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Look up a spell, item, condition or feat

Find a D&D 5e rule in the Compendium mid-session: pick the section and the rules edition, search or filter, and open the entry.

Players & Game MastersUpdated October 11, 2026
  • ~2 min
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The Compendium answers “what does that do again?” without leaving the table. It holds the D&D 5e SRD — spells, magic items, conditions and feats — for the 2024 and the 2014 rules. For what is and isn't in it, see the Compendium overview.

Before you start

  • Know which rules your table plays: 2024 (the current Player's Handbook) or 2014.

Look it up

  1. Open the Compendium

    In the TTRPG Realm's rail, choose Compendium.

  2. Pick the section

    Choose a tab: Spells, Magic items, Conditions or Feats.

  3. Pick the rules

    In the rules list, choose 2024 rules (SRD 5.2.1) or 2014 rules (SRD 5.1). It opens on 2024. Switching clears the other filters, because the two editions sort some things differently.

  4. Search or filter

    Type in the search box (Search spells… on the Spells tab), or narrow the list: School and level for spells (Any level by default), Type and rarity for magic items (Any rarity), Category for conditions and feats.

  5. Open the entry

    Press a card to read the full entry.

Check it worked

The entry opens with its full text and says which rules it comes from.
The Compendium on its Spells tab, showing 319 spells with a search box and filters for school and level, and cantrip cards listing each spell's school, components and casting time.
Four tabs, one search box. Filter spells by school and level to find the one you half-remember.

From a character sheet

On a D&D 5e sheet, the ↗ beside a spell or item opens its Compendium entry for the sheet's own rules edition, in a new tab, so your unsaved sheet stays put.

If something's off

The search comes back empty
Check the rules list: some entries exist in one edition only. If it still isn't there, it's probably not SRD content — the Compendium carries the open SRD, not every published book.
My filters disappeared
Changing the rules edition clears school, level and the other filters on purpose. Set them again.

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