As a DM, I would like to set up a campaign, and I personally like all of D&D Beyond's features. However, I am not interested in paying money (at least not yet). D&D Beyond has a campaign tool but I'm not exactly sure how it works and what I can do with it. I do know that if you purchase the Master Subscription, then you will be able to share purchased content with other players.
The tl;dr is:
Do I have to get a subscription to allow my Players to view and edit their characters, and if so, what is the next-best thing (and does that have anything to do with the Campaign feature)?
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Lawful Evil DM-to-be. Not on the site that much (at least not anymore) but I may become more active some day. Maybe.
not to view or edit their own characters no, nothing takes away the ability for someone to manage their own characters. however, if a single person has a master sub, then they can choose to share all content any of the members of that campaign own within the campaign. so if certain players bring different things they own in DNDB to the campaign, and the DM decides to share it, then everyone will benefit and have access to those resources. You just need one person with a master sub to make this work.
By having each of your players join the campaign, it will do the following: will allow other players to see basic details about each of the characters (but not backstory, etc.) It also allows you as the DM to build encounters and save them with the characters added to the combat tracker, so that when you start an encounter, the players will already be in the encounter (and you can see AC and live updates to HP.) All players in the campaign can see shared rolls in the campaign's game log in real time. Finally, as the DM you can add both public and private notes to the campaign on the main campaign screen.
I'm sure there is probably something I'm forgetting, but those are the main points.
If I buy a campaign on DND Beyond (Wild Beyond the Witchlight for instance), this would unlock the player options, but the players can't access any of the other campaign book information, correct? And I'll be able to use the maps in Maps itself?
If you (or one of your players) has a Master tier subscription then that person can turn on content sharing, which will allow any character options from any/all books that anyone in the campaign has for everyone. You, as the campaign creator can then go to the sharing options in the campaign and turn off any books (such as "Wild...", etc.) you don't want characters to see. Note, this will not block others from seeing content that they own directly, so if one of your players also owns WBtW they will be able to see it regardless.
As for the Maps feature, if you have a Master tier subscription then you can use the maps for any of the books that currently have maps available (they are still backlogged on getting the books into the system, so not all of them are available on Maps). I don't use the Maps feature, but according to the Marketplace WBtW is currently available.
As a DM, I would like to set up a campaign, and I personally like all of D&D Beyond's features. However, I am not interested in paying money (at least not yet). D&D Beyond has a campaign tool but I'm not exactly sure how it works and what I can do with it. I do know that if you purchase the Master Subscription, then you will be able to share purchased content with other players.
The tl;dr is:
Do I have to get a subscription to allow my Players to view and edit their characters, and if so, what is the next-best thing (and does that have anything to do with the Campaign feature)?
Lawful Evil DM-to-be. Not on the site that much (at least not anymore) but I may become more active some day. Maybe.
not to view or edit their own characters no, nothing takes away the ability for someone to manage their own characters. however, if a single person has a master sub, then they can choose to share all content any of the members of that campaign own within the campaign. so if certain players bring different things they own in DNDB to the campaign, and the DM decides to share it, then everyone will benefit and have access to those resources. You just need one person with a master sub to make this work.
By having each of your players join the campaign, it will do the following: will allow other players to see basic details about each of the characters (but not backstory, etc.) It also allows you as the DM to build encounters and save them with the characters added to the combat tracker, so that when you start an encounter, the players will already be in the encounter (and you can see AC and live updates to HP.) All players in the campaign can see shared rolls in the campaign's game log in real time. Finally, as the DM you can add both public and private notes to the campaign on the main campaign screen.
I'm sure there is probably something I'm forgetting, but those are the main points.
Edit for typo.
Thanks! That's actually really helpful!
Lawful Evil DM-to-be. Not on the site that much (at least not anymore) but I may become more active some day. Maybe.
If I buy a campaign on DND Beyond (Wild Beyond the Witchlight for instance), this would unlock the player options, but the players can't access any of the other campaign book information, correct? And I'll be able to use the maps in Maps itself?
If you (or one of your players) has a Master tier subscription then that person can turn on content sharing, which will allow any character options from any/all books that anyone in the campaign has for everyone. You, as the campaign creator can then go to the sharing options in the campaign and turn off any books (such as "Wild...", etc.) you don't want characters to see. Note, this will not block others from seeing content that they own directly, so if one of your players also owns WBtW they will be able to see it regardless.
As for the Maps feature, if you have a Master tier subscription then you can use the maps for any of the books that currently have maps available (they are still backlogged on getting the books into the system, so not all of them are available on Maps). I don't use the Maps feature, but according to the Marketplace WBtW is currently available.
Hope that helps.
Roll20 is infinitely cheaper and easier to use