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Schwalb  \nAdditional Design  \nGreg Bilsland, James Wyatt  \nDevelopment  \nStephen Schubert (lead), Peter Schaefer, Rodney Thompson  \nAdditional Development  \nMike Donais, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Chris Tulach  \nEditing  \nJeremy Crawford (lead),  \nScott Fitzgerald Gray, M. Alexander Jurkat, Cal Moore  \nManaging Editing  \nKim Mohan  \nDirector of D&D R&D and Book Publishing  \nBill Slavicsek  \nD&D Creative Manager  \nChristopher Perkins  \nD&D Senior Art Director  \nJon Schindehette  \nD&D Design Manager  \nJames Wyatt  \nD&D Development and Editing Manager  \nAndy Collins  \nArt Director  \nKate Irwin  \nCover Illustration  \nSteve Prescott  \nGraphic Designer  \nLeon Cortez, Keven Smith, Emi Tanji  \nAdditional Graphic Design  \nSoe Murayama  \nInterior Illustrations  \nSteve Argyle, Ralph Beisner, Eric Belisle, Kerem Beyit, Chippy, Mitch Cotie, Jesper Ejsing, Jason A. Engle, Tomas Giorello, Howard Lyon, Warren Mahy, Raven Mimura, Jim Nelson, William O’Connor, Hector Ortiz, Wayne Reynolds, Chris Seaman, Eva Widermann, Sam Wood, Ben Wootten  \nPublishing Production Specialist  \nChristopher Tardiff  \nPrepress Manager  \nJefferson Dunlap  \nImaging Technician  \nCarmen Cheung  \nProduction Manager  \nCynda Callaway  \nGame rules based on the original DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® rules created by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and the later editions by David “Zeb” Cook (2nd Edition); Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Richard Baker, and Peter Adkison (3rd Edition); and Rob Heinsoo, Andy Collins, and James Wyatt (4th Edition) .  \n620-21911720-001 EN 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 First Printing: October 2009  \nISBN: 978-0-7869-5023-2  \nU. S., CANADA, ASIA, PACIFIC,& LATIN AMERICA  \nWizards of the Coast LLC  \nP. O. Box 707  \nRenton WA 98057-0707 +1-800-324-6496  \nEUROPEAN HEADQUARTERS Hasbro UK Ltd  \nCaswell Way  \nNewport, Gwent NP9 0YH  \nGREAT BRITAIN  \nPlease keep this address for your records  \nWIZARDS OF THE COAST, BELGIUM Industrialaan 1  \n1702 Groot-Bijgaarden Belgium +32.070.233.277  \nDUNGEONS & DRAGONS, D&D, d20, d20 System, WIZARDS OF THE COAST, Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, Monster Manual, Primal Power, EBERRON, FORGOTTEN REALMS, Adventurer’s Vault, Arcane Power, Draconomicon, Keep on the Shadowfell, Martial Power, Open Grave: Secrets of the Undead, all other Wizards of the Coast product names, and their respective logos are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast in the U.S.A. and other countries. All Wizards characters and the distinctive likenesses thereof are property of Wizards of the Coast LLC. This material is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction or unauthorized use of the material or artwork contained herein is prohibited without the express written permission of Wizards of the Coast LLC. Any similarity to actual people, organizations, places, or events included herein is purely coincidental. Printed in the U. S. A. ©2009 Wizards of the Coast LLC  \nVISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW. WIZARDS. COM/DND  \nIntroduction  \nPrimal Power has its roots in the decision to include the druid as a monster in the 1976 supplement Greyhawk®. D&D® cocreator Gary Gygax likely had little idea at the time that his description would affect the game for the next three decades: “These men are priests ofa neutral-type religion . . . Druids may change shape three times per day . . . from size as small as a raven to as large as a small bear. They will generally (70%) be accompanied by numbers of barbaric followers (fighters).” That, in a nutshell, is the origin of the primal power source. 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