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!
Check it yourself - here's the very first capture of the page back in 2015: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/20140801215120/http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/basicrules
(Quick answer: "yes")
I wonder what the reason for that is?
Order one.I wish they'd do a print run of the basic rules.