought it would be an interesting thing to look over and maybe play. Now that I have it, I can see my expectations were rather justified as Urban Arcana looks like a kind of amalagamation of dark modern ideas like the X-Files and mixes it with a bit of Harry Potter's world. Freaky in some respects but intriguing none the less. Most of the standard D&D races are availble for play as well some non-standard races. I'm getting some other stuff to play with this and I may just try to do a kind of D20 Shadowrun when all is said and done, the possibilties are endless.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A dwarf with a Glock, January 22, 2008

By	J. W. Mullins (The Stupid Middle East....Again) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Urban Arcana is a very well developed and presented addition to the D20 Modern world. It does a good job of balancing modern settings with fantasy. The races and the reason for the fantasy elements are very well incorporated into the campaign as well as the reason why you don't notice why the grumpy local banker is actually a dwarf. If you are looking at adding a little fantasy (or a lot) to your modern campaign, or just want to play a dwarf with a semi automatic pistol, Urbana Arcana has everything you need. A great product and a good addition to any D20 Modern group.

11 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It pays to wait, June 5, 2003

By	James K. Hoffman "Book Addict" (Jersey Village, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Okay, so first off, I have to admit that I haven't used this in actual play, but over all this is a good looking campaign supplement. It delivers on the promise that we got in the tiny section of D20 Modern and then some. It looks like the kind of fun, fast campaign world that atttracted me to D&D oh, so many years ago.
In fact, with all the changes to D&D, and the 3.5 "update", I may just cut to the chase and play D20 Modern in the Urban Arcana world instead!