''Dungeon Master's Guide 2'' is a supplement to the
4th edition of the ''
Dungeons & Dragons
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Contents
''Dungeon Master's Guide 2'' gives expansions for the
Dungeon Master to add to a campaign.
The ''Dungeon Master's Guide 2'' contains information on group storytelling, advanced encounters, skill challenges, customizing monsters, adventures and paragon campaigns. Although it does contain artifacts, it does not contain standard magic items.
Publication history
''Dungeon Master's Guide 2'' was written by
Greg Gorden
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Career
Greg Gorden has worked for several gaming companies:
* For Victory Games (Avalon Hill), Victory Games he participated, during the early 1980s, in the ...
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Robin D. Laws
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Robin D. Laws ...
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Mike Mearls
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, and published on September 19, 2009. The 224-page hardcover book features art by
Steve Argyle,
Ryan Barger
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Kerem Beyit,
Zoltan Boros,
Julie Dillon,
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Ralph Horsley
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His ''Dungeons & Dragons'' work includes cover art for the adventure '' The Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde'' (2006), and interior art for ''Monster Manual III'' ...
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Mari Kolkowsky
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Howard Lyon,
Raven Mimura
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Raven received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration from Rhode Island School of Design. He spent a year teaching art and building his portfolio ...
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Lucio Parrillo
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Lucio was born in Catanzaro, southern Italy, where he attended art school in Catanzar ...
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Wayne Reynolds
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Jon Schindehette,
Georgi "Calader" Simeonov,
Amelia Stoner,
Gábor Szikszai, and
Eva Widermann
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She went to the Scholastic of Graphic & Design, Munich.
Career
Widermann started her graphic design career in 1998 and wor ...
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Shannon Appelcline commented that with Fourth Edition ''Dungeons & Dragons'', Wizards planned to publish just three books for each setting, beginning with the poorly-received ''
Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide'', ''
Forgotten Realms Player's Guide'' and ''
Scepter Tower of Spellgard'' in 2008, and "The next year saw the clockwork production of ''Dungeon Master's Guide 2'' (2009), ''
Monster Manual 2'' (2009) and ''
Player's Handbook 2'' (2009), as well as the reappearance of Eberron through the typical two books and an adventure – the latter released as part of Free RPG Day. These setting books were much better accepted, perhaps because the 4e nay-sayers had now moved on to other games."
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References
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Role-playing game supplements introduced in 2009