So, I have a Dungeon Master of a dead campaign still sharing his Player's Handbook with me, but for some reason I still don't have access to spells in the book like a bunch of the Smites and some others, so I want to see if buying it for myself will work. However, when I try to navigate to a page to show me the price of the Player's Handbook and potentially add it to my cart I am unable to get there. I don't want to exit this dead (figuratively) DM's campaign because I'm running a campaign of my own that's benefiting from this "free" Player's Handbook, so I'm stuck in a pickle. I don't know if I have enough money for the book and I'm unable to see the price. Is there something I'm missing here?
The content being shared in that dead campaign is only being shared in that specific campaign. If you are running a different campaign then those players are not able to access anything being shared in the dead campaign, that’s not how it works. If you create a character in that dead campaign then it will have access to all of the shared content, and then you can move it to a different campaign where it will retain that content that was already attached to it. But if the players in that other campaign can access PHB content then it’s probably being shared in that other campaign too, and if so then likely all you need to do is one of two things: 1) ensure that your Account Entitlements are in sync: (https://www.dndbeyond.com/account/marketplace), and/or 2) turn content sharing off and back on again for that campaign.
If, however, you do wish to purchase the PHB you can do so here: (https://www.dndbeyond.com/marketplace/sourcebooks/players-handbook) for $29.95 USD. Or if you scroll down you can purchase just the spells for $4.99 USD, and that will count as credit towards a purchase of the full book later should you choose to do so.
So, I have a Dungeon Master of a dead campaign still sharing his Player's Handbook with me, but for some reason I still don't have access to spells in the book like a bunch of the Smites and some others, so I want to see if buying it for myself will work. However, when I try to navigate to a page to show me the price of the Player's Handbook and potentially add it to my cart I am unable to get there. I don't want to exit this dead (figuratively) DM's campaign because I'm running a campaign of my own that's benefiting from this "free" Player's Handbook, so I'm stuck in a pickle. I don't know if I have enough money for the book and I'm unable to see the price. Is there something I'm missing here?
Nevermind! I found something magical called "The Marketplace"! I'm so smart :D
The content being shared in that dead campaign is only being shared in that specific campaign. If you are running a different campaign then those players are not able to access anything being shared in the dead campaign, that’s not how it works. If you create a character in that dead campaign then it will have access to all of the shared content, and then you can move it to a different campaign where it will retain that content that was already attached to it. But if the players in that other campaign can access PHB content then it’s probably being shared in that other campaign too, and if so then likely all you need to do is one of two things: 1) ensure that your Account Entitlements are in sync: (https://www.dndbeyond.com/account/marketplace), and/or 2) turn content sharing off and back on again for that campaign.
If, however, you do wish to purchase the PHB you can do so here: (https://www.dndbeyond.com/marketplace/sourcebooks/players-handbook) for $29.95 USD. Or if you scroll down you can purchase just the spells for $4.99 USD, and that will count as credit towards a purchase of the full book later should you choose to do so.
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Thank you! I didn't realize that! I don't think my own campaign people are getting access to the book in hindsight......
This helps a lot!