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title: "Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition SRD"
short_title: "D&D"
display_title: "Dungeons & Dragons<br>5th Edition SRD"
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players: "2–8"
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tagline: "The open core rules for the world's most popular roleplaying game"
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status: "live"
updated: "2026-07-04"
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variants: false
how_to_play: "Choose a race and class, roll d20 + modifiers against difficulty targets, and adventure through dungeons and quests. One player is DM, others are player characters with levels 1-20."
mechanics: [dice, combat, exploration, narrative, class-based]
complexity: complex
related: [pathfinder-1e, dungeon-world, brp, cairn]
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  typography: modern
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## Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition SRD

The Systems Reference Document 5.1 (SRD 5.1) contains the open core rules for D&D 5th Edition, released by Wizards of the Coast under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

**Licence:** Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
**Attribution:** Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition System Reference Document 5.1, copyright 2016 Wizards of the Coast LLC.

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### Rules

- [Using Ability Scores](rules/ability-scores/) — The six abilities, saving throws, skills, and ability checks
- [Races](rules/races/) — SRD racial traits (Dragonborn, Dwarf, Elf, Gnome, Half-Elf, Half-Orc, Halfling, Human, Tiefling)
- [Characterization](rules/characterization/) — Backgrounds, alignment, languages, multiclassing, beyond 1st level
- [Equipment](rules/equipment/) — Armour, weapons, adventuring gear, tools, trade goods, transportation
- [Combat](rules/combat/) — Initiative, actions, attacks, damage, and conditions
- [Adventuring](rules/adventuring/) — Travel, rest, environment, and exploration
- [Conditions](rules/conditions/) — All status condition definitions
- [Feats](rules/feats/) — SRD feat options
- [Gamemastering](rules/gamemastering/) — Traps, diseases, madness, poisons, and objects
- [Character Sheet](rules/character-sheet/) — Blank character sheet (printable) with interactive generator

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### Character Classes

- [Barbarian](classes/barbarian/) · [Bard](classes/bard/) · [Cleric](classes/cleric/) · [Druid](classes/druid/)
- [Fighter](classes/fighter/) · [Monk](classes/monk/) · [Paladin](classes/paladin/) · [Ranger](classes/ranger/)
- [Rogue](classes/rogue/) · [Sorcerer](classes/sorcerer/) · [Warlock](classes/warlock/) · [Wizard](classes/wizard/)

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### Spells

- [Spellcasting Rules](spells/spellcasting/) · [Spell Lists by Class](spells/spell-list/)
- [Cantrips](spells/cantrips/) · [1st Level](spells/level-1/) · [2nd Level](spells/level-2/) · [3rd Level](spells/level-3/)
- [4th Level](spells/level-4/) · [5th Level](spells/level-5/) · [6th Level](spells/level-6/) · [7th Level](spells/level-7/)
- [8th Level](spells/level-8/) · [9th Level](spells/level-9/)

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### Monsters

- [A–C](monsters/a-c/) · [D–F](monsters/d-f/) · [G–I](monsters/g-i/) · [J–L](monsters/j-l/)
- [M–O](monsters/m-o/) · [P–R](monsters/p-r/) · [S–U](monsters/s-u/) · [V–Z](monsters/v-z/)

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### Magic Items

- [A–C](magic-items/a-c/) · [D–F](magic-items/d-f/) · [G–I](magic-items/g-i/) · [J–L](magic-items/j-l/)
- [M–O](magic-items/m-o/) · [P–R](magic-items/p-r/) · [S–U](magic-items/s-u/) · [V–Z](magic-items/v-z/)

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### Machine-Readable Data

Structured JSON for all SRD entities, sourced from `5e-bits/5e-database` (CC BY 4.0).

- [ability-scores.json](../../games/dnd-5e/data/ability-scores.json) · [classes.json](../../games/dnd-5e/data/classes.json) · [conditions.json](../../games/dnd-5e/data/conditions.json)
- [equipment.json](../../games/dnd-5e/data/equipment.json) · [features.json](../../games/dnd-5e/data/features.json) · [magic-items.json](../../games/dnd-5e/data/magic-items.json)
- [monsters.json](../../games/dnd-5e/data/monsters.json) · [races.json](../../games/dnd-5e/data/races.json) · [spells.json](../../games/dnd-5e/data/spells.json)

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