I just bought the Digital Player’s Handbook (2024) a week ago, I am new in this digital system so I'll appreciate if somebody can show me how to access the digital book Thanks for your help and nice comunity
When I do that, I only get the table of contents. How do I see the rest of the book?
ETA: OK, I just realized that I can click on the chapter headings to get the chapters. Is there no way to download the whole file? I have to read it in DND Beyond?
Wow. Really? I bought the digital version of the 2024 PHB. I should be able to download it as a pdf so I can use it offline. There are many places where players gather (like cellars) where being online isn't an option. What's the logic behind not providing it as a pdf? It doesn't stop piracy. This behavior just creates frustration, hacks and downloads from unsafe locations. It would be so easy for them to provide a pdf download link for the PHB2024 for logged in users who bought the digital version.
You can't, it is only available through their app, which on some devices can supposedly be accessed offline. This felt like a a complete scam to my table, if we buy a digital product we should get a digital product, not access to a service. I think we would have felt different if it had been advertised as a service. We were able to get our money back, but ultimately this created enough frustration at our table that we just switched to another system.
I think if they made the app available on all devices, not just mobile, it would be less of an issue.
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if we buy a digital product we should get a digital product, not access to a service.
Except this fundamentally doesn't work anywhere because you can't own something that doesn't physically exist. For such products, you can only have a license to use and access the content.
In meatspace, your physical product is your license to access the non-physical aspect of the product. When you buy a D&D rulebook, you're not buying the rules, you're buying access to the rules via a license. It just happens to be your proof of license is the same as your delivery medium—the physical book. When you buy a movie or a game, the license is the delivery method—the disc or cartridge.
But for digital access/delivery there's no "physical license token" such as a book or disc to prove you have the legal right to access the content. So instead you need a digital license of access, such as one tied to a user account or bundled in with the digital product. When you buy a PDF from the DMs Guild or a publishers site, you don't "own" that PDF because there's nothing to physically own. You don't own the intellectual property contained within the PDF because the publisher/merchant isn't giving you that ownership. You instead have a license to access that content per the purchase agreement. This is true of every single digital purchase you make. DDB is no exception or outlier in that regard.
tl;dr - You never can and never will own a digital product because there's nothing to physically own and you're not gaining ownership of the IP. Instead you're always gonna be given a license to access the IP and this is nothing new and isn't going to change anytime soon, if ever.
A book and/or a PDF SHOULD be perpetual access for a 1-time fee.
That's what they're on about.
They want perpetual access & license via a PDF.
Again, that's how it should be & is with 3pp and other stuff that exists, but it isn't how it is here. & good luck to those pushing for that, if not copyright abolition:You're gonna need a lot of it.
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I just bought the Digital Player’s Handbook (2024) a week ago, I am new in this digital system so I'll appreciate if somebody can show me how to access the digital book
Thanks for your help and nice comunity
Hit the drop down menu, go to the sources tab, sourcebook subtab, and select the 2024 Players Handbook.
You can also use this link to get to the table of contents.
Thanks @Caerwyn_Glyndwr for your help, I found it.
Greetings :)
When I do that, I only get the table of contents. How do I see the rest of the book?
ETA: OK, I just realized that I can click on the chapter headings to get the chapters. Is there no way to download the whole file? I have to read it in DND Beyond?
Is their some way to have a PDF of this? It's slow and cumbersome to search through.
DNDBeyond does not do PDFs. You can use the search bar at the top in a browser, or use the search function in the app
sounds like good info in order to see and find the 2024 players handbook.
Wow. Really? I bought the digital version of the 2024 PHB. I should be able to download it as a pdf so I can use it offline. There are many places where players gather (like cellars) where being online isn't an option. What's the logic behind not providing it as a pdf? It doesn't stop piracy. This behavior just creates frustration, hacks and downloads from unsafe locations. It would be so easy for them to provide a pdf download link for the PHB2024 for logged in users who bought the digital version.
You can download it in the DDB app for use offline, unlike a pdf this also gives you all the apps search function and the character builder options
You can't, it is only available through their app, which on some devices can supposedly be accessed offline. This felt like a a complete scam to my table, if we buy a digital product we should get a digital product, not access to a service. I think we would have felt different if it had been advertised as a service. We were able to get our money back, but ultimately this created enough frustration at our table that we just switched to another system.
I think if they made the app available on all devices, not just mobile, it would be less of an issue.
If you're not willing or able to to discuss in good faith, then don't be surprised if I don't respond, there are better things in life for me to do than humour you. This signature is that response.
Except this fundamentally doesn't work anywhere because you can't own something that doesn't physically exist. For such products, you can only have a license to use and access the content.
In meatspace, your physical product is your license to access the non-physical aspect of the product. When you buy a D&D rulebook, you're not buying the rules, you're buying access to the rules via a license. It just happens to be your proof of license is the same as your delivery medium—the physical book. When you buy a movie or a game, the license is the delivery method—the disc or cartridge.
But for digital access/delivery there's no "physical license token" such as a book or disc to prove you have the legal right to access the content. So instead you need a digital license of access, such as one tied to a user account or bundled in with the digital product. When you buy a PDF from the DMs Guild or a publishers site, you don't "own" that PDF because there's nothing to physically own. You don't own the intellectual property contained within the PDF because the publisher/merchant isn't giving you that ownership. You instead have a license to access that content per the purchase agreement. This is true of every single digital purchase you make. DDB is no exception or outlier in that regard.
tl;dr - You never can and never will own a digital product because there's nothing to physically own and you're not gaining ownership of the IP. Instead you're always gonna be given a license to access the IP and this is nothing new and isn't going to change anytime soon, if ever.
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A book and/or a PDF SHOULD be perpetual access for a 1-time fee.
That's what they're on about.
They want perpetual access & license via a PDF.
Again, that's how it should be & is with 3pp and other stuff that exists, but it isn't how it is here. & good luck to those pushing for that, if not copyright abolition:You're gonna need a lot of it.
DM, player & homebrewer(Current homebrew project is an unofficial conversion of SBURB/SGRUB from Homestuck into DND 5e)
Once made Maxwell's Silver Hammer come down upon Strahd's head to make sure he was dead.
Always study & sharpen philosophical razors. They save a lot of trouble.