Questions tagged [books]
For questions about game books - such as rules, adventures, and related materials - that are published in print or digital form, and are not periodicals or websites. (If the question is about in-game books that characters can read or interact with, use the [equipment] tag instead.)
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What does a D&D Beyond Digital Code do and is it worth it?
I want to start a D&D club at my school because I've always wanted to play. I wanted to buy a Dungeon Master's Guide to see how much it is and other sorts of stuff when I realized there were two ...
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Help identifying a book
I saw a RPG campaign book at a game store while traveling. I don't remember the title. On the cover there were 4 adventurers, of elven appearance, delving in either a dungeon or a cavern. One of the ...
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Why are we abbreviating Player's Handbook to PHB?
The official abbreviations for the rule books of fifth edition according to the Sage Advice Compendium are:
Player’s Handbook (abbreviated PH)
Monster Manual (abbreviated MM)
Dungeon Master’s Guide (...
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What early D&D book features a black-&-white illustration of Ao playing a board game with Tiamat?
I don't know that the image was explicitly labeled "Ao & Tiamat" (spoiler: it wasn't), so it could have been almost any giant humanoid, playing a board game with a multi-headed† draconic ...
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Is there an ideal order of chapters for RPG core books?
I have in my years of playing RPGs seen many possible orders for the chapters in an RPG, and somehow they always feel off to me because some parts are feeling as if they are in the wrong spot. Let me ...
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What type are the Dragons on these pages of Fizban's Treasury?
I am currently reading through Fizban's Treasury of Dragons a second time and I must admit I still struggle to identify the types of the Dragons depicted in a few of the artworks and would like to get ...
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What are the differences between regular and limited version of Planescape - Adventures in the Multiverse set?
The set of books for Planescape - Adventures in the Multiverse will start shipping 20.10.2023, in a bit less than a month from when this question is written.
Limited edition is much more expensive, ...
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Is "Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms" a reliable source for Forgotten Realms lore for D&D 5e campaigns?
I am researching the Forgotten Realms universe to improve my GM skill in the 5th edition and came across a fact that upset me: there is not a single source in 5e that would fully describe the state of ...
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Is "The GM's Book of Legendary Dragons" a valid D&D 5e rulebook?
True to the holiday season, I recently received an RPG rulebook titled "The Game Master's Book of Legendary Dragons."
At first glance, there was no doubt in my mind that it was meant to be ...
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I have the Players Handbook, Monster Manual and Dungeon Master's Guide; What other D&D books are most often sold? [closed]
I was wondering what manuals I should get next.
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Besides Volo's Guide, do any of the other published sourcebooks have in-universe counterparts?
Volo's Guide to Monsters, published by Wizards of the Coast in 2016, is a monster book, expanding on the monsters available to DMs. The book's namesake, Volo, is a real character in the Forgotten ...
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Will there be "upgrades" from the current physical DnD 5e PHB (and other official materials) to the One D&D versions? [closed]
Do we know whether there will be an upgrade path, i.e. a set of errata that can be glued in or something like that, so existing physical PHBs into the eventual One D&D versions?
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Is there an official statement about which printing of PHB/DMG is the latest?
I would like to know where I can find a list, or anything really, that indicates which printing of the PHB/DMG is the latest.
To make this extremely clear, I am not asking how to identify which print ...
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Searching for late '80s/early '90s AD&D book of modules with specific encounters
Back in the late 80s or early 90s, I purchased an AD&D book containing a dozen or more goofy/silly one-shot modules. I gave this book away as a birthday present, but I'm trying to remember what ...
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Where can I find the basic rules for D&D?
I’ve never played D&D before and I don’t know anyone who does. I want to get into it but I can’t figure out where to find the rules I need. Is there a free version of the rules that I can learn ...
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