I have purchased several of the sourcebooks, and I was just wondering if they could be transferred to the site so I could make an artificer character without having to pay for the copy all over again.
You do have to rebuy it. Fandom, who operate D&D Beyond, and WotC, who own D&D, are different companies.
That said, you could buy the Artificer separately for a couple of bucks, and if you're in a campaign with content sharing you might have access through that without needing to buy the class yourself.
Ye know, for the several hundred million times this question has been asked? I've never seen the inverse, i.e. "Hey! I bought the books on D&D Beyond. What's the process for walking into my game store and getting them to give me a free physical copy?"
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Ye know, for the several hundred million times this question has been asked? I've never seen the inverse, i.e. "Hey! I bought the books on D&D Beyond. What's the process for walking into my game store and getting them to give me a free physical copy?"
I assume people realize their game store is not WotC operated. If DDB were operated by WotC it'd be semi-easy to work out a convenient protocol, but it isn't. That aside, the free digital copy with your physical book is fairly common on Kickstarter; the reverse is to the best of my knowledge nonexistent.
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All true. But with how overwhelmingly often this question is asked - I swear there are more threads/posts asking "Y U NO FREE COPY DDB DX" than there are actual DDB users - you'd figure it would've popped up at least once, ne?
If you buy a tangible sourcebook, do you have to rebuy it on the site?
No, for two reasons:
You already own a tangible copy, this website will not force you to purchase another against your will as that is a criminal act known as “extortion.”
This website does not sell physical copies.
However, if you want to have digital access to the content from any of the Compendiums of information that the publishers of the game included in those physical copies, then you would need to purchase a license to access that. An access license of the “Compendium Only” version of any title is only $20. (Likely less than you paid for each of those physical copies you bought from a different retailer.)
if you wish to have access to the interactive adaptations of the content within a compendium, you have 3 options:
Purchase the “Full Version” of any title, which will include all of the character sheet interactive adaptations of the compendium content, as well as the compendium content. These cost $30 each for most titles. (Likely the same or less than you paid for those physical copies you bought from a different retailer.) Or you could get quite a discount by purchasing the “Bundles” if you have the resources for it. Purchasing any title will count as credit towards any “Bundle” you may chose to purchase in future.
Purchase the specific pieces you need (Background, Race, Subclass, Feat(s), Spells, etc.) a la carte. These are only a few dollars each, or you could purchase full sets of content such as all spells, etc from a title. These purchases will count as credit towards any “Full Versions” or “Bundle” you may chose to purchase in future
Recreate the content from your physical copies for free using the homebrewer tools. While this option is free, assuming you value your tome at $10/hour this will likely cost you far more time than even the cost of the Bundles. (The tool is not the most user friendly, and unless you know how it’s difficult to get it to do the cool stuff.
Please note, this website is neither owned nor operated by WotC, the company that publishes D&D. This website is an online retailer of officially licensed access to digital compendiums. (Like a bookstore, but no actual “books.”) They must pay licensing fees to WotC for every access license they provide to their customers. The developers also invested an impressive amount of time and resources to creat free interactive tools for us to use with the content we purchase here. (If they gave it out for free they would go bankrupt and we would not have a DDB anymore.)
I have purchased several of the sourcebooks, and I was just wondering if they could be transferred to the site so I could make an artificer character without having to pay for the copy all over again.
You do have to rebuy it. Fandom, who operate D&D Beyond, and WotC, who own D&D, are different companies.
That said, you could buy the Artificer separately for a couple of bucks, and if you're in a campaign with content sharing you might have access through that without needing to buy the class yourself.
Want to start playing but don't have anyone to play with? You can try these options: [link].
Ye know, for the several hundred million times this question has been asked? I've never seen the inverse, i.e. "Hey! I bought the books on D&D Beyond. What's the process for walking into my game store and getting them to give me a free physical copy?"
Please do not contact or message me.
Tinnose - In case you have more questions: Hardcover Books, D&D Beyond and You FAQ
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Have the Physical Books? Confused as to why you're not allowed to redeem them for free on D&D Beyond? Questions answered here at the Hardcover Books, D&D Beyond and You FAQ
Looking to add mouse-over triggered tooltips to such things like magic items, monsters or combat actions? Then dash over to the How to Add Tooltips thread.
I assume people realize their game store is not WotC operated. If DDB were operated by WotC it'd be semi-easy to work out a convenient protocol, but it isn't. That aside, the free digital copy with your physical book is fairly common on Kickstarter; the reverse is to the best of my knowledge nonexistent.
Want to start playing but don't have anyone to play with? You can try these options: [link].
All true. But with how overwhelmingly often this question is asked - I swear there are more threads/posts asking "Y U NO FREE COPY DDB DX" than there are actual DDB users - you'd figure it would've popped up at least once, ne?
Please do not contact or message me.
No, for two reasons:
However, if you want to have digital access to the content from any of the Compendiums of information that the publishers of the game included in those physical copies, then you would need to purchase a license to access that. An access license of the “Compendium Only” version of any title is only $20. (Likely less than you paid for each of those physical copies you bought from a different retailer.)
if you wish to have access to the interactive adaptations of the content within a compendium, you have 3 options:
Please note, this website is neither owned nor operated by WotC, the company that publishes D&D. This website is an online retailer of officially licensed access to digital compendiums. (Like a bookstore, but no actual “books.”) They must pay licensing fees to WotC for every access license they provide to their customers. The developers also invested an impressive amount of time and resources to creat free interactive tools for us to use with the content we purchase here. (If they gave it out for free they would go bankrupt and we would not have a DDB anymore.)
I hope that helps.
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