The Player's Handbook 5th edition is the player's guide for the 5th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons game.
The Player's Handbook® is the essential reference for every Dungeons & Dragons® roleplayer. It contains rules for character creation and advancement, backgrounds and skills, exploration and combat, equipment, spells, and much more.
Use this book to create exciting characters from among the most iconic D&D® races and classes.
Dungeons & Dragons immerses you in a world of adventure. Explore ancient ruins and deadly dungeons. Battle monsters while searching for legendary treasures. Gain experience and power as you trek across uncharted lands with your companions.
The world needs heroes. Will you answer the call?Description[]
The Player's Handbook contains the basic rules of the 5e system, the base classes and races, and character customization options.
Contents[]
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Step-by-step Characters
- Chapter 2: Races
- Chapter 3: Classes
- Chapter 4: Personality and Background
- Chapter 5: Equipment
- Chapter 6: Customization Options
- Chapter 7: Using Ability Scores
- Chapter 8: Adventuring
- Chapter 9: Combat
- Chapter 10: Spellcasting
- Chapter 11: Spells
- Appendix A: Conditions
- Appendix B: Gods of the Multiverse
- Appendix C: The Planes of Existence
- Appendix D: Creature Statistics
- Appendix E: Inspirational Reading
- Index
- Character Sheet
Index[]
Magic[]
- Spells
- acid splash • aid • alarm • alter self • animal friendship • animal messenger • animal shapes • animate dead • animate objects • antilife shell • antimagic field • antipathy/sympathy • arcane eye • arcane gate • arcane lock • armor of Agathys • arms of Hadar • astral projection • augury • aura of life • aura of purity • aura of vitality • awaken • bane • banishing smite • banishment • barkskin • beacon of hope • beast sense • bestow curse • Bigby's hand • blade barrier • blade ward • bless • blight • blinding smite • blindness/deafness • blink • blur • branding smite • burning hands • call lightning • calm emotions • chain lightning • charm person • chill touch • chromatic orb • circle of death • circle of power • clairvoyance • clone • cloud of daggers • cloudkill • color spray • command • commune • commune with nature • compelled duel • comprehend languages • compulsion • cone of cold • confusion • conjure animals • conjure barrage • conjure celestial • conjure elemental • conjure fey • conjure minor elementals • conjure volley • conjure woodland beings • contact other plane • contagion • contingency • continual flame • control water • control weather • cordon of arrows • counterspell • create food and water • create or destroy water • create undead • creation • crown of madness • crusader's mantle • cure wounds • dancing lights • darkness • darkvision • daylight • death ward • delayed blast fireball • demiplane • destructive wave • detect evil and good • detect magic • detect poison and disease • detect thoughts • dimension door • disguise self • disintegrate • dispel evil and good • dispel magic • dissonant whispers • divination • divine favor • divine word • dominate beast • dominate monster • dominate person • Drawmij's instant summons • dream • druidcraft • earthquake • eldritch blast • elemental weapon • enhance ability • enlarge/reduce • ensnaring strike • entangle • enthrall • etherealness • Evard's black tentacles • expeditious retreat • eyebite • fabricate • faerie fire • false life • fear • feather fall • feeblemind • feign death • find familiar • find steed • find the path • find traps • finger of death • fire bolt • fire shield • fire storm • fireball • flame blade • flame strike • flaming sphere • flesh to stone • fly • fog cloud • forbiddance • forcecage • foresight • freedom of movement • friends • gaseous form • gate • geas • gentle repose • giant insect • glibness • globe of invulnerability • glyph of warding • goodberry • grasping vine • grease • greater invisibility • greater restoration • guardian of faith • guards and wards • guidance • guiding bolt • gust of wind • hail of thorns • hallow • hallucinatory terrain • harm • haste • heal • healing word • heat metal • hellish rebuke • heroes' feast • heroism • hex • hold monster • hold person • holy aura • hunger of Hadar • hunter's mark • hypnotic pattern • ice storm • identify • illusory script • imprisonment • incendiary cloud • inflict wounds • insect plague • invisibility • jump • knock • legend lore • Leomund's secret chest • Leomund's tiny hut • lesser restoration • levitate • light • lightning arrow • lightning bolt • locate animals or plants • locate creature • locate object • longstrider • mage armor • mage hand • magic circle • magic jar • magic missile • magic mouth • magic weapon • major image • mass cure wounds • mass heal • mass healing word • mass suggestion • maze • meld into stone • Melf's acid arrow • mending • message • meteor swarm • mind blank • minor illusion • mirage arcane • mirror image • mislead • misty step • modify memory • moonbeam • Mordenkainen's faithful hound • Mordenkainen's magnificent mansion • Mordenkainen's private sanctum • Mordenkainen's sword • move earth • nondetection • Nystul's magic aura • Otiluke's freezing sphere • Otiluke's resilient sphere • Otto's irresistible dance • pass without trace • passwall • phantasmal force • phantasmal killer • phantom steed • planar ally • planar binding • plane shift • plant growth • poison spray • polymorph • power word, heal • power word, kill • power word, stun • prayer of healing • prestidigitation • prismatic spray • prismatic wall • produce flame • programmed illusion • project image • protection from energy • protection from evil and good • protection from poison • purify food and drink • raise dead • Rary's telepathic bond • ray of enfeeblement • ray of frost • ray of sickness • regenerate • reincarnate • remove curse • resistance • resurrection • reverse gravity • revivify • rope trick • sacred flame • sanctuary • scorching ray • scrying • searing smite • see invisibility • seeming • sending • sequester • shapechange • shatter • shield • shield of faith • shillelagh • shocking grasp • silence • silent image • simulacrum • sleep • sleet storm • slow • spare the dying • speak with animals • speak with dead • speak with plants • spider climb • spike growth • spirit guardians • spiritual weapon • staggering smite • stinking cloud • stone shape • stoneskin • storm of vengeance • suggestion • sunbeam • sunburst • swift quiver • symbol • Tasha's hideous laughter • telekinesis • telepathy • teleport • teleportation circle • Tenser's floating disk • thaumaturgy • thorn whip • thunderous smite • thunderwave • time stop • tongues • transport via plants • tree stride • true polymorph • true resurrection • true seeing • true strike • tsunami • unseen servant • vampiric touch • vicious mockery • wall of fire • wall of force • wall of ice • wall of stone • wall of thorns • warding bond • water breathing • water walk • web • weird • wind walk • wind wall • wish • witch bolt • word of recall • wrathful smite • zone of truth
Credits[]
- D&D Lead Designers: Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford
- Player’s Handbook Lead: Jeremy Crawford
- Rules Development: Rodney Thompson, Peter Lee
- Writing: James Wyatt, Robert J. Schwalb, Bruce R. Cordell
- Editing: Michele Carter, Chris Sims, Scott Fitzgerald Gray, Christopher Perkins
- Producer: Greg Bilsland
- Art Directors: Kate Irwin, Dan Gelon, Jon Schindehette, Mari Kolkowsky, Melissa Rapier, Shauna Narciso
- Graphic Designers: Bree Heiss, Emi Tanji, Barry Craig
- Cover Illustrator: Tyler Jacobson
- Interior Illustrators: Steve Argyle, Tom Babbey, Daren Bader, Drew Baker, Mark Behm, Eric Belisle, Christopher Bradley, Noah Bradley, Sam Burley, Clint Cearley, Milivoj ´Ceran, Sidharth Chaturvedi, Jedd Chevrier, jD, Allen Douglas, Jesper Ejsing, Craig Elliott, Wayne England, Scott M. Fischer, Randy Gallegos, Justin Gerard, Florian De Gesincourt, Lars Grant-West, Jon Hodgson, Ralph Horsley, Lake Hurwitz, Tyler Jacobson, Kekai Kotaki, Olly Lawson, Raphael Lübke, Titus Lunter, Slawomir Maniak, Brynn Metheney, Aaron Miller, Christopher Moeller, Mark Molnar, Scott Murphy, William O’Connor, Hector Ortiz, David Palumbo, Alessandra Pisano, Claudio Pozas, Rob Rey, Wayne Reynolds, Aaron J. Riley, Chris Seaman, Cynthia Sheppard, Craig J Spearing, John Stanko, Matt Stawicki, Alex Stone, Thom Tenery, Cory Trego-Erdner, Beth Trott, Autumn Rain Turkel, Jose Vega, Tyler Walpole, Julian Kok Joon Wen, Richard Whitters, Eva Widermann, Ben Wootten, Kieran Yanner
- Additional Contributors: Kim Mohan, Matt Sernett, Chris Dupuis, Tom LaPille, Richard Baker, Miranda Horner, Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, Steve Winter, Nina Hess, Steve Townshend, Chris Youngs, Ben Petrisor, Tom Olsen
- Project Management: Neil Shinkle, Kim Graham, John Hay
- Production Services: Cynda Callaway, Brian Dumas, Jefferson Dunlap, David Gershman, Anita Williams
- Brand and Marketing: Nathan Stewart, Liz Schuh, Chris Lindsay, Shelly Mazzanoble, Hilary Ross, Laura Tommervik, Kim Lundstrom, Trevor Kidd
- Drawing from further development by J. Eric Holmes, Tom Moldvay, Frank Mentzer, Aaron Allston, Harold Johnson, Roger E. Moore, David “Zeb” Cook, Ed Greenwood, Tracy Hickman, Margaret Weis, Douglas Niles, Jeff Grubb, Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Richard Baker, Peter Adkison, Keith Baker, Bill Slavicsek, Andy Collins, and Rob Heinsoo
- Based on the original game created by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, with Brian Blume, Rob Kuntz, James Ward, and Don Kaye
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Connections[]
Core Sourcebooks |
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5th edition |
Player's Handbook • Dungeon Master's Guide • Monster Manual |
4th edition |
Player's Handbook • Dungeon Master's Guide • Monster Manual |
v.3.5 |
Player's Handbook • Dungeon Master's Guide • Monster Manual |
3rd edition |
Player's Handbook • Dungeon Master's Guide • Monster Manual |
2nd edition |
Player's Handbook • Player's Handbook (revised) • Dungeon Master's Guide • Dungeon Master Guide (revised) • Monstrous Manual |
1st edition |
Player's Handbook • Dungeon Masters Guide • Monster Manual |