The Complete Priest's Handbook is a supplemental rulebook published in 1990 for the 2nd edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons

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Contents

The Complete Priest's Handbook is a rules supplement for the 2nd edition Player's Handbook

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which details priestly characters and religion in campaigns. This includes guidelines for creating mythlogical history, designing faiths, detailing where special powers come from, duties of priests, rights and restrictions, how to role-play priest characters, and also the relationship a priest has with followers and believers. The book includes rules for "priest kits" (subclasses), including fighting-monks, pacifists, scholars, and prophets, and there are 60 sample priesthoods based on generic principles.

Publication history

PHBR3 The Complete Priest's Handbook was written by Aaron Allston

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, with illustrations by Thomas Baxa

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, and was published by TSR in 1990 as a 128-page book.