You can also get races like Goblins, Minotaurs, Centaurs, and Luxodon from the Ravnica book. And you can get Leomund’s, Satyres, and Tritons from the Theros book.
And if ~$30 for a whole book when all you want is just enabling Lizardfolk as a race option in the character generator, you can buy races piecemeal for $1.99 or as part of a bundle of all the book's races for about $10. If you eventually decide you want the whole book, those purchases are credited to the cost of the book.
Or you could home-brew the race from your existing print collection, which isn't that hard once you do it once or twice, I'm not sure whether DND Beyond officially endorses that approach but it is a "free" option.
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You don't. As this thread explains, you can buy the book on D&D Beyond, buy the race here on D&D, or you can homebrew it from a physical copy you may own. There's nothing "free" as far as character options go on D&D Beyond besides what's in the Basic Rules.
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For free? The only way would be to recreate them in the homebrewer as private homebrew. But as Stormknight pointed out, you can just buy the race à la cart for $2 USD.
You don't. As this thread explains, you can buy the book on D&D Beyond, buy the race here on D&D, or you can homebrew it from a physical copy you may own. There's nothing "free" as far as character options go on D&D Beyond besides what's in the Basic Rules.
The SRD content is also free and has been conveniently combined with the standard Basic Rules here on DDB. The EEPC content (spells & races) is also free here too, as well as some of the DMG options (like the variant Eladrin) believe too.
You don't. As this thread explains, you can buy the book on D&D Beyond, buy the race here on D&D, or you can homebrew it from a physical copy you may own. There's nothing "free" as far as character options go on D&D Beyond besides what's in the Basic Rules.
The SRD content is also free and has been conveniently combined with the standard Basic Rules here on DDB. The EEPC content (spells & races) is also free here too, as well as some of the DMG options (like the variant Eladrin) believe too.
True, I always thought the Basic Rules were basically the SRD with a "how to play" framework layered over it. Might be right about the DMG race examples, I thought they were in the same purchase category as the Death Domain and Oathbreaker. Regardless in the time since this thread was created a year and a half ago, the Lizardfolk remain a non freebie, requiring either purchase or homebrew labor to play.
I'll wait six weeks for someone to chime in here on whether the existence of MMM will have any bearing on the Lizardfolk.
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The standard Basic Rules only include the 4 “classic” character classes of Fighter, Rogue, Cleric, and Wizard with a single subclass for each. The SRD also includes the other 8 classes from the 5e PHB, and a single subclass for each of them. There may be other differences, but that’s the most significant to my recollection. The DDB version is labeled simply as “Basic Rules,” but should be more accurately titled as the “Basic Rules & SRD.”
You'd need to either buy Monsters of the Multiverse ($29.99 without discounts applied), or just buy the race from that book ($1.99 near the bottom of the page for just the race):
Lizardfolks from Volo's is leading to an error page (as are several of the other Volo's Guide to Monsters player races) and are seemingly temporarily unavailable at this time. Does this require a new post for a fix?
Lizardfolks from Volo's is leading to an error page (as are several of the other Volo's Guide to Monsters player races) and are seemingly temporarily unavailable at this time. Does this require a new post for a fix?
No, because VGM and MTOF are legacy content now and thus unavailable if you do not already own them. Refer to using Monsters of the Multiverse to get them now.
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Trying to get your physical content on Beyond is like going to Microsoft and saying "I have a physical Playstation disk, give me a digital Xbox version!"
But I bought Volo's before I bought Monsters of the Multiverse and have the other "legacy" content available. Or is that specific content just sunsetted on D&D Beyond and unavailable even if it is still published Wizard's content?
But I bought Volo's before I bought Monsters of the Multiverse and have the other "legacy" content available. Or is that specific content just sunsetted on D&D Beyond and unavailable even if it is still published Wizard's content?
as the title states i was wondering what i have to do if it is possible to play monster races like lizardfolk
If you want the Lizardfolk race as a playable option for characters on D&D Beyond, you need to purchase the Volo's Guide to Monsters book.
That book unlocks the following races:
You can also get races like Goblins, Minotaurs, Centaurs, and Luxodon from the Ravnica book. And you can get Leomund’s, Satyres, and Tritons from the Theros book.
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And if ~$30 for a whole book when all you want is just enabling Lizardfolk as a race option in the character generator, you can buy races piecemeal for $1.99 or as part of a bundle of all the book's races for about $10. If you eventually decide you want the whole book, those purchases are credited to the cost of the book.
Or you could home-brew the race from your existing print collection, which isn't that hard once you do it once or twice, I'm not sure whether DND Beyond officially endorses that approach but it is a "free" option.
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how would i get the lizard folk for free
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You don't. As this thread explains, you can buy the book on D&D Beyond, buy the race here on D&D, or you can homebrew it from a physical copy you may own. There's nothing "free" as far as character options go on D&D Beyond besides what's in the Basic Rules.
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For free? The only way would be to recreate them in the homebrewer as private homebrew. But as Stormknight pointed out, you can just buy the race à la cart for $2 USD.
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The SRD content is also free and has been conveniently combined with the standard Basic Rules here on DDB. The EEPC content (spells & races) is also free here too, as well as some of the DMG options (like the variant Eladrin) believe too.
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True, I always thought the Basic Rules were basically the SRD with a "how to play" framework layered over it. Might be right about the DMG race examples, I thought they were in the same purchase category as the Death Domain and Oathbreaker. Regardless in the time since this thread was created a year and a half ago, the Lizardfolk remain a non freebie, requiring either purchase or homebrew labor to play.
I'll wait six weeks for someone to chime in here on whether the existence of MMM will have any bearing on the Lizardfolk.
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
The standard Basic Rules only include the 4 “classic” character classes of Fighter, Rogue, Cleric, and Wizard with a single subclass for each. The SRD also includes the other 8 classes from the 5e PHB, and a single subclass for each of them. There may be other differences, but that’s the most significant to my recollection. The DDB version is labeled simply as “Basic Rules,” but should be more accurately titled as the “Basic Rules & SRD.”
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i see volo's is discontinued is there another way to play a lizardfolk?
It was discontinued a little while ago, and is no longer available for purchase.
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You'd need to either buy Monsters of the Multiverse ($29.99 without discounts applied), or just buy the race from that book ($1.99 near the bottom of the page for just the race):
https://www.dndbeyond.com/marketplace/sourcebooks/mordenkainen-presents-monsters-of-the-multiverse
Lizardfolks from Volo's is leading to an error page (as are several of the other Volo's Guide to Monsters player races) and are seemingly temporarily unavailable at this time. Does this require a new post for a fix?
No, because VGM and MTOF are legacy content now and thus unavailable if you do not already own them. Refer to using Monsters of the Multiverse to get them now.
Formerly Devan Avalon.
Trying to get your physical content on Beyond is like going to Microsoft and saying "I have a physical Playstation disk, give me a digital Xbox version!"
But I bought Volo's before I bought Monsters of the Multiverse and have the other "legacy" content available. Or is that specific content just sunsetted on D&D Beyond and unavailable even if it is still published Wizard's content?
If you already have that content unlocked you should still have access to it. Please see the content accessibility troubleshooting FAQ sections C-2 & D-7: (https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/bugs-support/142100-how-to-access-content-on-d-d-beyond-faq).
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