D&D (2024) WotC Announces April 22 Release For 2024 System Reference Documents

The System Reference Document 5.2--the tool which helps developers create third-party content using the Dungeons & Dragons core rules engine--will be released under the Creative Commons license on April 22nd.

Additionally, Wizards of the Coast will publish a Conversion Guide for updating game content from the 2014 edition to the 2024 edition. This guide will arrive at a later date.

The Free Rules document on D&D Beyond will also be updated with new D&D Beyond Basic Rules (2024).

The older 5.1 SRD, which is based on the 2014 edition of D&D, will also remain available under both Creative Commons and the Open Game License (OGL).

More information will be available on April 22nd, when the new SRD is released.

A copy of each System Reference Document is stored independently at A5ESRD.com, which includes the 5.1 SRD, the revised 3.5 SRD, and other System Reference Documents (including the enormous A5E SRD).

 

[Lidgar]

Did this happen? Was there a pdf?

It looks like they only updated the rules on DDB. Not seeing a PDF but will keep looking.

EDIT: Link to new basic rules on DDB. Not a PDF that I can find: https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024

EDIT 2: And these were updated back in September, so not new.

 

[J.Quondam]

It looks like they only updated the rules on DDB. Not seeing a PDF but will keep looking.

EDIT: Link to new basic rules on DDB. Not a PDF that I can find: https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024

EDIT 2: And these were updated back in September, so not new.

PDF is at the big red "Download" button in the link LaTiaJ provided, SRD 5.2

edit: oops! my bad, you're asking about the free basic rules, not the SRD.

 

[bedir than]

It looks like they only updated the rules on DDB. Not seeing a PDF but will keep looking.

EDIT: Link to new basic rules on DDB. Not a PDF that I can find: https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024

EDIT 2: And these were updated back in September, so not new.

These are new. The Free Rules of 2024 didn't include as many species yesterday

 

[Lidgar]

These are new. The Free Rules of 2024 didn't include as many species yesterday

See that now. They didn't update the date, so just figured they were the same. Thanks.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Okay not including Aasimar makes no sense because Aasimar are in the 3.5e SRD, and have appeared all kinds of 3rd party products including multiple video games! So they're not protecting product identity, or licensing or whatever it made no sense at all, did no one look at the 3.5e SRD before making this choice? Aasimar are all over the place in 3rd party products all ready!

The other issue is Summon Dragon is in, but the rest of the Summon X aren't which means because they butchered & ruined the conjure X spells, the only ACTUAL Summoning spells in the book are Find Familiar, Planar Ally (still an aweful design for a spell), Find Steed, and Summon Dragon.

Otherwise the SRD is great & I'm very satisfied with it. All the PHB lineages are present, Drow/High/Wood elves, Chtronthic/Abyssal/Infernal Tieflings, Rock/Forest Gnomes, Red/Blue/Black/Green/White/Gold/Silver/Bronze/
Brass/Copper Dronborn, and Hill/Stone/Frost/Fire/Cloud/Storm Goliaths.

Solasta has it own version of wood elves, and given the lack of subraces for Dwarves & Halflings, I think they won't use this version of those species, it doesn't fit their current lore.

But otherwise I could see then using most of not all the rest.

 

[ProfessorDetective]

Okay not including Aasimar makes no sense because Aasimar are in the 3.5e SRD, and have appeared all kinds of 3rd party products including multiple video games! So they're not protecting product identity, or licensing or whatever it made no sense at all, did no one look at the 3.5e SRD before making this choice? Aasimar are all over the place in 3rd party products all ready!

The other issue is Summon Dragon is in, but the rest of the Summon X aren't which means because they butchered & ruined the conjure X spells, the only ACTUAL Summoning spells in the book are Find Familiar, Planar Ally (still an aweful design for a spell), Find Steed, and Summon Dragon.

Otherwise the SRD is great & I'm very satisfied with it. All the PHB lineages are present, Drow/High/Wood elves, Chtronthic/Abyssal/Infernal Tieflings, Rock/Forest Gnomes, Red/Blue/Black/Green/White/Gold/Silver/Bronze/
Brass/Copper Dronborn, and Hill/Stone/Frost/Fire/Cloud/Storm Goliaths.

Solasta has it own version of wood elves, and given the lack of subraces for Dwarves & Halflings, I think they won't use this version of those species, it doesn't fit their current lore.

But otherwise I could see then using most of not all the rest.

No Arcane Vigor, either. I was really hoping for that one.

Still, got Pact Invocations, buffed Martial Arts, and no exhaustion on Berserker. I'm fairly happy.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

No Arcane Vigor, either. I was really hoping for that one.

Still, got Pact Invocations, buffed Martial Arts, and no exhaustion on Berserker. I'm fairly happy.

Also weapon masteries, the new familiars like Sphinx of Wonders.

 

[Nylanfs]

And they didn't forget about Eldritch Blast like they did the first 5e SRD.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

"Additionally, two items have a different name in SRD 5.2:

• Deck of Many Things has been renamed Mysterious Deck*
• Orb of Dragonkind has been renamed Dragon Orb**"

Wait why do these now have really silly names?

 

[Micah Sweet]

"Additionally, two items have a different name in SRD 5.2:

• Deck of Many Things has been renamed Mysterious Deck*
• Orb of Dragonkind has been renamed Dragon Orb**"

Wait why do these now have really silly names?

Are they trying to trademark the other terms?