Why don't you have Forest Gnomes in the Character Builder? It's a core race so why isn't it in there?
Because it's not part of the free rules and will only be available after you buy it.
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Buy??? It's a core Race. If anything you should have to buy Deep Gnomes (as they were in a supplement). Oh well I'll just use a third party app for my characters.
I dont usually recommend using the search, but while it may not be useful for searching rules, features, or descriptions, if you search a race, subclass, magic item, or monster by name, you will usually find it.
In this case, a search for forest gnome turned this up as the second result.
Buy??? It's a core Race. If anything you should have to buy Deep Gnomes (as they were in a supplement). Oh well I'll just use a third party app for my characters.
Deep gnomes were added in a free supplement (EEPC), that is why you dont have to buy them.
Could you PM me links to any 3rd party tools you find that have the forest gnome for free?
Buy??? It's a core Race. If anything you should have to buy Deep Gnomes (as they were in a supplement). Oh well I'll just use a third party app for my characters.
So two things:
1) D&D Beyond's app and website are third party because they are not owned or run by WotC.
2) Given that no legal app or website exists that has this content freely available, you have essentially just stated that you're going to use pirated content. Not only that, but you've just done this on the website of which piracy such as this is in direct competition with for resources.
As an addendum, what is so onerous about $1.99?
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Hmmm...every third party app has Forest Gnomes, and they specifically state they only have SRD info. Which is why they don't have Deep Gnome. So yeah it's very legal, I suggest you check your sources before making inflammatory comments. Thank you I shall now leave this site forever.
Hmmm...every third party app has Forest Gnomes, and they specifically state they only have SRD info. Which is why they don't have Deep Gnome. So yeah it's very legal, I suggest you check your sources before making inflammatory comments. Thank you I shall now leave this site forever.
Forest Gnomes are not part of the Basic Rules / SRD. You can view the Basic Rules document here. Only Rock Gnomes are free through Basic Rules and Deep Gnomes as part of EEPC. I suggest you check official sources before using apps that provide illegal access to content.
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Hmmm...every third party app has Forest Gnomes, and they specifically state they only have SRD info. Which is why they don't have Deep Gnome. So yeah it's very legal, I suggest you check your sources before making inflammatory comments. Thank you I shall now leave this site forever.
"Yu, shall I teach you what knowledge is? When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it—this is knowledge."
— Confucius, The Analects.
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"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
Hmmm...every third party app has Forest Gnomes, and they specifically state they only have SRD info. Which is why they don't have Deep Gnome. So yeah it's very legal, I suggest you check your sources before making inflammatory comments. Thank you I shall now leave this site forever.
So you're gonna believe some third party app over the official D&D toolset partner? What's more likely? That app is lying about hosting only SRD content in order to avoid getting taken down, or DDB, who work directly with Wizards of the Coast, is wrong about what is and is not SRD?
Not being able to make a character sheet on this thing unless I pay (again) for books that I already own in hardback is BS and it makes this entire site useless to me.
Thirty bucks for access the PHB, what kind of fu$kery is this? Not even a discount, really? It shouldn't cost more than $5 if you already own the book.
How do I get you people to close my account?
Do you buy bread from a store then the next day go into a sandwich shop and demand discount because you already bought bread previously?
Do you get a game for the PC and then write to Sony or Microsoft that you should get the game on their console for free, since you have the game already for PC?
D&D is from a company called Wizards of the Coast (WotC). D&D Beyond is from a company called Curse, which is owned by Fandom. They are separate. You buying the physical book has not earned D&D Beyond a cent, but as already mentioned in this thread, they must pay licensing to grant you the WotC content. To give you a discount or free content means they lose out: they have to fully pay a license and then get nothing from you - how do you expect them to stay in business?
Lets try some perspective: let's say you are a baker. You make cakes. You make a shop to sell cakes. Let's apply the business model you're proposing: for your signature cake you pay about $10 per cake for ingredients, supplies, etc. You want to sell them for $15 so you can recover your costs and pay the bills to keep the shop open. Now somebody bought a cake from a different store, they see your cakes and realise you've made a better one. Now, they have their receipt, they show it you and so, since they've already bought a cake, you have to give them your cake for free. You just lost $10. Now, everyone does this. Every cake you lose $10, you get nothing back. At the end of the month you've lost $300, say, and then your bills come in: you have to pay even more to keep the shop open, get more supplies. But another month goes by where you've not made a penny because of this rule of giving cakes for free because they've bought one elsewhere. Eventually, your unpaid bills mount up, and you end up bankrupt. You would not like that would you? No. It's not a good business model is it? No.
So why in the white ghostly fluff, would D&D Beyond choose your business model?
You can buy again for what you want, put in the time and effort to homebrew what you need for free, or stick to using the books you paid for but either way, please, can you beggars stop scavving. There are children with lemonade stands who understand business better, come on people.
(This comes up so often I think I'm losing all faith in humanity).
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Why don't you have Forest Gnomes in the Character Builder? It's a core race so why isn't it in there?
Because it's not part of the free rules and will only be available after you buy it.
Click ✨ HERE ✨ For My Youtube Videos featuring Guides, Tips & Tricks for using D&D Beyond.
Need help with Homebrew? Check out ✨ this FAQ/Guide thread ✨ by IamSposta.
Buy??? It's a core Race. If anything you should have to buy Deep Gnomes (as they were in a supplement). Oh well I'll just use a third party app for my characters.
I dont usually recommend using the search, but while it may not be useful for searching rules, features, or descriptions, if you search a race, subclass, magic item, or monster by name, you will usually find it.
In this case, a search for forest gnome turned this up as the second result.
Deep gnomes were added in a free supplement (EEPC), that is why you dont have to buy them.
Could you PM me links to any 3rd party tools you find that have the forest gnome for free?
So two things:
1) D&D Beyond's app and website are third party because they are not owned or run by WotC.
2) Given that no legal app or website exists that has this content freely available, you have essentially just stated that you're going to use pirated content. Not only that, but you've just done this on the website of which piracy such as this is in direct competition with for resources.
As an addendum, what is so onerous about $1.99?
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
― Oscar Wilde.
Hmmm...every third party app has Forest Gnomes, and they specifically state they only have SRD info. Which is why they don't have Deep Gnome. So yeah it's very legal, I suggest you check your sources before making inflammatory comments. Thank you I shall now leave this site forever.
Forest Gnomes are not part of the Basic Rules / SRD. You can view the Basic Rules document here. Only Rock Gnomes are free through Basic Rules and Deep Gnomes as part of EEPC. I suggest you check official sources before using apps that provide illegal access to content.
Click ✨ HERE ✨ For My Youtube Videos featuring Guides, Tips & Tricks for using D&D Beyond.
Need help with Homebrew? Check out ✨ this FAQ/Guide thread ✨ by IamSposta.
Still no legitimate 3rd party app will have forest gnome for free, including the one you PM'd me.
"Yu, shall I teach you what knowledge is? When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it—this is knowledge."
— Confucius, The Analects.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
― Oscar Wilde.
So you're gonna believe some third party app over the official D&D toolset partner? What's more likely? That app is lying about hosting only SRD content in order to avoid getting taken down, or DDB, who work directly with Wizards of the Coast, is wrong about what is and is not SRD?
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Do you buy bread from a store then the next day go into a sandwich shop and demand discount because you already bought bread previously?
Do you get a game for the PC and then write to Sony or Microsoft that you should get the game on their console for free, since you have the game already for PC?
D&D is from a company called Wizards of the Coast (WotC). D&D Beyond is from a company called Curse, which is owned by Fandom. They are separate. You buying the physical book has not earned D&D Beyond a cent, but as already mentioned in this thread, they must pay licensing to grant you the WotC content. To give you a discount or free content means they lose out: they have to fully pay a license and then get nothing from you - how do you expect them to stay in business?
Lets try some perspective: let's say you are a baker. You make cakes. You make a shop to sell cakes. Let's apply the business model you're proposing: for your signature cake you pay about $10 per cake for ingredients, supplies, etc. You want to sell them for $15 so you can recover your costs and pay the bills to keep the shop open. Now somebody bought a cake from a different store, they see your cakes and realise you've made a better one. Now, they have their receipt, they show it you and so, since they've already bought a cake, you have to give them your cake for free. You just lost $10. Now, everyone does this. Every cake you lose $10, you get nothing back. At the end of the month you've lost $300, say, and then your bills come in: you have to pay even more to keep the shop open, get more supplies. But another month goes by where you've not made a penny because of this rule of giving cakes for free because they've bought one elsewhere. Eventually, your unpaid bills mount up, and you end up bankrupt. You would not like that would you? No. It's not a good business model is it? No.
So why in the white ghostly fluff, would D&D Beyond choose your business model?
You can buy again for what you want, put in the time and effort to homebrew what you need for free, or stick to using the books you paid for but either way, please, can you beggars stop scavving. There are children with lemonade stands who understand business better, come on people.
(This comes up so often I think I'm losing all faith in humanity).
Click ✨ HERE ✨ For My Youtube Videos featuring Guides, Tips & Tricks for using D&D Beyond.
Need help with Homebrew? Check out ✨ this FAQ/Guide thread ✨ by IamSposta.