Intro to D&D

Introduction to Dungeons & Dragons

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What is Dungeons and Dragons? Tell me what you know... or at least think you know!

What is D&D?

Immersive Story-Telling!

Dungeons & Dragons is the world’s most popular tabletop roleplaying game. It is a cooperative, storytelling game where you and other players take on the roles of different characters within a story. As you play, your character will make friends and enemies, fight monsters, discover loot, and complete quests.

But while the goal of many games is to score the most points or win, the ultimate goal of D&D is to tell a story. There are dice and Basic Rules involved, and often maps and miniatures or tokens, but the tools that come into play most often are the imaginations of the players.

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What's the point of D&D?

• To win the game.

• To tell a great story.

How does the game work?

A typical D&D game consists of a handful of players and a Dungeon Master (DM). The players each take on the role of an adventurer character they create, while the DM manages the narrative of the story.

The DM presents information about the adventure to players, which includes things like:

• Describing where the adventurers are

• Narrating actions that occur around them

• Describing obstacles or puzzles that may be in their path

• Roleplaying as the supporting characters in the story, usually referred to as non-player characters (NPCs)

Players use character sheets, which are a compilation of stats that represent all the things that their adventurers can do to interact with their environment. This can include things such as:

• Basic attributes like how intelligent or strong the character is

• Things they’re skilled at, such as Investigation or Persuasion

• Actions such as attacking with weapons or casting spells

• Languages the character speaks or tools they know how to use

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Let's give it a try.