Reddit reviews Xanathar's Guide to Everything (Dungeons & Dragons)
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Explore a wealth of new rules options for both players and Dungeon Masters in this supplement for the world’s greatest roleplaying game.
Xanathar's Guide to Everything ($29.99)
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The latest official D&D book with 25 new subclasses and loads of alternate rules and DM tools.
Suitable for both players and DMs, it's suitable for everyone and new, so most D&D'ers may not have it yet.
Oh, maybe that's the expected price?
I know Amazon is carrying them for $40. It says it's a sale, but it's been that price since release.
https://www.amazon.ca/Xanathars-Guide-Everything-Wizards-Team/dp/0786966114/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1517864848&sr=8-1&keywords=xanthar%27s+guide+to+everything
Here's the US link to Xanthar's Guide and US link to ToA.
Anyone know if they usually offer the pdf versions together with the physical books?
https://camelcamelcamel.com/Xanathars-Guide-Everything-Wizards-Team/product/0786966114
CamelCamelCamel keeps a price history on most (all?) Amazon products. It appears that this is indeed a recent price change for XGE.
I think 5e is far better but your mileage may vary.
You can look at the Basic Rules here for free.
The buy-in for 5e is really slim. I HIGHLY suggest the Starter Set.
> You have the Core Rulebooks:
Not bad to start.
> Then there are only a few splatbooks:
The only other products are the mega-adventures. I'm out of time or I'd link em for ya but here is a list of products: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons_rulebooks#Dungeons_.26_Dragons_5th_edition
$64 CDN on amazon.ca: https://www.amazon.ca/Xanathars-Guide-Everything-Wizards-Team/dp/0786966114/
A little too rich for my blood. I think I'll pass.
I wouldn't buy Xanathar's for $50. However over on Amazon Xanathar's Guide to Everything it's currently $30
Looks like HOTDQ and Rise of Tiamat are also on sale for around $20:
Volo's and Xanathar's are around $30:
SCAG is $30, as is the not-yet-released Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes:
...and scrolling down the list, it seems a bunch of normally $50 adventures are also on sale around $30-34. The DMG is $32 and the Monster Manual is $34:
https://smile.amazon.com/Tomb-Annihilation-Wizards-RPG-Team/dp/0786966106/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1497311532&sr=8-11&keywords=tomb+of+annihilation
https://smile.amazon.com/Xanathars-Guide-Everything-Wizards-Team/dp/0786966114/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1497311544&sr=8-6&keywords=xanathar%27s+guide+to+everything
The absolute best way to get started is the Starter Set. It's everything you need to get started including some dice and an adventure. As you get more into it, you'll want to pick up the Players Handbook, the Monster Manual, and the Dungeon Master's Guide (If you don't want to get them all at once, I recommend getting them in that order.) Also very useful is a Dungeon Master's Screen. Moving into more advanced stuff, Xanathar's Guide to Everything is a book full of a bunch of optional rules to spice up the game, and Volo's Guide to Monsters gives more monsters for players to fight, and some you can actually play as. If you need more adventures to run, Tales From the Yawning Portal is a nice big book of dungeons.
Unless you know what books they already have it might be a bit risky getting a book, but if you do get a book I would suggest getting something not in the "big three" as someone who's really into D&D is likely to get the players handbook, monster manual, and dungeon masters guide on their own. Better to get them something they'd like but might not buy for themselves since theyre not as "essential", like Volo's Guide to Monsters, the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide or Xanathar's Guide to Everything I think. Also, any d&d player will always appreciate a new set of pretty dice, a cool bag to keep their dice in or a dice tray to roll on are also solid choices.
Here is a link one many agree is the best starter set and it is cheap in comparison to many other ones out there.
Besides that, there is The Players Handbook. Which is the only book I would say is a necessity for playing dnd (even being a dm) as it goes over all the rules and mechanics and gives you a lot of classes and races to work with. After that there is Xanathars Guide to Everything and the Monster Manual that are good starts to expanding your knowledge and options when playing or creating a DND world
If you are looking for good things to watch in your free time to improve your knowledge and get new ideas, I like Dungeon Dudes or Critical Role. Both are on Youtube and provide lots of good material to work with.
Then (shameless plug) I actually have a website that does in-depth analysis on many dungeon and dragons items such as mechanics, spells, and races that go into their strengths lore and other stuff. So check it out! It's called wizardofthetavern. If you have any other questions feel free to message me I will be more than happy to help you out!
Huh, you are right on that.
All the recent reviews I looked at for Xanathar's Guide mentioned some manufacturing or storage defects; reversed and/or flipped binding, covers not being glued well, pages being glued together, moisture damage, etc.
Yes, it's effectively both Player Handbook 2 and Dungeon Master's Guide 2. You can find it here.
EDIT: Between my posting my initial post and this one, I had forgotten you were new and just starting out with the Starter Set! No need to pick up Xanathar's just yet.
The other posters have given very good advice. If you only have three players, I'd try and remove one enemy from every encounter, specifically the weakest enemy. You'll have a great time with the starter set! Have fun!
https://www.amazon.com/Xanathars-Guide-Everything-Wizards-Team/dp/0786966114
My group and I have been using the Magic Item Purchasing rules from Xanathar's Guide to Everything
and Stronghold's and Followers from MCDM (Matt Colville)
In addition, I've given them extra incentive towards spending extracted gold by giving them XP for it.
So far the group has paid for 2 uncommon magic items.
Along with purchasing the deed for an abandoned dwarven manor house with a defunct tower.
They have also completely paid off the construction costs for a Wizards Tower and an Establishment from Strongholds, and they've put down 2000 gp into the construction of a Keep (5500 gp left on that).
We are still waiting on the construction of the Tower and The Establishment to be completed, 23 in-game days left on the Tower and 30 in-game days left on The Establishment. They just started construction on the Keep and have 109 in-game days left on it.
Much of the extant Unearthed Arcana are going to be printed up as subclass options in the upcoming Book Xanathar's Guide to Everything.
https://www.amazon.com/Xanathars-Guide-Everything-Wizards-Team/dp/0786966114/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501711110&sr=8-1&keywords=xanathar%27s+guide+to+everything
No real specifics are confirmed, including the presence of revised ranger.
If you want to go all out I'd recommend these books:
https://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons-Monster-Rulebook-Roleplaying/dp/0786965614/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1549840456&sr=8-6&keywords=dungeons+and+dragons
https://www.amazon.com/Xanathars-Guide-Everything-Wizards-Team/dp/0786966114/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1549840456&sr=8-10&keywords=dungeons+and+dragons
https://www.amazon.com/Volos-Guide-Monsters-Wizards-Team/dp/0786966017/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1549840456&sr=8-14&keywords=dungeons+and+dragons
Enough dice for you and whoever you're playing with:
https://www.amazon.com/Wiz-Dice-Pack-Random-Polyhedral/dp/B01KN7REWQ/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1549840537&sr=8-4&keywords=1+pound+of+dice
If you want minis:
https://www.amazon.com/Pathfinder-Roleplaying-Game-Codex-Pawns/dp/1601254725/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1549840982&sr=8-4&keywords=monster+codex+box
https://www.amazon.com/Paizo-Inc-Pathfinder-Pawns-Bestiary/dp/1601255616/ref=pd_sbs_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1601255616&pd_rd_r=d89745e3-2d8a-11e9-bc59-4fcf3b72f982&pd_rd_w=Ip8Jz&pd_rd_wg=d87AF&pf_rd_p=588939de-d3f8-42f1-a3d8-d556eae5797d&pf_rd_r=CQ2TM4MZQSVKFXX2GYRS&psc=1&refRID=CQ2TM4MZQSVKFXX2GYRS
https://www.amazon.com/Pathfinder-Pawns-Villain-Codex-Box/dp/1601259255/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1549840982&sr=8-3&keywords=monster+codex+box
Xanathar is also on sale for $22.45. https://www.amazon.com/Xanathars-Guide-Everything-Wizards-Team/dp/0786966114/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1523663859&sr=8-1&keywords=xanathar%27s+guide+to+everything