D&D Basic Rules Updated

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!

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[dave2008]

Just curious, has polymorph and true polymorph always been missing from the basic rules?

 

[CapnZapp]

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")

 

[dave2008]

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?

 

[Leatherhead]

I wonder what the reason for that is?

Probably a combination of them being too wordy and too complicated.

 

[delericho]

Nice.

I was a bit surprised that this is only v1.0, but sure enough the previous seemed to be 0.2.

 

[jasper]

thanks for the direct link

 

[DQDesign]

SRD instead is still 5.1 right? so not updated after 2016 I believe...

 

[Hugh Acton]

I wish they'd do a print run of the basic rules.

 

[Jester David]

I wish they'd do a print run of the basic rules.

Order one.

Get a cover from here:
http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?358576-Make-your-own-5E-Basic-Rules-Cover!-Fixed
or the one I made here:
http://www.5mwd.com/archives/1766

Send that file and the basic file to Lulu:
https://www.lulu.com/

Letter size, standard colour, 80-lbs, perfect bound, with a glossy cover.
$9.50 US
Done.