The 2014 rules called them races. The 2024 rules call them species, and the change is more than the name. A 2014 dwarf got +2 Constitution and walked at 25 feet. A 2024 dwarf gets no ability score increase at all, walks at 30 feet, and sees twice as far in the dark. The free System Reference Document 5.2.1 [1]…
In the 2014 rules your species set your ability scores. A dwarf got +2 Constitution, an elf +2 Dexterity, and a halfling wizard started a point behind a gnome wizard forever. Your background handed you two skills, a feature and some gear. Feats were an optional rule you might see at level 4. The 2024 rules move all of that.…
Dungeons & Dragons is a game where you say what your character does, the Dungeon Master (DM) says what happens, and a twenty-sided die settles every argument in between. That is the whole engine. Everything else is detail, and this guide gives you only the detail you need for your first night at the table. The rules here come from…
Players and Dungeon Masters roll the same dice for different reasons. A player rolls to find out whether the plan worked. The DM rolls to find out what the world does about it. Below: the rolls each side makes in the first hour of a game, the ten rolls that make a table lean in, and the four rolls of…
