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Dungeons and Dragons Wiki

Welcome to D&D Lore Wiki, the encyclopedia of Dungeons & Dragons history and canon!

This wiki is a reference guide to official Dungeons & Dragons content of every edition, from 1974 to 2024: every monster, NPC, organization, race, character class, magic item, spell, dungeon and place which has ever appeared in an official D&D sourcebook, along with their real-world creators.

This wiki is not a repository for homebrew material or third-party content. For copyright reasons, do not post game rules or verbatim text copied from rulebooks.

This wiki currently has 4,681 articles, 2,544 files, 35,020 edits and 7 active users.

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Jim Ward
James Michael Ward, variously credited as Jim Ward, James Ward, and James M. Ward, was an early and influential writer who worked on Dungeons & Dragons. His notable works include Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes (1976) and Deities & Demigods (1e) (1980).
Chainmail: Rules for Medieval Miniatures
Chainmail Rules for Medieval Miniatures
Chainmail: Rules for Medieval Miniatures is a medieval miniature wargame released by Guidon Games in March 1971, and later republished by TSR. It was written by Jeff Perren and Gary Gygax.
Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition
PHB4e
Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition was an edition of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop roleplaying game rules published by Wizards of the Coast between 2008 and 2013. It succeded Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 (2003).

Did you know?

  • Over sixty Norse gods are named in D&D canon, including Loki's wife Sigyn and Thor's sons Modi and Magni.
  • At least fifty deadly swords of sharpness appear in official Dungeons & Dragons products. Most are longswords, but some are greatswords, shortswords, knives, and even axes.
  • Mind flayers reproduce in a process called ceremorphosis, where an illithid tadpole enters the ear of a humanoid victim, consumes their brain and takes over their body.
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  • January 29, 2020: Following the import of numerous D&D articles deleted from Wikipedia, this wiki has reached 2,260 pages. It is now the largest canon-only non-setting-specific D&D wiki online.
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Index

The following is a temporary rough index of wiki content. Browse the full index or read recommendations on how to use this wiki.

Classes

Barbarian • Bard • Cleric/Priest • Druid • Fighter • Monk • Paladin • Ranger • Rogue/Thief • Sorcerer • Warlock • Wizard/Mage/Magic-user • All classes

Deities

Deities: Chinese deities • Dawn War deities • Eberron deities • Forgotten Realms deities • Greyhawk deities • Monster deities • Norse deities • Pantheons

Equipment and treasure

Magic items: Amulets • Artifacts • Magical armor • Magical armwear • Magical belts • Magical clothing • Magical footwear • Magical headwear • Magical weapons • Potions • Rings

Mundane items: Armor • Equipment • Fictional books • Materials • Valuables • Weapons

Locations

Locations: Cities • Dungeons • Fortresses • Planes • Realms • Settlements • Worlds • WIP

Monsters

Species by type: Aberrations • Beasts • Celestials • Constructs • Elementals • Dragons (true dragons) • Dragons (lesser dragons) • Fey • Fiends • Giants • Humanoids • Monstrosities • Oozes • Plants • Undead

Individual named creatures: Archdevils • Archfey • Archomentals • Beholders • Demon lords • Dragons • Kobolds • WIP

NPCs

By class: Barbarians • Bards • Clerics/Priests • Druids • Fighters • Monks • Paladins • Rangers • Rogues/Thieves • Sorcerers • Warlocks • Wizards/Mages/Magic-Users

By race: Aasimar • Dragonborn • Drow • Dwarves • Elves • Gnomes • Half-elves • Half-orcs • Halflings • Humans • Tieflings • All races

By background or profession: Adventurers • Peasants • Town guards • WIP

Organizations: Adventuring parties • Churches • Cults • Ethnic groups • Knightly orders • Mage guilds • Pantheons • Professions • WIP

Publications

By year: 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025

By type: Adventure modules • Core rulebooks

Races

Races: Aasimar • Dragonborn • Drow • Dwarf • Elf • Gnome • Half-elf • Half-orc • Halfling • Human • Tiefling • All races

Real-world people

People: Former TSR staff • Streamers • Wizards of the Coast staff • Writers • Artists • Youtubers

Rules

Rules: Alignment • Armor class • Hit points • Level adjustment • Saving throw • THAC0 • All rules

Miscellaneous

Languages • Editions of Dungeons & Dragons • Spells • Browse all categories by hierarchy • Browse all categories alphabetically

Other Dungeons & Dragons wikis

Campaign setting specific encyclopedia wikis: Forgotten Realms Wiki • Eberron Wiki • Cyclopedia Mystara • Dragonlance Wiki • Dark Sun Wiki • Spelljammer Wiki • Great Library of Greyhawk (World of Greyhawk) • Ravenloft Wiki • Mistipedia (Ravenloft) • D&D4 Wiki (includes Nentir Vale) • MTG Wiki (includes Ravnica and Theros) • Critical Role Wiki (includes Wildemount)

Homebrew wikis: (Fan-made game content) D&D Wiki • Dungeons & Dragons Wiki • Dungeons and Dragons Wiki • BR Wiki (Birthright) • Timaresh (Planescape)

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