Family account possibilities that would allow book sharing not via Campaigns. I know someone said to have a shadow account be the one to buy all the books and us to have that one share that way. I feel that is wrong, because we already have our own accounts; adding a new one would be one more thing to hinder the easy of playing. It also creates an inaccurate statistic of DnDBeyond's reviews of accounts on the backside of the database. Besides, I don't want my 15 year old to have access to purchasing stuff online, even with his own cash without supervision. Identity theft on minors is no fun to fix. Okay, so enough rambling. On to what I mean when I ask for a Family Account or Family Sharing.
A family (i.e., household) being able to share content amongst their individual accounts. Something like how Amazon has sharing for Kindle accounts. My husband and I have purchased books before we met. We can share our media with each other and our son from the household sharing feature. They limit the number of people you can share with and how many minors you can have. That way people aren't sharing willy-nilly with Tom, Dick, and Harry thus hurting profits.
For example, I DM 2 different games, my husband DM's 3, and my son plays in 2 of the home ones and one at school. As a household we purchase one copy of books and share them with each other. Because my husband and I DM we both like having access to monsters and items in the Dungeon Master's Guide, Player's Handbook, and Monster Manual. Our son only likes having access to the Player's Handbook. We can only share content with 3 campaigns per account. So it can be cumbersome to change in and out of campaign sharing. I know we play more than many of our friends and extended families, but we are trying to get out there and get more people playing.
The complexity of setting this up would be a bit of a tackle and I don't foresee it being anytime soon. With my limited database understanding building on a table to cross reference accounts similar to campaign sharing, but not the campaigns table. I don't know what the backend of your database and it has been years since I did that kind of thing. Not going to lie, that's above my pay grade in understanding and such these days. ;) If we could afford to buy each account what we need, I would do that. Unfortunately, those winning lottery numbers keep evading me. Rascally numbers!
P. S. We mentioned to the school clubs who play D&D about your site. It has been a big hit for helping first time players create characters and learn the rules. Thank you for being awesome in aiding new generations of players.
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I had read in other posts that this is something they are considering. The best I can offer and check the feature requests, and add it if it is not listed.
Hi DnDBeyond Guys and Gals!
Family account possibilities that would allow book sharing not via Campaigns. I know someone said to have a shadow account be the one to buy all the books and us to have that one share that way. I feel that is wrong, because we already have our own accounts; adding a new one would be one more thing to hinder the easy of playing. It also creates an inaccurate statistic of DnDBeyond's reviews of accounts on the backside of the database. Besides, I don't want my 15 year old to have access to purchasing stuff online, even with his own cash without supervision. Identity theft on minors is no fun to fix. Okay, so enough rambling. On to what I mean when I ask for a Family Account or Family Sharing.
A family (i.e., household) being able to share content amongst their individual accounts. Something like how Amazon has sharing for Kindle accounts. My husband and I have purchased books before we met. We can share our media with each other and our son from the household sharing feature. They limit the number of people you can share with and how many minors you can have. That way people aren't sharing willy-nilly with Tom, Dick, and Harry thus hurting profits.
For example, I DM 2 different games, my husband DM's 3, and my son plays in 2 of the home ones and one at school. As a household we purchase one copy of books and share them with each other. Because my husband and I DM we both like having access to monsters and items in the Dungeon Master's Guide, Player's Handbook, and Monster Manual. Our son only likes having access to the Player's Handbook. We can only share content with 3 campaigns per account. So it can be cumbersome to change in and out of campaign sharing. I know we play more than many of our friends and extended families, but we are trying to get out there and get more people playing.
The complexity of setting this up would be a bit of a tackle and I don't foresee it being anytime soon. With my limited database understanding building on a table to cross reference accounts similar to campaign sharing, but not the campaigns table. I don't know what the backend of your database and it has been years since I did that kind of thing. Not going to lie, that's above my pay grade in understanding and such these days. ;) If we could afford to buy each account what we need, I would do that. Unfortunately, those winning lottery numbers keep evading me. Rascally numbers!
P. S. We mentioned to the school clubs who play D&D about your site. It has been a big hit for helping first time players create characters and learn the rules. Thank you for being awesome in aiding new generations of players.
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"Greatest thing we can produce is character. Everything else can be taken from us, but not our character."
From: Henry Ford Quotes - The Henry Ford
Site: https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-resources/popular-topics/henry-ford-quotes/
Source: Cincinnati Times Star, Beckman interview
Date: 11/11/1937
I had read in other posts that this is something they are considering. The best I can offer and check the feature requests, and add it if it is not listed.
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