It is not minimal preparation. I spent the last three days copying spells. It is boring tedious work.
Nobody is making you homebrew every 2014 spell but you. Did you even look up what the new ones do before starting this drudgery?
I did not want to sit through an hour of watching a video wasting more time. I am already bored out of my mind and slept through half a day on my computer chair. I literally fell asleep at the keyboard.
The videos are bookmarked/timestamped. Did you try looking up the specific spells you're worried about?
It is not minimal preparation. I spent the last three days copying spells. It is boring tedious work.
Nobody is making you homebrew every 2014 spell but you. Did you even look up what the new ones do before starting this drudgery?
I did not want to sit through an hour of watching a video wasting more time. I am already bored out of my mind and slept through half a day on my computer chair. I literally fell asleep at the keyboard.
The videos are bookmarked/timestamped. Did you try looking up the specific spells you're worried about?
I want ALL spells to be preserved. The whole point of wanting them all in Legacy is so that my players got all the options.
I'll take that avoidance as you conceding the argument. As demonstrated, we are losing content. Thank you for your time.
You aren't losing content, your 2014 books will still be there. Thank you for your time.
Oh dear, you slipped back a few steps. It's OK, I'll walk you through it.
I have not purchased and do not own the books. I have purchased and own character builder content. An example of that content is the 2014 Conjure Animals spell.
Will the 2014 Conjure Animals spell, with the instruction text stating that I summon 1/2/4/8 beasts of varying CRs still be available in the character builder?
If the answer (as I think we both know it will be) is "no", then content has been removed.
It is not minimal preparation. I spent the last three days copying spells. It is boring tedious work.
Nobody is making you homebrew every 2014 spell but you. Did you even look up what the new ones do before starting this drudgery?
I did not want to sit through an hour of watching a video wasting more time. I am already bored out of my mind and slept through half a day on my computer chair. I literally fell asleep at the keyboard.
The videos are bookmarked/timestamped. Did you try looking up the specific spells you're worried about?
I want ALL spells to be preserved. The whole point of wanting them all in Legacy is so that my players got all the options.
And look at that, all of the spells will remain on the site, and as I've repeatedly pointed out with an absolutely minimal investment of your time you can make it so the descriptions are two whole clicks away.
It is not minimal preparation. I spent the last three days copying spells. It is boring tedious work.
Nobody is making you homebrew every 2014 spell but you. Did you even look up what the new ones do before starting this drudgery?
I did not want to sit through an hour of watching a video wasting more time. I am already bored out of my mind and slept through half a day on my computer chair. I literally fell asleep at the keyboard.
The videos are bookmarked/timestamped. Did you try looking up the specific spells you're worried about?
I want ALL spells to be preserved. The whole point of wanting them all in Legacy is so that my players got all the options.
And look at that, all of the spells will remain on the site, and as I've repeatedly pointed out with an absolutely minimal investment of your time you can make it so the descriptions are two whole clicks away.
Don't be obtuse, you know they're referring to the character builder. Compendium content is not an adequate substitute.
It is not minimal preparation. I spent the last three days copying spells. It is boring tedious work.
Nobody is making you homebrew every 2014 spell but you. Did you even look up what the new ones do before starting this drudgery?
I did not want to sit through an hour of watching a video wasting more time. I am already bored out of my mind and slept through half a day on my computer chair. I literally fell asleep at the keyboard.
The videos are bookmarked/timestamped. Did you try looking up the specific spells you're worried about?
I want ALL spells to be preserved. The whole point of wanting them all in Legacy is so that my players got all the options.
And look at that, all of the spells will remain on the site, and as I've repeatedly pointed out with an absolutely minimal investment of your time you can make it so the descriptions are two whole clicks away.
Three days is not a minimal investment of my time, and I am still in the process of copying things over. I still have not gotten to the magic items yet. Not everyone can just sit there for hours on end. Most people have better things to do.
And as mentioned previously, if people want the same functionality as before the update, they will need to go through and fix all the links. And even then, not every link can be routed.
You do not have to sit at your computer for hours on end, so you will not understand and see things from my perspective.
I want ALL spells to be preserved. The whole point of wanting them all in Legacy is so that my players got all the options.
Even if this is your goal, this is probably something I would stretch out over months if not years. Your players aren't using all 200+ spells in a single campaign, nor did all of them even change, much less change in a way that they won't like.
At the Checkout even as we speak those buying a copy of the 2014 PHB are told their purchase will grant them access to that content through the toolkit. Not just as compendium content. Through the toolkit.
You will get 2014 PHB content through the toolkit - species, classes, subclasses, and feats, among others.
I want ALL spells to be preserved. The whole point of wanting them all in Legacy is so that my players got all the options.
Even if this is your goal, this is probably something I would stretch out over months if not years. Your players aren't using all 200+ spells in a single campaign, nor did all of them even change, much less change in a way that they won't like.
I do not think you understand my perspective and what I am going through. Homebrewing from scratch is an even bigger pain in the ass. The whole point of Beyond is to let my players have easy access to all the options. There is a reason why people rather pay Beyond than manually integrate the books themselves. I would choose the option to pay Beyond again to let me keep the content I paid for if I have the option to do so.
And look at that, all of the spells will remain on the site, and as I've repeatedly pointed out with an absolutely minimal investment of your time you can make it so the descriptions are two whole clicks away.
At the Checkout even as we speak those buying a copy of the 2014 PHB are told their purchase will grant them access to that content through the toolkit. Not just as compendium content. Through the toolkit. Even though Beyond are now saying that is about to come to an end if changes have been made. People paid for content to be used through a service and they are going to lose that. Despite their paying it. And anyone who has not bought a whole book but just à la cart spells or items that undergo changes? How do they then access content they paid for? When in a thread about this issue some posts are clocking 120+ likes and it's only here in the General Discussion forums where the usual suspects who defend the company's every decision are pouring so much of their time into defending it anyone can plainly see how out of touch you are.
Well, regarding how a la carte purchases will access the content, the easy answer is the Spells and Magic item section of the site. Frankly, it's a little shocking that you are apparently unaware of the existence of these features and yet consider yourself an authority on what the state of the game on this site will be after the update.
It is not minimal preparation. I spent the last three days copying spells. It is boring tedious work.
Nobody is making you homebrew every 2014 spell but you. Did you even look up what the new ones do before starting this drudgery?
I did not want to sit through an hour of watching a video wasting more time. I am already bored out of my mind and slept through half a day on my computer chair. I literally fell asleep at the keyboard.
The videos are bookmarked/timestamped. Did you try looking up the specific spells you're worried about?
I want ALL spells to be preserved. The whole point of wanting them all in Legacy is so that my players got all the options.
And look at that, all of the spells will remain on the site, and as I've repeatedly pointed out with an absolutely minimal investment of your time you can make it so the descriptions are two whole clicks away.
Don't be obtuse, you know they're referring to the character builder. Compendium content is not an adequate substitute.
And why, precisely, is it so onerous that you have to make two clicks to view the spell description instead of one? Or manually selecting your damage dice if you insist for some reason that you absolutely must use 2014 Flame Strike instead of 2024? No one is being hurt by this, and if everyone who was so afraid of not being able to view their spells spend a fraction of the time it takes to write all these posts bookmarking the content they want to keep referencing, they'd already have it all at the tip of their fingertips for when they need it.
At the Checkout even as we speak those buying a copy of the 2014 PHB are told their purchase will grant them access to that content through the toolkit. Not just as compendium content. Through the toolkit.
You will get 2014 PHB content through the toolkit - species, classes, subclasses, and feats, among others.
Nice try, but it specifically lists spells as one of the features, and they will not all be available.
Why are you so resistant to acknowledging that content is being removed from the character builder? You don't have to care, and you can be happy to use the new rules. I just don't understand why you're denying the incontrovertible fact the features are being removed.
I do not think you understand my perspective and what I am going through. Homebrewing from scratch is an even bigger pain in the ass. The whole point of Beyond is to let my players have easy access to all the options. There is a reason why people rather pay Beyond than manually integrate the books themselves. I would choose the option to pay Beyond again to let me keep the content I paid for if I have the option to do so.
If your genuine response to this announcement was "I need to spend days losing sleep to copy every 2014 spell to my homebrew compendium immediately" - then you're right, I don't understand your perspective. It's your choice to make, but my personal opinion is that this is a substantial overreaction.
At an absolute minimum I would tell my players how much work copying hundreds of 2014 spells is likely to be and let them look through the spell changes themselves.
Nice try, but it specifically lists spells as one of the features, and they will not all be available.
Why are you so resistant to acknowledging that content is being removed from the character builder? You don't have to care, and you can be happy to use the new rules. I just don't understand why you're denying the incontrovertible fact the features are being removed.
The line I see in the Marketplace is "With a subscription, you can access all the features of this book in our digital toolset!" The 'digital toolset' includes the Compendium, so that statement is still true. If you feel they're making a false statement, I would either submit a bug report or pursue a refund.
And why, precisely, is it so onerous that you have to make two clicks to view the spell description instead of one? Or manually selecting your damage dice if you insist for some reason that you absolutely must use 2014 Flame Strike instead of 2024? No one is being hurt by this, and if everyone who was so afraid of not being able to view their spells spend a fraction of the time it takes to write all these posts bookmarking the content they want to keep referencing, they'd already have it all at the tip of their fingertips for when they need it.
Not everyone is going to remember which spell was updated and which was not. Having things in the character builder makes things much easier.
I do not think you understand my perspective and what I am going through. Homebrewing from scratch is an even bigger pain in the ass. The whole point of Beyond is to let my players have easy access to all the options. There is a reason why people rather pay Beyond than manually integrate the books themselves. I would choose the option to pay Beyond again to let me keep the content I paid for if I have the option to do so.
If your genuine response to this announcement was "I need to spend days losing sleep to copy every 2014 spell to my homebrew compendium immediately" - then you're right, I don't understand your perspective. It's your choice to make, but my personal opinion is that this is a substantial overreaction.
At an absolute minimum I would tell my players how much work copying hundreds of 2014 spells is likely to be and let them look through the spell changes themselves.
The point of using digital tools is to eliminate as much hassle as possible. Having the spells in the character builder is the easiest way to remind ourselves there is a spell update and let my players choose which option to pick. If you do not care about giving your players all available options, that is fine. But do not dismiss how I want to run my table and give my players as smooth of an experience as possible.
The point of using digital tools is to eliminate as much hassle as possible. Having the spells in the character builder is the easiest way to remind ourselves there is a spell update and let my players choose which option to pick. If you do not care about giving your players all available options, that is fine. But do not dismiss how I want to run my table and give my players as smooth of an experience as possible.
I'm not dismissing how you want to run your table. You shared your approach to the tool updates, I shared my opinion of that approach, carry on all you like.. It's a discussion forum, we're having a discussion, that's all.
I guess you're saving your tears for the day Beyond is done.
If Beyond implodes I'll move to the next best online toolset. I'm attached to whichever one does the most things I want a toolset to do, that's all I care about.
Besides, even if we all jumped ship to Roll20 or whoever... WotC gets that money anyway.
Nice try, but it specifically lists spells as one of the features, and they will not all be available.
Why are you so resistant to acknowledging that content is being removed from the character builder? You don't have to care, and you can be happy to use the new rules. I just don't understand why you're denying the incontrovertible fact the features are being removed.
The line I see in the Marketplace is "With a subscription, you can access all the features of this book in our digital toolset!" The 'digital toolset' includes the Compendium, so that statement is still true. If you feel they're making a false statement, I would either submit a bug report or pursue a refund.
Scroll down to product details and there's the following section. Note that the first sentence lists the toolset and compendium as seperate features, so no it is not referring to unlocking content in the compendium.
Jump Into Play with D&D Beyond
Purchasing a digital copy of this book unlocks it for use in the D&D BEYOND compendium and toolset. D&D BEYOND is the official digital toolset for DUNGEONS & DRAGONS. Create characters in minutes, play directly on your character sheets with digital dice, and prep less and play more with Dungeon Master tools like the Encounter Builder and Combat Tracker. Unlock Maps, D&D BEYOND's virtual tabletop, with a Master Tier subscription. Host game sessions on dozens of official maps, or make your own and use our player and monster tokens to take your gaming to the next level!
Scroll down to product details and there's the following section. Note that the first sentence lists the toolset and compendium as seperate features, so no it is not referring to unlocking content in the compendium.
Jump Into Play with D&D Beyond
Purchasing a digital copy of this book unlocks it for use in the D&D BEYOND compendium and toolset. D&D BEYOND is the official digital toolset for DUNGEONS & DRAGONS. Create characters in minutes, play directly on your character sheets with digital dice, and prep less and play more with Dungeon Master tools like the Encounter Builder and Combat Tracker. Unlock Maps, D&D BEYOND's virtual tabletop, with a Master Tier subscription. Host game sessions on dozens of official maps, or make your own and use our player and monster tokens to take your gaming to the next level!
Dude will say anything to justify this decision. Doesn't care how wrong he is. Or out of touch.
I know. I should probably give up, but a) I can't sleep and b) I want to make sure anyone new reading thread can see that he's just making shit up.
Well, regarding how a la carte purchases will access the content, the easy answer is the Spells and Magic item section of the site. Frankly, it's a little shocking that you are apparently unaware of the existence of these features and yet consider yourself an authority on what the state of the game on this site will be after the update.
Provided you ignored this allow me to remind you of it: When in a thread about this issue some posts are clocking 120+ likes and it's only here in the General Discussion forums where the usual suspects who defend the company's every decision are pouring so much of their time into defending it anyone can plainly see how out of touch you are. This is the OGL debacle all over again with scores of people here and beyond unsatisfied but a handful of usual suspects acting as if it is nothing. You can do that until the problem is addressed if it pleases you. Those two News and Announcement threads are full of people saying they are done with Beyond. I guess you're saving your tears for the day Beyond is done.
The net result of the OGL debacle was that mass hysteria ruined what would have been a great deal for both parties, and no shortage of people vocally announcing how they were jumping ship. Despite that, D&DB is still quite active over a year later. I've acknowledged that there is a degree of inconvenience in the update, but by my lights it is objectively not an appreciable degree of inconvenience and so I'm content to work with it rather than grab my toys in a huff and go home. You've got a couple hundred people coming in and making noise as an impulse reaction to what, based on my experience with the OGL, is hearing some distorted account of the change. If you check the bottom of the initial forums page, you'll see there's over 18 million accounts. Your 120 likes are an infinitesimal fraction of a percentage point of the population, not anything close to a representative sample.
Well, regarding how a la carte purchases will access the content, the easy answer is the Spells and Magic item section of the site. Frankly, it's a little shocking that you are apparently unaware of the existence of these features and yet consider yourself an authority on what the state of the game on this site will be after the update.
Provided you ignored this allow me to remind you of it: When in a thread about this issue some posts are clocking 120+ likes and it's only here in the General Discussion forums where the usual suspects who defend the company's every decision are pouring so much of their time into defending it anyone can plainly see how out of touch you are. This is the OGL debacle all over again with scores of people here and beyond unsatisfied but a handful of usual suspects acting as if it is nothing. You can do that until the problem is addressed if it pleases you. Those two News and Announcement threads are full of people saying they are done with Beyond. I guess you're saving your tears for the day Beyond is done.
The net result of the OGL debacle was that mass hysteria ruined what would have been a great deal for both parties, and no shortage of people vocally announcing how they were jumping ship. Despite that, D&DB is still quite active over a year later. I've acknowledged that there is a degree of inconvenience in the update, but by my lights it is objectively not an appreciable degree of inconvenience and so I'm content to work with it rather than grab my toys in a huff and go home. You've got a couple hundred people coming in and making noise as an impulse reaction to what, based on my experience with the OGL, is hearing some distorted account of the change. If you check the bottom of the initial forums page, you'll see there's over 18 million accounts. Your 120 likes are an infinitesimal fraction of a percentage point of the population, not anything close to a representative sample.
Ah, so because you're happy with the removal of content and future "inconvenience", anyone else must just be displaying an "impulse reaction" rather than genuinely being unhappy.
Provided you ignored this allow me to remind you of it: When in a thread about this issue some posts are clocking 120+ likes and it's only here in the General Discussion forums where the usual suspects who defend the company's every decision are pouring so much of their time into defending it anyone can plainly see how out of touch you are. This is the OGL debacle all over again with scores of people here and beyond unsatisfied but a handful of usual suspects acting as if it is nothing. You can do that until the problem is addressed if it pleases you. Those two News and Announcement threads are full of people saying they are done with Beyond. I guess you're saving your tears for the day Beyond is done.
This is really what's perplexing for me; why would people defend it (unless they're paid by WotC)? Y'all can play your game your way if you like to, I just don't see who benefits when you strip that functionality from DDB from everyone else.
Ah, so because you're happy with the removal of content and future "inconvenience", anyone else must just be displaying an "impulse reaction" rather than genuinely being unhappy.
What's it like being the centre of the universe.
Also funny he mentions how those likes make up such a small percentage of the community but we are supposed to believe the handful to which he belongs on these forums someone represent the majority opinion regarding the OGL debacle and now this ...
This gets my goat as well. Someone is in one of three positions: In a game, not in a game, planning a game.
If they're in a game, they're probably playing 2014 rules. They need to assess these rules and make a decision as a group whether they want to migrate to the new ruleset or not. If they take any option other than "migrate immediately to the new rules", they're shafted by DDB.
If they're not in a game, they're not a stakeholder in the decision. While I won't take a hard stance and say "you shouldn't even be posting if it doesn't affect you"... Well, should you be posting if it doesn't actually affect you?
If they're planning a game then they'll be pretty well served, unless their group decides they don't like the new rules in which case they're up the proverbial creek without a paddle, just like the rest of us.
& people saying "the spells are just upgraded, it's fine!"; encounter balance is already a nightmare with the CR system. If you expect to jump right into a new ruleset without the DM doing any work you have a terminal case of armchair DM.
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The videos are bookmarked/timestamped. Did you try looking up the specific spells you're worried about?
I want ALL spells to be preserved. The whole point of wanting them all in Legacy is so that my players got all the options.
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Oh dear, you slipped back a few steps. It's OK, I'll walk you through it.
I have not purchased and do not own the books. I have purchased and own character builder content. An example of that content is the 2014 Conjure Animals spell.
Will the 2014 Conjure Animals spell, with the instruction text stating that I summon 1/2/4/8 beasts of varying CRs still be available in the character builder?
If the answer (as I think we both know it will be) is "no", then content has been removed.
I am off to bed shortly though, so if you're still having trouble with this we can pick up tomorrow 😉
And look at that, all of the spells will remain on the site, and as I've repeatedly pointed out with an absolutely minimal investment of your time you can make it so the descriptions are two whole clicks away.
Don't be obtuse, you know they're referring to the character builder. Compendium content is not an adequate substitute.
Three days is not a minimal investment of my time, and I am still in the process of copying things over. I still have not gotten to the magic items yet. Not everyone can just sit there for hours on end. Most people have better things to do.
And as mentioned previously, if people want the same functionality as before the update, they will need to go through and fix all the links. And even then, not every link can be routed.
You do not have to sit at your computer for hours on end, so you will not understand and see things from my perspective.
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Running the Game by Matt Colville; Introduction: < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-YZvLUXcR8 >
D&D with High School Students by Bill Allen; Season 1 Episode 1: < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52NJTUDokyk&t >
I'm good, thank you for your time.
Even if this is your goal, this is probably something I would stretch out over months if not years. Your players aren't using all 200+ spells in a single campaign, nor did all of them even change, much less change in a way that they won't like.
You will get 2014 PHB content through the toolkit - species, classes, subclasses, and feats, among others.
I do not think you understand my perspective and what I am going through. Homebrewing from scratch is an even bigger pain in the ass. The whole point of Beyond is to let my players have easy access to all the options. There is a reason why people rather pay Beyond than manually integrate the books themselves. I would choose the option to pay Beyond again to let me keep the content I paid for if I have the option to do so.
Check Licenses and Resync Entitlements: < https://www.dndbeyond.com/account/licenses >
Running the Game by Matt Colville; Introduction: < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-YZvLUXcR8 >
D&D with High School Students by Bill Allen; Season 1 Episode 1: < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52NJTUDokyk&t >
Well, regarding how a la carte purchases will access the content, the easy answer is the Spells and Magic item section of the site. Frankly, it's a little shocking that you are apparently unaware of the existence of these features and yet consider yourself an authority on what the state of the game on this site will be after the update.
And why, precisely, is it so onerous that you have to make two clicks to view the spell description instead of one? Or manually selecting your damage dice if you insist for some reason that you absolutely must use 2014 Flame Strike instead of 2024? No one is being hurt by this, and if everyone who was so afraid of not being able to view their spells spend a fraction of the time it takes to write all these posts bookmarking the content they want to keep referencing, they'd already have it all at the tip of their fingertips for when they need it.
Nice try, but it specifically lists spells as one of the features, and they will not all be available.
Why are you so resistant to acknowledging that content is being removed from the character builder? You don't have to care, and you can be happy to use the new rules. I just don't understand why you're denying the incontrovertible fact the features are being removed.
(Your in luck, I'm struggling to sleep)
If your genuine response to this announcement was "I need to spend days losing sleep to copy every 2014 spell to my homebrew compendium immediately" - then you're right, I don't understand your perspective. It's your choice to make, but my personal opinion is that this is a substantial overreaction.
At an absolute minimum I would tell my players how much work copying hundreds of 2014 spells is likely to be and let them look through the spell changes themselves.
The line I see in the Marketplace is "With a subscription, you can access all the features of this book in our digital toolset!" The 'digital toolset' includes the Compendium, so that statement is still true. If you feel they're making a false statement, I would either submit a bug report or pursue a refund.
Right, lucky me.
Not everyone is going to remember which spell was updated and which was not. Having things in the character builder makes things much easier.
The point of using digital tools is to eliminate as much hassle as possible. Having the spells in the character builder is the easiest way to remind ourselves there is a spell update and let my players choose which option to pick. If you do not care about giving your players all available options, that is fine. But do not dismiss how I want to run my table and give my players as smooth of an experience as possible.
Check Licenses and Resync Entitlements: < https://www.dndbeyond.com/account/licenses >
Running the Game by Matt Colville; Introduction: < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-YZvLUXcR8 >
D&D with High School Students by Bill Allen; Season 1 Episode 1: < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52NJTUDokyk&t >
I'm not dismissing how you want to run your table. You shared your approach to the tool updates, I shared my opinion of that approach, carry on all you like.. It's a discussion forum, we're having a discussion, that's all.
If Beyond implodes I'll move to the next best online toolset. I'm attached to whichever one does the most things I want a toolset to do, that's all I care about.
Besides, even if we all jumped ship to Roll20 or whoever... WotC gets that money anyway.
Scroll down to product details and there's the following section. Note that the first sentence lists the toolset and compendium as seperate features, so no it is not referring to unlocking content in the compendium.
Jump Into Play with D&D Beyond
Purchasing a digital copy of this book unlocks it for use in the D&D BEYOND compendium and toolset. D&D BEYOND is the official digital toolset for DUNGEONS & DRAGONS. Create characters in minutes, play directly on your character sheets with digital dice, and prep less and play more with Dungeon Master tools like the Encounter Builder and Combat Tracker. Unlock Maps, D&D BEYOND's virtual tabletop, with a Master Tier subscription. Host game sessions on dozens of official maps, or make your own and use our player and monster tokens to take your gaming to the next level!
I know. I should probably give up, but a) I can't sleep and b) I want to make sure anyone new reading thread can see that he's just making shit up.
The net result of the OGL debacle was that mass hysteria ruined what would have been a great deal for both parties, and no shortage of people vocally announcing how they were jumping ship. Despite that, D&DB is still quite active over a year later. I've acknowledged that there is a degree of inconvenience in the update, but by my lights it is objectively not an appreciable degree of inconvenience and so I'm content to work with it rather than grab my toys in a huff and go home. You've got a couple hundred people coming in and making noise as an impulse reaction to what, based on my experience with the OGL, is hearing some distorted account of the change. If you check the bottom of the initial forums page, you'll see there's over 18 million accounts. Your 120 likes are an infinitesimal fraction of a percentage point of the population, not anything close to a representative sample.
Ah, so because you're happy with the removal of content and future "inconvenience", anyone else must just be displaying an "impulse reaction" rather than genuinely being unhappy.
What's it like being the centre of the universe.
This is really what's perplexing for me; why would people defend it (unless they're paid by WotC)? Y'all can play your game your way if you like to, I just don't see who benefits when you strip that functionality from DDB from everyone else.
This gets my goat as well. Someone is in one of three positions: In a game, not in a game, planning a game.
& people saying "the spells are just upgraded, it's fine!"; encounter balance is already a nightmare with the CR system. If you expect to jump right into a new ruleset without the DM doing any work you have a terminal case of armchair DM.