"Class Compendium: Heroes of Sword and Spell" provides new character options for Dungeons & Dragons(R) Essentials players who are ready to move beyond the two player-oriented D&D(TM) Essentials books, "Heroes of the Fallen Lands" and "Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdoms."
This book gathers five classes from the "Player's Handbook"--the cleric, the fighter, the rogue, the warlord, and the wizard--and presents them in the new D&D Essentials class format introduced in "Heroes of the Fallen Lands," with rules updates and errata. It features rules that allow D&D Essentials characters to select non-D&D Essentials powers, and it grants non-D&D Essentials characters access to class features from "Heroes of the Fallen Lands" and "Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdoms." In addition, this book presents feats, rituals, and rules for multiclassing.