What does “DMG” mean?
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I'm new to D&D 5e and it's the first time I've played. People keep referring to the "DMG". What is it? It is a game mechanic or something else? If it is a game mechanic, what does it do?
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I'm new to D&D 5e and it's the first time I've played. People keep referring to the "DMG". What is it? It is a game mechanic or something else? If it is a game mechanic, what does it do?
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An example of "referring" could be useful.
– enkryptor
7 hours ago
Wow, this is not a question someone has asked before? :O Don't get me wrong, it's a great question, that's why I am impressed that nobody has asked this for like any D&D system?
– HellSaint
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Related: where do I find the official rules?
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I'm new to D&D 5e and it's the first time I've played. People keep referring to the "DMG". What is it? It is a game mechanic or something else? If it is a game mechanic, what does it do?
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I'm new to D&D 5e and it's the first time I've played. People keep referring to the "DMG". What is it? It is a game mechanic or something else? If it is a game mechanic, what does it do?
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An example of "referring" could be useful.
– enkryptor
7 hours ago
Wow, this is not a question someone has asked before? :O Don't get me wrong, it's a great question, that's why I am impressed that nobody has asked this for like any D&D system?
– HellSaint
2 hours ago
Related: where do I find the official rules?
– nitsua60♦
2 hours ago
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An example of "referring" could be useful.
– enkryptor
7 hours ago
Wow, this is not a question someone has asked before? :O Don't get me wrong, it's a great question, that's why I am impressed that nobody has asked this for like any D&D system?
– HellSaint
2 hours ago
Related: where do I find the official rules?
– nitsua60♦
2 hours ago
An example of "referring" could be useful.
– enkryptor
7 hours ago
An example of "referring" could be useful.
– enkryptor
7 hours ago
Wow, this is not a question someone has asked before? :O Don't get me wrong, it's a great question, that's why I am impressed that nobody has asked this for like any D&D system?
– HellSaint
2 hours ago
Wow, this is not a question someone has asked before? :O Don't get me wrong, it's a great question, that's why I am impressed that nobody has asked this for like any D&D system?
– HellSaint
2 hours ago
Related: where do I find the official rules?
– nitsua60♦
2 hours ago
Related: where do I find the official rules?
– nitsua60♦
2 hours ago
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DMG is most commonly a reference to the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
Link: Dungeon Master's Guide
It is most often used like this as a reference to a page, e.g.
You can use the rules in the Player's Handbook to create NPC's with classes and levels,...
DMG96
Lowercase "dmg" can also be shorthand for damage.
12
And as a shorthand for “damage” it’s almost always lowercase: “dmg”.
– SevenSidedDie♦
7 hours ago
Also, the Player's Handbook is often abbreviated "PHB". Not to be confused with "Pointy-Haired Boss".
– GalacticCowboy
48 mins ago
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There are three rulebooks associated with the core rules of various editions of D&D. The Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monster Manual.
Their shorthand is as follows.
PHB - Player's HandBook
DMG - Dungeon Master's Guide
MM - Monster Manual
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Dungeon Master's Guide
Well, everyone has already answered your specific question. I will try to make a more completionist answer so you know what you can find on it (not only "it means this").
DMG means Dungeon Master Guide, one of the core books of the D&D system, which helps DMs in their job, describing how to run your adventure, how to create your own stuff (cities, monsters, magic items) and offers some additional optional rules as guidance, for example Flanking rules and Injury rules (losing limbs, etc), which are not default in the game.
As a player, probably the only part of that book that you might need to know is the Magic Items section, so you know what the magic items you are given provide you.
If you have more doubts on abbreviations, the Adventurer's League FAQ (which can be found here, although I recommend downloading the Player Pack which has the actually updated FAQ - the one in the main page is from Season 6 as of 21/11/2018) provides a good list of common abbreviations for book names. I'm copy-pasting it here, but it gets updated as new books are released, so you know where to look for when you need it.
- PHB. Player’s Handbook
- PBR. Player’s Basic Rules
- DMBR. Dungeon Master’s Basic Rules
- DMG. Dungeon Master’s Guide
- MM. Monster Manual
- EEPC. Elemental Evil Player’s Guide
- SCAG. Sword Coast Adventurers Guide
- VGM. Volo’s Guide to Monsters
- XGE. Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
- TP. “Tortle Package”
- AL. Adventurers League
- ALPG. Adventurers League Player’s Guide
- ALDMG. Adventurers League DMG
- ToD. Tyranny of Dragons (Season 1)
- HDQ. Hoard of the Dragon Queen (Season 1)
- RoT. Rise of Tiamat (Season 1)
- EE. Elemental Evil (Season 2)
- PotA. Princes of the Apocalypse (Season 2)
- RoD. Rage of Demons (Season 3)
- OotA. Out of the Abyss (Season 3)
- CoS. Curse of Strahd (Season 4)
- SKT. Storm King’s Thunder (Season 5)
- TYP. Tales from the Yawning Portal (Season 6)
- ToA. Tomb of Annihilation (Season 7)
It might be worth to add Mordenkainen's outside the quote.
– Vylix
2 hours ago
@Vylix It doesn't have mordekainen, dragon heist and mad mage because I opened the Season 7 FAQ instead of the Season 8, I will edit when I have access to a decent computer and internet. haha
– HellSaint
2 hours ago
2
Though "in the wild" I've only ever seen HotDQ, not HDQ.
– nitsua60♦
2 hours ago
2
More is less. Save the encyclopedic answers for a larger question, more content diminishes the answer to the question asked.
– mxyzplk♦
2 hours ago
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3 Answers
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
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down vote
accepted
DMG is most commonly a reference to the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
Link: Dungeon Master's Guide
It is most often used like this as a reference to a page, e.g.
You can use the rules in the Player's Handbook to create NPC's with classes and levels,...
DMG96
Lowercase "dmg" can also be shorthand for damage.
12
And as a shorthand for “damage” it’s almost always lowercase: “dmg”.
– SevenSidedDie♦
7 hours ago
Also, the Player's Handbook is often abbreviated "PHB". Not to be confused with "Pointy-Haired Boss".
– GalacticCowboy
48 mins ago
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up vote
35
down vote
accepted
DMG is most commonly a reference to the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
Link: Dungeon Master's Guide
It is most often used like this as a reference to a page, e.g.
You can use the rules in the Player's Handbook to create NPC's with classes and levels,...
DMG96
Lowercase "dmg" can also be shorthand for damage.
12
And as a shorthand for “damage” it’s almost always lowercase: “dmg”.
– SevenSidedDie♦
7 hours ago
Also, the Player's Handbook is often abbreviated "PHB". Not to be confused with "Pointy-Haired Boss".
– GalacticCowboy
48 mins ago
add a comment |
up vote
35
down vote
accepted
up vote
35
down vote
accepted
DMG is most commonly a reference to the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
Link: Dungeon Master's Guide
It is most often used like this as a reference to a page, e.g.
You can use the rules in the Player's Handbook to create NPC's with classes and levels,...
DMG96
Lowercase "dmg" can also be shorthand for damage.
DMG is most commonly a reference to the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
Link: Dungeon Master's Guide
It is most often used like this as a reference to a page, e.g.
You can use the rules in the Player's Handbook to create NPC's with classes and levels,...
DMG96
Lowercase "dmg" can also be shorthand for damage.
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And as a shorthand for “damage” it’s almost always lowercase: “dmg”.
– SevenSidedDie♦
7 hours ago
Also, the Player's Handbook is often abbreviated "PHB". Not to be confused with "Pointy-Haired Boss".
– GalacticCowboy
48 mins ago
add a comment |
12
And as a shorthand for “damage” it’s almost always lowercase: “dmg”.
– SevenSidedDie♦
7 hours ago
Also, the Player's Handbook is often abbreviated "PHB". Not to be confused with "Pointy-Haired Boss".
– GalacticCowboy
48 mins ago
12
12
And as a shorthand for “damage” it’s almost always lowercase: “dmg”.
– SevenSidedDie♦
7 hours ago
And as a shorthand for “damage” it’s almost always lowercase: “dmg”.
– SevenSidedDie♦
7 hours ago
Also, the Player's Handbook is often abbreviated "PHB". Not to be confused with "Pointy-Haired Boss".
– GalacticCowboy
48 mins ago
Also, the Player's Handbook is often abbreviated "PHB". Not to be confused with "Pointy-Haired Boss".
– GalacticCowboy
48 mins ago
add a comment |
up vote
22
down vote
There are three rulebooks associated with the core rules of various editions of D&D. The Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monster Manual.
Their shorthand is as follows.
PHB - Player's HandBook
DMG - Dungeon Master's Guide
MM - Monster Manual
add a comment |
up vote
22
down vote
There are three rulebooks associated with the core rules of various editions of D&D. The Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monster Manual.
Their shorthand is as follows.
PHB - Player's HandBook
DMG - Dungeon Master's Guide
MM - Monster Manual
add a comment |
up vote
22
down vote
up vote
22
down vote
There are three rulebooks associated with the core rules of various editions of D&D. The Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monster Manual.
Their shorthand is as follows.
PHB - Player's HandBook
DMG - Dungeon Master's Guide
MM - Monster Manual
There are three rulebooks associated with the core rules of various editions of D&D. The Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monster Manual.
Their shorthand is as follows.
PHB - Player's HandBook
DMG - Dungeon Master's Guide
MM - Monster Manual
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Dungeon Master's Guide
Well, everyone has already answered your specific question. I will try to make a more completionist answer so you know what you can find on it (not only "it means this").
DMG means Dungeon Master Guide, one of the core books of the D&D system, which helps DMs in their job, describing how to run your adventure, how to create your own stuff (cities, monsters, magic items) and offers some additional optional rules as guidance, for example Flanking rules and Injury rules (losing limbs, etc), which are not default in the game.
As a player, probably the only part of that book that you might need to know is the Magic Items section, so you know what the magic items you are given provide you.
If you have more doubts on abbreviations, the Adventurer's League FAQ (which can be found here, although I recommend downloading the Player Pack which has the actually updated FAQ - the one in the main page is from Season 6 as of 21/11/2018) provides a good list of common abbreviations for book names. I'm copy-pasting it here, but it gets updated as new books are released, so you know where to look for when you need it.
- PHB. Player’s Handbook
- PBR. Player’s Basic Rules
- DMBR. Dungeon Master’s Basic Rules
- DMG. Dungeon Master’s Guide
- MM. Monster Manual
- EEPC. Elemental Evil Player’s Guide
- SCAG. Sword Coast Adventurers Guide
- VGM. Volo’s Guide to Monsters
- XGE. Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
- TP. “Tortle Package”
- AL. Adventurers League
- ALPG. Adventurers League Player’s Guide
- ALDMG. Adventurers League DMG
- ToD. Tyranny of Dragons (Season 1)
- HDQ. Hoard of the Dragon Queen (Season 1)
- RoT. Rise of Tiamat (Season 1)
- EE. Elemental Evil (Season 2)
- PotA. Princes of the Apocalypse (Season 2)
- RoD. Rage of Demons (Season 3)
- OotA. Out of the Abyss (Season 3)
- CoS. Curse of Strahd (Season 4)
- SKT. Storm King’s Thunder (Season 5)
- TYP. Tales from the Yawning Portal (Season 6)
- ToA. Tomb of Annihilation (Season 7)
It might be worth to add Mordenkainen's outside the quote.
– Vylix
2 hours ago
@Vylix It doesn't have mordekainen, dragon heist and mad mage because I opened the Season 7 FAQ instead of the Season 8, I will edit when I have access to a decent computer and internet. haha
– HellSaint
2 hours ago
2
Though "in the wild" I've only ever seen HotDQ, not HDQ.
– nitsua60♦
2 hours ago
2
More is less. Save the encyclopedic answers for a larger question, more content diminishes the answer to the question asked.
– mxyzplk♦
2 hours ago
add a comment |
up vote
7
down vote
Dungeon Master's Guide
Well, everyone has already answered your specific question. I will try to make a more completionist answer so you know what you can find on it (not only "it means this").
DMG means Dungeon Master Guide, one of the core books of the D&D system, which helps DMs in their job, describing how to run your adventure, how to create your own stuff (cities, monsters, magic items) and offers some additional optional rules as guidance, for example Flanking rules and Injury rules (losing limbs, etc), which are not default in the game.
As a player, probably the only part of that book that you might need to know is the Magic Items section, so you know what the magic items you are given provide you.
If you have more doubts on abbreviations, the Adventurer's League FAQ (which can be found here, although I recommend downloading the Player Pack which has the actually updated FAQ - the one in the main page is from Season 6 as of 21/11/2018) provides a good list of common abbreviations for book names. I'm copy-pasting it here, but it gets updated as new books are released, so you know where to look for when you need it.
- PHB. Player’s Handbook
- PBR. Player’s Basic Rules
- DMBR. Dungeon Master’s Basic Rules
- DMG. Dungeon Master’s Guide
- MM. Monster Manual
- EEPC. Elemental Evil Player’s Guide
- SCAG. Sword Coast Adventurers Guide
- VGM. Volo’s Guide to Monsters
- XGE. Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
- TP. “Tortle Package”
- AL. Adventurers League
- ALPG. Adventurers League Player’s Guide
- ALDMG. Adventurers League DMG
- ToD. Tyranny of Dragons (Season 1)
- HDQ. Hoard of the Dragon Queen (Season 1)
- RoT. Rise of Tiamat (Season 1)
- EE. Elemental Evil (Season 2)
- PotA. Princes of the Apocalypse (Season 2)
- RoD. Rage of Demons (Season 3)
- OotA. Out of the Abyss (Season 3)
- CoS. Curse of Strahd (Season 4)
- SKT. Storm King’s Thunder (Season 5)
- TYP. Tales from the Yawning Portal (Season 6)
- ToA. Tomb of Annihilation (Season 7)
It might be worth to add Mordenkainen's outside the quote.
– Vylix
2 hours ago
@Vylix It doesn't have mordekainen, dragon heist and mad mage because I opened the Season 7 FAQ instead of the Season 8, I will edit when I have access to a decent computer and internet. haha
– HellSaint
2 hours ago
2
Though "in the wild" I've only ever seen HotDQ, not HDQ.
– nitsua60♦
2 hours ago
2
More is less. Save the encyclopedic answers for a larger question, more content diminishes the answer to the question asked.
– mxyzplk♦
2 hours ago
add a comment |
up vote
7
down vote
up vote
7
down vote
Dungeon Master's Guide
Well, everyone has already answered your specific question. I will try to make a more completionist answer so you know what you can find on it (not only "it means this").
DMG means Dungeon Master Guide, one of the core books of the D&D system, which helps DMs in their job, describing how to run your adventure, how to create your own stuff (cities, monsters, magic items) and offers some additional optional rules as guidance, for example Flanking rules and Injury rules (losing limbs, etc), which are not default in the game.
As a player, probably the only part of that book that you might need to know is the Magic Items section, so you know what the magic items you are given provide you.
If you have more doubts on abbreviations, the Adventurer's League FAQ (which can be found here, although I recommend downloading the Player Pack which has the actually updated FAQ - the one in the main page is from Season 6 as of 21/11/2018) provides a good list of common abbreviations for book names. I'm copy-pasting it here, but it gets updated as new books are released, so you know where to look for when you need it.
- PHB. Player’s Handbook
- PBR. Player’s Basic Rules
- DMBR. Dungeon Master’s Basic Rules
- DMG. Dungeon Master’s Guide
- MM. Monster Manual
- EEPC. Elemental Evil Player’s Guide
- SCAG. Sword Coast Adventurers Guide
- VGM. Volo’s Guide to Monsters
- XGE. Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
- TP. “Tortle Package”
- AL. Adventurers League
- ALPG. Adventurers League Player’s Guide
- ALDMG. Adventurers League DMG
- ToD. Tyranny of Dragons (Season 1)
- HDQ. Hoard of the Dragon Queen (Season 1)
- RoT. Rise of Tiamat (Season 1)
- EE. Elemental Evil (Season 2)
- PotA. Princes of the Apocalypse (Season 2)
- RoD. Rage of Demons (Season 3)
- OotA. Out of the Abyss (Season 3)
- CoS. Curse of Strahd (Season 4)
- SKT. Storm King’s Thunder (Season 5)
- TYP. Tales from the Yawning Portal (Season 6)
- ToA. Tomb of Annihilation (Season 7)
Dungeon Master's Guide
Well, everyone has already answered your specific question. I will try to make a more completionist answer so you know what you can find on it (not only "it means this").
DMG means Dungeon Master Guide, one of the core books of the D&D system, which helps DMs in their job, describing how to run your adventure, how to create your own stuff (cities, monsters, magic items) and offers some additional optional rules as guidance, for example Flanking rules and Injury rules (losing limbs, etc), which are not default in the game.
As a player, probably the only part of that book that you might need to know is the Magic Items section, so you know what the magic items you are given provide you.
If you have more doubts on abbreviations, the Adventurer's League FAQ (which can be found here, although I recommend downloading the Player Pack which has the actually updated FAQ - the one in the main page is from Season 6 as of 21/11/2018) provides a good list of common abbreviations for book names. I'm copy-pasting it here, but it gets updated as new books are released, so you know where to look for when you need it.
- PHB. Player’s Handbook
- PBR. Player’s Basic Rules
- DMBR. Dungeon Master’s Basic Rules
- DMG. Dungeon Master’s Guide
- MM. Monster Manual
- EEPC. Elemental Evil Player’s Guide
- SCAG. Sword Coast Adventurers Guide
- VGM. Volo’s Guide to Monsters
- XGE. Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
- TP. “Tortle Package”
- AL. Adventurers League
- ALPG. Adventurers League Player’s Guide
- ALDMG. Adventurers League DMG
- ToD. Tyranny of Dragons (Season 1)
- HDQ. Hoard of the Dragon Queen (Season 1)
- RoT. Rise of Tiamat (Season 1)
- EE. Elemental Evil (Season 2)
- PotA. Princes of the Apocalypse (Season 2)
- RoD. Rage of Demons (Season 3)
- OotA. Out of the Abyss (Season 3)
- CoS. Curse of Strahd (Season 4)
- SKT. Storm King’s Thunder (Season 5)
- TYP. Tales from the Yawning Portal (Season 6)
- ToA. Tomb of Annihilation (Season 7)
edited 2 hours ago
answered 2 hours ago
HellSaint
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It might be worth to add Mordenkainen's outside the quote.
– Vylix
2 hours ago
@Vylix It doesn't have mordekainen, dragon heist and mad mage because I opened the Season 7 FAQ instead of the Season 8, I will edit when I have access to a decent computer and internet. haha
– HellSaint
2 hours ago
2
Though "in the wild" I've only ever seen HotDQ, not HDQ.
– nitsua60♦
2 hours ago
2
More is less. Save the encyclopedic answers for a larger question, more content diminishes the answer to the question asked.
– mxyzplk♦
2 hours ago
add a comment |
It might be worth to add Mordenkainen's outside the quote.
– Vylix
2 hours ago
@Vylix It doesn't have mordekainen, dragon heist and mad mage because I opened the Season 7 FAQ instead of the Season 8, I will edit when I have access to a decent computer and internet. haha
– HellSaint
2 hours ago
2
Though "in the wild" I've only ever seen HotDQ, not HDQ.
– nitsua60♦
2 hours ago
2
More is less. Save the encyclopedic answers for a larger question, more content diminishes the answer to the question asked.
– mxyzplk♦
2 hours ago
It might be worth to add Mordenkainen's outside the quote.
– Vylix
2 hours ago
It might be worth to add Mordenkainen's outside the quote.
– Vylix
2 hours ago
@Vylix It doesn't have mordekainen, dragon heist and mad mage because I opened the Season 7 FAQ instead of the Season 8, I will edit when I have access to a decent computer and internet. haha
– HellSaint
2 hours ago
@Vylix It doesn't have mordekainen, dragon heist and mad mage because I opened the Season 7 FAQ instead of the Season 8, I will edit when I have access to a decent computer and internet. haha
– HellSaint
2 hours ago
2
2
Though "in the wild" I've only ever seen HotDQ, not HDQ.
– nitsua60♦
2 hours ago
Though "in the wild" I've only ever seen HotDQ, not HDQ.
– nitsua60♦
2 hours ago
2
2
More is less. Save the encyclopedic answers for a larger question, more content diminishes the answer to the question asked.
– mxyzplk♦
2 hours ago
More is less. Save the encyclopedic answers for a larger question, more content diminishes the answer to the question asked.
– mxyzplk♦
2 hours ago
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An example of "referring" could be useful.
– enkryptor
7 hours ago
Wow, this is not a question someone has asked before? :O Don't get me wrong, it's a great question, that's why I am impressed that nobody has asked this for like any D&D system?
– HellSaint
2 hours ago
Related: where do I find the official rules?
– nitsua60♦
2 hours ago