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But you don't have to create characters - they're essentially pregens. You literally just pick a class, a species, and a background, which are represented by the cards. It sounds like you went into this as an experienced DM, expecting it to tell you how to do all the stuff you already know how...

I don't have the set, but from the videos that have been linked, it looks like the first part of the Play Guide explains the components like the class boards and how to read them. The second part of it is (I assume) a reprint of the Basic D&D rules, which will explain things like save DCs and...

I feel very strongly that this is going to be one of those threads that goes on for 30 pages of people complaining about or attempting to justify the alleged exclusion, even though the initial complaint is - and I cannot stress this enough - factually inaccurate. The set does contain the rules...

So if you look at Todd Kenreck's unboxing video, you'll see here he flicks through the Play Guide book. That contains the game rules and an explanation of how to use the components, which is what OP seems to think doesn't exist.

It sounds like you were missing one of the books. No other reviews have mentioned that the set doesn't contain the actual rules. Edit: I've just checked around. The basic rules are in the Play Guide booklet, which also explains the components and, presumably, some other basic stuff about how to...

Yes, and having said all I just said, for my own satisfaction (and because I love tinkering with stat blocks!) I also often create mechanically distinct versions of generic NPCs for my games. I just know that isn't everyone's thing, and my read of the MM (with all its little tables for...

This may be a play/setting style thing, but aren't all NPCs technically 'unique'? There isn't a factory churning out wizards or fighters that all have the same basic abilities. I don't think that's what character classes represent. I mean, maybe they do in your settings, but it isn't the...

I don't really believe there was ever a time when the canonical expectation was that all members of a given species (excepting various Outsiders) would be fair game for merciless slaughter. I cut my teeth on the little-remembered (revised) Basic D&D introductory game Dragon Quest in the mid-90s...

Boy, do I have bad news for some of you about the existing prevelance of high heels in fantasy art! At least these ones aren't built into a suit of plate armour somehow. I wonder what it is about this particular picture though that has certain people instinctively deciding it isn't "real D&D"? I...

The spirit they're fixing the bowl for loses 1 HP per round, and has a maximum of 10 HP (but starts at 4). So they can heal it up to buy more time. It's three checks to succeed, and Mending counts as one success, but can only be used once. So, basically, they either just throw whatever checks...

Yes: the online content-creation economy is driven solely by traffic because YouTubers and the like are paid based on the number of views they get, and clickthroughs to their sponsors. They are therefore incentivised to create the impression of controversy (on which they, naturally, have the...

Yes. They appear only as a suggested method of action resolution in the DMG.

If you make the effort to set up a strategy like this, I rule you get the benefit against all of them in every scenario shown. In all cases, you can justify being out of sight, and that's sufficient for a game where the rules don't track facing or precise positioning with greater than 5-foot...

I had no interest in the deck or the other accessories, so I just bought the digital book on D&D Beyond, and I'd say it's paid for itself since. I've used many of the included stat blocks, magic items, feats etc. all over the place. One of the characters in a long-running campaign of mine is a...

My impression is that the lines on the table - assuming (and it's a big assumption!) they're using something that approximates that exact table still - have just had the base HP and DPR values shifted to fit the new scale. But there is a bit of variation in the higher CRs I checked, which...

I didn't, but I've been building monsters with the 2014 rules for the whole edition and I've reverse engineered a significant number of the previous MM entries at various times, so I'm happy they work (with a couple of caveats, exceptions, and minor tweaks). When I said the ones I chose were...

So, here's something I bodged together yesterday, basically for my own purposes, but it might be useful for others idk. Basically, I was curious about how the 2025 MM creatures would translate into the 2014 DMG creation rules, and whether their calculated CRs would be consistent enough to draw...

Nah, it's fine.

Their CR in 2014 was based on a DPR of 12. The DMG says you just add the damage bonus from Martial Advantage to the base DPR to give the total. It's assumed they always get it, basically. Now, we can argue about whether that's too high for a CR 1/2 creature, but it's been this way since 2014...

The 2014 hobgoblins did 5 damage base (1d8 + 1), with a 7 (2d6) bonus for Martial Advantage, which their CR calculation treated as always applying, for a DPR of 12, with AC 18. That's the same as the 2025 version, they just arrive at the numbers differently. Pack Tactics is new, yes, but it's a...