Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook (Core Rulebook, D&D Roleplaying Game)

As a fan of the 5e, I love this book. Me and my friends are playing for almost two years (I have the gift set box as well, and having two copies of the player's handbook made things faster). The only thing I found curious is that they updated part of the lore. Not a big deal.

自分のなかでテーブルトップRPGの一番です20年ぶりにやりました5Eはよくできています、ルールも分かりやすいBest RPG ever.5E　is amazing,the rules are clear and easy to learn

A must have for anyone getting started with Dungeons & Dragons. It is also 5th edition which is the newest set of rules for the game and what most people are playing now. It is incredibly detailed and very well organized, with gorgeous art work that really lets you immerse yourself in the game. There are alot of different D&D texts out there but if I had to choose one, this would be it.

Perfect Book for Perfect players. what are you waiting for just buy it

プレイテスト版もいろいろしましたが、やっとでた製品版です。プレイテスト版では「どうなんだろ、コレ？」という部分もありましたが、とてもすっきりした感があります。翻訳はないそうなので、これを頑張って読みます（汗）

Just DnD as you know it.

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Price and deliverance

Se la Dungeon Master’s Guide è la bussola per creare mondi, il Player’s Handbook (PHB) di Dungeons & Dragons 5ª Edizione (2014) è il cuore pulsante del gioco, il libro che trasforma un lettore in un eroe.È il manuale fondamentale, quello che ogni giocatore – dal novizio al veterano – deve avere sotto mano. La versione del 2014 ha segnato l'inizio di un'epoca d'oro per il gioco di ruolo, grazie a un design che privilegia la narrazione senza sacrificare la profondità. Ecco perché rimane un capolavoro del genere:1. Creazione del Personaggio: Un Viaggio nell'IdentitàIl PHB ti offre tutti gli strumenti per dare vita al tuo alter ego fantastico.Le Classi Iconiche: Dalle furie del Barbaro ai complessi incantesimi del Mago, le 12 classi base sono bilanciate e ricche di personalità. Ogni classe offre sottoclassi (Archetipi) che permettono di personalizzare il proprio stile di gioco in modo unico.Razze e Background: Il sistema dei Background è una delle intuizioni migliori di questa edizione: non solo definisce cosa sa fare il tuo personaggio, ma chi era prima di diventare un avventuriero, offrendo agganci narrativi immediati per il DM.2. Regolamento Fluido: Il Sistema del VantaggioIl manuale introduce (o perfeziona) la meccanica del Vantaggio/Svantaggio, che ha rivoluzionato il gioco:Semplicità ed Eleganza: Invece di sommare decine di piccoli modificatori numerici, basta lanciare due dadi da 20 e prendere il migliore (o il peggiore). Questo rende il combattimento veloce, intuitivo e incredibilmente dinamico.Focus sulla Narrazione: Le regole sono scritte per essere al servizio della storia, permettendo ai giocatori di descrivere azioni eroiche senza essere frenati da burocrazie eccessive.3. La Magia a Portata di ManoQuasi metà del libro è dedicata agli incantesimi, ed è una sezione meravigliosa:Catalogo Completo: Centinaia di incantesimi descritti con chiarezza, dai semplici trucchetti (Cantrips) che puoi lanciare all'infinito, fino ai desideri che possono riscrivere la realtà.Organizzazione: Le liste divise per classe e i capitoli sulle regole della magia rendono la gestione dei lanciatori di incantesimi fluida anche per chi è alle prime armi.4. Un'Opera d'Arte da SfogliareNon si può parlare del PHB 2014 senza menzionare l'estetica:Illustrazioni Immersive: Ogni pagina è arricchita da disegni che catturano l'essenza delle razze, delle armature e dei mostri, trasportandoti immediatamente in un mondo di alta fantasia.Layout Intuitivo: Le tabelle di progressione dei livelli, le liste dell'equipaggiamento e le appendici sugli stati (come "Ammaliato" o "Trattenuto") sono facili da consultare anche nel calore della battaglia.

tl;dr: This is a great new edition, and I recommend it to almost anyone.I've spent at least some time with every edition of D&D since 1e and Red Box Basic, which I played as a kid. I missed most of the 2e era and I left 4e relatively early in its cycle, but I spent a ton of time playing 1e and 3e. I also have a little bit of exposure to old school revival (OSR) rules that harken back to earlier Original D&D rules. 5e captures a lot of what I like about all of the above.5e continues the trend dating back to 2e (with THACO) of simplifying the math underlying the game. Almost everything in the game is an ability check -- pick the relevant ability score, add the bonus from that score to the result of a d20, and try to beat some number that represents the difficulty of the check. Proficiencies provide bonuses, having the advantage or disadvantage in a situation changes the odds, there's a few stray bonuses here and there, and that's pretty much it. The whole core of the game works on that mechanic -- attacks, saving throws, attempting to perform actions (with or without a relevant skill), pretty much everything. It's fantastic.4e marked a major philosophical change to make D&D more like a *game*, as traditionally understood. Balance in gameplay became one of the most important aspects, there was a relentless focus on combat tactics, character capabilities became systematized into (mostly combat) "powers", many rules revolved heavily around "squares" and board position, and aspects that undermined that kind of gameplay were intentionally weakened -- e.g. magic items, the ability to fly, completely open-ended spells, etc. It was as easy to role play the game as ever, but things like the Encounters series of play sessions in gaming shops and the reuse of the rules in the D&D board games like Castle Ravenloft made it clear that role playing wasn't as integral to the rules, and the portion of the rules devoted to campaign play outside of specific encounters was scant at best. People who loved the tactical aspect of the game generally love 4e.For those people, 5e is going to be a step back, at least for now. The open-ended aspects of the game get a ton of love and none of the minis/squares/board position-based tactics make it into the PHB. If that's your thing, you won't like 5e at this point. My guess is that there will be further books that add back the same tactical depth, so you may yet end up really liking 5e, but for now, there's not that much for you here.Instead we get a return to "theater of the mind" (TOTM) gaming as the default assumption, where you imagine what's going on where your characters are and probably have a small map of the layout, but you don't move little minis around on a board or dungeon tiles or whatever. You could still play that way if you like it, but the game doesn't give you special rule support the way it did in 4e. Instead, the focus of the game rules is shifted to starting with players trying whatever actions they feel like (which need not be specific things the game designers have thought of in advance), and using the ability check mechanic to resolve it. Specific types of actions you may get you better bonuses because you're using a weapon you're good with or you have a relevant skill that means you're trained in that kind of action, but if what you want to do is swing a monkey by his tail and throw him into the mouth of the angry dragon, all the DM has to do is establish a difficulty and have you roll a (Dexterity, presumably) check to try it -- no power cards required. As far as I'm concerned, this is a huge win for imagination, and the fact that the game really tries to lay out that you can do whatever you can think of is fantastic, and shows they've learned key lessons from the OSR movement.We also get a return of focus to the campaign as a whole, as we see from the wonderful chapter on equipment. There's plenty of typical dungeon equipment and some obvious extras like artisan's tools for various trades, but it continues by telling you how much it costs to live in town (depending on the style in which you live, with details on what the different kinds mean), the price of various vehicles and riding and draft animals, the going rates for various trade goods, the cost of hiring different kinds of servants, and more. There have certainly been game supplements that have gone into even more detail in the past, but to put this much detail into the PHB itself really emphasizes how much focus there is on making the game world feel like a real place that your character is a part of -- this is by far the best this has ever been handled in a core rulebook in any edition.The other really fanstastic thing is the focus on making your character more that just a set of stats. There's a whole chapter on personality and character background that's a quantum leap over anything they've done in a PHB in the past. There are a variety of different kinds of background -- some examples are noble, soldier, guild artisan, hermit, criminal, sailor, folk hero, outlander. There's also variations on many of them (e.g. guild merchant for guild artisan), and specific encouragement to work with the DM on a custom background if you have a different idea. Every background gets two skills, one or more tool proficiency, and a special feature, such as guild membership or the ability for sailors to secure free working passage on a ship. The traditional pre-4e alignment wheel is back, but every character also gets two personality traits, a goal, a bond that ties them to something in the world (their clan, an enemy, etc.), and a weakness. There are tables for all of those things tied to each background that you can select or roll from, but there's plenty of latitude to come up with your own. Good role players already did a lot of work like this on their characters before any rules showed up in the rulebook like this, but this is a fantastic tool for new players, less character-focused players, or anyone trying to think of ideas for their latest character.The rules section of the book also does a good job building rules for social encounters and for general exploration of dungeons and the world at large, without resorting to gimmicks like 4e's skill challenges, which meant well, but turned something open-ended into something a little too mechanical. Combat will always be an important part of the rule system, but in 5e, it's just a part of a larger whole.Lest you think this is completely anti-4e, one strong thing 5e preserves is having different character tracks within each class, a real innovation over 3e. In 3e, you could build a really nice custom character, but you had to do it with complicated multiclassing approaches, careful study of skill levels and feat trees, etc. A lot of people like that kind of work, but it was *definitely* work. 4e had different class builds, paragon paths, and power selection such that you could make a character your own by making simpler decisions that didn't require a ton of upfront planning to nab the right prerequisites or take things in the order you wanted. 5e retains this. Different wizard schools and cleric domains are folded in as paths within the class that give you interestingly different gameplay, e.g. depending on whether you want to play a cleric that attacks mainly with spells or with weapons. There's a simple build of fighter designed for "I hit it with my sword" beginner players, but also a build that offers a choice of various combat maneuvers, and an Eldritch Kinght that can cast spells. Rogue comes with paths for standard thief, assassin, and arcane trickster -- no prestige class required. Wizards also get a simpler version of Vancian magic, and high-level wizards lose the unbalanced ability to lob 20 devastating area of effect spells in a row at their enemies (sorry, Wizard enthusiasts). There's a stealth path for monks for players who want to build ninjas.Interestingly, feats are an optional rule, and even if you play with them you don't have to select them. At various times depending on class, your character can add two points to ability scores (to a max of 20 on any given score). If you prefer, you can take a feat instead. You can do this once, or do it every time. This not only makes for an interesting tradeoff, it means feats can be incredibly powerful. You can learn to cast ritual magic like a member of a different class as a feat. You can pick up two of the fighter maneuvers for a non-fighter character with a feat. You can use a single feat to pick up 2 cantrips, 3 skills, or 3 languages plus cyphering. You can really customize the feel of your character by spending a single feat, but beginners don't have to worry about them, and nobody has to worry about keeping track of complicated feat trees and prerequisites.Multiclassing is an optional rule, and it's more flexible that the original (fake) multiclassing options in 4e but not as crazy as it was in 3e, because there are rules on what you get if you just dip into a second class for a level or two. I'm sure there are specific character concepts people will want to make with multiclassing, but overall, it feels a lot less necessary than it did in 3e, and a lot less unbalancing.There's definitely a focus on the core 4 races and core 4 classes, but other races from Gnome to Tiefling to Dragonborn (who are listed as not existing in every game world) are represented, and classes from Barbarian to Paladin to Warlock are here as well. I think they've captured the essence of each of these races and classes well, and this feels like a really polished product that people who like virtually any edition can come to and find a way to capture what they liked about the characters and gameplay of that edition (again, tactical 4e players notwithstanding, for now).There's a great ability to adapt this from pretty simple, streamlined games to much more in-depth ones. If you prefer using the general action-resolution system over keeping track of a ton of character abilities, you could download the free version of the rules and maybe buy a monster manual and play a streamlined, OSR-influenced game happily for years. If you like lots of options for building out your character, there's a ton here for you, and I'm sure there will be plenty more to come in forthcoming splat books. Houserule different healing rules and such (options the forthcoming DMG is likely to lay out for you), and you could play anything from a gritty, inches-from-death style game remininscent of OD&D or 1e to a game that makes you feel invincible as long as you play intelligently like 4e can. When you consider all the ways the rules have improved, 5e could easily fulfill WotC's hopes and become a lingua franca for D&D fans of all the various editions to migrate to and find common ground. Considering the quality of the materials they're releasing, I hope they succeed.

Bought this several years ago so I could have my own copy and not need to borrow my friend's all the time. Love it, super helpful, and I still refer to it while playing (even though there are new versions, my friends and I prefer this version).

If you're at this page, you probably already know what you're getting into. This is the ultimate tool for newcomers to D&D and experienced players as well.The quality of this book is absolutely stellar. The artwork is stunning and the quality of the content given by Wizard of the Coast is well thought out and enough for most people to understand what encompasses making a character for your RPG session.There can be no D&D 5E without this book. Buy it.