We are grateful, humbled, and to be honest surprised at how such an active community has sprung up here at DDB in only a day. Thank you once again for your participation in making D&D Beyond everything we (all of us collectively as players and fans) want the toolset and experience to be.
I wanted to collect several of the prominent topics/ questions/ answers here to hopefully help everyone navigate the meta-discussion a little better. We continue to get a huge number of duplicated posts asking or stating the same things and reading this first should alleviate that a bit.
I also heard a rumor that we will start recruiting for moderators today to help us keep up with the huge influx of activity - keep your eyes peeled for that!
Here goes:
Why is [Insert Game Mechanic Here] missing from the Compendium or the Spells, Items, Monsters listings?
For the beta, the Basic Rules content only is available. This would include everything in the Systems Reference Document. You won't find anything else at this point, and it won't do any good to tell us we should include it or let us know it's missing.
Why are modrons showing up for some of the monsters? Why are images for the specific magic items not included.
We have not added all of the artwork to every element on the site yet - but we are certainly going to as we go along!
Is there an app to download? How do I access this on my tablet or phone?
A native mobile app is absolutely in the works for DDB, but at this point for the beta everything is included in the website. The site is mobile responsive, so you should be able to view and use it just fine on a phone or tablet. Just visit the site in your device's browser. If something doesn't look right on your mobile device, that's the kind of feedback we want to hear during the beta so we can make it pretty everywhere. We will definitely share more specifics about the mobile app soon, including how to download it.
A global search function is really essential - I can't find what I'm looking for in the Compendium.
Completely agreed - we have a really solid global "omni" search coming. It's just not included in this phase of the beta. I assure you, this is right at the top of our list, but we will add it toward the end to be certain we make it cover all the bases.
Why do I have to log in with my Twitch account? I thought this was D&D Beyond (or Curse).
D&D Beyond is being developed by Curse, and Curse is part of the Twitch family. Curse uses Twitch accounts now. I'll try to channel Socrates here:
D&D Beyond accounts are Curse accounts Curse accounts are Twitch accounts Therefore, D&D Beyond accounts are Twitch accounts
So, there's no difference in logging in with your Twitch account and logging in with a DDB-specific account - they are one in the same. We appreciate the feedback on this, but I also know that in order to give that feedback you logged in with your Twitch account and it didn't seem to be a major ordeal!
I'm sure there are hundreds of other questions and topics I'm not touching on here, but these came across prominently yesterday.
Please continue to share your feedback as we continue the adventure. I hope you'll see over time that we really are listening and we want D&D Beyond to be the best it can possibly be for players of the world's greatest roleplaying game!
Is there any chance of a tabbed interface for quick jumping to and from topics, ideally with major topic groups remaining visible or one touch accessible in all subheadings...search is great but faster to hop with known subgroups...thank you for the hard work so far!
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D&D Beyond FoundersHello everyone!
We are grateful, humbled, and to be honest surprised at how such an active community has sprung up here at DDB in only a day. Thank you once again for your participation in making D&D Beyond everything we (all of us collectively as players and fans) want the toolset and experience to be.
I wanted to collect several of the prominent topics/ questions/ answers here to hopefully help everyone navigate the meta-discussion a little better. We continue to get a huge number of duplicated posts asking or stating the same things and reading this first should alleviate that a bit.
I also heard a rumor that we will start recruiting for moderators today to help us keep up with the huge influx of activity - keep your eyes peeled for that!
Here goes:
Why is [Insert Game Mechanic Here] missing from the Compendium or the Spells, Items, Monsters listings?
For the beta, the Basic Rules content only is available. This would include everything in the Systems Reference Document. You won't find anything else at this point, and it won't do any good to tell us we should include it or let us know it's missing.
Why are modrons showing up for some of the monsters? Why are images for the specific magic items not included.
We have not added all of the artwork to every element on the site yet - but we are certainly going to as we go along!
Is there an app to download? How do I access this on my tablet or phone?
A native mobile app is absolutely in the works for DDB, but at this point for the beta everything is included in the website. The site is mobile responsive, so you should be able to view and use it just fine on a phone or tablet. Just visit the site in your device's browser. If something doesn't look right on your mobile device, that's the kind of feedback we want to hear during the beta so we can make it pretty everywhere. We will definitely share more specifics about the mobile app soon, including how to download it.
A global search function is really essential - I can't find what I'm looking for in the Compendium.
Completely agreed - we have a really solid global "omni" search coming. It's just not included in this phase of the beta. I assure you, this is right at the top of our list, but we will add it toward the end to be certain we make it cover all the bases.
Why do I have to log in with my Twitch account? I thought this was D&D Beyond (or Curse).
D&D Beyond is being developed by Curse, and Curse is part of the Twitch family. Curse uses Twitch accounts now. I'll try to channel Socrates here:
D&D Beyond accounts are Curse accounts
Curse accounts are Twitch accounts
Therefore, D&D Beyond accounts are Twitch accounts
So, there's no difference in logging in with your Twitch account and logging in with a DDB-specific account - they are one in the same. We appreciate the feedback on this, but I also know that in order to give that feedback you logged in with your Twitch account and it didn't seem to be a major ordeal!
I'm sure there are hundreds of other questions and topics I'm not touching on here, but these came across prominently yesterday.
Please continue to share your feedback as we continue the adventure. I hope you'll see over time that we really are listening and we want D&D Beyond to be the best it can possibly be for players of the world's greatest roleplaying game!
Is there any chance of a tabbed interface for quick jumping to and from topics, ideally with major topic groups remaining visible or one touch accessible in all subheadings...search is great but faster to hop with known subgroups...thank you for the hard work so far!