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Message: <blockquote data-quote="designbot" data-source="post: 6760222" data-attributes="member: 6777589">Some clarification on terminology:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Setting: As described on page 5-6 of the Player's Handbook, the setting is basically the world that you play in. Official settings include the Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, Greyhawk, Dark Sun, Mystara, and Eberron, and many people just make up their own. The Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide is a sort of guidebook to a particular area of the Forgotten Realms. It does not tell a specific story—if you want one, you'll have to make it up yourself.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Adventure: Princes of the Apocalypse, Out of the Abyss, Hoard of the Dragon Queen, Rise of Tiamat, and Lost Mine of Phandelver are all adventures. These provide a plot, characters, and locations for campaigns which will last for many sessions of play. (So far, these have all been set in the Forgotten Realms.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Storyline: Most of these adventures have been launched as part of a "storyline" (Elemental Evil, Rage of Demons, Tyranny of Dragons), which you don't really need to worry about—it just means they're doing cross-promotion with video games and novels and so on.</li> </ul>In general, the best way to get started is with the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons-Starter-Set-Roleplaying/dp/0786965592/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1447790045&sr=8-1&keywords=starter+set" target="_blank">Starter Set</a>. It's a very small investment, and includes dice, pregenerated character sheets, and a good starter adventure from levels 1-5. You've already got the Player's Handbook, which is awesome. After that, if you want to make up your own campaign, you'll want the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Monster-Manual-Core-Rulebook-Wizards/dp/0786965614/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1447790161&sr=8-1&keywords=monster+manual" target="_blank">Monster Manual</a> and probably the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dungeon-Masters-Guide-Core-Rulebook/dp/0786965622/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=03MSMCSCW2QEWY16VVRB" target="_blank">Dungeon Master's Guide</a>. If you want to run a pre-existing campaign, you can choose from one of the ones that are available, which generally take characters from level 1 to level 15.</blockquote>

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