Adventurer's Vault 2 is a 224-page sourcebook for Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition released in August 2009.
Official synopsis[]
Make Your Wishes Come True
You've just defeated the monsters, and in the back of their lair you find an old wooden chest atop a pile of bones and rusty weapons. Through the keyhole spills a wondrous golden light. What magical treasures will find inside ?
This Dungeons & Dragons game supplement presents hundreds of new magical items. Including weapons, Armour, ammunition, tomes, totems, and wondrous items appropriate for any D&D campaign. This book also introduces item sets, thematically linked collections of equipment that grant additional powers when the gear is worn by a single character or multiple party members.
Content[]
Cover[]
Den of Thieves (1996).
The cover art of Adventurer's Vault 2 by Wayne Reynolds appears to be an homage to the cover art of the AD&D sourcebook Den of Thieves (1996), drawn by Stephen A. Daniele. The art also appeared in the Dungeon Master Guide (2e revised) (1995).
Development and release[]
Development[]
Adventurer's Vault 2 was written by Rob Heinsoo as lead designer, with Eytan Bernstein, Logan Bonner, and Stephen Radney-MacFarland, and additional design by Rob Donoghue.
The cover illustration was by Wayne Reynolds. Interior art was by Kalman Andrasofszky, Jeff Carlisle, Ed Cox, Thomas Denmark, Wayne England, Jason A. Engle, Howard Lyon, Sean “Muttonhead” Murray, Lucio Parrillo, Chris Seaman, Matias Tapia, Eric L. Williams, and Kieran Yanner.
Release[]
Adventurer's Vault 2 was released by Wizards of the Coast in August 2009 for $29.95 US, or $34.00 Canadian.[1]
On March 3, 2015, it was re-released in digital format. It is currently available on DriveThruRPG and Dungeon Masters Guild for $14.99.
Reception and influence[]
Critical reception[]
As of 2023, Adventurer's Vault 2 reached the rank of Electrum seller on DriveThruRPG.