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D&D Beyond (DDB) is the official digital toolset and game companion for Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition. [1] [2] DDB hosts online versions of the official Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition books, including rulebooks, adventures, and other supplements; it also provides digital tools like a character builder and digital character sheet, monster and spell listings that can be sorted and filtered ...
[10] [11] Unlike previous editions, this edition of the game was developed partly via a public open playtest. [12] An early build of the new edition debuted at the 2012 Dungeons & Dragons Experience event to about 500 fans. [13] Public playtesting began on May 24, 2012, [14] with the final playtest packet released on September 20, 2013. [15]
In direct contrast to the previous editions of the game, D&D Next was developed partly via a public open playtest. [38] An early build of the new edition debuted at the 2012 Dungeons & Dragons Experience event to about 500 fans. [39] Public playtesting began on May 24, 2012, [40] with the final playtest packet released on September 20, 2013. [41]
Dungeons & Dragons is a structured yet open-ended role-playing game. [24] Typically, one player takes on the role of Dungeon Master (DM) or Game Master (GM) while the others each control a single character, representing an individual in a fictional setting. [24]
This playtest version "made some of the ranger's core abilities easier to use and specifically fixed how a ranger uses its animal companion, giving a ranger the animal at Level 3 and allowing a ranger to attack with both its weapon and the animal on the same turn". [12]
The Unearthed Arcana series is the 5th edition public playtest where the content released is "a near-final draft of the rules"; [30] parts of Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos were developed through this playtest.
On the playtest subclasses developed for Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, Jeremy Crawford said "almost every single one made it into the game". [27] Starting in January 2018, Unearthed Arcana content was generally added to D&D Beyond approximately one week after it was released on the official D&D website.
Xanathar's Guide to Everything won the 2017 Origins Awards for Best Role-Playing Game Supplement and Fan Favorite Role-Playing Game Supplement. [9]In Publishers Weekly's "Best-selling Books Week Ending December 4, 2017", Xanathar's Guide to Everything was #1 in "Hardcover Nonfiction". [10]