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Dungeons & Dragons SRD 5.2 Is Officially Live

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On April 23, 2025
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The new System Reference Document (SRD) for Dungeons & Dragons‘ revised 5th Edition is officially live. The new SRD was officially released and is available for download on D&D Beyond. A FAQ detailing changes from the previous SRD was also released.

The SRD provides a version of D&D’s rules that can be used and referenced in third-party material and form a framework for publishing material compatible for D&D’s latest edition. The newest version of the SRD contains a mix of species, backgrounds, subclasses, and feats from the 2024 Player’s Handbook, along with statblocks from the 2025 Monster Manual.

One other interesting note is that the new SRD purges references to creatures and characters classified as D&D IP. The previous SRD released under a Creative Commons license contained reference to Strahd and Orcus, both of which were removed in the new SRD. Additionally, the SRD renames the Deck of Many Things as “Mysterious Deck” and the Orb of Dragonkind as “Dragon Orb” to allow for both to be used in third-party material while not infringing upon D&D IP.

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Christian Hoffer

Christian Hoffer

Christian Hoffer

Christian Hoffer is a veteran tabletop journalist and Forever DM. His non-tabletop hobbies include Pokemon, Ohio sports, and building miniatures.

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  • #6

    • IP was included in some of the writeups, so it wasn’t clear how/if you could use them.

    It was clear. You can use anything in the 5.1 SRD under the terms of the Creative Commons license, which is clear.

    Like names were mentioned, but were IP. Now, there is no IP included.

    They are still part of Creative Commons. It’s a one-directional thing. You can’t rescind it.