We are excited to announce that D&D Beyond will soon be joining Hasbro as part of the Wizards of the Coast family!
On May 18, 2022 or soon after, your D&D Beyond account will transfer to Wizards of the Coast, at which point (and going forward) the Wizards Terms of Use will apply to your use of D&D Beyond, and the Wizards Privacy Policy will apply to the personal data associated with your account. If you are located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, Wizards of the Coast LLC will become the “data controller” of your personal data once it transfers.
For more information on this transaction, please click here. If you wish to delete your account prior to the transfer, you will find instructions for doing so here.
Frequently asked questions
When will the D&D Beyond Terms of Service be updated?
The Terms of Service will be updated to Wizards of the Coast Terms of Service on or around May 18, 2022.
Why are they being updated?
As part of Wizards of the Coast acquiring D&D Beyond, we will extend the Wizards Terms of Service to cover this new service.
What is changing in them?
We need your permission to put your user content on D&D Beyond and operate the D&D Beyond service, and we’re working to ensure that the scope of the permission you give us is tailored to that goal. The Wizards Terms of Service will therefore be updated with a section specific to D&D Beyond to allow us to host your content and otherwise operate the D&D Beyond service.
Will Wizards own my homebrew content created on D&D Beyond?
Wizards has no intent of taking ownership over user content you put on D&D Beyond, and the Terms of Service will not grant us such rights. The permissions we will need for user content will relate to allowing us to operate the D&D Beyond service, including displaying that content on our site.
Do these changes affect homebrew content that was created before May 18?
Any content that remains on the D&D Beyond service will be subject to the updated Wizards Terms of Service. The updated Terms of Service should not impact how you've used the site or owned your content prior to May 18.
If I delete my D&D Beyond account, will my homebrew content remain on D&D Beyond? If so, will my username still be credited?
While your homebrew content will remain on D&D Beyond, the credited username will change to “user-[number].”
Will Wizards own any character or account information I upload (e.g. character sheets, profile pictures)?
Wizards has no intent of taking ownership over user content you put on D&D Beyond, and the Terms of Service will not grant us such rights. The permissions we will need for that content will relate to allowing us to operate the D&D Beyond service, including displaying that content on our site.
Will I need a Wizards account to access or sign up for D&D Beyond after May 18?
No. You can continue to use your Twitch or Google account or Apple ID to sign into D&D Beyond. New users will still need a Twitch or Google account or Apple ID to sign up for D&D Beyond after May 18.
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Posted May 10, 2022You still own your content, you're not assigning nor transferring your copyright in it. You're giving a non-exclusive license to Fandom right now, and when this completes Wizards of the Coast, that allows them to do what they need to with it, such as storing it. However you have already given that license, you would want to discuss things with a lawyer if you are agreeing to an exclusive license for something like DM's Guild, as that may violate that future license. (They require an exclusive license specifically, other places may not, that exclusive license means you can't have it anywhere else.)
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Posted May 10, 2022Ah! Thanks, I thought I was just stupid
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Posted May 10, 2022Will it be possible to connect books I purchased in paper form with DnD Beyond?
Thank you for answer
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Posted May 10, 2022I'm glad that they added an FAQ, so that people would understand wtf is going on instead of overreacting like children. Most of the things they posted actually make sense, and directly answer the bigger questions most had. this seems like a perfectly reasonable thing to do, I don't know why people are reacting so harshly to this.
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Posted May 10, 2022i stg if this breaks beyond the spire
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Posted May 10, 2022Not even as a private copy somewhere?!? We should have listened to Shakespeare. 🤦♂️
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Posted May 10, 2022Will we get credit in app for the books we already own at home?
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Posted May 10, 2022No
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Posted May 10, 2022Will the players on dnd Beyond have to pay anything for their account to be saved and all the content they created?
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Posted May 10, 2022According to the article above:
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Posted May 10, 2022If you were to buy items from dnd beyond do you keep it in the transfer?
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Posted May 10, 2022Yes
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Posted May 10, 2022Will we continue to have to purchase the add-ons from the expansion books? Seems a shame to spend the money to purchase the books then pay again to add to to the creation tools here.
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Posted May 10, 2022I just want to know if they intend to allow unlocking of digital books on Beyond from purchases of physical books.
I understand why it wasn't a thing while Wizards didn't own it, no excuse now though.
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Posted May 10, 2022I second this!
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Posted May 10, 2022Yes
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Posted May 10, 2022Well what about if you buy digital books do we get to get the physical for free as well.
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Posted May 10, 2022Will this transfer allow us to upload ownership of our physical source book material to DnD Beyond?
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Posted May 10, 2022No
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Posted May 10, 2022My homie actually won a contest with y’all on Facebook I believe, well, with D&D beyond that is. And he actually got access to all the sourcebooks up til about a year and a half ago. (Then we started buying the books again) and he got permission to share with like 7-8 additional dndbeyond users. (Us, his homies)
My question is, will WOTC update these permissions as well as nullify the rewards from the contest? Should I expect the content I use every week to be unavailable until I pay wizards? I know y’all are good, legit, so I’m not worried that much. But I wanted to post this before they change anything cause man I love using this site and I’m extremely grateful for all the unlocked content I have, don’t wanna lose it.