Is there any chance of unlocking Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide and other books with my physical copies? It would be a shame if I had to buy them a second time

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Is there any chance of unlocking Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide and other books with my physical copies? It would be a shame if I had to buy them a second time

If I already own the physical copies of books will I need to buy them again to use them online, or will there be some way I can verify the physical copies to unlock the content online?

Woops, literally just read the last comments as a result of posting this question XD

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If I already own the physical copies of books will I need to buy them again to use them online, or will there be some way I can verify the physical copies to unlock the content online?

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A quick reminder, that there is also a FAQ thread, where we're compiling the questions & answers - a good place to start if you have a question. :)

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If I already own the physical copies of books will I need to buy them again to use them online, or will there be some way I can verify the physical copies to unlock the content online?

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Is there any chance of unlocking Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide and other books with my physical copies? It would be a shame if I had to buy them a second time

 This has been covered heaps in the various forums on here. As DnDB is a completely different entity from WotC, they are unable to provide discounts for previously purchased physical copies. :-(

This also applies to the Legendary Bundle. If you buy the three Core Rulebooks while they are on sale the first week, you will be credited ~$60 toward your purchase of the Legendary Bundle. You should probably just take the plunge after that, right?

Wait so am I getting this right? If I purchase the 3 source books on sale for $20 each. They only credit me $60 to purchase the Legendary Bundle? Shouldn't it be ~$75 credited toward the Legendary Bundle given that the source books are ~$25 each after the %15 Legendary Bundle discount.

Wait so am I getting this right? If I purchase the 3 source books on sale for $20 each. They only credit me $60 to purchase the Legendary Bundle? Shouldn't it be ~$75 credited toward the Legendary Bundle given that the source books are ~$25 each after the %15 Legendary Bundle discount.

 

It depends on what you paid. You're trading a slightly larger discount on 3 books for a permanent discount on every book now and in the future. I'd say that's fair.

Also note that if you get the legendary bundle sooner rather than later, any other discounts or promotional pricing they release on future products can be taken full advantage of without facing the same issue.

I see, that makes sense. Thanks!

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Is there any chance of unlocking Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide and other books with my physical copies? It would be a shame if I had to buy them a second time

 This has been covered heaps in the various forums on here. As DnDB is a completely different entity from WotC, they are unable to provide discounts for previously purchased physical copies. :-(

To be clear... "unable" isn't accurate.

WotC being unWILLING to is the issue.
I'm quite certain, given no licenses issues imposed by WotC, Curse would happily collect their monthly subscription and give everyone everything.
As covered previously, this is a matter of poor digital strategy on the part of WotC.

One can only hope WotC folks are on this board and reading to see how annoyed their customers are.

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 This might help:

https://twitter.com/DnDBeyond/status/886994750234140672

For the index, there will be the layout similar to the compedium now.

I should have linked to it, but that's the screenshot I was referring to and have seen several times in this thread. Also, YouTubers and streamers would help as well, but I would like something I can click around myself and give a test run, especially an adventure since that format is much more complex than a sourcebook.

Thank you both, however!

There will certainly be more in-depth previews between now and launch.

In the short term, I can share that the adventures will have the full text of the adventure with all of the interior art. Maps and art will be clickable into a lightbox for high-res versions, and from there they can be downloaded for full-size versions in you want to use those in a VTT or anywhere else.

All relevant text will be cross-linked/ tooltipped like everything else in the site. It's really nice to run a session using these...just hover over a monster to see AC, Hit Points, and so on on the fly, or click out to a new tab to see the creature's full statistics very quickly.

In short, it is a digital copy of the book with full linking and all art.

Of course, these will become even more useful down the road as we add the encounter builder and combat management - all these adventures will automatically receive all that functionality.

Player clean version would indeed be very appreciated if possible

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 This might help:

https://twitter.com/DnDBeyond/status/886994750234140672

For the index, there will be the layout similar to the compedium now.

I should have linked to it, but that's the screenshot I was referring to and have seen several times in this thread. Also, YouTubers and streamers would help as well, but I would like something I can click around myself and give a test run, especially an adventure since that format is much more complex than a sourcebook.

Thank you both, however!

There will certainly be more in-depth previews between now and launch.

In the short term, I can share that the adventures will have the full text of the adventure with all of the interior art. Maps and art will be clickable into a lightbox for high-res versions, and from there they can be downloaded for full-size versions in you want to use those in a VTT or anywhere else.

All relevant text will be cross-linked/ tooltipped like everything else in the site. It's really nice to run a session using these...just hover over a monster to see AC, Hit Points, and so on on the fly, or click out to a new tab to see the creature's full statistics very quickly.

In short, it is a digital copy of the book with full linking and all art.

Of course, these will become even more useful down the road as we add the encounter builder and combat management - all these adventures will automatically receive all that functionality.

 Will there be both DM (labeled) and player (unlabeled) versions of the high-res maps?  

The player versions are what's of the most use for VTTs or large printing for use with minis.  I don't want my players seeing the labels, especially things like the locations of secret doors.  

The maps will display as they do in the books.

We could look into adding the player "clean" versions where they are available to us. I'll see what we can do about that.

If I subscribe as a player, how many character slots do I get? As. DM?

If you take any of the two subscriptions, you have unlimited character slots.

Free account gets 6 slots.

Any idea how soon the mobile apps will launch?  The biggest reason for me repurchasing these books is to have them searchable offline on my phone.  Also, any screenshots of the apps in action yet?