D&D Basic Rules Updated

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    Tuesday, 27th November, 2018 12:00 PM
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    The basic rules for the current edition of D&D have been available since the game launched. With the recent errata update, the free basic rules PDF has also received an overhaul. They are now in a single PDF, and contain illustrations!


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    1. dave2008's Avatar
      dave2008 - Tuesday, 27th November, 2018, 12:30 PM
      Just curious, has polymorph and true polymorph always been missing from the basic rules?
    1. CapnZapp - Tuesday, 27th November, 2018, 12:58 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by dave2008 View Post
      Just curious, has polymorph and true polymorph always been missing from the basic rules?
      Check it yourself - here's the very first capture of the page back in 2015:
      https://web.archive.org/web/20140801...res/basicrules

      (Quick answer: "yes")
    1. dave2008's Avatar
      dave2008 - Tuesday, 27th November, 2018, 01:11 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by CapnZapp View Post
      Check it yourself - here's the very first capture of the page back in 2015:
      https://web.archive.org/web/20140801...res/basicrules

      (Quick answer: "yes")
      I wonder what the reason for that is?
    1. Leatherhead's Avatar
      Leatherhead - Tuesday, 27th November, 2018, 01:32 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by dave2008 View Post
      I wonder what the reason for that is?
      Probably a combination of them being too wordy and too complicated.
    1. delericho's Avatar
      delericho - Tuesday, 27th November, 2018, 01:47 PM
      Nice.

      I was a bit surprised that this is only v1.0, but sure enough the previous seemed to be 0.2.
    1. jasper's Avatar
      jasper - Tuesday, 27th November, 2018, 02:27 PM
      thanks for the direct link
    1. DQDesign's Avatar
      DQDesign - Tuesday, 27th November, 2018, 02:41 PM
      SRD instead is still 5.1 right? so not updated after 2016 I believe...
    1. Hugh Acton's Avatar
      Hugh Acton - Tuesday, 27th November, 2018, 02:57 PM
      I wish they'd do a print run of the basic rules.
    1. Jester David's Avatar
      Jester David - Tuesday, 27th November, 2018, 03:59 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Acton View Post
      I wish they'd do a print run of the basic rules.
      Order one.

      Get a cover from here:
      http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthr...s-Cover!-Fixed
      or the one I made here:
      http://www.5mwd.com/archives/1766

      Send that file and the basic file to Lulu:
      https://www.lulu.com/

      Letter size, standard colour, 80-lbs, perfect bound, with a glossy cover.
      $9.50 US
      Done.
    1. Greg K's Avatar
      Greg K - Tuesday, 27th November, 2018, 04:22 PM
      I am glad that they updated it. Personally, I would have preferred it without the art as I am not a fan of the chosen art. The art is competently done. I just don't like the style.
    1. dm4hire's Avatar
      dm4hire - Tuesday, 27th November, 2018, 05:14 PM
      Print on demand through the DM's Guild would be awesome.
    1. imagineGod's Avatar
      imagineGod - Tuesday, 27th November, 2018, 05:59 PM
      Winning fans in all the right places at home and abroad.
    1. Inchoroi's Avatar
      Inchoroi - Tuesday, 27th November, 2018, 06:05 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Jester David View Post
      Order one.

      Get a cover from here:
      http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthr...s-Cover!-Fixed
      or the one I made here:
      http://www.5mwd.com/archives/1766

      Send that file and the basic file to Lulu:
      https://www.lulu.com/

      Letter size, standard colour, 80-lbs, perfect bound, with a glossy cover.
      $9.50 US
      Done.
      I'm doing this for my next campaign...running from a computer is fine, and I can't sell my next campaign like I am the current one anyway!
    1. Polyhedral Columbia's Avatar
      Polyhedral Columbia - Tuesday, 27th November, 2018, 06:05 PM
      Here's an cover which is sized to the 5E Basic Rules PDF - it's an homage to the Red Box: https://sites.google.com/site/dndphi...ic-rules-cover
    1. BookBarbarian's Avatar
      BookBarbarian - Tuesday, 27th November, 2018, 07:28 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Greg K View Post
      I am glad that they updated it. Personally, I would have preferred it without the art as I am not a fan of the chosen art. The art is competently done. I just don't like the style.
      I think a "printer friendly" version that had no art would be my preference as well.
    1. bulletmeat - Tuesday, 27th November, 2018, 08:06 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Greg K View Post
      I am glad that they updated it. Personally, I would have preferred it without the art as I am not a fan of the chosen art. The art is competently done. I just don't like the style.
      I don't know, The Warduke on page 12 looks pretty bad@$$.
      Would like to get officially in some adventures.
    1. Winghorn's Avatar
      Winghorn - Tuesday, 27th November, 2018, 11:51 PM
      Seems like the Basic Rules have also been updated to match the latest round of errata. Lots of references to "your spells" changed to "your [CLASS] spells", for example.

      Not wildly significant, but cool nonetheless.
    1. Wrathamon - Wednesday, 28th November, 2018, 12:49 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by bulletmeat View Post
      I don't know, The Warduke on page 12 looks pretty bad@$$.
      Would like to get officially in some adventures.
      AGREE!
    1. MNblockhead's Avatar
      MNblockhead - Wednesday, 28th November, 2018, 04:40 AM
      I like the pencil-drawn art quite a bit. It also makes it printer friendly. You can print in grayscale and still have it look nice.
    1. R_Chance's Avatar
      R_Chance - Wednesday, 28th November, 2018, 05:42 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by Jester David View Post
      Order one.

      Get a cover from here:
      http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthr...s-Cover!-Fixed
      or the one I made here:
      http://www.5mwd.com/archives/1766

      Send that file and the basic file to Lulu:
      https://www.lulu.com/

      Letter size, standard colour, 80-lbs, perfect bound, with a glossy cover.
      $9.50 US
      Done.
      Nice idea. I advise a high school game club. The little munchkins have taken up D&D and despite online resources and PDFs they like having books handy. I keep my extra set of core books at school for them. Three or four of these might come in handy.

      Thanks
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