''Complete Champion'' is a supplement for the
3.5 edition of the ''
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Contents
Somewhat of a sequel to ''
Complete Divine'', the book is geared for characters who fight for a cause.
Publication history
''Complete Champion'' was written by
Ed Stark
Ed Stark is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.
Career
Ed Stark began his career at West End Games, where he wrote for the ''TORG'' and ''Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Star Wars'' lines. He was the main developer b ...
,
Chris Thomasson,
Rhiannon Louve,
Ari Marmell
Ari Marmell is an American novelist and freelance role-playing game writer.
Novels
His first novel, ''Gehenna: The Final Night'', was published in 2004 by White Wolf Publishing. ''Agents of Artifice,'' a media tie-in novel set in the Magic: The ...
, and
Gary Astleford, and was published in May 2007. Cover art was by
Eric Polak, with interior art by
Steve Argyle,
Stephen Belledin,
Miguel Coimbra,
Thomas Denmark,
Eric Deschamps,
Wayne England,
David Griffith,
Fred Hooper,
Ralph Horsley,
Howard Lyon,
Eva Widermann, and
Sam Wood
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Thomasson defined the use of "champion" in the title to mean a "champion of faith", rather than in the more general sense of the term: "All characters have the potential to be champions; this book is focused on the divine, specifically divine magic and the religions of D&D --the goal we had was to make those elements of the game more accessible to characters other than paladins, clerics and druids."
Reception
Viktor Coble listed the entire ''Complete'' series - including ''
Complete Adventurer'', ''
Complete Divine'', ''
Complete Warrior'', ''
Complete Arcane'', ''Complete Champion'', and ''
Complete Mage'' - as #9 on ''
CBR''
's 2021 "D&D: 10 Best Supplemental Handbooks" list, stating that "These books took a deep dive into specific class types. They expanded on what it meant to be that kind of class, gave informative prestige classes, extra abilities, and even new concepts for playing them."
Reviews
References
Further reading
*"The Allure of Evil: Dark Churches", Dragon #361.
External links
Previews for May and Beyond''Complete Champion'' Excerpts*
Dungeons & Dragons sourcebooks
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 2007
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