Did you really just preface 4 paragraphs of re-hashed arguments "(as stated repeatedly)", with a complaint about people re-hashing arguments, instead of just answering the question?
Yeahhhh.... I guess I was hoping that by explaining why it would never happen we could avoid people discussing how it could happen.
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"Orcs are savage raiders and pillagers with stooped postures, low foreheads, and piggish faces with prominent lower canines that resemble tusks." MM p245 (original printing) You don't OWN your books on DDB: WotC can change them any time. What do you think will happen when OneD&D comes out?
Are people still not realizing these are two seperate companies?
Wizards: Owns the DnD name, prints the books, and licenses the brand.
Curse: Pays for a license to publish a digital toolkit of fifth edition DnD.
That reason alone is why a "buy physical, get digital free" will not work. They are two seperate companies, and if Wizards gave away coupons for free digital books, Curse would have no money to operate the digital toolkit with. The only way to make it work is to increase the cost of physical books to offset the cost of the digital version, which will not happen. Instead, take advantage of sales and coupon codes (watch Critical Role for coupons) and pick up the books for a deal, than, when the cost is low enough, pick up the Legendary bundle and get a permenant discount.
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I use summon instrument to summon my kettle drum, hold it overhead like Donkey Kong, and chuck it at the nearest kobold.
Are people still not realizing these are two seperate companies?
Wizards: Owns the DnD name, prints the books, and licenses the brand.
Curse: Pays for a license to publish a digital toolkit of fifth edition DnD.
Except WotC stated they were partnering with Curse to develop The Official D&D online toolset. So if you have a problem with how people are interpreting DNDB's relationship with WotC, then look no further than the official WotC press releases and marketing.
The fact is, WotC and Curse COULD HAVE come to any sort of arrangement they wanted to. Whatever licensing deal they decided on was not the only option. It was simply the one they agreed to.
And people will continue to express their disapproval of that business choice because if you tell someone, "Hey, there is an official online character builder now, but you have to rebuy all the content" it sounds like WotC and Curse are simply trying to nickel and dime the customers.
Asking people to pay $30 to have an online character builder that basically copy and pastes stuff from a book they own (and $30 more for each additional book) comes off as greedy, no matter how you try to frame it. And for most people all they want is the official online character builder, which was one of the big things hyped in the marketing for DNDB.
Are people still not realizing these are two seperate companies?
Wizards: Owns the DnD name, prints the books, and licenses the brand.
Curse: Pays for a license to publish a digital toolkit of fifth edition DnD.
Except WotC stated they were partnering with Curse to develop The Official D&D online toolset. So if you have a problem with how people are interpreting DNDB's relationship with WotC, then look no further than the official WotC press releases and marketing.
D&D Beyond has only ever been mentioned as an AN official digital toolset, not THE. For reference:
There is a key distinction between those two phrases. If anyone ever used 'THE' it was solely by mistake Your displeasure with WotC's licensing model is noted. We prefer all our users be open and honest in their opinions.
It should also be noted, however, you don't need to spend a dime to use DDB. You can homebrew everything out of the physical books you've purchased for your own private use. (With the noted exception of subclasses, which, I am currently implementing).
There is a key distinction between those two phrases. If anyone ever used 'THE' it was solely by mistake Your displeasure with WotC's licensing model is noted. We prefer all our users be open and honest in their opinions.
While I completely understand this and am fine with the business model myself, that nuance will be lost on the majority of the audience. Anything that says "official" will be assumed to be a WotC offering and there's no way around that.
My group has just bought a Master Tier and the legendary bundle and have shared content which is great, but when will shared content be downloadable for offline play on our tablets and phones we have the app and we play often in areas without wifi.
My group has just bought a Master Tier and the legendary bundle and have shared content which is great, but when will shared content be downloadable for offline play on our tablets and phones we have the app and we play often in areas without wifi.
The mobile app is actively under development and currently in open beta - the development team are working on creating all of the features and that should be fairly soon.
If I pay for a year of the Hero Tier subscription and a month later decide to go to the Master Tier will I just have to pay the difference?
Hi Mythrus, unfortunately this isn't something the moderator team are able to answer for you.
If you have a query or issue about billing or purchases, please head over to the D&D Beyond support site. The support team will be able to assist you with this matter.
For clarification, with buying partials/compendiums with a discount and then later decide to purchase the entire product, does it actually account for the reduced cost already or only count the dollar value actually spent? (I think the latter was mentioned somewhere in reference to the legendary bundle not so much in parts/compendiums already purchased)
IE. If you buy the player's handbook compendium with a 25% off coupon making it about $15, does that mean if you want the full version later you will need to pay a further $15 to bring it up to the $29.99 of the Full version (without a discount) or only $10 for the difference between the Compendium and Full versions (without a discount).
I'm no authority, but based on how the Legendary Bundle works, I would assume that the discount code only works for the purchase you are making with it and does not apply to future purchases. So my guess would be that using the code on the compendium content will not get you a discount on the rest of the content at a later date.
If I own hard cover books can I show ownership of content on the website
Please go back to page 1 of this thread and read from there.
I'm so tired of D&D Beyond not adequately addressing this.
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"Orcs are savage raiders and pillagers with stooped postures, low foreheads, and piggish faces with prominent lower canines that resemble tusks." MM p245 (original printing) You don't OWN your books on DDB: WotC can change them any time. What do you think will happen when OneD&D comes out?
I recently made a purchase using the discount code provided on Critical Role (and D&D Beyond twitter account). When I was paid recently, I went to make another purchase now that I had more money and tried to use the same code. The discount code is still active, but it appears that it can only be used once. Why not allow the code to be used on multiple transactions for the same user when the discount code is still valid?
I recently made a purchase using the discount code provided on Critical Role (and D&D Beyond twitter account). When I was paid recently, I went to make another purchase now that I had more money and tried to use the same code. The discount code is still active, but it appears that it can only be used once. Why not allow the code to be used on multiple transactions for the same user when the discount code is still valid?
For the same reason you can't use the same discount code (or a physical coupon) over and over again anywhere else.
"Orcs are savage raiders and pillagers with stooped postures, low foreheads, and piggish faces with prominent lower canines that resemble tusks." MM p245 (original printing) You don't OWN your books on DDB: WotC can change them any time. What do you think will happen when OneD&D comes out?
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"Orcs are savage raiders and pillagers with stooped postures, low foreheads, and piggish faces with prominent lower canines that resemble tusks." MM p245 (original printing)
You don't OWN your books on DDB: WotC can change them any time. What do you think will happen when OneD&D comes out?
Are people still not realizing these are two seperate companies?
Wizards: Owns the DnD name, prints the books, and licenses the brand.
Curse: Pays for a license to publish a digital toolkit of fifth edition DnD.
That reason alone is why a "buy physical, get digital free" will not work. They are two seperate companies, and if Wizards gave away coupons for free digital books, Curse would have no money to operate the digital toolkit with. The only way to make it work is to increase the cost of physical books to offset the cost of the digital version, which will not happen. Instead, take advantage of sales and coupon codes (watch Critical Role for coupons) and pick up the books for a deal, than, when the cost is low enough, pick up the Legendary bundle and get a permenant discount.
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My group has just bought a Master Tier and the legendary bundle and have shared content which is great, but when will shared content be downloadable for offline play on our tablets and phones we have the app and we play often in areas without wifi.
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If you need help with homebrew, please post on the homebrew forums, where multiple staff and moderators can read your post and help you!
"We got this, no problem! I'll take the twenty on the left - you guys handle the one on the right!"🔊
That is awesome news for us as we bought the bundle on hearing that offline use a goal of the DNDB team.
If I pay for a year of the Hero Tier subscription and a month later decide to go to the Master Tier will I just have to pay the difference?
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If you need help with homebrew, please post on the homebrew forums, where multiple staff and moderators can read your post and help you!
"We got this, no problem! I'll take the twenty on the left - you guys handle the one on the right!"🔊
FYI The 25% off coupon "Invisiblewand" still worked yesterday. It applies to rules and adventures, not to to the subscriptions.
For clarification, with buying partials/compendiums with a discount and then later decide to purchase the entire product, does it actually account for the reduced cost already or only count the dollar value actually spent? (I think the latter was mentioned somewhere in reference to the legendary bundle not so much in parts/compendiums already purchased)
IE. If you buy the player's handbook compendium with a 25% off coupon making it about $15, does that mean if you want the full version later you will need to pay a further $15 to bring it up to the $29.99 of the Full version (without a discount) or only $10 for the difference between the Compendium and Full versions (without a discount).
- Loswaith
I'm no authority, but based on how the Legendary Bundle works, I would assume that the discount code only works for the purchase you are making with it and does not apply to future purchases. So my guess would be that using the code on the compendium content will not get you a discount on the rest of the content at a later date.
When purchasing the Legendary Bundle, you receive a discount equal to the dollar amount you have already spent.
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If you need help with homebrew, please post on the homebrew forums, where multiple staff and moderators can read your post and help you!
"We got this, no problem! I'll take the twenty on the left - you guys handle the one on the right!"🔊
If I own hard cover books can I show ownership of content on the website
"Orcs are savage raiders and pillagers with stooped postures, low foreheads, and piggish faces with prominent lower canines that resemble tusks." MM p245 (original printing)
You don't OWN your books on DDB: WotC can change them any time. What do you think will happen when OneD&D comes out?
I recently made a purchase using the discount code provided on Critical Role (and D&D Beyond twitter account). When I was paid recently, I went to make another purchase now that I had more money and tried to use the same code. The discount code is still active, but it appears that it can only be used once. Why not allow the code to be used on multiple transactions for the same user when the discount code is still valid?
It is still valid, however, you can only use it once. I only know because I tried using the last one multiple times, and was denied.
"Orcs are savage raiders and pillagers with stooped postures, low foreheads, and piggish faces with prominent lower canines that resemble tusks." MM p245 (original printing)
You don't OWN your books on DDB: WotC can change them any time. What do you think will happen when OneD&D comes out?