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D&D Beyond (DDB) is the official digital toolset and game companion for Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition. [1] [2] DDB hosts online versions of the official Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition books, including rulebooks, adventures, and other supplements; it also provides digital tools like a character builder and digital character sheet, monster and spell listings that can be sorted and filtered ...
Forgotten Realms modules and sourcebooks are modules (adventures) and sourcebooks (campaign setting information) printed for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
Dungeons & Dragons (commonly abbreviated as D&D or DnD) [2] is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. [3] [4] [5] The game was first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules (TSR). [5] It has been published by Wizards of the Coast, later a subsidiary of Hasbro, since 1997.
In a retrospective on the legacy of Dungeons & Dragons, academic Evan Torner commented that the aim of the designers was to "simplify and declutter the whole system" – "D&D 3e and 3.5e bear the influence of Eurogame-style elegant design: that the terminology and choices in the game should be immediately intelligible to all who might play it ...
A character sheet from Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. A character sheet is a record of a player character in a role-playing game, including whatever details, notes, game statistics, and background information a player would need during a play session. Character sheets can be found in use in both traditional and live-action role-playing games.
Gygax was born in Chicago, the son of Almina Emelie "Posey" Burdick [3]: 15 and Swiss immigrant and former Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Ernst Gygax. [4] [5] He was named Ernest after his father, but was commonly known as Gary, the middle name given to him by his mother after the actor Gary Cooper.
D&D co-creator Gary Gygax credited the inspiration for the alignment system to the fantasy stories of Michael Moorcock and Poul Anderson. [4] [5]The original version of D&D (1974) allowed players to choose among three alignments when creating a character: lawful, implying honor and respect for society's rules; chaotic, implying rebelliousness and individualism; and neutral, seeking a balance ...
Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft is a 256-page campaign and adventure guide for using the Ravenloft setting in the 5th edition. The book includes an overview of 39 Domains of Dread [1] and a 20-page adventure called The House of Lament.