The D&D Sage Advice Compendium Is Coming Back
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Interpreting the rules of Dungeons & Dragons can often be a tricky proposition. For the fifth edition of D&D, many of the more ambiguous rules were often clarified in the D&D Sage Advice Compendium, a living document that answered some of players’ most common questions.
For the past few years, however, the Sage Advice Compendium has been largely ignored and rarely updated by Wizards of the Coast. With the new D&D 2024 rules now in place, however, that’s no the longer the case, with WotC recently announcing that the compendium would be coming back soon.
So just what can we expect with this tome of truth returns? Below, we break out all the details.
What is the D&D Sage Advice Compendium?
The D&D Sage Advice Compendium is is an official resource published by Wizards of the Coast that provides clarifications and answers to frequently asked rules questions for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. Compiled primarily by lead designer Jeremy Crawford (who recently left WotC), it addresses ambiguities in the core rulebooks and offers clear interpretations and to guide both players and Dungeon Masters.
The goal of the compendium is to help maintain consistency in gameplay, especially in organized play settings like the Adventurers League. Notably, the current version has not been updated in several years and as such still refers to the 2014 DnD 5e rules.
When will the new D&D Sage Advice Compendium be released?
Wizards of the Coast has not confirmed when the new compendium will be released, saying only that: “The current live date for the new Sage Advice Compendium hasn’t been set in stone, but it’s coming soon!” News about the release will be shared via WotC’s social media and the D&D Beyond blog.
With Jeremy Crawford leaving WotC it’s not clear who will be writing the new compendium.
Final Thoughts
With D&D 2024 now upon us, there have been a number of new rules changes that have significantly changed how the game is played. It’s great to see that Wizards of the Coast is clarifying some of the many questions that have surfaced around them.
We’ll be keeping a close eye on this story in the days ahead and will update this page with new information as it’s made available.
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Cameron Nichols is a Senior Editor who lives in Boston, Massachusetts, and has been playing D&D since the early 90s, when he was introduced by his older brother and cut his teeth on AD&D 2nd Edition. Since then he’s played virtually every RPG he could get his nerdy little mitts on (including a weird Goth phase in the early 2000s when he rocked Vampire: The Masquerade pretty hard). His favorite D&D campaign setting is the Forgotten Realms and his favorite character to play was a Half-Orc Barbarian named Grug (who was unfortunately devoured by a gelatinous cube).
