D&D Basic Rules Website - A Handy Browseable Resource!

A decade ago, we had online System Reference Documents. Paizo has its online Pathfinder Reference Document. And now there's the brand new official D&D Basic Rules website! That's right - the 5th Edition basic rules online for free in an easily navigable web format. (Thanks to Jester Canuck for spotting it!) That's not the PDF you already have - it's browseable online resource.

I don't know how long it's been there; I assume it's brand new. You can find it right here! And it's a marvellous thing, indeed! It even appears to have a nifty mobile device format, making the D&D rules accessible at a moment's notice just like we've become accustomed to with other games.

(This post originally by Jester Canuck; promoted to article and edited by Morrus).

 

[jrowland]

Mike Mearls tweeted it yesterday, so I guess its an official roll out, lol.

 

[Fralex]

There's something very wrong with the fact that I had to use the link here to reach it because I couldn't find it on its own website.

 

[GX.Sigma]

This site is really spiffy. It seems they invested resources into making a good digital tool, and it worked out. That's very promising.

It occurs to me that the plan with D&D Basic may have been to introduce it as a "lite" alternative to the core rulebooks, but then if/when they release the OGL, expand it into a full SRD. This format would be awful nice for a full SRD.

I mean, it's just an ebook, but that's mostly what DungeonScape was going to be. Even if it's not a free SRD, I think I'd rather buy the books in this format than in PDF.

Assuming, of course, that it works offline.

 

[Ricochet]

It would become so much better if it was directly searchable by keywords, and had links within the text too. That said, it is a good start!

 

[Morrus]

It would become so much better if it was directly searchable by keywords

Press CTRL-F, and search away!

 

[Ricochet]

Press CTRL-F, and search away!

True, but proper keyword links to headlines for individual spells, combat maneuvers etc. would still be nicer.

Good thing about this website is the mobile accessibility though. I hope they make it into an app sort of like Masterwork Tools is for Pathfinder.

 

[halfling rogue]

True, but proper keyword links to headlines for individual spells, combat maneuvers etc. would still be nicer.

Good thing about this website is the mobile accessibility though. I hope they make it into an app sort of like Masterwork Tools is for Pathfinder.

Mobile accessibility is a huge plus for me. I've been playing with only the Starter + Basic and it's no fun flipping through teeny tiny pdfs on my phone. I have yet to access it via desktop (mine's down for now) but it works really really well with a smartphone.