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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7539929" data-attributes="member: 20323"><p>The recently updated <a href="http://media.wizards.com/2018/dnd/downloads/DnD_BasicRules_2018.pdf" target="_blank">Basic Rules</a> are free to download or print out. Limited player options, but plenty to start with.</p><p></p><p>Alternately, the <a href="http://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/rpg_starterset" target="_blank">D&D Starter Set</a> will run you around $28, and comes with pre-generated characters, a rulebook, adventure book, and some dice.</p><p></p><p>Those are the cheapest introductory options. Beyond that are the "core 3": Player's Handbook (PHB), Monster Manual (MM), and Dungeon Master's Guide (DMG). Definitely if you get into the hobby, your group will want a PHB. I'd personally consider the MM more essential than the DMG just because I like lots of monsters (the Basic Rules do have a decent monster selection too), but only by a little bit. As a DM, I regularly use all 3 books. Amazon is having a great sale on D&D books... though I'm hesitant to suggest them because of their business practices, and always prefer my friendly local gaming when that's an option ...you could probably get all 3 books for around $65 through Amazon.</p><p></p><p>Either way, you're probably going to need to pick up a few cheap dice from your friendly local gaming store. Having 2d4, a bunch of d6's, 2d8, a bunch of d10's, 2d12, and a bunch of d20's is a reasonable starting place.</p><p></p><p>You can download official <a href="http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/character_sheets" target="_blank">character sheets</a>, though there are several cool fan-made form-fillable ones floating around the net.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 7539929, member: 20323"] The recently updated [url=http://media.wizards.com/2018/dnd/downloads/DnD_BasicRules_2018.pdf]Basic Rules[/url] are free to download or print out. Limited player options, but plenty to start with. Alternately, the [url=http://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/rpg_starterset]D&D Starter Set[/url] will run you around $28, and comes with pre-generated characters, a rulebook, adventure book, and some dice. Those are the cheapest introductory options. Beyond that are the "core 3": Player's Handbook (PHB), Monster Manual (MM), and Dungeon Master's Guide (DMG). Definitely if you get into the hobby, your group will want a PHB. I'd personally consider the MM more essential than the DMG just because I like lots of monsters (the Basic Rules do have a decent monster selection too), but only by a little bit. As a DM, I regularly use all 3 books. Amazon is having a great sale on D&D books... though I'm hesitant to suggest them because of their business practices, and always prefer my friendly local gaming when that's an option ...you could probably get all 3 books for around $65 through Amazon. Either way, you're probably going to need to pick up a few cheap dice from your friendly local gaming store. Having 2d4, a bunch of d6's, 2d8, a bunch of d10's, 2d12, and a bunch of d20's is a reasonable starting place. You can download official [url=http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/character_sheets]character sheets[/url], though there are several cool fan-made form-fillable ones floating around the net. [/QUOTE]
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