D&D 5E D&D Basic DM rules updated

[evilives]

Looks like they folded in the Rise of the Dragon Queen supplement with the DM's PDF. A little more work on how to build an encounter. Includes monsters by CR chart they released earlier.

http://media.wizards.com/2014/downloads/dnd/DMBasicRulesv.0.2_PrinterFriendly.pdf

 

[sidonunspa]

downloaded.

I think I'm going to wait for the offical post DMG update to get a nice copy made and bound by Lulu

 

[SigmaOne]

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[TerraDave]

The encounter part is pretty much a total re-write.

And its quite interesting . Curious to see if there are any more explicit reactions.

 

[BoldItalic]

Spell scrolls, in the magic items section, now have particular rules about copying spells from scrolls into wizards' spellbooks.

 

[Chocolategravy]

The encounter part is pretty much a total re-write.

Nothing was changed as far as I see, they just added the last two sections about how to make combat more fun and how to adjust difficulty based on special circumstances.

 

[mcbobbo]

The encounter part is pretty much a total re-write.

And its quite interesting . Curious to see if there are any more explicit reactions.

Actually, no, I don't agree. It seems like it was formatted to be more concise, but the content appears pretty much the same to me.

 

[SigmaOne]

Actually, no, I don't agree. It seems like it was formatted to be more concise, but the content appears pretty much the same to me.

That had been my thought. There's been a decent amount of editing, but at a glance (aside from the few previously mentioned additions) I didn't notice huge differences. I'm still really not sure how I feel about the encounter building guidelines. I'm not a huge fan of encounter guidelines in general, but I know some people really want them and I wonder if these will leave those people satisfied.

 

[Psikerlord#]

spell scroll use has been changed/clarified.

Was the expected 2 short rests for a full adventuring day (6-8 encounters) spelt out in the prior version?

 

[mips42]

I was hoping they'd split the Basic DM's rules into two PDFs: One for the monsters and the other for everything else. Oh well. I'm still happy to have it at all.