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Compendium
341 spells, 386 monsters, 294 magic items, plus classes, species, backgrounds, feats, conditions and rules — updated to the 2024 rules (SRD 5.2.1), with dice you can click to roll.
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Spells 341
Every SRD spell with level, school, classes and dice you can click to roll.
Monsters 386
Stat blocks by challenge rating — roll attacks or drop them into combat.
Magic Items 294
Weapons, armor, potions, rings and wondrous items by rarity.
Classes 12
The twelve classes with their tables, features and an SRD subclass each.
Species 15
Traits for the nine species in the 2024 rules, plus the older SRD subraces.
Backgrounds 4
Where your ability score increases and origin feat come from in the 2024 rules.
Feats 17
Origin, general, fighting style and epic boon feats.
Conditions 15
Blinded, grappled, prone and the rest — what each one does.
Rules 79
Ability checks, combat, resting, spellcasting, travel and more.
Equipment 5
Weapons, armor and adventuring gear with costs and properties.
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This work includes material from the System Reference Document 5.2.1 (“SRD 5.2.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC, available at https://www.dndbeyond.com/srd. The SRD 5.2.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.
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