Player's Handbook · Chapter 1

Welcome to the Table

This is Dungeons & Dragons, fifth edition, in its 2024 revision — the same game the world has played for a decade, with a decade of lessons folded back in. You play an adventurer in a world of monsters, magic, and buried history; the Game Master describes that world, you say what you do, and a twenty-sided die settles what neither of you can.

How a session runs

Play moves in a simple loop: the GM describes the environment, you describe what you want to do, and the GM narrates the result — dice come out only when the outcome is uncertain. The full statement of that loop is in @Missing file. Three modes share the table: exploration, social interaction, and combat. The rules weigh combat heaviest, but nothing says a session needs any.

What to expect

One roll to learn. Nearly everything is a D20 Test — the 2024 revision's name for the family of ability checks, saving throws, and attack rolls. One die, one modifier, one target number; it's next chapter, and it's short.
Your build is a promise. Species, class, and background decide what you're proficient at, what resources you spend, and what comes back when you rest. This revision sharpens the martial classes especially — every weapon in your hands has a mastery property waiting for the right class to unlock it.
Death is real but negotiable. Hit points fall fast at low levels. At zero you're dying, not dead — death saves, a healer's word, or plain luck can pull you back. Caution and a lit torch remain the best armor ever printed.

Where things live

The complete rules sit in the Rules folder — @Missing file compresses the core into one page, the Core Rules chapters go deep, and the 139-entry Glossary answers questions alphabetically. Everything you can play — every class, species, spell, monster, and mace — exists as a record in this project, ready to drop onto a sheet. Character creation is next, and this project will walk you through it.

Manual updated Jul 29, 2026.

D&D 5e (2024)

Evandor

Generations ago, the Great Ash devastated the heart of Evandor. Cities vanished, survivors fled toward the coasts, and the interior became a vast grey wasteland. Evandor is a setting about progress, power, and uncertainty: what should be recovered from the past, what should remain buried, and who gets to decide.

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Uncover the Mystery of the Great Ash

Evandor survived its past; now it must survive the future.

300 years ago, Evandor was a thriving world of magic, wonder, and power, until it wasn't. In an instant, the entire world was covered in a destructive ash, and no one knows why. Now, Cities are rebuilt, and Evandor seems to have moved on, but while nobles scheme, countries try to claim unclaimed territory, and commoners have strange visions, the consequences of the great ash are only just being discovered.

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Author's note

Thanks so much for playing! I check our post over on discord frequently, so if you have feedback or just want to share a moment you loved from your game, I'd love to hear from you.

Upcoming: Fleshing out Elissa/Vandrin Backstory. Continuing to work on making combat seampless. Aesthetic updates to adventuring gear and other items. Fleshing out more NPCs and locations in E'relah

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