An essential reference for every Dungeons & Dragons roleplayer, this text contains rules for character creation and advancement, backgrounds and skills, exploration and combat, equipment, spells, and much more.

Introduction -- Step-by-step characters -- Races -- Classes -- Personality and background -- Equipment -- Customization options -- Using ability scores -- Adventuring -- Combat -- Spellcasting -- Spells -- Appendix A. Conditions -- Appendix B. Gods of the Multiverse -- Appendix C. The planes of existence -- Appendix D. Creature statistics -- Appendix E. Inspirational reading.