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Where's the best place to get the core rulebooks as PDFs? 🧐

#DnD#TTRPG#TTRPGs

@goddessrealm Are you open to TTRPGs that aren't D&D?

@tezrak I definitely am, but the group I'm playing with specifically wants to start out with

@goddessrealm

This is a rewrite but stays true to the core of D&D. If you need the pdfs for accessibility this is the closest legal method.

a5esrd.com/a5esrd

Also available online at a5e.tools

All free of course.

Advanced 5E System Reference DocumentA5ESRD — Advanced 5E System Reference Document

@goddessrealm Sadly, as others have said, you don't. The best you can do are PDFs of third-party variations on the system, such as Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition.

@kirasha ooo, thank you! I'll have to check this out!

@goddessrealm Not possible legally sadly, since Wizards does not publish PDF versions of the books.

You still have four options if you need one:

1. use dndbeyond.com to have a digital/searchable copy of the book (you have to buy it again, even if you have a copy of the book). Problem: if dndbeyond.com goes away, so does your book.
2. use dndbeyond.com and print the content as PDF. It's ugly, requires a bit of work (you have to print each chapter in a PDF file, then possibly assemble all PDF files into one), but it works and is legal.
3. download it from pirate sites, such as torrent websites. It's illegal, and the sad fact is that it's actually the easiest method
4. scan your own copy of the book and assemble it as PDF. It's the same quality than 3/ and is legal, but requires a lot of work.

@kik darn... that is a real bummer. 😞

I'm particularly wary of #1 because I hate spending money for a product that could just disappear into the void randomly.

@goddessrealm Rightly so, if it's not on your computer, you don't own the file. :) It's especially uncertain since we haven't seen yet what Wizards will do with such digital books once they publish a new edition.

@kik exactly! That's one of my main concerns. Hopefully I'll be able to figure out a decent way to obtain the PDFs themselves.