Hi there. I am a longtime user and Master Tier subscriber. Because I struggle to read large amount of texts on a screen, my habit has been to purchase the physical books as they are released, and then re-purchase all the spells, subclass and races released in those those books digital here (along with items as needed) so my players and I can use them in our games. I've noticed that this hasn't been possible with the last few books released.
I'm currently debating whether to pre-order the digital copies of the new core rulebooks. Obviously I would like to do that if I'm going to continue using D&D Beyond into the future, however, if I'm no longer able to purchase just "usable" parts of the news books with re-purchasing the compendium content, I'm not sure that I will continue using this service. Much as I've love D&D and find it a particularly great way to introduce new players to character creation, I'm not interested in double purchasing all my books.
Can you tell me if the option to purchase parts of books will return moving forward? Or is it your intention to limit purchase options to the entire digital book.
Hi there. I am a longtime user and Master Tier subscriber. Because I struggle to read large amount of texts on a screen, my habit has been to purchase the physical books as they are released, and then re-purchase all the spells, subclass and races released in those those books digital here (along with items as needed) so my players and I can use them in our games. I've noticed that this hasn't been possible with the last few books released.
I'm currently debating whether to pre-order the digital copies of the new core rulebooks. Obviously I would like to do that if I'm going to continue using D&D Beyond into the future, however, if I'm no longer able to purchase just "usable" parts of the news books with re-purchasing the compendium content, I'm not sure that I will continue using this service. Much as I've love D&D and find it a particularly great way to introduce new players to character creation, I'm not interested in double purchasing all my books.
Can you tell me if the option to purchase parts of books will return moving forward? Or is it your intention to limit purchase options to the entire digital book.
Thanks for your time.
If you buy the physical + digital bundle from the marketplace then the digital is discounted to about $10, not much more than you previously paid for the average spell or monster package by itself under ala carte. Not ideal if you wanted to get the physical from a real shop and support your FLGS but that's the best option we have at the moment
It's not $10 though since they're charging full msrp. If you're paying full price, you're buying the pretty variant covers from your FLGS. Otherwise it's Amazon so the bundle is between $20 - 30. Much more than was paid before AND you don't get the pretty covers or to support local business.
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Hi there. I am a longtime user and Master Tier subscriber. Because I struggle to read large amount of texts on a screen, my habit has been to purchase the physical books as they are released, and then re-purchase all the spells, subclass and races released in those those books digital here (along with items as needed) so my players and I can use them in our games. I've noticed that this hasn't been possible with the last few books released.
I'm currently debating whether to pre-order the digital copies of the new core rulebooks. Obviously I would like to do that if I'm going to continue using D&D Beyond into the future, however, if I'm no longer able to purchase just "usable" parts of the news books with re-purchasing the compendium content, I'm not sure that I will continue using this service. Much as I've love D&D and find it a particularly great way to introduce new players to character creation, I'm not interested in double purchasing all my books.
Can you tell me if the option to purchase parts of books will return moving forward? Or is it your intention to limit purchase options to the entire digital book.
Thanks for your time.
don't expect they will be returning any time soon
If you buy the physical + digital bundle from the marketplace then the digital is discounted to about $10, not much more than you previously paid for the average spell or monster package by itself under ala carte. Not ideal if you wanted to get the physical from a real shop and support your FLGS but that's the best option we have at the moment
It's not $10 though since they're charging full msrp. If you're paying full price, you're buying the pretty variant covers from your FLGS. Otherwise it's Amazon so the bundle is between $20 - 30. Much more than was paid before AND you don't get the pretty covers or to support local business.