Sourcebooks
This page lists the sourcebooks and sourcebook-style supplements players are most likely to reference when building characters.
Policy
- Official Wizards of the Coast Dungeons & Dragons books are allowed unless staff says otherwise.
- Non-official partnered books are allowed unless they appear on the Banned Content page.
- Specific spells, feats, subclasses, items, or other options may be banned even when the sourcebook itself is allowed.
This page focuses on rulebooks, campaign settings, player-option books, and other sourcebook-style supplements. It does not try to catalog every adventure module.
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Allowed Reference List
This list is here as a reference for books players are generally allowed to use. If a book has specific banned options, the table links to those entries on the Banned Content page.
Showing 49 of 49 allowed reference entries.
| Title | Publisher | Type | Edition | Banned Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Rules (2014) | Wizards of the Coast | Core rules | 5e | None |
| Elemental Evil Player's Companion | Wizards of the Coast | Player supplement | 5e | None |
| Player's Handbook (2014) | Wizards of the Coast | Core rules | 5e | None |
| Dungeon Master's Guide (2014) | Wizards of the Coast | Core rules | 5e | None |
| Monster Manual (2014) | Wizards of the Coast | Core rules | 5e | None |
| Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide | Wizards of the Coast | Setting / player options | 5e | None |
| Xanathar's Guide to Everything | Wizards of the Coast | Rules expansion | 5e | None |
| Volo's Guide to Monsters | Wizards of the Coast | Monsters / lore | 5e | None |
| Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes | Wizards of the Coast | Monsters / lore | 5e | None |
| Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica | Wizards of the Coast | Setting / player options | 5e | None |
| Acquisitions Incorporated | Wizards of the Coast | Setting / player options | 5e | None |
| Eberron: Rising from the Last War | Wizards of the Coast | Setting / player options | 5e | None |
| Explorer's Guide to Wildemount | Wizards of the Coast | Setting / player options | 5e | None |
| Mythic Odysseys of Theros | Wizards of the Coast | Setting / player options | 5e | None |
| Tasha's Cauldron of Everything | Wizards of the Coast | Rules expansion | 5e | None |
| Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft | Wizards of the Coast | Setting / monsters | 5e | None |
| Fizban's Treasury of Dragons | Wizards of the Coast | Rules / monsters | 5e | None |
| Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos | Wizards of the Coast | Setting / player options | 5e | None |
| Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse | Wizards of the Coast | Rules / monsters | 5e | None |
| Spelljammer: Adventures in Space | Wizards of the Coast | Setting / rules set | 5e | None |
| Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants | Wizards of the Coast | Rules expansion | 5e | None |
| Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse | Wizards of the Coast | Setting / rules set | 5e | None |
| The Book of Many Things | Wizards of the Coast | Rules expansion | 5e | None |
| Player's Handbook (2024) | Wizards of the Coast | Core rules | 5.5e | None |
| Dungeon Master's Guide (2024) | Wizards of the Coast | Core rules | 5.5e | None |
| Monster Manual (2024) | Wizards of the Coast | Core rules | 5.5e | None |
| Eberron: Forge of the Artificer | Wizards of the Coast | Setting / player options | 5.5e | None |
| Heroes of Faerun | Wizards of the Coast | Setting / player options | 5.5e | None |
| Adventures in Faerun | Wizards of the Coast | Setting / rules support | 5.5e | None |
| Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn | Darrington Press | Partnered sourcebook | 5e | None |
| Dungeons of Drakkenheim | Ghostfire Gaming | Partnered setting book | 5e | None |
| Sebastian Crowe's Guide to Drakkenheim | Ghostfire Gaming | Partnered setting / player options | 5e | None |
| Humblewood Campaign Setting | Hit Point Press | Partnered setting book | 5e | None |
| Humblewood Tales | Hit Point Press | Partnered supplement | Mixed | None |
| Tome of Beasts 1 | Kobold Press | Partnered monster book | 5e | None |
| Flee, Mortals! | MCDM | Partnered monster book | 5e | None |
| Where Evil Lives | MCDM | Partnered encounter / monster book | 5e | None |
| Grim Hollow: Player Pack | Ghostfire Gaming | Partnered player options | 5e | None |
| Grim Hollow: Player's Guide | Ghostfire Gaming | Partnered sourcebook | 5.5e | None |
| Grim Hollow: Campaign Guide | Ghostfire Gaming | Partnered setting book | 5.5e | None |
| Tales from the Shadows | Kobold Press | Partnered sourcebook | 5e | None |
| The Illrigger Revised | MCDM | Partnered class | 5e | None |
| The Griffon's Saddlebag: Book Two | The Griffon's Saddlebag | Partnered item book | 5e | None |
| Heliana's Guide to Monster Hunting: Part 1 | Loot Tavern | Partnered sourcebook | Mixed | None |
| Obojima: Tales from the Tall Grass | 1985 Games | Partnered setting book | 5e | None |
| Valda's Spire of Secrets: Player Pack | Mage Hand Press | Partnered player options | 5e | None |
| Ruins of Symbaroum: Setting Handbook | Free League | Partnered setting book | 5e | None |
| The Crooked Moon Part One: Player Options & Campaign Setting | Legends of Avantris | Partnered sourcebook | Mixed | None |
| Exploring Eberron (2024) | Visionary Creative / Keith Baker | Partnered setting book | 5.5e | None |
Notes On Editions
5emeans legacy 2014-rules content.5.5emeans 2024-rules content.Mixedmeans the product appears to support both 2014 and 2024 content, or the marketplace listing is not cleanly one or the other.