Well I am aware that Wizzards Of The Coast is no charity and I don't wanna say everything should be free of something like that. Its just that I had to pay like 150 € on books and subscriptions for being able to run a campaign properly (if I did thinks in a stupid way please tell me). Luckily i am in a situation where I can effort this but thinking of not so wealthy students/kids hurts me. Poor people like fun too :(
I really like d&d5e and I want to support it. However, considering that probably more books are about to come I really don't want this to become the hobby of the wealthy.
Is there something I am missing? Is there a way to cheese your way through with home brew or something if you don't have the money? Is this price tag in fact necessary for Wizzards Of The Coast to maintain things? Am i just dumb and it is actually a very reasonable price?
Please share your opinion (and please stay constructive! No raging!)
D&D Beyond, is ran by Curse, not Wizard of the Coast. WotC simply has given Curse a license to create and sell the digital products and services available here. Curse payed for the manpower to convert the material, create the toolkits and services, and maintain the community here. You are purchasing those services from curse, not anything directly from WotC. If you already have purchased the Hardcover materials from Wizards, you can input all of the information from your books into your account as homebrew.
If you are like me, you acknowledge that is a ton of work, and not something I am interested in doing. Which is why I purchased everything on D&D Beyond.
there's a lengthy discussion on this over in this thread written by a member of the community.
The digital content on D&D Beyond represents a fairly massive discount when compared to purchasing the physical books, especially if you utilise one of the promotional discount codes that are available.
Along with encouraging you to read the excellent post Stormknight linked, I’ll add that anyone can recreate anything using the Homebrew system. If you had the time, you could literally create every single item, monster, and subclass from the various books in DDB for free.
I grew up in poverty and while I live a middle class life now, I remember where I came from and what it was like. The fact that you can homebrew everything in DDB for free is one of the things I appreciate about the team.
I would love to buy the content on D&D beyond. But I’m not interested in paying for a second copy of each of my books that is only digital. If they let me access the three core books online only for like, $15-$20, I’d buy it. But I already own the books. I don’t want to buy them again. If they included a physical copy, I’d consider it, maybe give the physical book to a friend or sell it and keep the digital access. D&D beyond is a cool tool. Just way to expensive for people who already own the physical product. No incentive for me to buy it on here.
Aside from any flash sales you stumble upon and since of Amazon's ridiculous prices you won't find anywhere that beats D&D Beyond on their price point.
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Lightning Strike - A rebranded Fire Bolt for Wizards & Sorcerers.
Spirit Bomb - A holy fireball for Clerics, Paladins, & Divine Soul Sorcerers!
Sword Dancer - A Cleric subclass specifically for the Drow goddess Eilistraee.
I would love to buy the content on D&D beyond. But I’m not interested in paying for a second copy of each of my books that is only digital. If they let me access the three core books online only for like, $15-$20, I’d buy it. But I already own the books. I don’t want to buy them again. If they included a physical copy, I’d consider it, maybe give the physical book to a friend or sell it and keep the digital access. D&D beyond is a cool tool. Just way to expensive for people who already own the physical product. No incentive for me to buy it on here.
you actually can access the core books for about that, you just don't get all the character building features, you can literally buy jsut the digital books.
Likewise you can purchase only the things you need for the characters you want to build, and dont have to but the digital books.
What I dont understand is why people waste money on physical books, when they can have the digital ones, with a complete character builder, for less, and then get discounts on top of that? Like why piss money away for clutter that takes up space you could have more dice in?
I also will never understand why people who are dedicated to hating a service, will constantly go out of their way to go to said service, and complain over and over.
I will also never understand why people cant seem to grasp why company B should ever give you free product, or product at a discount, if you bought a product from company A. Why doesn't WOTC give me a free physical book if I buy it on DDB? Because DDB and WotC are as related as amazon and a local bookstore.
I also will never understand why people don't just homebrew all the content they want here, if they are unwilling to pay for it to have been home brewed for them (which is basically what we pay for when getting the character generator stuff)
Nor will i ever understand why people fail to use the search function in forums before starting yet another of a thread that has been created 1-2 times a week for years.
I guess i just don't get why people feel so entitled to special treatment, and a willingness for ignorance.
my comment had nothing to do with any of that. Just a comment. I understand that there’s two different companies. A lot of people like myself have spent a lot of money on physical books over the years. I’m just suggesting that we need a little more incentive to buy them again in a digital only format. If I had never bought any books, a digital only option at this price point would be a good deal. But in my case, I’m buying something in a digital format that I already own in book form. The prices aren’t quite low enough to justify the purchase for me. I’d love to have all of my books on D&D beyond. When there’s a 50% off sale, it becomes worth it. But at the normal prices, it’s not. mad far as books vs digital, I can resell a book a lot easier than digital content. No complaints about the company or the product. Just a comment about price from my point of view. Nothing to get worked up over. it would also be nice if the exported character sheets had a treasure column and maybe a brief description of magic item abilities.
Also keep in mind there are other less official free alternatives that work fantastically :) beauty of capitalism, if your product doesn't deliver a worthwhile service at a far price others will in your place.
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Well I am aware that Wizzards Of The Coast is no charity and I don't wanna say everything should be free of something like that. Its just that I had to pay like 150 € on books and subscriptions for being able to run a campaign properly (if I did thinks in a stupid way please tell me). Luckily i am in a situation where I can effort this but thinking of not so wealthy students/kids hurts me. Poor people like fun too :(
I really like d&d5e and I want to support it. However, considering that probably more books are about to come I really don't want this to become the hobby of the wealthy.
Is there something I am missing? Is there a way to cheese your way through with home brew or something if you don't have the money? Is this price tag in fact necessary for Wizzards Of The Coast to maintain things? Am i just dumb and it is actually a very reasonable price?
Please share your opinion (and please stay constructive! No raging!)
D&D Beyond, is ran by Curse, not Wizard of the Coast. WotC simply has given Curse a license to create and sell the digital products and services available here. Curse payed for the manpower to convert the material, create the toolkits and services, and maintain the community here. You are purchasing those services from curse, not anything directly from WotC. If you already have purchased the Hardcover materials from Wizards, you can input all of the information from your books into your account as homebrew.
If you are like me, you acknowledge that is a ton of work, and not something I am interested in doing. Which is why I purchased everything on D&D Beyond.
Hi there DucksAreCool,
there's a lengthy discussion on this over in this thread written by a member of the community.
The digital content on D&D Beyond represents a fairly massive discount when compared to purchasing the physical books, especially if you utilise one of the promotional discount codes that are available.
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Along with encouraging you to read the excellent post Stormknight linked, I’ll add that anyone can recreate anything using the Homebrew system. If you had the time, you could literally create every single item, monster, and subclass from the various books in DDB for free.
I grew up in poverty and while I live a middle class life now, I remember where I came from and what it was like. The fact that you can homebrew everything in DDB for free is one of the things I appreciate about the team.
I would love to buy the content on D&D beyond. But I’m not interested in paying for a second copy of each of my books that is only digital. If they let me access the three core books online only for like, $15-$20, I’d buy it. But I already own the books. I don’t want to buy them again. If they included a physical copy, I’d consider it, maybe give the physical book to a friend or sell it and keep the digital access. D&D beyond is a cool tool. Just way to expensive for people who already own the physical product. No incentive for me to buy it on here.
Aside from any flash sales you stumble upon and since of Amazon's ridiculous prices you won't find anywhere that beats D&D Beyond on their price point.
Lightning Strike - A rebranded Fire Bolt for Wizards & Sorcerers.
Spirit Bomb - A holy fireball for Clerics, Paladins, & Divine Soul Sorcerers!
Sword Dancer - A Cleric subclass specifically for the Drow goddess Eilistraee.
Quicksilver & The Scarlet Witch - A pair of magical firearms for your Gunslinger or Artificer.
you actually can access the core books for about that, you just don't get all the character building features, you can literally buy jsut the digital books.
Likewise you can purchase only the things you need for the characters you want to build, and dont have to but the digital books.
What I dont understand is why people waste money on physical books, when they can have the digital ones, with a complete character builder, for less, and then get discounts on top of that? Like why piss money away for clutter that takes up space you could have more dice in?
I also will never understand why people who are dedicated to hating a service, will constantly go out of their way to go to said service, and complain over and over.
I will also never understand why people cant seem to grasp why company B should ever give you free product, or product at a discount, if you bought a product from company A. Why doesn't WOTC give me a free physical book if I buy it on DDB? Because DDB and WotC are as related as amazon and a local bookstore.
I also will never understand why people don't just homebrew all the content they want here, if they are unwilling to pay for it to have been home brewed for them (which is basically what we pay for when getting the character generator stuff)
Nor will i ever understand why people fail to use the search function in forums before starting yet another of a thread that has been created 1-2 times a week for years.
I guess i just don't get why people feel so entitled to special treatment, and a willingness for ignorance.
How long have you been working there?
my comment had nothing to do with any of that. Just a comment. I understand that there’s two different companies. A lot of people like myself have spent a lot of money on physical books over the years. I’m just suggesting that we need a little more incentive to buy them again in a digital only format. If I had never bought any books, a digital only option at this price point would be a good deal. But in my case, I’m buying something in a digital format that I already own in book form. The prices aren’t quite low enough to justify the purchase for me. I’d love to have all of my books on D&D beyond. When there’s a 50% off sale, it becomes worth it. But at the normal prices, it’s not.
mad far as books vs digital, I can resell a book a lot easier than digital content. No complaints about the company or the product. Just a comment about price from my point of view. Nothing to get worked up over.
it would also be nice if the exported character sheets had a treasure column and maybe a brief description of magic item abilities.
Also keep in mind there are other less official free alternatives that work fantastically :) beauty of capitalism, if your product doesn't deliver a worthwhile service at a far price others will in your place.