The Player’s Handbook is the cornerstone. The Player’s Handbook is the first of three D&D core rulebooks, along with the Monster Manual and the Dungeon Master’s Guide.Guided by a Dungeon Master, you create characters and play their roles in a story, rolling dice and navigating maps as you unfold a tale as limitless as your imagination. In Dungeons & Dragons, you and your friends coauthor your own legend.Wall Street Journal #1 Best Seller in Hardcover Nonfiction Publisher’s Weekly #1 Best Seller in Hardcover Nonfiction Use this book to create characters from among the most iconic D&D races and classes. It contains rules for character creation and advancement, backgrounds and skills, exploration and combat, equipment, spells, and much more. The Player’s Handbook is the essential reference for every Dungeons & Dragons roleplayer. Create heroic characters for the world’s greatest roleplaying game.