Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition is the second version of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. With the further development of D&D versions, it has also become known as AD&D 2ed.

AD&D developed from the Basic D&D system in various ways, which include:

• races were no longer character classes
  
• the amount of classes were expanded
  
• characters could have multiple classes at any one time
  
• the default skillset of each class was expanded
  
• characters had non-weapon proficiencies and weapon proficiencies that they could develop inside or outside their class
  

AD&D 2nd Edition, introduced in 1989, was based on AD&D, but had some notable changes, including:

• Classes were grouped under four major categories, Warrior, Wizard, Rogue, Priest
  
• Wizards could specialize in any school of magic, thus the illusionist class became a special case of such.
  
• Priest spells were organized into spheres, and the notion of priests of specific mythoi was established, of which the druid became an example of such.
  
• The assassin as a separate class was dropped, and the bard became a base class.
  

[top]Advanced Dungeons & Dragons and Birthright

The original publications for the Birthright campaign setting set out the rules and NPCs according to the AD&D 2nd Edition system. The BRCS is the development of those rules for other versions of D&D.