Hail and well-met adventurer! It appears you're new around these parts. We'd like to offer you a warm welcome to D&D Beyond, the official digital toolset for fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). While using D&D Beyond, you'll be able to seamlessly create characters, plan combat encounters, run your games in the official virtual tabletop (VTT), create homebrew content, and more!

Before we get started, this article assumes you know what D&D is and how to play it. If you're new to the hobby, check out our article How to Play Dungeons & Dragons Using D&D Beyond. Otherwise, click below to jump in:

• What D&D Beyond Offers Players
• What D&D Beyond Offers Dungeon Masters
• Buying D&D Books with D&D Beyond
• Bring Your Adventures to Life with the Official D&D VTT
• Take Your Game on the Go with the D&D Beyond App

This article serves as your introduction to D&D Beyond. If you'd like to skip the tutorial, click the button below:

What D&D Beyond Offers Players

D&D Beyond makes playing D&D easy. Our free character builder will guide you through the character creation process. Once created, you can use your digital character sheet to:

• Track spells, manage Hit Points, and organize equipment
• Roll dice for attacks, spells, ability checks, and saving throws (No math required!)
• Share your rolls with your party and track previous rolls with the Game Log
• Level up your character quickly and make sure you don't miss anything (Like rolling to increase your Hit Points, we've all been there)
• Personalize your play experience with digital dice sets, character portraits, themes, and backdrops
• Take your character sheet on the go with the D&D Beyond App

Our character builder allows you to make up to six characters using the Basic Rules with a free account! Subscribers in the Hero and Master Tiers have unlimited character slots and get other exclusive perks. Additionally, you can expand your player options by purchasing official fifth edition books and other content in the marketplace or by having someone in your party with a Master Tier subscription share it with you.

What D&D Beyond Offers Dungeon Masters

Being a Dungeon Master requires magical storytelling, meticulous monster crafting, and intricate plot weaving. When you use D&D Beyond, you'll gain access to time-saving features so you can focus on playing the game and having fun:

• Compile all of your player's character sheets in our campaign manager
• Plan and run combat encounters with Encounters
• Prep your adventures and bring them to life with Maps
• Roll dice directly from monster stat blocks to speed up combat
• Track dice rolls from players and monsters in the Game Log
• Quickly search through all of your purchased content (No more frantically flipping through pages for rules!)
• Have your personal library of D&D books with you wherever you go with the D&D Beyond App

Buying D&D Books with D&D Beyond

When you buy a digital book on D&D Beyond, you immediately gain access to it in the official D&D toolset. For example, if you buy The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, you'll immediately be able to read the book in the D&D Beyond compendium, search through its magic items via the magic item listings, and use monsters like the Giant Dragonfly in the Encounters tool. Additionally, if you want to share playable content with your players, like the Harengon species, all you need to do is subscribe to the Master Tier and enable content sharing in your campaign.

To optimize your rewards, keep an eye out for our pre-order deals! Before an official D&D book goes up for sale on the marketplace, you can pre-order it to snag digital goodies, such as dice sets, character portrait frames, backdrops, and themes, to customize your character sheets!

Bring Your Adventures to Life with the Official D&D VTT

Maps is a powerful virtual tabletop designed to streamline your game prep and enhance your players' experience. Dungeon Masters with a Master Tier subscription can use Maps to prepare and run their games with ease. Consider these benefits:

• Populate your encounters with pre-made maps and monster tokens from your D&D Beyond library.
• Utilize fog of war, pointing, measurement, overlay, and drawing features to create dynamic and engaging encounters.
• Share your maps with players, regardless of their subscription status, and play in real-time for a truly immersive experience.

Take Your Game on the Go with the D&D Beyond App

Are you tired of lugging books, binders, pencils, and dice around to your sessions? Access all of your content from your phone or tablet by using the D&D Beyond App! It allows players to jump into their character sheets from their mobile devices in a beautiful, easy-to-use format. DMs can use the app to view their party's character sheets and easily search their purchased content. You can even download the content and view it offline for reading and prep on the go.

How to Make the Most of D&D Beyond

D&D Beyond is a free service that can be enhanced by purchasing add-on content and subscriptions. Once you've created an account, you'll be able to make up to six characters using D&D's Basic Rules. If you would like to add more magic items, spells, monsters, and player options to your game, you can purchase official D&D content from the marketplace.

To access unlimited character slots, the VTT, exclusive subscriber perks, content sharing, and much more, subscribe to D&D Beyond.

Get started with D&D Beyond to level up your game: