Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

This document corrects and clarifies some text in Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014). The changes appear in recent printings of the book. These changes appear in recent printings of the book and have been applied across D&D Beyond.

Chapter 1

The Calendar of Harptos (p. 33)

Shieldmeet takes place after Midsummer, not Midwinter.

Chapter 2

Abyssal Corruption Table (pg. 62)

The heading of row 8–9 is now “Overwhelming Ambition.”

Chapter 3

Evaluating Encounter Difficulty (p. 82)

In the “Compare XP” step, the second sentence has been replaced with the following: “The threshold that equals the adjusted XP value determines the encounter’s difficulty. If there’s no match, use the closest threshold that is lower than the adjusted XP value.”

Chapter 4

NPC Mannerisms Table (pg. 90)

Row 4 is now “Speaks in an unusually formal manner.”

NPC Flaws and Secrets Table (pg. 91)

Row 8 is now “Prone to sudden suspicion.”

Villain’s Methods Table (pg. 95)

In entry 14 the table, row 2 is now “Confiscating property,” row 3 is now “Conspiracy,” row 4 is now “Espionage or Spying,” and row 5 is now “Oppressive Laws.”

Chapter 5

Residence Table (pg. 113)

Row 18 is now “Hidden thieves’ den.”

Tavern Table (pg. 113)

In row 16–17, “race or guild” is now “guild.” Row 19–20 is now “Music venue.”

Chapter 6

Crafting a Magic Item (p. 129)

The first sentence under the Crafting Magic Items table now reads, “An item has a creation cost specified in the Crafting Magic Items table (half that cost for a consumable, such as a potion or scroll).”

Chapter 7

Attunement (p. 136)

The first paragraph ends with a new sentence: “If the prerequisite is to be a spellcaster, a creature qualifies if it can cast at least one spell using its traits or features, not using a magic item or the like.”

Treasure Hoard: Challenge 11–16 (p. 138)

In the table, “11–12” is now “10–12.”

Scrolls (p. 139)

In the second paragraph, “requires using an action” is now “requires the user.”

Magic Weapons (p. 140)

The section ends with a new paragraph: “If a magic weapon has the ammunition property, ammunition fired from it is considered magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.”

Spells (p. 141)

In the second sentence, “lowest possible spell level” is now “lowest possible spell and caster level.”

Amulet of Health (p. 150)

The last sentence now reads as follows: “It has no effect on you if your Constitution is 19 or higher without it.”

Bag of Tricks (p. 154)

The second paragraph ends with a new sentence: “The creature vanishes at the next dawn or when it is reduced to 0 hit points.”

Belt of Giant Strength (p. 155)

The last sentence of the first paragraph now reads as follows: “The item has no effect on you if your Strength without the belt is equal to or greater than the belt’s score.”

Gauntlets of Ogre Power (p. 171)

The last sentence now reads as follows: “They have no effect on you if your Strength is 19 or higher without them.”

Headband of Intellect (p. 173)

The last sentence now reads as follows: “It has no effect on you if your Intelligence is 19 or higher without it.”

Instrument of the Bards (p. 176)

The final paragraph is replaced with the following: “You can play the instrument while casting a spell that causes any of its targets to be charmed on a failed saving throw, thereby imposing disadvantage on the save. This effect applies only if the spell has a somatic or a material component.”

Pearl of Power (p. 184)

The first sentence is now two sentences: “While this pearl is on your person, you can use an action to speak its command word and regain one expended spell slot. If the expended slot was of 4th level or higher, the new slot is 3rd level.”

Ring of the Ram (pg. 193)

In the second sentence, “to attack” is now “to make a ranged spell attack against.”

Rod of Lordly Might (p. 196)

The following text is appended to the sentence on button 1: “(you choose the type of sword).”

Spell Scroll (p. 200)

Starting with its second sentence, the first paragraph now reads as follows:

Wand of Paralysis (p. 211)

The third and fourth sentences now read as follows: “The target must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute.”

Chapter 8

Combining Game Effects (p. 252)

This is a new subsection at the end of the “Combat” section:

Poison (p. 257)

The description of ingested poison has a new sentence after the first: “The dose can be delivered in food or a liquid.”

The other three poison types have new descriptions:

Chapter 9

Monster Features (p. 280)

In the table, “Dive Attack” is now “Dive,” and in the Damage Transfer example, “darkmantle” is now “cloaker.”

Creating a New Race or Subrace (pg. 285)

The third bullet has been removed. In the fifth bullet, “the race’s history and culture” is now “the race’s history.”

Cultural Alterations (pg. 285)

This section has been removed.

Example Race: Aasimar (pg. 287)

The “Alignment” section has been removed.

Appendix A

Mage Furnishings (p. 300)

A roll of 73 produces a sextant, not a sexton.

Utensils and Personal Items (p. 300)

A roll of 89 or 90 produces a vase.

Appendix B

In the “Monsters by Environment” section, the following experience point corrections have been made.

Monster	XP
Ancient Black Dragon	33,000 [was 27,500]
Ancient Blue Dragon	50,000 [was 32,500]
Ancient Brass Dragon	25,000 [was 24,500]
Ancient Bronze Dragon	41,000 [was 30,000]
Ancient Copper Dragon	33,000 [was 27,500]
Ancient Gold Dragon	62,000 [was 36,500]
Ancient Green Dragon	41,000 [was 30,000]
Ancient Red Dragon	62,000 [was 36,500]
Ancient Silver Dragon	50,000 [was 32,500]
Ancient White Dragon	25,000 [was 24,500]