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Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson and the new DUNGEONS & DRAGONS game designed by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Richard Baker, and Peter Adkison.  \nBased on and including BIRTHRIGHT material created by Rich Baker, Colin McComb, Jean Rabe, Ed Stark, Dale Donovan, Duane Maxwell, and Carrie Bebris.  \nThis rulebook contains copyrighted material used with permission of Wizards of the Coast. This rulebook is to be made available as a freely available download on the official WotC–sponsored fan website, [www.birthright.net. It](www.birthright.net. It) is not for sale or resale and no profit can be made from the use of this material.  \nDUNGEONS & DRAGONS, DUNGEON MASTER, BIRTHRIGHT, and the BIRTHRIGHT logo, and the Wizards of the Coast logo are registered trademarks owned by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. The d20 System logo is a trademark owned by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. All characters, character names, and the distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks owned by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. This material is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any product is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual people, organizations, places, or events is purely coincidental.  \nVisit our website at [http://www.birthright.net/](http://www.birthright.net/)  \nContents  \nForward........................................................5  \nIntroduction ................................................6  \nWhat is this document? .......................... 6  \nThe land of Cerilia ................................... 6  \nA brief history of Cerilia ................... 6  \nBloodlines ............................................ 9  \nDomains and regency....................... 10  \nMagic in Cerilia ................................. 10  \nThe Shadow World ........................... 10  \nChapter one: Characters .......................11  \nAbility scores.......................................... 11  \nCharacter race......................................... 11  \nHumans, Cerilian .............................. 11  \nDwarves, Cerilian ............................. 14  \nElves, Cerilian (Sidhelien) .............. 15  \nHalf-Elves .......................................... 16  \nHalflings, Cerilian............................. 16  \nCharacter classes .................................... 17  \nBarbarian ............................................ 17  \nBard ..................................................... 17  \nCleric ................................................... 18  \nDruid ................................................... 18  \nFighter................................................. 18  \nMonk................................................... 18  \nPaladin ................................................ 18  \nRanger................................................. 19  \nRogue .................................................. 19  \nSorcerer, Wizard ............................... 19  \nNew character classes ........................... 20  \nMagician ........................","cbCaijDBiTV0ZKF6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijDBiTV0ZKF6","pdf",4919308,187,"English","# Forward\n# Introduction\n## What is this document?\n## The land of Cerilia\n## A brief history of Cerilia\n## Bloodlines\n## Domains and regency\n## Magic in Cerilia\n## The Shadow World\n# Chapter one: Characters\n## Ability scores\n## Character race\n## Character classes\n## Skills\n## Feats\n## Equipment\n# Chapter two: Blood and regency\n## Passing the bloodline\n## Bloodline derivation\n## Variant: Random bloodline traits\n## Bloodline strength\n## Blooded scion template\n## Increasing bloodline strength\n## Level Adjustment\n## Bloodline score\n## Bloodline score and regency\n## Behind the curtain: Bloodline ability score\n## Familial heritage\n## Usurpation\n## Blood abilities\n## Hereditary blood abilities\n## Using blood abilities\n## Behind the curtain: Blood abilities\n## Blood ability descriptions\n# Chapter three: Magic\n## Fundamentals of Cerilian magic\n## The Shadow World\n## Arcane magic\n## Magic and society\n## Spell research\n## Divine magic\n## Clerics\n## Druids\n## Paladins\n## Rangers","[{\"question\":\"What document is this and what purpose does it serve?\",\"answer\":\"It is the Birthright d20 Campaign Setting Rulebook for a first release playtest. 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