Dear powers that be. I’ve had an idea. Couldn’t you guys do a “Beyond” interface for first edition AD&D? Second? 3.5? As a veteran player from the late 70’s I can say this, The beyond interface is the only thing keeping me playing 5e. It’s wonderful! I love it! Unfortunately I just can’t get excited about the 5e rule set. What I could get excited about is having this page work for any and all editions! Don’t you guys have rights to all the old stuff already? Update it and get it out there. I know I’d pay 6.99 or 9.99 a month for it! So would many others.
That is an insane amount of extra work and for a lot less return. They are barely able to update the site with the more simplistic D&D 5e rules. Previous rulesets had far more complicated rule systems.
Your suggestion is never going to happen. Too much cost, way too much time and effort, for too little demand and too little profit.
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This gets asked from time to time, here is a fair discussion and gets a bit more into the reality that breaks of the presumption that WotC has the resources/incentive to really do what you're asking
I know there are robust communities on Foundry and I think Fantasy grounds, and maybe Roll20, supporting prior editions of D&D. You may want to check out Demiplane, but I think their business model is currently set to supporting rules being actively produced, though that would be a cool place for people to develop their own games or resurrect old material for personal use.
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I do like they are supporting critical roll books, i hope they add more 3rd party adventure and source books.
On a side note I would buy every 3.5 book digitally if they offered it. I have the physical copies from when i could see and i would love to listen to them, and use them again. (I skipped 4) but I played AD&D and i would buy all those too.
I do like they are supporting critical roll books, i hope they add more 3rd party adventure and source books.
On a side note I would buy every 3.5 book digitally if they offered it. I have the physical copies from when i could see and i would love to listen to them, and use them again. (I skipped 4) but I played AD&D and i would buy all those too.
They're all (or at least mostly) on drivethrurpg.com. I cannot tell you how well they'd work with a screen reader, though. (They seem to be PDFs, but I didn't spend very long trying to figure out if they all are.)
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Dear powers that be. I’ve had an idea. Couldn’t you guys do a “Beyond” interface for first edition AD&D? Second? 3.5? As a veteran player from the late 70’s I can say this, The beyond interface is the only thing keeping me playing 5e. It’s wonderful! I love it! Unfortunately I just can’t get excited about the 5e rule set. What I could get excited about is having this page work for any and all editions! Don’t you guys have rights to all the old stuff already? Update it and get it out there. I know I’d pay 6.99 or 9.99 a month for it! So would many others.
Thanks for your time.
That is an insane amount of extra work and for a lot less return. They are barely able to update the site with the more simplistic D&D 5e rules. Previous rulesets had far more complicated rule systems.
Your suggestion is never going to happen. Too much cost, way too much time and effort, for too little demand and too little profit.
Click ✨ HERE ✨ For My Youtube Videos featuring Guides, Tips & Tricks for using D&D Beyond.
Need help with Homebrew? Check out ✨ this FAQ/Guide thread ✨ by IamSposta.
This gets asked from time to time, here is a fair discussion and gets a bit more into the reality that breaks of the presumption that WotC has the resources/incentive to really do what you're asking
https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/general-discussion/144652-previous-editions-on-dndbeyond
I know there are robust communities on Foundry and I think Fantasy grounds, and maybe Roll20, supporting prior editions of D&D. You may want to check out Demiplane, but I think their business model is currently set to supporting rules being actively produced, though that would be a cool place for people to develop their own games or resurrect old material for personal use.
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
I do like they are supporting critical roll books, i hope they add more 3rd party adventure and source books.
On a side note I would buy every 3.5 book digitally if they offered it. I have the physical copies from when i could see and i would love to listen to them, and use them again. (I skipped 4) but I played AD&D and i would buy all those too.
I didn’t see what you did there.
They're all (or at least mostly) on drivethrurpg.com. I cannot tell you how well they'd work with a screen reader, though. (They seem to be PDFs, but I didn't spend very long trying to figure out if they all are.)