• $20

Learn to Play D&D 5e 2024

  • Course
  • 20 Lessons

This course offers an engaging, self-paced introduction to Dungeons & Dragons that helps beginners feel confident at the table. Watch short videos and learn D&D step by step—from characters and combat to spells and epic stories.

Contents

Unit 1: Getting Started with Dungeons & Dragons

Unit 1: Getting Started with Dungeons & Dragons

  • Lesson 1: What is D&D – What D&D is and how play works

  • Lesson 2: What You Need to Play – People, dice, characters, and d20 tests

  • Lesson 3: How the Game Works – Time, turns, vision, and table rules

Lesson 1 — What Is Dungeons & Dragons?
Preview
Lesson 2 — What You Need to Play
Lesson 3 — How the Game Works

Unit 2: Building Your Character’s Core

Unit 2: Building Your Character’s Core

  • Lesson 4: Character Creation Overview – How to build a character in D&D Beyond

  • Lesson 5: Classes and Subclasses – Choose your class and playstyle

  • Lesson 6: Backgrounds & Species – Your character’s origin and traits

  • Lesson 7: Ability Scores & Modifiers – What the six abilities do

  • Lesson 8: Equipment & Items – Armor, weapons, tools, and gear

Lesson 4 — Character Creation Overview
Lesson 5 — Classes & Subclasses
Lesson 6 — Backgrounds & Species
Lesson 7 — Ability Scores & Modifiers
Lesson 8 — Equipment & Items

Unit 3: Combat & Spellcasting

Unit 3: Combat & Spellcasting

  • Lesson 9: Ability Checks & Skill Proficiencies – How skills and proficiencies work

  • Lesson 10: How Combat Works – Initiative, turns, and movement

  • Lesson 11: Combat Actions – What you can do on your turn

  • Lesson 12: Damage, Conditions, & HP – Health, danger, and recovery

  • Lesson 13: Spellcasting Basics – Slots, cantrips, and components

Lesson 9 — Ability Checks & Skills
Lesson 10 — How Combat Works
Lesson 11 — Combat Actions
Lesson 12 — Damage, Conditions & HP
Lesson 13 — Spellcasting Basics

Unit 4: Advanced Rules, Tools, & Final Review

Unit 4: Advanced Rules, Tools, & Final Review

  • Lesson 14: Spell Range, Area, & Targeting – How spells reach their targets

  • Lesson 15: Saving Throws & Spell Attacks – How spells hit or are resisted

  • Lesson 16: Concentration & Spell Duration – Maintaining spells over time

  • Lesson 17: Casting Conditions & Edge Cases – What can stop or alter spells

  • Lesson 18: (Walkthrough) Building a Character on DnDBeyond – Full character build walkthrough

  • Lesson 19: The D&D Multiverse – Planes, worlds, and settings

  • Lesson 20: Final Review & Advice – Recap and next steps

Lesson 14 — Spell Range & Areas
Lesson 15 — Saving Throws & Spell Attacks
Lesson 16 — Concentration & Durations
Lesson 17 — Casting Limits & Edge Cases
Lesson 18 — D&D Beyond Character Build
Lesson 19 — The D&D Multiverse
Lesson 20 — Final Review & Advice