Hello. So I was looking at this site and decided to just mess about looking at the campaign option. It does not seem to do much aside from allow you to add people and make private and public notes. So I have been meaning to ask: What is the deal with this place? It seems looking to me just to be a handy place to either make character sheets or have a copy of DnD books digitally. I can't even seem to find a FAQ.
For me, it was a really cheap way of ensuring all my players had 24/7 access to a PHB without nicking mine! And now I have 24/7 access to my mate's XGTE without nicking his!
And I can have 24/7 access to my players' characters stats etc without them having to keep and update a spare copy constantly. And my 12 year old son made his own character on this site with nearly zero input from me.
If they didn't charge for it, I would call it priceless! :)
This is an edited version of my response to a question about DDB in another thread:
1) DDB is a character builder and electronic character sheet, simplifying and automating the process of creating a character and managing the character sheet, including tracking usage of spell slots, rest-based abilities, etc. (Player options not found in the Basic Rules, SRD, or EE Players Companion must be purchased or homebrewed) NOTE: Specifics of how the character sheet displays are being redesigned, and will change and some point in the future when the redesign/revamp is ready for launch.
2) DDB provides access to digital forms of all the 5e books published by WOTC. (Only material from the Basic Rules, SRD, and EE Players Companion is free; other "books" must be purchased.) These "books" are called Compendiums (Compendia?). They are extensively hyperlinked Every mention of orcs, magic missile, prone, etc. is hyperlinked and tooltipped, as are references to other chapters, sections, etc.
3) DDB provides sortable, filterable lists of Spells and Monsters. (Want to know all the Druid Spells level 3 or lower that deal cold damage? Easy to do. Want to see all the CR 3-7 Undead monsters? Easy to do. there are a ton of filtering options that can be combined in a near endless number of ways.)
4) DDB provides tools for homebrewing most types of player options*, spells, monsters, and magic items. You can make the homebrew public (assuming doing so does not violate copyright) or keep it private. *homebrew subclasses are not yet available but coming; homebrew classes are not planned.
5) DDB provides a way for groups to share these digital tools with everyone in their campaign, through the content sharing ability of the Master Tier. Only one person in the campaign needs to have the Master Tier; when content sharing is turned on,. Any resource "owned" by any player in the campaign is shared. Granular control over what is shared (so, for example, players can't see the adventure itself) is planned but not implemented yet.
6) DDB provides very basic campaign management: DMs can see and edit player's character sheets; someone can create a character for another player to use; there is space for "public notes" and private DM notes (helpful for prep.) This aspect of DDB is very barebones at the moment. It exists primarily to allow for content sharing. DDB staff have plans for an extensive expansion of this feature, but it is a ways off, as other features have higher priority currently.
Hello. So I was looking at this site and decided to just mess about looking at the campaign option. It does not seem to do much aside from allow you to add people and make private and public notes. So I have been meaning to ask: What is the deal with this place? It seems looking to me just to be a handy place to either make character sheets or have a copy of DnD books digitally. I can't even seem to find a FAQ.
For me, it was a really cheap way of ensuring all my players had 24/7 access to a PHB without nicking mine!
And now I have 24/7 access to my mate's XGTE without nicking his!
And I can have 24/7 access to my players' characters stats etc without them having to keep and update a spare copy constantly.
And my 12 year old son made his own character on this site with nearly zero input from me.
If they didn't charge for it, I would call it priceless! :)
Apart from that, what did the Romans........etc.
Roleplaying since Runequest.
FAQ: Pricing and Purchase FAQ
This is an edited version of my response to a question about DDB in another thread:
1) DDB is a character builder and electronic character sheet, simplifying and automating the process of creating a character and managing the character sheet, including tracking usage of spell slots, rest-based abilities, etc. (Player options not found in the Basic Rules, SRD, or EE Players Companion must be purchased or homebrewed) NOTE: Specifics of how the character sheet displays are being redesigned, and will change and some point in the future when the redesign/revamp is ready for launch.
2) DDB provides access to digital forms of all the 5e books published by WOTC. (Only material from the Basic Rules, SRD, and EE Players Companion is free; other "books" must be purchased.) These "books" are called Compendiums (Compendia?). They are extensively hyperlinked Every mention of orcs, magic missile, prone, etc. is hyperlinked and tooltipped, as are references to other chapters, sections, etc.
3) DDB provides sortable, filterable lists of Spells and Monsters. (Want to know all the Druid Spells level 3 or lower that deal cold damage? Easy to do. Want to see all the CR 3-7 Undead monsters? Easy to do. there are a ton of filtering options that can be combined in a near endless number of ways.)
4) DDB provides tools for homebrewing most types of player options*, spells, monsters, and magic items. You can make the homebrew public (assuming doing so does not violate copyright) or keep it private. *homebrew subclasses are not yet available but coming; homebrew classes are not planned.
5) DDB provides a way for groups to share these digital tools with everyone in their campaign, through the content sharing ability of the Master Tier. Only one person in the campaign needs to have the Master Tier; when content sharing is turned on,. Any resource "owned" by any player in the campaign is shared. Granular control over what is shared (so, for example, players can't see the adventure itself) is planned but not implemented yet.
6) DDB provides very basic campaign management: DMs can see and edit player's character sheets; someone can create a character for another player to use; there is space for "public notes" and private DM notes (helpful for prep.) This aspect of DDB is very barebones at the moment. It exists primarily to allow for content sharing. DDB staff have plans for an extensive expansion of this feature, but it is a ways off, as other features have higher priority currently.
Trying to Decide if DDB is for you? A few helpful threads: A Buyer's Guide to DDB; What I/We Bought and Why; How some DMs use DDB; A Newer Thread on Using DDB to Play
Helpful threads on other topics: Homebrew FAQ by IamSposta; Accessing Content by ConalTheGreat;
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