I imagine I'm not the first one to pose this question, but is there any plan for making content available on D&D beyond for people who have purchased a print copy of the books?
While I imagine this may be difficult for books that have already been released, for future adventure modules and supplementary material books, I think it would be very helpful if after purchasing a hard copy I also got a code with the book that I could input to D&D beyond to gain access to at least some of the basic materials for character creation if I am managing characters and campaigns here (such as racial options, feats, backgrounds etc)
While I understand it wouldn't be cost effective or necessarily fair to give a full digital copy to someone who purchased a print copy, to me it does seem unfair if I purchase a book for $40+ and then have to spend another $20 just so my players have access to character creation options on D&D beyond.
I really like the website as a whole. The only thing thats keeping it from being great for me is the fact that I can't fully utilize the character creation feature for my players and myself without spending additional money on a digital copy of a book I already have.
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The basic gist is that dndbeyond and wizards of the coast are different companies. Dndbeyond licences the right to make electronic copies of the book info and makes the tools as part of that license.
It's sort of like buying a kindle book from Amazon and going to barnes and noble and insisting they should give you a copy of the paperback because you already paid Amazon for the book.
It's sort of like buying a kindle book from Amazon and going to barnes and noble and insisting they should give you a copy of the paperback because you already paid Amazon for the book.
Thats a fair point, I hadn't thought about it that way.
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I imagine I'm not the first one to pose this question, but is there any plan for making content available on D&D beyond for people who have purchased a print copy of the books?
While I imagine this may be difficult for books that have already been released, for future adventure modules and supplementary material books, I think it would be very helpful if after purchasing a hard copy I also got a code with the book that I could input to D&D beyond to gain access to at least some of the basic materials for character creation if I am managing characters and campaigns here (such as racial options, feats, backgrounds etc)
While I understand it wouldn't be cost effective or necessarily fair to give a full digital copy to someone who purchased a print copy, to me it does seem unfair if I purchase a book for $40+ and then have to spend another $20 just so my players have access to character creation options on D&D beyond.
I really like the website as a whole. The only thing thats keeping it from being great for me is the fact that I can't fully utilize the character creation feature for my players and myself without spending additional money on a digital copy of a book I already have.
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The short answer is "no". The long answer is a thread several hundred posts long at this point that a mod will likely link you to soon.
Terrific. Would love to read up more on it
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The basic gist is that dndbeyond and wizards of the coast are different companies. Dndbeyond licences the right to make electronic copies of the book info and makes the tools as part of that license.
It's sort of like buying a kindle book from Amazon and going to barnes and noble and insisting they should give you a copy of the paperback because you already paid Amazon for the book.
Thats a fair point, I hadn't thought about it that way.
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Here, I'll save them a step: https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/general-discussion/6230-d-d-beyond-vs-physical-books-an-explanation