The D&D Sage Advice Compendium Has Officially Returned
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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 relaunching Sage Advice on D&D Beyond.
So just what’s included in this updated tome of truth? 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 2014 Sage Advice Compendium existed only as a PDF which was not updated in many years. The new 2024 version now lives on D&D Beyond, making it far easier for Wizards of the Coast to manage and regularly updated.
What’s included in the new Sage Advice Compendium?
The new Sage Advice Compendium was released on April 30th, 2025 and includes clarification on a number of key mechanics from DnD 2024 rules. It also closely links to the new DnD rules errata section (which also lives on D&D Beyond). Specifically, Sage Advice is broken out into the following sections:
- Rules References
- Official Rulings
- Ability Checks
- Adventuring
- Combat
- Multiclassing
- Class Features
- Backgrounds
- Species Traits
- Feats
- Equipment
- Spellcasting
- Monsters
- Magic Items
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. It’s likely we’ll see more additions to the document in the days ahead as the system continues to be played and refined.
In the meantime, you can access the latest Sage Advice Compendium materials now on D&D Beyond.
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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).
