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“	New to the world of Dungeons & Dragons? Whether you’re asking “What is D&D?” because you love Stranger Things, fought in an immersive video game, played a D&D board game, or read any of the novels written by its fantasy authors, welcome to the world’s greatest roleplaying game! At its heart, D&D is a game that focuses on storytelling. The dice just help you along. Everything is your decision, from what you look like, to how you act, to what happens next. Dungeons & Dragons is about having fun with your friends. Together you build a shared narrative, as you guide your heroes through quests for treasure, battle with deadly foes, engage in courtly intrigue, enact daring rescues and much more. Whether you want to join a pirate gang that loves combat, revel in the exploration of hidden jungle ruins, or enjoy the social interaction of a political plot is entirely up to you. The collective creativity in your D&D game builds stories that you’ll tell again and again—ranging from the stuff of legend to absurd incidents that’ll make you laugh years later. Have fun and remember the golden rule—never split the party!	„
	~ What is D&D?

Background

Dungeons and Dragons, alternatively Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated DND or D&D), is a fantasy tabletop roleplaying game, designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, then published TSR in 1974, and then later being owned by Wizards of the Coast (and thus Hasbro as a whole) in 1997. It is known to be one of the most famous RPGs of all time, having a massive influence on video games.

The gameplay of Dungeons and Dragons consists of a Dungeon Master (alternatively called "Game Master") and party of usually five people, though there is technically no limit.

See this blog for more info on scaling, explanations, cosmology, canonicity, and etc.

Power of the Verse

Each D&D character, thanks to the nature of Saving Throws, are able to resist a massive variety of hax. As challenge ratings of characters rise, characters go from Room level up to Multi-Continental level, as well as being able to possess FTL speeds (though characters who can choose to succeed Saving Throws can essentially ignore speed altogether). Several characters can cast several different spells, having a wide array of hax. Stronger entities tend to have more powerful abilities, for example, The Tarrasque having an insane regeneration factor that it needs to be killed by a Wish to keep it dead.

Stronger entities exist in the verse, such as Demon Lords and Deities. All of them are usually somewhere into Tier 2. Demon Lords have shown to possess strong abilities, such as one who can kill deities with a mere word and the prince of them being able to control others with his glare. Deities tend to be much stronger, having several abilities that make them difficult to kill (Abstract Existence, Immortality, Regeneration, resistances, etc.) as well as having the ability to go first in combat, have multiple attacks, cast any spell in the game at any level, and automatically succeed any throw. More powerful gods, such as Vecna and Mystra are able to change the fundemental aspects of the game with their power.

There exists stronger entities, though. The Far Realms, and the creatures that come within it, are beyond reality as a whole, putting them into Tier 1 levels of power. The supreme entity of the franchise, is the Luminous Being, or in other words, the Dungeon Master.

Scaling

Challenge Ratings

Characters with a Challenge Rating...
- ...from 0 to 4 are 9-A for fighting characters who can cast Burning Hands, which consistently have Room Level results. They have Superhuman speeds for dodging arrows.
- ...from 5 to 8 are Low 8-C for scaling to Conjure Barrage. They have Hypersonic+ to High Hypersonic+ for dodging lightning
- ...9-10 are 8-C for scaling to Cone of Cold. Creatures of CR 9 will be Relativistic, while 10 will be FTL, each will be from dodging light
- ...11-12 are High 8-C for scaling to Freezing Sphere, likely City Block level for scaling to Lower Water, and possibly Multi-City Block level for disintegrating Temple of the Gods.
- ...13-19 are 7-B for scaling to Legendary Dragons
- ...20-24 are 6-C+ for scaling to Imix's Terrain Effects
- ...25-33 are Low 6-B+ for scaling to Father Llymic, who dropped global tempatures
- ...34+ are High 6-A for scaling to characters who can create planetary storms and heating up cores of worlds

Gods

Demigods are 2-C for being able to create universes

Lesser Deities are At least Low 2-B, possibly High 2-B for being superior Archdevil Asmodeus and could be comparable to Demon Lords who have reached the Lesser Deity status, such as Demogorgon.
- Asmodeus can control the Nine-Hells, which are repeatedly stated to be infinite in size
- Demogorgon shook the entire abyss, which is infinite in size and holds infinite layers within itself, with each layer being its own reality and universe.

Intermediate Deities are High 2-B for being superior to all Lesser Deities, including Demogorgon

Greater Gods are At least High 2-B for being superior to Intermediate Deities, along with having feats on this scale.
- Zeus, alongside his siblings, defeated the titans, who embody fundemental concepts of the multiverse
- Mystra's death caused catastrophe across the multiverse, progressing it from 3rd Edition to 4th. She also embodies the Weave, the supply of magic in the multiverse
- Asmodeus pushed the Abyss to a different section of the multiverse.

Overdeities are 2-A for transcending all other gods
- Ao exists beyond the bounds of deities in all ways, the same way teachers aren't bound to the grades of their students. He is beyond the concept of alignment, something all deities are bound by.
- Vecna, who was going to become stronger than Ao, was going to ascend beyond godhood and the material planes altogether

Terms

Dungeon Master: The narrator of the game, telling the story of the events and is in charge of the campaign. They control all NPCs, effectively being in charge of all things that are not in control of the Party.

Party Members: Each party member creates their own character, with a lot options to choose from. There are plenty of races to make your character (ex. Humans, Dwarfs, Dragonborn, Half-Elves, Tieflings, Halflings, Gnomes, and many more), as well 13 classes: Barbarian, Bard, Cleric, Druid, Fighter, Monk, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard, and Artificer. Despite there only being 13, each class has "sub-classes", as well as an option for "multi-classing" at higher levels.

Saving Throw: A mechanic of "rolling a dice" to see if a character can succeed or fail an action. Results of the throw will determine the outcome. These allow characters to to hit opponents, dodge attacks, resist hax, and more.