Lead Designer: Jeremy Crawford Designers: Christopher Perkins, Ben Petrisor, F. Wesley Schneider, Ray Winninger, James Wyatt Rules Developers: Jeremy Crawford (lead), Makenzie De Armas, Ben Petrisor Editors: Janica Carter (lead), Judy Bauer, Adrian Ng, F. Wesley Schneider Playtest Analysts: Ron Lundeen (lead), Dan Dillon, Ben Petrisor, Patrick Renie
Art Directors: Emi Tanji (lead), Josh Herman Graphic Designers: Matt Cole (lead), Trystan Falcone, Trish Yochum Cover Illustrators: Wylie Beckert, Tyler Jacobson, Simen Meyer Interior Illustrators: Rob Alexander, David Astruga, Helge C. Balzer, Luca Bancone, Eric Belisle, Olivier Bernard, Zoltan Boros, Michael Broussard, Ignatius Budi, Dmitry Burmak, Ekaterina Burmak, Pedro Cardoso, Kai Carpenter, Clint Cearley, Javier Charro, Jedd Chevrier, Billy Christian, Tuan Duong Chu, Conceptopolis, CoupleOfkooks, Justine Cruz, Daarken, Nikki Dawes, Jonas De Ro, Yuhong Ding, Aldo Dominguez, Olga Drebas, Tomas Duchek, Jesper Ejsing, Wayne England, Martina Fackova, Aurore Folny, Evyn Fong, Jessica Fong, Gaboleps, Caroline Gariba, Michele Giorgi, Igor Grechanyi, John Grello, Leesha Hannigan, Patrik Hell, Nathaniel Himawan, Alexandre Honoré, Ralph Horsley, Jane Katsubo, Jonathan Kuo, Katerina Ladon, Néstor Ossandón Leal, Linda Lithen, Titus Lunter, Erel Maatita, Randall Mackey, Erion Makuo, Antonio José Manzanedo, Andrew Mar, Raluca Marinescu, Marcela Medeiros, Julia Metzger, Alexander Mokhov, Caio Monteiro, Calder Moore, Riccardo Moscatello, Martin Mottet, Jodie Muir, David Auden Nash, Irina Nordsol, Hinchel Or, Hector Ortiz, Alejandro Pacheco, Mike Pape, Borja Pindado, Andrea Piparo, Polar Engine, April Prime, Noor Rahman, Chris Rallis, Joshua Raphael, Aaron J. Riley, Denman Rooke, Hocheol Ryu, Fabia Sans, Chris Seaman, Aldith Siregar, Bryan Sola, Craig Spearing, Justin Sweet, Kamila Szutenberg, Wisnu Tan, Brian Valeza, Randy Vargas, Adam Vehige, Magali Villeneuve, Kenny Vo, Lauren Walsh, Joseph Weston, Campbell White, Richard Whitters, Daneen Wilkerson, Zuzanna Wuzyk, Lixin Yin Concept Art Director: Josh Herman Concept Artists: Even Amundsen, Carlo Arellano, Michael Broussard, John Grello, Tyler Jacobson, 9B Collective, Noor Rahman
Consultants: Sarah Benjamin, Basheer Ghouse, Kayleigh Jones, James Mendez, Brian Powers, Pam Punzalan, Jason Schklar Additional Consultation: Kyle Brink, Aaron Forsythe, Mark Heggen, Jay Jani, Chris Mooney, James Rose, Carl Sibley, Kale Stutzman
Producers: Dan Tovar (lead), Bill Benham, Siera Bruggeman, Robert Hawkey Print Operations Engineers: Basil Hale, Scott West Imaging Technicians: Daniel Corona, Meagan Kenreck, Kevin Yee Prepress Specialist: Jefferson Dunlap
Includes revised content from Xanathar’s Guide to Everything (2017) and Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything (2020)
Based on the Player’s Handbook (2014) designed by Jeremy Crawford (lead), Bruce R. Cordell, Tom LaPille, Peter Lee, Mike Mearls, Robert J. Schwalb, Rodney Thompson, James Wyatt Building on the original game created by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson and then developed by many others over the past 50 years
ON THE COVER Guided by a gold dragon, the elf queen Yolande and the heroes of Valor’s Call test their bravery against evil in this daring scene illustrated by Tyler Jacobson.
ON THE ALT-COVER Nothing's better than sharing stories with friends. Heroes pause to share tea and tales with a gold dragon in this serene illustration from Wylie Beckert.
62003709001001 EN ISBN: 978-0-7869-6951-7 First Printing: September 2024
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Welcome to Adventure
What You Need
Using This Book
Worlds of Adventure
Player or DM? Rhythm of Play An Ongoing Game Dice The Six Abilities D20 Tests Ability Checks Saving Throws Attack Rolls Advantage/Disadvantage Proficiency Actions Bonus Actions Reactions Social Interaction Exploration Vision and Light Hiding Interacting with Objects Hazards Travel Combat The Order of Combat Movement and Position Making an Attack Ranged Attacks Melee Attacks Mounted Combat Underwater Combat Damage and Healing Hit Points Damage Rolls Critical Hits Saving Throws and Damage Damage Types Resistance and Vulnerability Immunity Healing Dropping to 0 Hit Points Temporary Hit Points * Conditions
Create Your Character Level Advancement Starting at Higher Levels Multiclassing