Sorry if this has already been asked and answered but I'm trying to figure out how this would work but couldn't find any post about it.  For example, if I want to make a ranger wood elf with the outlander background, how would I do that?  The ranger class and wood elf race are part of the free rules but the outlander background is not. Another example is a wizard from the school of Enchantment.  Do I need to buy a subscription or the phb to get spells, races, classes, ect. from the phb?  Thanks.

Since the content you may need, a specific spell, a specific monster, a specific playable race, etc. may be in one book you already have, vs another, not it isn't.  Organizing the sales based on the publications of books makes purchase of all the acquired materials necessary for the program to replace carting those books around or require carting around both the computer and all the books for the things the program won't bother to provide.

It would have been better to provide different kinds of purchases based on different kinds of categories.  A starting spell package with core spells for say 1st through 3rd level.  A spells bundle with all canon spells.  A set of spell collections based on classes which contain all spells from all sources for that class.  Equipment lists done in a similar manner.  Magic items done in a similar manner.  It isn't like the database wasn't created.  Nor is it like a shell can't be created which would compile these on call based on what the buyer wants in their purchase.

And, this is all still a temporary product for a couple of years before it becomes obsolete and unsupported.  Which is exactly what WotC did with their 3.5E digital supports when they created 4E.  So, not only am I not seeing anything that benefits me as a creator of my own campaign materials, not seeing the functionality I need to support DMing even with canon materials, not seeing a sensible division of sales options for consumer choice, I am continuing to not see a reason for the cost to be as high as they are as I contrast the amount of program available to other programs for which I have spent less.

If you are the sales team, you do not have a sale.

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Sorry if this has already been asked and answered but I'm trying to figure out how this would work but couldn't find any post about it.  For example, if I want to make a ranger wood elf with the outlander background, how would I do that?  The ranger class and wood elf race are part of the free rules but the outlander background is not. Another example is a wizard from the school of Enchantment.  Do I need to buy a subscription or the phb to get spells, races, classes, ect. from the phb?  Thanks.

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But I have yet to see any reason to consider it the luxury item to which you feel it should be compared

Single example: I can use it to view the spells in the game in a variety of different styles, such as only spells available to a particular class, or spells of a particular level, or a particular school of magic - while my print copy of the PHB only lets me see the spells in alphabetic order and always displays all of the spells no matter what subset of that list I am actually looking for. Now, that is something that can be duplicated with time, effort, and freely available software - but whether its the functionality at hand or saving myself the time and effort to compile my own database, a luxury it is.

You indicate this will organize my data "differently". That is rather nebulous.

No, it really isn't. I can tell from context clues you know exactly what I meant and are being intentionally obtuse.

You also misquoted me about my criticisms of the hard copy publications.

I don't think I did. I said you said you had an issue with the index in the book, and that is clearly the case because you've just described (again) exactly what the issue was. That I suggested the search function alleviates that problem is not me misquoting you, it's me stating my own opinion. You are free to agree or disagree as you choose, but using the search function on this tool accomplishes the same tasks that I would otherwise use an index for.

It is a matter of the program not supporting creative campaigns.

Phrasing that the program does not currently have home-brew enabled on everything you want (but we've been told that's already in the works to be coming along soon) as "not supporting creative campaigns" is, in my opinion, being very weasely with your words - like you are claiming some kind of monopoly on creative campaigns, or that anyone not complaining about the lack of support for creative campaigns is obviously not having any creative campaigns of their own.

Further, I have managed a database that was maintained on a Cray. What is needed is data input into whatever format is used to handle it currently. When I did this we were still using arrays and the methods for handing data in a database are easier now than they were then. From there you need several shells to manage calls for data, calculations for displayed sums, and skins to gussy it up for the fluff minded in the market. Are there a lot of clocked hours involved in this? Yes. Been there done that concerning fields of data much larger than the 10,000 or less words needed to write a D&D book.

Excuse that this will sound terse and impolite, but... so?

And 10,000 words is more like a chapter of a D&D book, considering there are easily 750 average words per page, which means 10,000 words is only like a dozen pages.

However, the bulk of your argument is that my assessment of what they cost in comparison to what the rural area in which I live can afford is unimportant and invalid.

Not quite. My argument is that "I can't afford that" and "the price is too high" are not necessarily functionally the same when talking about non-necessities. That's why I kept using examples of things that are outside my own price range (and the average income range for my almost entirely rural state that I live in) - to highlight that those items prices are not "too high", and yet I can't afford them.

All of your arguments are based upon what you yourself can afford.

That's false.

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Laslty will this stay as a website solely

or also be transfered to mobile applications?

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Laslty will this stay as a website solely

or also be transfered to mobile applications?

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Laslty will this stay as a website solely

or also be transfered to mobile applications?

 Application for iOS and Android is in development.

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Laslty will this stay as a website solely

or also be transfered to mobile applications?

 Application for iOS and Android is in development.

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Laslty will this stay as a website solely

or also be transfered to mobile applications?

 Application for iOS and Android is in development.

 You seem to be the go to guy for questions

saving throws have not yet been incorporated, as far as i can see

you know why? And when they will be?

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Laslty will this stay as a website solely

or also be transfered to mobile applications?

 Application for iOS and Android is in development.

 You seem to be the go to guy for questions

saving throws have not yet been incorporated, as far as i can see

you know why? And when they will be?

 You mean in the character sheet? Saving throw are there, in the first square, besides the ability score modifiers.

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 Further, I have managed a database that was maintained on a Cray. What is needed is data input into whatever format is used to handle it currently. When I did this we were still using arrays and the methods for handing data in a database are easier now than they were then. From there you need several shells to manage calls for data, calculations for displayed sums, and skins to gussy it up for the fluff minded in the market. Are there a lot of clocked hours involved in this? Yes. Been there done that concerning fields of data much larger than the 10,000 or less words needed to write a D&D book.

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Windows App?

Not currently planned.

 I really hope they reconsider this as some of us don't use android or apple devices as their tabletop aid while playing. I am a windows user, so unless the web app will also work offline as well as online then we windows users also need an app as well.

 Actually good question. Will the apps support Offline use or only online?

 The Android and iOS apps will receive offline support.  That was a very important feature to Curse, and also the primary reason why you pay for the books outright.  After you buy them, and you log in with your device, what you've purchased will be available offline on your devices from there on out.  They were aware that not everyone games in areas where there are internet connections, whether through wi-fi or cellular, and they wanted everyone to have access to their tools whenever we need them.

That being said, I don't believe that there are any Windows or macOS apps that would provide the same functionality in the works.  I can actually see the usefulness in it, especially for streaming, because PCs are better suited for streaming than tablets, and a native app would likely be more flexible, even if I'm sure they'll have something on here that will make it manageable.  I would think that more intuitive streaming tools would be possible in a native app than through a website, but in all fairness, I'm a writer, not a programmer, so I could be dead wrong.

 I'll say it again: buyer beware. When you sign up you get what the product is at the time. Curse/Twitch are not required to follow through and deliver any promised features or functionality, no matter how many times they've mentioned them. Features that are delivered later are also not guaranteed to contain all of the promised (or not) functionality.

Just make sure when you sign up that you're happy with the product "as is". No one knows what will happen in the future!

So I just paid $150 for the books and now I will have to pay another $60 to access them digitally?  Can there not be a way to show you recently purchased the books and get a bigger discount on the digital version? 

The retailer who sold you physical books isn't Curse, so why would Curse have to reimburse or discount your experience of their services? They had not received any of the compensation you paid the previous retailer.