Can you at least say if you are considering these additions?
No, they won’t, they never do. They won’t say anything until it’s officially announced (if it ever is).
I don't understand that, many of us have put a lot of money into this platform, and we can't even get a maybe we will include this?
How about a "This is what we are working on"? Adam Bradford used to do it before WOTC purchased dndbeyond. I don't think this is an unreasonable ask.
I don't think it's an unreasonable ask either, but it really hasn't happened since Joe left, and not in a meaningful way since Adam left (my 2 cents). There is virtually no transparency about plans specifically for the DDB site, WotC just announces upcoming general releases or slips things in under the radar like Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary or Tal'dorei Campaign Setting Reborn.
I don't know how much in general discussion gets passed from DDB to WotC's larger D&D studio. You may want to raise the issue in Feedback, which is more likely to get a reply from DDB, though it's not guaranteed.
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Breathe, dragons; sing of the First World, forged out of chaos and painted with beauty. Sing of Bahamut, the Platinum, molding the shape of the mountains and rivers; Sing too of Chromatic Tiamat, painting all over the infinite canvas. Partnered, they woke in the darkness; partnered, they labored in acts of creation.
I just want to chime in here incase any higher up is looking at this thread as interest. This seems to be a fantastic book that I would love to have access to on DnDBeyond.
I concur this looks to be the best piece of content that WOTC has put out in since strahd and it's literally not mentioned ANYWHERE. This is a "please take my money!" product and you're not even letting me buy it on here?!!! Seriously Wizards what are you thinking?!!
It's probably weird because it's an Extra Life charity product. Those have generally started out on DMs guild -- for example, Domains of Delight was on DMs Guild in 2021, and didn't come to DDB until 2023.
It's probably weird because it's an Extra Life charity product. Those have generally started out on DMs guild -- for example, Domains of Delight was on DMs Guild in 2021, and didn't come to DDB until 2023.
gets at some evidence that may indicate a different development cycle for something like Domains of Delight versus Chains of Asmodeus and Minsc and Boo's Journal of Villainy (also an extra life benefitting product, and sharing the same creative lead as Chains of Asmodeus).
Basically, Domains has on its credits listings for the D&D Design Studio. Apparently neither Chains of Asmodeus or Minsc and Boo have those credits. I don't know what the rest of the Extra Life stuff on DDB has (I know there are others but all I can think of is the One Grung book, maybe The Tortle Package?) but I think the presence of "D&D Studio" credits below the regular credits on a product may indicate tiers of some sort in the D&D product ecosystem, with those tiers possibly indicating what's most likely to show up on DDB.
It's all just speculation though. Add to this the WotC claim that Planescape will receive further support online and not in print, it's interesting time for folks who watch D&D products.
I will say, while I know it's "the hard way", I've never had an issue home brewing anything from WotC's extra life offerings, including Minsc and Boo's (written by the same author as Asmodeu so presumably the latter will have a DDB compatible design sensibility).
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Im definitely interested in this and have already bought a copy in pdf and print on DMSGUILD. Would love to see this integrated into the VTT and Dndbeyond characters.
Im definitely interested in this and have already bought a copy in pdf and print on DMSGUILD. Would love to see this integrated into the VTT and Dndbeyond characters.
Don't expect them to link with any 3rd party sources of the books, particularly after the fact. If you want material on D&DB, you have to buy it on D&DB, and there's enough legwork in setting up the books and the way the content interlinks with character sheets here to make that understandable, imo.
quite aware of that, and I don't mind...but communication would be nice. WOTC used to put out a full year ahead schedule of products.
Pretty sure they've done that for their own products recently.
If so, then it shouldn't be a problem to say if and when they are adding this or not.
Once they've got everything worked out and they have a release date they're sure they can meet, sure. It's not like they can just snap their fingers and have a whole new book up, and they're a bit busy with a comprehensive core update, y'know.
quite aware of that, and I don't mind...but communication would be nice. WOTC used to put out a full year ahead schedule of products.
Pretty sure they've done that for their own products recently.
If so, then it shouldn't be a problem to say if and when they are adding this or not.
Once they've got everything worked out and they have a release date they're sure they can meet, sure. It's not like they can just snap their fingers and have a whole new book up, and they're a bit busy with a comprehensive core update, y'know.
It's been out for 4 months already, what do you think is a reasonable amount of time to give a status update on prospective book conversions? 6 months, a year, 2 years?
quite aware of that, and I don't mind...but communication would be nice. WOTC used to put out a full year ahead schedule of products.
Pretty sure they've done that for their own products recently.
If so, then it shouldn't be a problem to say if and when they are adding this or not.
Once they've got everything worked out and they have a release date they're sure they can meet, sure. It's not like they can just snap their fingers and have a whole new book up, and they're a bit busy with a comprehensive core update, y'know.
It's been out for 4 months already, what do you think is a reasonable amount of time to give a status update on prospective book conversions? 6 months, a year, 2 years?
How long have the previous books been out before they did anything with them? And, again, it ain’t like they got nothin’ else on their plate either. Be patient or don’t as you please, but in point of fact I would say that a year to two is probably more likely than not before they say anything.
quite aware of that, and I don't mind...but communication would be nice. WOTC used to put out a full year ahead schedule of products.
Pretty sure they've done that for their own products recently.
If so, then it shouldn't be a problem to say if and when they are adding this or not.
Once they've got everything worked out and they have a release date they're sure they can meet, sure. It's not like they can just snap their fingers and have a whole new book up, and they're a bit busy with a comprehensive core update, y'know.
It's been out for 4 months already, what do you think is a reasonable amount of time to give a status update on prospective book conversions? 6 months, a year, 2 years?
How long have the previous books been out before they did anything with them? And, again, it ain’t like they got nothin’ else on their plate either. Be patient or don’t as you please, but in point of fact I would say that a year to two is probably more likely than not before they say anything.
Too long. As the consumer I am not here to speculate about their workload nor is it any of my concern. But indeed, the lack of transparency, poor quality in book releases, and attempts at weaponinizing their IP are exactly why the brand and corporation are in sharp decline.
Too long. As the consumer I am not here to speculate about their workload nor is it any of my concern. But indeed, the lack of transparency, poor quality in book releases, and attempts at weaponinizing their IP are exactly why the brand and corporation are in sharp decline.
that is a very fair point about supply and demand/availability. good will for a company isn't free and temp/gig workers exist. if customer satisfaction improvement was a priority then response time improvement would be an observable priority.
it's well and good to suggest that humans with human feelings are on the other side of the curtain going as fast as they can, but this isn't a mom and pop operation. whether the bottleneck is editing or approvals or legal, they can apply additional manpower to it or they can suffer the complaints.
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I don't think it's an unreasonable ask either, but it really hasn't happened since Joe left, and not in a meaningful way since Adam left (my 2 cents). There is virtually no transparency about plans specifically for the DDB site, WotC just announces upcoming general releases or slips things in under the radar like Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary or Tal'dorei Campaign Setting Reborn.
I didn’t say it was right, just the way it is
Creating Epic Boons on DDB
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I don't know how much in general discussion gets passed from DDB to WotC's larger D&D studio. You may want to raise the issue in Feedback, which is more likely to get a reply from DDB, though it's not guaranteed.
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
Interesting that you asked this, because last night I saw that Dungeons & Dragons tweeted the following:
https://twitter.com/Wizards_DnD/status/1719806523629596678
Cheers!
Breathe, dragons; sing of the First World, forged out of chaos and painted with beauty.
Sing of Bahamut, the Platinum, molding the shape of the mountains and rivers;
Sing too of Chromatic Tiamat, painting all over the infinite canvas.
Partnered, they woke in the darkness; partnered, they labored in acts of creation.
I just want to chime in here incase any higher up is looking at this thread as interest. This seems to be a fantastic book that I would love to have access to on DnDBeyond.
I concur this looks to be the best piece of content that WOTC has put out in since strahd and it's literally not mentioned ANYWHERE.
This is a "please take my money!" product and you're not even letting me buy it on here?!!! Seriously Wizards what are you thinking?!!
It's probably weird because it's an Extra Life charity product. Those have generally started out on DMs guild -- for example, Domains of Delight was on DMs Guild in 2021, and didn't come to DDB until 2023.
Day 1 purchase as soon as it comes to DDB, if it had a digital/physical bundle I'd grab that.
This related thread here:
https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/general-discussion/184130-what-are-the-chances-of-some-wizards-dmsguild
gets at some evidence that may indicate a different development cycle for something like Domains of Delight versus Chains of Asmodeus and Minsc and Boo's Journal of Villainy (also an extra life benefitting product, and sharing the same creative lead as Chains of Asmodeus).
Basically, Domains has on its credits listings for the D&D Design Studio. Apparently neither Chains of Asmodeus or Minsc and Boo have those credits. I don't know what the rest of the Extra Life stuff on DDB has (I know there are others but all I can think of is the One Grung book, maybe The Tortle Package?) but I think the presence of "D&D Studio" credits below the regular credits on a product may indicate tiers of some sort in the D&D product ecosystem, with those tiers possibly indicating what's most likely to show up on DDB.
It's all just speculation though. Add to this the WotC claim that Planescape will receive further support online and not in print, it's interesting time for folks who watch D&D products.
I will say, while I know it's "the hard way", I've never had an issue home brewing anything from WotC's extra life offerings, including Minsc and Boo's (written by the same author as Asmodeu so presumably the latter will have a DDB compatible design sensibility).
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
...print is available today; ordered immediately...
Im definitely interested in this and have already bought a copy in pdf and print on DMSGUILD. Would love to see this integrated into the VTT and Dndbeyond characters.
Don't expect them to link with any 3rd party sources of the books, particularly after the fact. If you want material on D&DB, you have to buy it on D&DB, and there's enough legwork in setting up the books and the way the content interlinks with character sheets here to make that understandable, imo.
quite aware of that, and I don't mind...but communication would be nice. WOTC used to put out a full year ahead schedule of products.
Pretty sure they've done that for their own products recently.
If so, then it shouldn't be a problem to say if and when they are adding this or not.
Once they've got everything worked out and they have a release date they're sure they can meet, sure. It's not like they can just snap their fingers and have a whole new book up, and they're a bit busy with a comprehensive core update, y'know.
It's been out for 4 months already, what do you think is a reasonable amount of time to give a status update on prospective book conversions? 6 months, a year, 2 years?
How long have the previous books been out before they did anything with them? And, again, it ain’t like they got nothin’ else on their plate either. Be patient or don’t as you please, but in point of fact I would say that a year to two is probably more likely than not before they say anything.
Too long. As the consumer I am not here to speculate about their workload nor is it any of my concern. But indeed, the lack of transparency, poor quality in book releases, and attempts at weaponinizing their IP are exactly why the brand and corporation are in sharp decline.
that is a very fair point about supply and demand/availability. good will for a company isn't free and temp/gig workers exist. if customer satisfaction improvement was a priority then response time improvement would be an observable priority.
it's well and good to suggest that humans with human feelings are on the other side of the curtain going as fast as they can, but this isn't a mom and pop operation. whether the bottleneck is editing or approvals or legal, they can apply additional manpower to it or they can suffer the complaints.
unhappy at the way in which we lost individual purchases for one-off subclasses, magic items, and monsters?
tell them you don't like features disappeared quietly in the night: provide feedback!