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{{ambiguous|Unearthed Arcana}}
{{Publication Infobox
|title=Unearthed Arcana
|system=Dungeons and Dragons 1e
|url=
|image=UA 1e cover.png
|abbreviation=UA
|publisher=TSR
|itemcode=2017
|author=Gary Gygax, Jeff Grubb, Kim Mohan, Len Lakofka, Roger Moore
|date=1985
|format=Hardcover
|pgcount=128
|isbn10=0-88038-084-5
|price=
|productblurb="...All the new discoveries, plus a wealth of just uncovered secrets, between one pair of covers."

This, the latest of the AD&D® game books, further defines and describes the game system. Inside are new spells, character classes, magic items, weapons, and much more for both players and Dungeon Masters.
}}<br clear="right" />

This was the first (A)D&D book to contain variant rules ([[home rule]]s) and make them official. It was intended to be used with [[AD&D1|AD&D]] first edition rule books, claiming to expand [[AD&D1 DMG|Dungeon Master's Guide]] and [[AD&D1 PHB|Player's Handbook]]. Divided into two sections (one for [[player]]s and one for [[Dungeon Master]]s), this 128-page book provided new [[race]]s, [[character class]]es, [[magic item]]s and [[spell]]s, [[weapon]] types, [[deity|deities]], as well as some other expansion material.

Much of the material in Unearthed Arcana had previously appeared in Dragon magazine, and was later (in [[AD&D2|second edition]]) incorporated directly into [[AD&D2 PHB|Player's Handbook]] and [[AD&D2 DMG|Dungeon Master's Guide]]. Some other additions, like [[Comeliness]] attribute, were not included in the core, but were used almost everywhere. The new classes and character [[race]]s presented in Unearthed Arcana were left out of the next version of the  [[AD&D2 PHB|Player's Handbook]], as they were considered unbalanced by the AD&D 2nd Edition's designers (the book's author, [[Gary Gygax]], has left the team by that time), but were revitalised anyway in the following supplements.

== The most important additions ==
* The idea of [[prestige class]] was presented by means of '''thief-acrobat'''.
* The [[barbarian]] class appeared for the first time.
* [[Weapon Specialization]].
* [[Cantrip]]s.
* [[Hierophant Druid]] was the first [[epic]] class.
* [[Gray dwarves]] in addition to [[hill dwarves]] and [[mountain dwarves]].
* [[Gray elf|Gray]], [[wild elf|wild]], '''valley''' and [[dark elves]] in addition to [[high elves]].
* [[Deep gnomes]] (svirfneblin).
* Non-human deities.
* A lot of [[pole arm]]s, which were so abundant in the [[AD&D2|Second Edition]].
* Lots of magic items still encountered in the modern rulebooks.

== Table of Contents ==

{| class="d20 zebra" style="text-align:left;"
|+ Players' Section
|-
! Section !! Page
|-
| '''Character Abilities (Comeliness)''' || 6
|-
| '''Character Races''' || 7
|-
| Dwarves || 10
|-
| Elves || 10
|-
| Gnomes || 11
|-
| Half-elves || 11
|-
| Halflings || 11
|-
| Half-orcs || 11
|-
| Humans || 11
|-
| '''Character Classes''' || 12
|-
| Cavalier || 14
|-
| Druid || 16
|-
| Fighter || 18
|-
| Thief || 22
|-
| '''Money (for cavaliers)''' || 25
|-
| '''Equiping The Character''' || 26
|-
| '''Armor''' || 26
|-
| '''Weapons''' || 26
|-
| '''Character Spells''' || 28
|-
| Spell Tables || 28
|-
| Cleric Spells || 32
|-
| Druid Spells || 41
|-
| Magic-User Spells (Cantrips) || 45
|-
| Magic-User Spells || 51
|-
| Illusionist Spells (Cantrips) || 65
|-
| Illusionist Spells || 66
|}

{| class="d20 zebra" style="text-align:left;"
|+ Dungeon Master's Section
|-
! Section !! Page
|-
| '''Creating the Player Character''' || 74
|-
| Generation of Ability Scores, Method V || 74
|-
| Starting Hit Points for Player Characters || 74
|-
| '''Character Abilities (Comeliness)''' || 74
|-
| '''Character Classes''' || 74
|-
| Followers for Cavaliers || 74
|-
| Henchmen (Retainers) for Cavaliers || 75
|-
| '''Armor, Armor Class & Weapons''' || 75
|-
| Types of Armor & Encumbrance Table || 75
|-
| Descriptions of New Armor Types || 75
|-
| Warhorses and Barding || 76
|-
| Descriptions of New Weapon Types || 77
|-
| '''Character Spells''' || 79
|-
| Acquisition of Cantrips, Magic-Users || 79
|-
| Magic-User Spell Books || 79
|-
| Acquisition of Illusionist Spells || 80
|-
| Acquisition of Cantrips, Illusionists || 80
|-
| Illusionists Spell Books || 80
|-
| Cost of Magic-User/Illusionist Spell Casting || 80
|-
| '''Spell Explanations''' || 81
|-
| '''The Adventure (Underwater Spell Use)''' || 81
|-
| '''Combat (Effects of Darkness)''' || 82
|-
| '''The Campaign''' || 82
|-
| Social Class and Rank || 82
|-
| Circumstances of Birth || 83
|-
| '''Treasure''' || 84
|-
| Random Treasure Determination Tables || 84
|-
| Potions || 90
|-
| Scrolls || 91
|-
| Rings || 92
|-
| Rods || 94
|-
| Staves || 94
|-
| Wands || 96
|-
| Miscellaneous Magic || 97
|-
| Armor and Shield || 104
|-
| Swords || 104
|-
| Miscellaneous Weapons || 105
|}

{| class="d20 zebra" style="text-align:left;"
|+ Appendices
|-
! Letter !! Name !! Page
|-
| Q || Weaponless Combat || 106
|-
| R || Non-Lethal Combat || 109
|-
| S || Non-Human Deities || 109
|-
| T || The Nomenclature of Pole Arms || 123
|}

== See also ==
* [[Publication:Unearthed Arcana|Unearthed Arcana]] - 3rd edition, for [[DM]]s only
* [[Arcana Unearthed]] - a similarly named setting
* [http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showbook&bookid=701 Book's webpage in Pen&Paper RPG Database]


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[[Category:1e]]
[[Category:Publication]]
Abbreviation	UA +
Author	Gary Gygax +, Jeff Grubb +, Kim Mohan +, Len Lakofka + and Roger Moore +
ISBN	0-88038-084-5 +
Identifier	1e +
Item Code	2017 +
Media Type	Hardcover +
Page Count	128 +
Publication Date	1985 +
Publisher	TSR +
System	Dungeons and Dragons 1e +
Title	Unearthed Arcana +