Learn to play

Learn to play 5E by playing

Start with a guided one-shot. It comes with a ready level 1 character and explains the sheet, the rolls and combat as each one first matters.

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A level 5 character sheet showing hit points, armor class, ability modifiers, skill proficiencies and an attack.
Character sheets stay legal, with the numbers checked in code.
What you get

A first adventure that teaches as you go

Learn by playing

Start with a guided one-shot that introduces the character sheet, rolls, roleplay, combat, and table habits as they become relevant.

A ready character

It comes with a ready level 1 character, so you start at the table instead of at character creation.

The real game

The same campaign view, character sheet, dice engine, and combat tools are used in ordinary play.

Guidance you can switch off

Turn the guidance off at any point without leaving the adventure, and your progress resumes where you left off.

How it starts

Three steps to the table

  1. Create your free table

    Make an account in a minute. No card required.

  2. Open the guided one-shot

    It is in the one-shot library, and offered first if you have not played yet.

  3. Play your first scene

    Describe what your character does; the guide explains each step as it comes up.

Questions

Before you sit down

Does the guided one-shot cost anything?

The guided learn-to-play one-shot is included on every plan, the free one too, and it uses the same daily play allowance as any other adventure rather than a separate one.

What if I want to start over?

Starting over deletes the guided adventure and everything that happened in it, then begins a fresh copy.

Do I need to know the rules first?

No. The engine adjudicates by the SRD 5.2 ruleset and rolls the dice for you, and the guide explains each part as it first matters.

More ways to play

Find the table that fits

Your first adventure starts here.

Create your free table and open the guided one-shot.

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