We now have third party content available for purchase on DDB. Technically Tal'Dorei Reborn started this but I reserved judgement given Critical Role's extremely close and uncommon relationship with WotC. Now however, we have two items from Ghostfire Gaming:

It's funny, I was just adding a bunch of Grim Hollow monsters to my homebrew last night.

I'm super excited about Dungeons of Drakkenheim and really hope that Sebastian Crowe's Guide to Drakkenheim gets put onto D&D Beyond in the near future as well. The books are both extremely well written and the player options are far better balanced than any of the Critical Role stuff. <.<

Bring it on. I love Ghostfire gaming and the Grimhollow bestiary is one of the best 3p products I own.

Does anyone know if the legendary bundle discount is also valid for third party content? 

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Does anyone know if the legendary bundle discount is also valid for third party content? 

 It's not. 

Ty for the answer!

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We now have third party content available for purchase on DDB. Technically Tal'Dorei Reborn started this but I reserved judgement given Critical Role's extremely close and uncommon relationship with WotC. Now however, we have two items from Ghostfire Gaming:

Dungeons of Drakkenheim

Lairs of Etharis

This, hopefully, will quiet the voices that say DDB is dying. At least for a few months weeks days hours. Discuss!

 
Adjusted that for you ...

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We now have third party content available for purchase on DDB. Technically Tal'Dorei Reborn started this but I reserved judgement given Critical Role's extremely close and uncommon relationship with WotC. Now however, we have two items from Ghostfire Gaming:

Dungeons of Drakkenheim

Lairs of Etharis

This, hopefully, will quiet the voices that say DDB is dying. At least for a few months weeks days hours. Discuss!

 

 Adjusted that for you ...

(is joke)

 Eh, you're not wrong though...

I do find it interesting that they are adding in 3rd party content as a store, though not entirely as a structure within the larger system. I wonder if they are going to be enabling these new 3rd party elements as "maps", for that alpha, and if they plan to enable much of it for the rest of the 3rd party content they are going to add in the future.

It does cheer me significantly -- historically, one of the things that has always strengthened D&D is the ability to add your own stuff to it, through previous vehicles such as Dragon and Dungeon magazines. Seeing the slow adoption of curated content is a positive sign.

This is great. Drakkenheim is one of my favorite campaigns, but I never had a chance to run it before now. Etharis looks cool too. Now we just wait for the folks demanding a free copy because they payed for the 3PP product . . .

New spells and magic items are always welcome. 

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It's funny, I was just adding a bunch of Grim Hollow monsters to my homebrew last night.

 Would you say the juice is worth the squeeze? I hear great things about Ghostfire Gaming but have not heard of their Grim Hollow specifically.

If I were you I'd look over the Grim Hollow setting over some YouTube vids etc to get a sense of its flavor.  It's a more focused setting than "generic D&D" (so like the opposite of the Critical Role content).  If you want to do sorta grim gothic maybe a bit darker than some Ravensloft style games, and get some mechanical options to support that style of play, it's worth a look.  If it's not your cup of tea ... I'd say it's more like investing in particular setting content, well done, but maybe not as broadly applicable to a variety of campaign styles as the WotC stuff.

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It's funny, I was just adding a bunch of Grim Hollow monsters to my homebrew last night.

 Would you say the juice is worth the squeeze? I hear great things about Ghostfire Gaming but have not heard of their Grim Hollow specifically.

 

If I were you I'd look over the Grim Hollow setting over some YouTube vids etc to get a sense of its flavor.  It's a more focused setting than "generic D&D" (so like the opposite of the Critical Role content).  If you want to do sorta grim gothic maybe a bit darker than some Ravensloft style games, and get some mechanical options to support that style of play, it's worth a look.  If it's not your cup of tea ... I'd say it's more like investing in particular setting content, well done, but maybe not as broadly applicable to a variety of campaign styles as the WotC stuff.

 Wow, very helpful answer. Thank you. I do love grim/gothic themes, though the darkest I have been able to play was CoS.

This is the first pre-order that I have actually considered pre-ordering, but sadly as 3rd party content no pre-order perks so I will just wait a few weeks. I did buy Lairs of Etharis. 

I'm so happy about this.

I've been wanting to have Drakkenheim on D&D Beyond since they announced their book.

Hopefully this is the start of a long list of quality independent content on the platform.

Go STEAM for D&D! 

I just wish there was more information about the 3rd party books on DDB, I do not like that a google search gives more information about a 3rd party book on DDB than is available on DDB. I get they do not want to provide a direct path to home brewing what is in the book, but that info can be found through Google and YouTube. Why do I have to go to google before make a decision to make a purchase here?

Those that are going to homebrew the things on the web are rarely going to make a purchase here they do not have to. Can DDB not come up with a better marketing strategy for the people that just want to know what is actually in the books before they make a non-refundable purchase?

I get everyone is trying to protect their IP, but really I can't see what the spells, magic items, and monsters are capable of without making a purchase or going elsewhere to see what I am actually paying for. No refunds coupled with all of the mystery has to be slowing sales?

I mean the information is out there why the need for gatekeeping?

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I just wish there was more information about the 3rd party books on DDB, I do not like that a google search gives more information about a 3rd party book on DDB than is available on DDB. I get they do not want to provide a direct path to home brewing what is in the book, but that info can be found through Google and YouTube. Why do I have to go to google before make a decision to make a purchase here?

Those that are going to homebrew the things on the web are rarely going to make a purchase here they do not have to. Can DDB not come up with a better marketing strategy for the people that just want to know what is actually in the books before they make a non-refundable purchase?

I get everyone is trying to protect their IP, but really I can't see what the spells, magic items, and monsters are capable of without making a purchase or going elsewhere to see what I am actually paying for. No refunds coupled with all of the mystery has to be slowing sales?

I mean the information is out there why the need for gatekeeping?

 I have the same question really. Promotion builds hype and impacts sales. I am sure WotC has their reasons but I don't know that the 'If we build it, they will come' approach is going to get as many sales as actively building up the excitement will.

I love the campaign already. Opened and content and started going through it like "OMG, never heard of them but its a Diablo Campaign! Shut up and take my money!"

So, I suspect, from a business standpoint, when it comes to 3rd party stuff that is already out there, that it is more about making it available here -- thus making this your preferred retail source -- in part because they have to spend all that time coding it into the system.

Note, as well, they are curating the options -- they've picked a lot of this, and they are doing it quietly (I also don't recall any fanfare about these or Mercer's stuff prior to the release, and that's just as important as here). 

That bit about coding it into the system is pretty important. And remember that as far as we know, anything they code into the system is likely to be part of the VTT in the end.

Give some thought to that -- a 3D VTT featuring 3rd party stuff. A minimum of a year away, likely two, but getting it set up now...