What does “DMG” mean?
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I'm new to D&D 5e and it's the first time I've played. People keep referring to the "DMG". What is it? It is a game mechanic or something else? If it is a game mechanic, what does it do?
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An example of "referring" could be useful.
– enkryptor
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Wow, this is not a question someone has asked before? :O Don't get me wrong, it's a great question, that's why I am impressed that nobody has asked this for like any D&D system?
– HellSaint
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Related: where do I find the official rules?
– nitsua60♦
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FYI, typing "D&D DMG" into google gives you the answer. That's probably why its never been asked.
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I'm new to D&D 5e and it's the first time I've played. People keep referring to the "DMG". What is it? It is a game mechanic or something else? If it is a game mechanic, what does it do?
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I'm new to D&D 5e and it's the first time I've played. People keep referring to the "DMG". What is it? It is a game mechanic or something else? If it is a game mechanic, what does it do?
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An example of "referring" could be useful.
– enkryptor
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Wow, this is not a question someone has asked before? :O Don't get me wrong, it's a great question, that's why I am impressed that nobody has asked this for like any D&D system?
– HellSaint
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Related: where do I find the official rules?
– nitsua60♦
yesterday
FYI, typing "D&D DMG" into google gives you the answer. That's probably why its never been asked.
– GrandmasterB
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An example of "referring" could be useful.
– enkryptor
yesterday
5
Wow, this is not a question someone has asked before? :O Don't get me wrong, it's a great question, that's why I am impressed that nobody has asked this for like any D&D system?
– HellSaint
yesterday
Related: where do I find the official rules?
– nitsua60♦
yesterday
FYI, typing "D&D DMG" into google gives you the answer. That's probably why its never been asked.
– GrandmasterB
8 hours ago
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An example of "referring" could be useful.
– enkryptor
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An example of "referring" could be useful.
– enkryptor
yesterday
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5
Wow, this is not a question someone has asked before? :O Don't get me wrong, it's a great question, that's why I am impressed that nobody has asked this for like any D&D system?
– HellSaint
yesterday
Wow, this is not a question someone has asked before? :O Don't get me wrong, it's a great question, that's why I am impressed that nobody has asked this for like any D&D system?
– HellSaint
yesterday
Related: where do I find the official rules?
– nitsua60♦
yesterday
Related: where do I find the official rules?
– nitsua60♦
yesterday
FYI, typing "D&D DMG" into google gives you the answer. That's probably why its never been asked.
– GrandmasterB
8 hours ago
FYI, typing "D&D DMG" into google gives you the answer. That's probably why its never been asked.
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DMG is most commonly a reference to the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
Link: Dungeon Master's Guide
It is most often used like this as a reference to a page, e.g.
You can use the rules in the Player's Handbook to create NPC's with classes and levels,...
DMG96
Lowercase "dmg" can also be shorthand for damage.
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And as a shorthand for “damage” it’s almost always lowercase: “dmg”.
– SevenSidedDie♦
yesterday
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Also, the Player's Handbook is often abbreviated "PHB". Not to be confused with "Pointy-Haired Boss".
– GalacticCowboy
yesterday
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Similarly, the Monster Manual is MM, not to be confused with either millimetres or the candy. And if DMG is used as a character name, it likely refers to Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Dark Magician Girl. ...I have yet to see a case where any term is used to refer to the DMG using or reading a DMG.
– Justin Time
10 hours ago
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There are three rulebooks associated with the core rules of various editions of D&D. The Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monster Manual.
Their shorthand is as follows.
PHB - Player's HandBook
DMG - Dungeon Master's Guide
MM - Monster Manual
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Dungeon Master's Guide
Well, everyone has already answered your specific question. I will try to make a more completionist answer so you know what you can find on it (not only "it means this").
DMG means Dungeon Master Guide, one of the core books of the D&D system, which helps DMs in their job, describing how to run your adventure, how to create your own stuff (cities, monsters, magic items) and offers some additional optional rules as guidance, for example Flanking rules and Injury rules (losing limbs, etc), which are not default in the game.
As a player, probably the only part of that book that you might need to know is the Magic Items section, so you know what the magic items you are given provide you.
If you have more doubts on abbreviations, the Adventurer's League FAQ (which can be found here, although I recommend downloading the Player Pack which has the actually updated FAQ - the one in the main page is from Season 6 as of 21/11/2018) provides a good list of common abbreviations for book names. I'm copy-pasting it here, but it gets updated as new books are released, so you know where to look for when you need it.
- PHB. Player’s Handbook
- PBR. Player’s Basic Rules
- DMBR. Dungeon Master’s Basic Rules
- DMG. Dungeon Master’s Guide
- MM. Monster Manual
- EEPC. Elemental Evil Player’s Guide
- SCAG. Sword Coast Adventurers Guide
- VGM. Volo’s Guide to Monsters
- XGE. Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
- TP. “Tortle Package”
- AL. Adventurers League
- ALPG. Adventurers League Player’s Guide
- ALDMG. Adventurers League DMG
- ToD. Tyranny of Dragons (Season 1)
- HDQ. Hoard of the Dragon Queen (Season 1)
- RoT. Rise of Tiamat (Season 1)
- EE. Elemental Evil (Season 2)
- PotA. Princes of the Apocalypse (Season 2)
- RoD. Rage of Demons (Season 3)
- OotA. Out of the Abyss (Season 3)
- CoS. Curse of Strahd (Season 4)
- SKT. Storm King’s Thunder (Season 5)
- TYP. Tales from the Yawning Portal (Season 6)
- ToA. Tomb of Annihilation (Season 7)
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It might be worth to add Mordenkainen's outside the quote.
– Vylix
yesterday
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@Vylix It doesn't have mordekainen, dragon heist and mad mage because I opened the Season 7 FAQ instead of the Season 8, I will edit when I have access to a decent computer and internet. haha
– HellSaint
yesterday
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Though "in the wild" I've only ever seen HotDQ, not HDQ.
– nitsua60♦
yesterday
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More is less. Save the encyclopedic answers for a larger question, more content diminishes the answer to the question asked.
– mxyzplk♦
yesterday
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Similar to what @mxyzplk said, I think this answer would be improved by reducing the list of abbreviations to those of the official rulebooks - DMG, PHB, MM, VGtM, SCAG, MToF, XGtE and EE. Additionally, you can add the link to the full list, of course, but I've never heard abbreviations like "ALDMG" or "PBR" in actual use, so I don't feel that listing them improves the answer. Especially since the quoted list is not structured by frequency of occurence.
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DMG is most commonly a reference to the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
Link: Dungeon Master's Guide
It is most often used like this as a reference to a page, e.g.
You can use the rules in the Player's Handbook to create NPC's with classes and levels,...
DMG96
Lowercase "dmg" can also be shorthand for damage.
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Vylix
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Ifusaso
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And as a shorthand for “damage” it’s almost always lowercase: “dmg”.
– SevenSidedDie♦
yesterday
14
Also, the Player's Handbook is often abbreviated "PHB". Not to be confused with "Pointy-Haired Boss".
– GalacticCowboy
yesterday
1
Similarly, the Monster Manual is MM, not to be confused with either millimetres or the candy. And if DMG is used as a character name, it likely refers to Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Dark Magician Girl. ...I have yet to see a case where any term is used to refer to the DMG using or reading a DMG.
– Justin Time
10 hours ago
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DMG is most commonly a reference to the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
Link: Dungeon Master's Guide
It is most often used like this as a reference to a page, e.g.
You can use the rules in the Player's Handbook to create NPC's with classes and levels,...
DMG96
Lowercase "dmg" can also be shorthand for damage.
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Vylix
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Ifusaso
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And as a shorthand for “damage” it’s almost always lowercase: “dmg”.
– SevenSidedDie♦
yesterday
14
Also, the Player's Handbook is often abbreviated "PHB". Not to be confused with "Pointy-Haired Boss".
– GalacticCowboy
yesterday
1
Similarly, the Monster Manual is MM, not to be confused with either millimetres or the candy. And if DMG is used as a character name, it likely refers to Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Dark Magician Girl. ...I have yet to see a case where any term is used to refer to the DMG using or reading a DMG.
– Justin Time
10 hours ago
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up vote
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DMG is most commonly a reference to the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
Link: Dungeon Master's Guide
It is most often used like this as a reference to a page, e.g.
You can use the rules in the Player's Handbook to create NPC's with classes and levels,...
DMG96
Lowercase "dmg" can also be shorthand for damage.
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Vylix
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Ifusaso
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DMG is most commonly a reference to the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
Link: Dungeon Master's Guide
It is most often used like this as a reference to a page, e.g.
You can use the rules in the Player's Handbook to create NPC's with classes and levels,...
DMG96
Lowercase "dmg" can also be shorthand for damage.
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And as a shorthand for “damage” it’s almost always lowercase: “dmg”.
– SevenSidedDie♦
yesterday
14
Also, the Player's Handbook is often abbreviated "PHB". Not to be confused with "Pointy-Haired Boss".
– GalacticCowboy
yesterday
1
Similarly, the Monster Manual is MM, not to be confused with either millimetres or the candy. And if DMG is used as a character name, it likely refers to Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Dark Magician Girl. ...I have yet to see a case where any term is used to refer to the DMG using or reading a DMG.
– Justin Time
10 hours ago
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And as a shorthand for “damage” it’s almost always lowercase: “dmg”.
– SevenSidedDie♦
yesterday
14
Also, the Player's Handbook is often abbreviated "PHB". Not to be confused with "Pointy-Haired Boss".
– GalacticCowboy
yesterday
1
Similarly, the Monster Manual is MM, not to be confused with either millimetres or the candy. And if DMG is used as a character name, it likely refers to Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Dark Magician Girl. ...I have yet to see a case where any term is used to refer to the DMG using or reading a DMG.
– Justin Time
10 hours ago
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And as a shorthand for “damage” it’s almost always lowercase: “dmg”.
– SevenSidedDie♦
yesterday
And as a shorthand for “damage” it’s almost always lowercase: “dmg”.
– SevenSidedDie♦
yesterday
14
14
Also, the Player's Handbook is often abbreviated "PHB". Not to be confused with "Pointy-Haired Boss".
– GalacticCowboy
yesterday
Also, the Player's Handbook is often abbreviated "PHB". Not to be confused with "Pointy-Haired Boss".
– GalacticCowboy
yesterday
1
1
Similarly, the Monster Manual is MM, not to be confused with either millimetres or the candy. And if DMG is used as a character name, it likely refers to Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Dark Magician Girl. ...I have yet to see a case where any term is used to refer to the DMG using or reading a DMG.
– Justin Time
10 hours ago
Similarly, the Monster Manual is MM, not to be confused with either millimetres or the candy. And if DMG is used as a character name, it likely refers to Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Dark Magician Girl. ...I have yet to see a case where any term is used to refer to the DMG using or reading a DMG.
– Justin Time
10 hours ago
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There are three rulebooks associated with the core rules of various editions of D&D. The Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monster Manual.
Their shorthand is as follows.
PHB - Player's HandBook
DMG - Dungeon Master's Guide
MM - Monster Manual
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There are three rulebooks associated with the core rules of various editions of D&D. The Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monster Manual.
Their shorthand is as follows.
PHB - Player's HandBook
DMG - Dungeon Master's Guide
MM - Monster Manual
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There are three rulebooks associated with the core rules of various editions of D&D. The Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monster Manual.
Their shorthand is as follows.
PHB - Player's HandBook
DMG - Dungeon Master's Guide
MM - Monster Manual
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There are three rulebooks associated with the core rules of various editions of D&D. The Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monster Manual.
Their shorthand is as follows.
PHB - Player's HandBook
DMG - Dungeon Master's Guide
MM - Monster Manual
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Dungeon Master's Guide
Well, everyone has already answered your specific question. I will try to make a more completionist answer so you know what you can find on it (not only "it means this").
DMG means Dungeon Master Guide, one of the core books of the D&D system, which helps DMs in their job, describing how to run your adventure, how to create your own stuff (cities, monsters, magic items) and offers some additional optional rules as guidance, for example Flanking rules and Injury rules (losing limbs, etc), which are not default in the game.
As a player, probably the only part of that book that you might need to know is the Magic Items section, so you know what the magic items you are given provide you.
If you have more doubts on abbreviations, the Adventurer's League FAQ (which can be found here, although I recommend downloading the Player Pack which has the actually updated FAQ - the one in the main page is from Season 6 as of 21/11/2018) provides a good list of common abbreviations for book names. I'm copy-pasting it here, but it gets updated as new books are released, so you know where to look for when you need it.
- PHB. Player’s Handbook
- PBR. Player’s Basic Rules
- DMBR. Dungeon Master’s Basic Rules
- DMG. Dungeon Master’s Guide
- MM. Monster Manual
- EEPC. Elemental Evil Player’s Guide
- SCAG. Sword Coast Adventurers Guide
- VGM. Volo’s Guide to Monsters
- XGE. Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
- TP. “Tortle Package”
- AL. Adventurers League
- ALPG. Adventurers League Player’s Guide
- ALDMG. Adventurers League DMG
- ToD. Tyranny of Dragons (Season 1)
- HDQ. Hoard of the Dragon Queen (Season 1)
- RoT. Rise of Tiamat (Season 1)
- EE. Elemental Evil (Season 2)
- PotA. Princes of the Apocalypse (Season 2)
- RoD. Rage of Demons (Season 3)
- OotA. Out of the Abyss (Season 3)
- CoS. Curse of Strahd (Season 4)
- SKT. Storm King’s Thunder (Season 5)
- TYP. Tales from the Yawning Portal (Season 6)
- ToA. Tomb of Annihilation (Season 7)
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It might be worth to add Mordenkainen's outside the quote.
– Vylix
yesterday
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@Vylix It doesn't have mordekainen, dragon heist and mad mage because I opened the Season 7 FAQ instead of the Season 8, I will edit when I have access to a decent computer and internet. haha
– HellSaint
yesterday
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Though "in the wild" I've only ever seen HotDQ, not HDQ.
– nitsua60♦
yesterday
3
More is less. Save the encyclopedic answers for a larger question, more content diminishes the answer to the question asked.
– mxyzplk♦
yesterday
4
Similar to what @mxyzplk said, I think this answer would be improved by reducing the list of abbreviations to those of the official rulebooks - DMG, PHB, MM, VGtM, SCAG, MToF, XGtE and EE. Additionally, you can add the link to the full list, of course, but I've never heard abbreviations like "ALDMG" or "PBR" in actual use, so I don't feel that listing them improves the answer. Especially since the quoted list is not structured by frequency of occurence.
– PixelMaster
22 hours ago
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Dungeon Master's Guide
Well, everyone has already answered your specific question. I will try to make a more completionist answer so you know what you can find on it (not only "it means this").
DMG means Dungeon Master Guide, one of the core books of the D&D system, which helps DMs in their job, describing how to run your adventure, how to create your own stuff (cities, monsters, magic items) and offers some additional optional rules as guidance, for example Flanking rules and Injury rules (losing limbs, etc), which are not default in the game.
As a player, probably the only part of that book that you might need to know is the Magic Items section, so you know what the magic items you are given provide you.
If you have more doubts on abbreviations, the Adventurer's League FAQ (which can be found here, although I recommend downloading the Player Pack which has the actually updated FAQ - the one in the main page is from Season 6 as of 21/11/2018) provides a good list of common abbreviations for book names. I'm copy-pasting it here, but it gets updated as new books are released, so you know where to look for when you need it.
- PHB. Player’s Handbook
- PBR. Player’s Basic Rules
- DMBR. Dungeon Master’s Basic Rules
- DMG. Dungeon Master’s Guide
- MM. Monster Manual
- EEPC. Elemental Evil Player’s Guide
- SCAG. Sword Coast Adventurers Guide
- VGM. Volo’s Guide to Monsters
- XGE. Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
- TP. “Tortle Package”
- AL. Adventurers League
- ALPG. Adventurers League Player’s Guide
- ALDMG. Adventurers League DMG
- ToD. Tyranny of Dragons (Season 1)
- HDQ. Hoard of the Dragon Queen (Season 1)
- RoT. Rise of Tiamat (Season 1)
- EE. Elemental Evil (Season 2)
- PotA. Princes of the Apocalypse (Season 2)
- RoD. Rage of Demons (Season 3)
- OotA. Out of the Abyss (Season 3)
- CoS. Curse of Strahd (Season 4)
- SKT. Storm King’s Thunder (Season 5)
- TYP. Tales from the Yawning Portal (Season 6)
- ToA. Tomb of Annihilation (Season 7)
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It might be worth to add Mordenkainen's outside the quote.
– Vylix
yesterday
1
@Vylix It doesn't have mordekainen, dragon heist and mad mage because I opened the Season 7 FAQ instead of the Season 8, I will edit when I have access to a decent computer and internet. haha
– HellSaint
yesterday
3
Though "in the wild" I've only ever seen HotDQ, not HDQ.
– nitsua60♦
yesterday
3
More is less. Save the encyclopedic answers for a larger question, more content diminishes the answer to the question asked.
– mxyzplk♦
yesterday
4
Similar to what @mxyzplk said, I think this answer would be improved by reducing the list of abbreviations to those of the official rulebooks - DMG, PHB, MM, VGtM, SCAG, MToF, XGtE and EE. Additionally, you can add the link to the full list, of course, but I've never heard abbreviations like "ALDMG" or "PBR" in actual use, so I don't feel that listing them improves the answer. Especially since the quoted list is not structured by frequency of occurence.
– PixelMaster
22 hours ago
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Dungeon Master's Guide
Well, everyone has already answered your specific question. I will try to make a more completionist answer so you know what you can find on it (not only "it means this").
DMG means Dungeon Master Guide, one of the core books of the D&D system, which helps DMs in their job, describing how to run your adventure, how to create your own stuff (cities, monsters, magic items) and offers some additional optional rules as guidance, for example Flanking rules and Injury rules (losing limbs, etc), which are not default in the game.
As a player, probably the only part of that book that you might need to know is the Magic Items section, so you know what the magic items you are given provide you.
If you have more doubts on abbreviations, the Adventurer's League FAQ (which can be found here, although I recommend downloading the Player Pack which has the actually updated FAQ - the one in the main page is from Season 6 as of 21/11/2018) provides a good list of common abbreviations for book names. I'm copy-pasting it here, but it gets updated as new books are released, so you know where to look for when you need it.
- PHB. Player’s Handbook
- PBR. Player’s Basic Rules
- DMBR. Dungeon Master’s Basic Rules
- DMG. Dungeon Master’s Guide
- MM. Monster Manual
- EEPC. Elemental Evil Player’s Guide
- SCAG. Sword Coast Adventurers Guide
- VGM. Volo’s Guide to Monsters
- XGE. Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
- TP. “Tortle Package”
- AL. Adventurers League
- ALPG. Adventurers League Player’s Guide
- ALDMG. Adventurers League DMG
- ToD. Tyranny of Dragons (Season 1)
- HDQ. Hoard of the Dragon Queen (Season 1)
- RoT. Rise of Tiamat (Season 1)
- EE. Elemental Evil (Season 2)
- PotA. Princes of the Apocalypse (Season 2)
- RoD. Rage of Demons (Season 3)
- OotA. Out of the Abyss (Season 3)
- CoS. Curse of Strahd (Season 4)
- SKT. Storm King’s Thunder (Season 5)
- TYP. Tales from the Yawning Portal (Season 6)
- ToA. Tomb of Annihilation (Season 7)
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Dungeon Master's Guide
Well, everyone has already answered your specific question. I will try to make a more completionist answer so you know what you can find on it (not only "it means this").
DMG means Dungeon Master Guide, one of the core books of the D&D system, which helps DMs in their job, describing how to run your adventure, how to create your own stuff (cities, monsters, magic items) and offers some additional optional rules as guidance, for example Flanking rules and Injury rules (losing limbs, etc), which are not default in the game.
As a player, probably the only part of that book that you might need to know is the Magic Items section, so you know what the magic items you are given provide you.
If you have more doubts on abbreviations, the Adventurer's League FAQ (which can be found here, although I recommend downloading the Player Pack which has the actually updated FAQ - the one in the main page is from Season 6 as of 21/11/2018) provides a good list of common abbreviations for book names. I'm copy-pasting it here, but it gets updated as new books are released, so you know where to look for when you need it.
- PHB. Player’s Handbook
- PBR. Player’s Basic Rules
- DMBR. Dungeon Master’s Basic Rules
- DMG. Dungeon Master’s Guide
- MM. Monster Manual
- EEPC. Elemental Evil Player’s Guide
- SCAG. Sword Coast Adventurers Guide
- VGM. Volo’s Guide to Monsters
- XGE. Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
- TP. “Tortle Package”
- AL. Adventurers League
- ALPG. Adventurers League Player’s Guide
- ALDMG. Adventurers League DMG
- ToD. Tyranny of Dragons (Season 1)
- HDQ. Hoard of the Dragon Queen (Season 1)
- RoT. Rise of Tiamat (Season 1)
- EE. Elemental Evil (Season 2)
- PotA. Princes of the Apocalypse (Season 2)
- RoD. Rage of Demons (Season 3)
- OotA. Out of the Abyss (Season 3)
- CoS. Curse of Strahd (Season 4)
- SKT. Storm King’s Thunder (Season 5)
- TYP. Tales from the Yawning Portal (Season 6)
- ToA. Tomb of Annihilation (Season 7)
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It might be worth to add Mordenkainen's outside the quote.
– Vylix
yesterday
1
@Vylix It doesn't have mordekainen, dragon heist and mad mage because I opened the Season 7 FAQ instead of the Season 8, I will edit when I have access to a decent computer and internet. haha
– HellSaint
yesterday
3
Though "in the wild" I've only ever seen HotDQ, not HDQ.
– nitsua60♦
yesterday
3
More is less. Save the encyclopedic answers for a larger question, more content diminishes the answer to the question asked.
– mxyzplk♦
yesterday
4
Similar to what @mxyzplk said, I think this answer would be improved by reducing the list of abbreviations to those of the official rulebooks - DMG, PHB, MM, VGtM, SCAG, MToF, XGtE and EE. Additionally, you can add the link to the full list, of course, but I've never heard abbreviations like "ALDMG" or "PBR" in actual use, so I don't feel that listing them improves the answer. Especially since the quoted list is not structured by frequency of occurence.
– PixelMaster
22 hours ago
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It might be worth to add Mordenkainen's outside the quote.
– Vylix
yesterday
1
@Vylix It doesn't have mordekainen, dragon heist and mad mage because I opened the Season 7 FAQ instead of the Season 8, I will edit when I have access to a decent computer and internet. haha
– HellSaint
yesterday
3
Though "in the wild" I've only ever seen HotDQ, not HDQ.
– nitsua60♦
yesterday
3
More is less. Save the encyclopedic answers for a larger question, more content diminishes the answer to the question asked.
– mxyzplk♦
yesterday
4
Similar to what @mxyzplk said, I think this answer would be improved by reducing the list of abbreviations to those of the official rulebooks - DMG, PHB, MM, VGtM, SCAG, MToF, XGtE and EE. Additionally, you can add the link to the full list, of course, but I've never heard abbreviations like "ALDMG" or "PBR" in actual use, so I don't feel that listing them improves the answer. Especially since the quoted list is not structured by frequency of occurence.
– PixelMaster
22 hours ago
It might be worth to add Mordenkainen's outside the quote.
– Vylix
yesterday
It might be worth to add Mordenkainen's outside the quote.
– Vylix
yesterday
1
1
@Vylix It doesn't have mordekainen, dragon heist and mad mage because I opened the Season 7 FAQ instead of the Season 8, I will edit when I have access to a decent computer and internet. haha
– HellSaint
yesterday
@Vylix It doesn't have mordekainen, dragon heist and mad mage because I opened the Season 7 FAQ instead of the Season 8, I will edit when I have access to a decent computer and internet. haha
– HellSaint
yesterday
3
3
Though "in the wild" I've only ever seen HotDQ, not HDQ.
– nitsua60♦
yesterday
Though "in the wild" I've only ever seen HotDQ, not HDQ.
– nitsua60♦
yesterday
3
3
More is less. Save the encyclopedic answers for a larger question, more content diminishes the answer to the question asked.
– mxyzplk♦
yesterday
More is less. Save the encyclopedic answers for a larger question, more content diminishes the answer to the question asked.
– mxyzplk♦
yesterday
4
4
Similar to what @mxyzplk said, I think this answer would be improved by reducing the list of abbreviations to those of the official rulebooks - DMG, PHB, MM, VGtM, SCAG, MToF, XGtE and EE. Additionally, you can add the link to the full list, of course, but I've never heard abbreviations like "ALDMG" or "PBR" in actual use, so I don't feel that listing them improves the answer. Especially since the quoted list is not structured by frequency of occurence.
– PixelMaster
22 hours ago
Similar to what @mxyzplk said, I think this answer would be improved by reducing the list of abbreviations to those of the official rulebooks - DMG, PHB, MM, VGtM, SCAG, MToF, XGtE and EE. Additionally, you can add the link to the full list, of course, but I've never heard abbreviations like "ALDMG" or "PBR" in actual use, so I don't feel that listing them improves the answer. Especially since the quoted list is not structured by frequency of occurence.
– PixelMaster
22 hours ago
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An example of "referring" could be useful.
– enkryptor
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Wow, this is not a question someone has asked before? :O Don't get me wrong, it's a great question, that's why I am impressed that nobody has asked this for like any D&D system?
– HellSaint
yesterday
Related: where do I find the official rules?
– nitsua60♦
yesterday
FYI, typing "D&D DMG" into google gives you the answer. That's probably why its never been asked.
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