Player’s Handbook

This update corrects and clarifies some text in the Player’s Handbook. The changes appear in recent printings of the book. These changes have been applied across D&D Beyond and can also be found via downloadable PDF.

Chapter 4: Character Origins

Goliath Traits (p. 192)

In the Powerful Build trait, “You have Advantage on any saving throw” is now “You have Advantage on any ability check”.

Chapter 5: Feats

Grappler (p. 204)

In the Fast Wrestler benefit, “Your Speed isn’t halved when you move” is now “You don’t have to spend extra movement to move”.

Poisoner (p. 206)

In the Brew Poison benefit’s fourth sentence, “until you hit with the poisoned item” is now “until you deal damage with the poisoned item”.

Telekinetic (p. 208)

In the Minor Telekinesis benefit’s second sentence, “its range increases by 30 feet” is now “its range and the distance it can be away from you both increase by 30 feet”.

Chapter 6: Equipment

Armor Table (p. 219)

In the subheading for the Shield category, “Shield” is now “Shield (Utilize Action to Don or Doff)”.

Chapter 7: Spells

Animal Shapes (p. 240)

The spell’s last paragraph has been replaced with the following:

Conjure Elemental (p. 254)

In the “Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot” subsection, “2d8” is now “1d8.”

Conjure Fey (p. 255)

In the “Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot” subsection, “2d12” is now “1d12.”

Conjure Minor Elementals (p. 254)

In the “Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot” subsection, “2d8” is now “1d8.”

Conjure Woodland Beings (p. 255)

In the “Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot” subsection, “level above 5” is now “level above 4”.

Giant Insect (p. 279)

In the HP entry, “10 for each spell level” is now “10 for each spell level above 4”.

Polymorph (p. 306)

In the second paragraph of the spell’s description, the following sentence has been added after the first: “These Temporary Hit Points vanish if any remain when the spell ends.”

Shapechange (p. 315)

The second paragraph of the spell’s description has been replaced with the following:

True Polymorph (p. 335)

In the second paragraph of the “Creature into Creature” subsection, the second sentence has been replaced with “These Temporary Hit Points vanish if any remain when the spell ends.”

Appendix B: Creature Stat Blocks

All Stat Blocks (pp. 346–359)

All stat blocks in appendix B have been replaced with the Monster Manual (2025) versions.

Appendix C: Rules Glossary

Grappling (p. 367)

In the “Grappling” entry, the heading “Escaping a Grapple” is now “Ending a Grapple”. Also, the following sentence has been added to the end of that subsection: “In addition, the grappler can release the target at any time (no action required).”

Hide [Action] (p. 368)

In the second paragraph, “you have the Invisible condition” is now “you have the Invisible condition while hidden”. In the third paragraph, “The condition ends on you” is now “You stop being hidden”.