When was Wizards Presents: Races and Classes released?
Wizards Presents: Races and Classes arrived in December 2007 as a thin volume of paper. The timing placed it squarely within the company's final year of third-edition publication.
Questions about Wizards Presents: Races and Classes
Short answers, pulled from the story.
Who wrote the text for Wizards Presents: Races and Classes?
Michele Carter compiled and edited the material inside this specific book while Richard Baker, Logan Bonner, Bruce R. Cordell, Rob Heinsoo, Gwendolyn Kestrel, Mike Mearls, David Noonan, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Stephen Schubert, Chris Sims, Matthew Sernett, Rodney Thompson, James Wyatt, Bill Slavicsek, and Stacy Longstreet provided writing credits. William O'Connor created the cover art and Eric Deschamps, Wayne England, Todd Lockwood, Lee Moyer, and Arnie Swekel supplied illustrations.
What is the purpose of Wizards Presents: Races and Classes?
Wizards Presents: Races and Classes served as the first public preview of Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition mechanics and concepts without containing actual game rules for play yet. It presented a timeline of the design process to show how the team moved forward and detailed both the concepts and decisions that went into creating the new edition.
When did Pyramid magazine review Wizards Presents: Races and Classes?
Pyramid magazine reviewed the supplement on the 22nd of February 2008. The online version of Pyramid declared that for some people this book will be the most important book of 2007.