Yup, this is my first forum post here. A pleasure to meet you! I'll just cut to the chase, though, since I don't know if this question has been answered before.
As well as the Player's Handbook, DM's Guide and Monster Manuals, I also have Xanathar's Guide to Everything and Tasha's Cauldron of everything. However, with one exception I bought them on Amazon (I live in the UK so buying from D&D Beyond incurs additional costs). Is there a way to tell D&D Beyond that I own these books to access the same resources online?
No, you can't validate physical purchases against D&D Beyond
There's a really good thread here that goes into the many reasons this is the case, but the most pertinent one is that D&D Beyond is a separate company from Wizards of the Coast and is more like Amazon (in that it's a service that sells the books).
It also should be noted that while there are charges for buying the books in the UK, they're comparatively small and even with those charges factored in, the books on DDB come out at around £25, which is a lot cheaper than you can find them in most stores (and even Amazon). I'm in the UK too and have to shop around to get the books for less than £40,
Alright, thanks for the prompt replies. I thought something like this might be the case (though I can't say I expected the reasoning), so I'll settle for the stuff I can access. Thanks kindly!
It takes time, but one thing you can do is enter in information using the homebrew tools here. So if you want a monster that you don't have access to here but is in the book, you can create a homebrew version. The development team uses the same tools we have access to, so most of the game content should be replicatable (save for some stuff from more recent releases they are still working on). You won't be able to share or publish these homebrews, but you would be able to access them then and it isn't against the site's rules to do this (warning, it does take quite a bit of time)
Alternately, D&DBeyond allows for the purchase of individual items if you don't want to spend the money to fully duplicate a book you own, you can just buy the class/subclass/monster/item you need.
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Yup, this is my first forum post here. A pleasure to meet you! I'll just cut to the chase, though, since I don't know if this question has been answered before.
As well as the Player's Handbook, DM's Guide and Monster Manuals, I also have Xanathar's Guide to Everything and Tasha's Cauldron of everything. However, with one exception I bought them on Amazon (I live in the UK so buying from D&D Beyond incurs additional costs). Is there a way to tell D&D Beyond that I own these books to access the same resources online?
No,your at least the 17th person to ask this too,
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No, you can't validate physical purchases against D&D Beyond
There's a really good thread here that goes into the many reasons this is the case, but the most pertinent one is that D&D Beyond is a separate company from Wizards of the Coast and is more like Amazon (in that it's a service that sells the books).
It also should be noted that while there are charges for buying the books in the UK, they're comparatively small and even with those charges factored in, the books on DDB come out at around £25, which is a lot cheaper than you can find them in most stores (and even Amazon). I'm in the UK too and have to shop around to get the books for less than £40,
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Alright, thanks for the prompt replies. I thought something like this might be the case (though I can't say I expected the reasoning), so I'll settle for the stuff I can access. Thanks kindly!
It takes time, but one thing you can do is enter in information using the homebrew tools here. So if you want a monster that you don't have access to here but is in the book, you can create a homebrew version. The development team uses the same tools we have access to, so most of the game content should be replicatable (save for some stuff from more recent releases they are still working on). You won't be able to share or publish these homebrews, but you would be able to access them then and it isn't against the site's rules to do this (warning, it does take quite a bit of time)
Alternately, D&DBeyond allows for the purchase of individual items if you don't want to spend the money to fully duplicate a book you own, you can just buy the class/subclass/monster/item you need.