D&D 5E (2024) Editable 5.2.1 SRD

[Scurvy_Platypus]

Howdy folks and Happy Holidays.

It's been quite some time since I've poked in here but I found myself in need of an editable SRD of the 5.2.1 flavour.

Nothing seemed to be here, so I went searching... eventually, I managed to stumble across this:

GitHub - springbov/dndsrd5.2_markdown: Converting the PDF into markdown

Converting the PDF into markdown. Contribute to springbov/dndsrd5.2_markdown development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Great! I thought. The "Any changes will be relatively minor and won't really affect most people very much." caused me to pause a bit, but I took him at his word.

And then I looked at the actual files... and... yeah, I guess maybe I'm fussy but there seemed to be an awful lot of stuff that didn't quite match up to the 5.2.1 SRD pdf from WotC. Dragons missing proficiency bonuses, Initiatives wrong, missing magic items, Small creatures that are (now?) actually Tiny... plus, the formatting. OMG. The Word doc styles were insane. Like 8 or 9 different styles; I'm presuming it's a function of one of his auto-extractors/formatters or something.

Anyway, the point is, it was an ok starting base but not what I'd really call correct or useable. So, I stupidly decided to redo the whole thing with proper styles, etc.

And, at long last, it's done.

But... If possible, I'd love for you good folks to go through what I've got and make sure it's right. Either that it's not missing things that should be in there, or that my inconsistencies are consistent. Yeah, the formatting is pretty minimal and that's not changing. I've done the least amount possible, while still making it useful. This is me trying to generate a useable resource for people, not produce a beautiful SRD for everyone to use (like we used to get back in the 3.5 years.)

Once I get the thumb's up from you folks, I'll go back and change the format so it's not a numbered heading style (like it currently is), and possible change the alphabetisation that's been used for the Monsters (not sure what the consensus is these days, I just know I personally dislike the current 2014/2025 style. Not sure how long to wait for y'all but maybe... a couple of weeks?

Once it's done, I'll make sure I upload it into the files section as well, so it's not entirely lost in the dead topics hell.

Really appreciate any feedback folks have.

 

[Morrus]

I so read that as “edible”.

 

[UngainlyTitan]

I so read that as “edible”.

Hmmm, chocolate

 

[Scurvy_Platypus]

The main problem with an edible version, is that as the game progresses, you have fewer and fewer rules.

Although that might not actually be a problem for some folks.

 

[AlViking]

I so read that as “edible”.

They're legal now where I'm from.

 

[Charlaquin]

I so read that as “edible”.

I backed a kickstarter once for gummy monster minis and molds to make more of them. Sadly they seem to have taken the money and run, but the idea was awesome.

 

[Silam]

Thanks for putting this together!

I didn’t read through it all so I can’t comment on the accuracy (or lack thereof) but I commend you for the effort!

I wonder: has anyone come across a machine-friendly version of the SRD or at least some of its sections? In JSON, or SQL, or (God forbid) XML…?

 

[Silam]

Found this so far:

• Spells in JSON
• A ton of stuff here (maybe everything?) in YAML, though the data structure is geared towards integration in a specific system and maybe a little difficult to use for other purposes (still, probably useful if you’re willing to massage it a little).
• Monsters in YAML
• Some stuff in XML (and even in Russian … 2014 rules)
• Many things in JSON (though the 2024 version seem less complete than the 2014 one…)

Hopefully will be able to add more to the list…!

 

[ScavieFae]

Hi! I was looking for the same thing and found this thread, and it was hugely helpful. @Silam and @Scurvy_Platypus thanks so much for the links and checks notes 800 pages of markdown

So, the reason I was searching for this was I wanted to try my hand at taking the SRD (esp. 5.2.1) and turning it into a modern documentation site, like technical docs would for any good API. I'm excited for how it turned out!

DMDocs - D&D 5e SRD Reference

LLM-optimized D&D 5th Edition System Reference Document

dmdocs.vercel.app

My goal was a simple, searchable, exportable, free docs site that people can use to pull this info. Wizards only having this info in a huge chonky PDF is stunningly poor UX.

(Not sure if I'm allowed to post links as a new account, I guess we'll see.)

The GitHub has the raw material for anyone that wants it:

• Structured markdown for all 360 pages of SRD 5.2.1
• Spells, monster stat blocks, and magic items as MDX files with clean metadata / frontmatter
• Scripts for verifying content against the SRD (though currently this requires a separate markdown, which Platypus's saved my bacon with.)

I'm having a blast, so coming up next is:

• Exportable data where you can pull, say, the full bestiary in json, yaml, or toml. (Or just Wizard spells, or just rare items, etc.)
• llms.txt so it's way easier for llms to ingest it (since currently LLMs will bounce around 2014 and 2024 rules willy nilly)
• And I'm hooooooping I can automate checking for updates from Wizards and just implementing those as they come in automatically. We'll see

Feedback super welcome. There's definitely errors in there, so flag away, but it should be pretty clean. I need to fix up the lefthand nav for mobile users, which should be in before this evening.

Edit: Adding since I see Scurvy mentioned re-doing the order of the monsters, we can change that up programmatically if we want to. They're currently organized loosely by creature type, but we can add lists by CR, fully alphabetical, or something silly like by size or alignment

 

[soviet]

The main problem with an edible version, is that as the game progresses, you have fewer and fewer rules.

Until it's time to, um, 'release a second edition'