D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Everything you need to get started playing D&D on D&D Beyond!
Players
Playing the Game
- Rhythm of Play
- The Six Abilities
- D20 Tests
- Proficiency
- Actions
- Social Interaction
- Exploration
- Combat
- Damage and Healing
- Conditions
Character Creation
- Choose a Character Sheet
- Create Your Character
- Level Advancement
- Starting at Higher Levels
- Multiclassing
- Trinkets
Character Classes
Character Origins
- Origin Components
- Background Descriptions
- Acolyte
- Criminal
- Sage
- Soldier
- Species Descriptions
- Dragonborn
- Dwarf
- Elf
- Gnome
- Goliath
- Halfling
- Human
- Orc
- Tiefling
Feats
Equipment
- Coins
- Weapons
- Mastery Properties
- Armor
- Tools
- Adventuring Gear
- Mounts and Vehicles
- Services
- Magic Items
- Crafting Equipment
Spells
Spell Descriptions
Rules Glossary
Credits
Download Character Sheet
Dungeon Masters
The Basics
- What Does a DM Do?
- Things You Need
- Preparing a Session
- How to Run a Session
- Every DM Is Unique
- Ensuring Fun for All
DM’s Toolbox
- Creating a Background
- Combat
- Curses and Magical Contagions
- Environmental Effects
- Fear and Mental Stress
- Poison
- Traps
- Travel Pace
Magic Items
- Magic Item Categories
- Magic Item Rarity
- Awarding Magic Items
- Activating a Magic Item
- “The Next Dawn”
- Cursed Items
- Magic Item Resilience
- Crafting Magic Items
- Sentient Magic Items
Magic Items A–Z
Downloadable Tracking Sheets
Credits
Monsters
Introduction: How to Use a Monster
Creature Stat Blocks
- Aboleth
- Air Elemental
- Allosaurus
- Animated Armor
- Animated Flying Sword
- Animated Rug of Smothering
- Ankheg
- Ankylosaurus
- Ape
- Archelon
- Archmage
- Assassin
- Awakened Shrub
- Awakened Tree
- Axe Beak
- Azer Sentinel
- Baboon
- Badger
- Balor
- Bandit
- Bandit Captain
- Barbed Devil
- Basilisk
- Bat
- Bearded Devil
- Behir
- Berserker
- Black Bear
- Black Dragons
- Black Pudding
- Blink Dog
- Blood Hawk
- Blue Dragons
- Boar
- Bone Devil
- Brass Dragons
- Bronze Dragons
- Brown Bear
- Bugbears
- Bugbear Stalker
- Bugbear Warrior
- Bulette
- Bullywugs
- Bullywug Bog Sage
- Bullywug Warrior
- Camel
- Carrion Crawler
- Cat
- Centaur Trooper
- Chain Devil
- Chimera
- Chuul
- Clay Golem
- Cloaker
- Cloud Giant
- Cockatrice
- Commoner
- Constrictor Snake
- Copper Dragons
- Couatl
- Crab
- Crocodile
- Cultists
- Cultist
- Cultist Fanatic
- Darkmantle
- Death Dog
- Deer
- Deva
- Dire Wolf
- Djinni
- Doppelganger
- Draft Horse
- Dragon Turtle
- Dretch
- Drider
- Druid
- Dryad
- Dust Mephit
- Eagle
- Earth Elemental
- Efreeti
- Elephant
- Elk
- Erinyes
- Ettercap
- Ettin
- Fire Elemental
- Fire Giant
- Flesh Golem
- Flying Snake
- Frog
- Frost Giant
- Gargoyle
- Gelatinous Cube
- Ghast
- Ghost
- Ghoul
- Giant Ape
- Giant Badger
- Giant Bat
- Giant Boar
- Giant Centipede
- Giant Constrictor Snake
- Giant Crab
- Giant Crocodile
- Giant Eagle
- Giant Elk
- Giant Fire Beetle
- Giant Frog
- Giant Goat
- Giant Hyena
- Giant Lizard
- Giant Octopus
- Giant Owl
- Giant Rat
- Giant Scorpion
- Giant Seahorse
- Giant Shark
- Giant Spider
- Giant Toad
- Giant Venomous Snake
- Giant Vulture
- Giant Wasp
- Giant Weasel
- Giant Wolf Spider
- Gibbering Mouther
- Glabrezu
- Gladiator
- Gnoll Warrior
- Goat
- Goblins
- Goblin Boss
- Goblin Minion
- Goblin Warrior
- Gold Dragons
- Gorgon
- Gray Ooze
- Green Dragons
- Green Hag
- Grick
- Griffon
- Grimlock
- Guards
- Guard
- Guard Captain
- Guardian Naga
- Half-Dragon
- Harpy
- Hawk
- Hell Hound
- Hezrou
- Hill Giant
- Hippogriff
- Hippopotamus
- Hobgoblins
- Hobgoblin Captain
- Hobgoblin Warrior
- Homunculus
- Horned Devil
- Hunter Shark
- Hydra
- Hyena
- Ice Devil
- Ice Mephit
- Imp
- Incubus
- Invisible Stalker
- Iron Golem
- Jackal
- Killer Whale
- Knight
- Kobold Warrior
- Kraken
- Lamia
- Lemure
- Lich
- Lion
- Lizard
- Mage
- Magma Mephit
- Magmin
- Mammoth
- Marilith
- Mastiff
- Medusa
- Merfolk Skirmisher
- Merrow
- Mimic
- Minotaur of Baphomet
- Minotaur Skeleton
- Mule
- Mummy
- Mummy Lord
- Nalfeshnee
- Night Hag
- Nightmare
- Noble
- Nothic
- Ochre Jelly
- Octopus
- Ogre
- Oni
- Otyugh
- Owl
- Owlbear
- Panther
- Pegasus
- Phase Spider
- Piranha
- Pirates
- Pirate
- Pirate Captain
- Planetar
- Plesiosaurus
- Polar Bear
- Pony
- Priest
- Priest Acolyte
- Pseudodragon
- Pteranodon
- Purple Worm
- Quasit
- Rakshasa
- Rat
- Raven
- Red Dragons
- Reef Shark
- Remorhaz
- Rhinoceros
- Rhinocerous
- Riding Horse
- Roc
- Roper
- Rust Monster
- Saber-Toothed Tiger
- Sahuagin Warrior
- Salamander
- Satyr
- Scorpion
- Scout
- Sea Hag
- Seahorse
- Shadow
- Shambling Mound
- Shield Guardian
- Shrieker Fungus
- Silver Dragons
- Skeleton
- Slaad Tadpole
- Solar
- Specter
- Sphinx of Lore
- Sphinx of Valor
- Sphinx of Wonder
- Spider
- Spirit Naga
- Sprite
- Spy
- Steam Mephit
- Stirge
- Stone Giant
- Stone Golem
- Storm Giant
- Succubus
- Swarm of Bats
- Swarm of Crawling Claws
- Swarm of Insects
- Swarm of Piranhas
- Swarm of Rats
- Swarm of Ravens
- Swarm of Venomous Snakes
- Tarrasque
- Tiger
- Toughs
- Tough
- Tough Boss
- Treant
- Triceratops
- Troll
- Troll Limb
- Tyrannosaurus Rex
- Unicorn
- Vampire
- Vampire Familiar
- Vampire Spawn
- Venomous Snake
- Violet Fungus
- Vrock
- Vulture
- Warhorse
- Warhorse Skeleton
- Warrior Infantry
- Warrior Veteran
- Weasel
- Werebear
- Wereboar
- Wererat
- Weretiger
- Werewolf
- White Dragons
- Wight
- Will-o’-Wisp
- Winter Wolf
- Wolf
- Worg
- Wraith
- Wyvern
- Xorn
- Zombies
- Zombie
- Ogre Zombie
Credits
Glossary Conventions
- Ability Check
- Ability Score and Modifier
- Action
- Advantage
- Adventure
- Alignment
- Ally
- Area of Effect
- Armor Class
- Armor Training
- Attack Roll
- Attitude
- Attunement
- Blindsight
- Bloodied
- Bonus Action
- Breaking Objects
- Bright Light
- Burrow Speed
- Campaign
- Cantrip
- Carrying Capacity
- Challenge Rating
- Character Sheet
- Climbing
- Concentration
- Condition
- Blinded
- Charmed
- Deafened
- Exhaustion
- Frightened
- Grappled
- Incapacitated
- Invisible
- Paralyzed
- Petrified
- Poisoned
- Prone
- Restrained
- Stunned
- Unconscious
- Cover
- Crawling
- Creature
- Creature Type
- Critical Hit
- Curses
- D20 Test
- Damage
- Damage Threshold
- Damage Types
- Darkness
- Darkvision
- Dead
- Death Saving Throw
- Difficult Terrain
- Difficulty Class
- Dim Light
- Disadvantage
- Encounter
- Enemy
- Experience Points
- Expertise
- Flying
- Grappling
- Hazard
- Healing
- Heavily Obscured
- Heroic Inspiration
- Hit Point Dice
- Hit Points
- Hover
- Illusions
- Immunity
- Improvised Weapons
- Initiative
- Jumping
- Knocking Out a Creature
- Lightly Obscured
- Long Rest
- Magical Effect
- Monster
- Nonplayer Character
- Object
- Occupied Space
- Opportunity Attacks
- Passive Perception
- Per Day
- Player Character
- Possession
- Proficiency
- Reach
- Reaction
- Resistance
- Ritual
- Round Down
- Saving Throw
- Shape-Shifting
- Short Rest
- Simultaneous Effects
- Size
- Skill
- Speed
- Spell
- Spell Attack
- Spellcasting Focus
- Stable
- Stat Block
- Surprise
- Swimming
- Target
- Telepathy
- Teleportation
- Temporary Hit Points
- Tremorsense
- Truesight
- Unarmed Strike
- Unoccupied Space
- Vulnerability
- Weapon
- Weapon Attack