We are excited to announce that D&D Beyond will soon be joining Hasbro as part of the Wizards of the Coast family!
On May 18, 2022 or soon after, your D&D Beyond account will transfer to Wizards of the Coast, at which point (and going forward) the Wizards Terms of Use will apply to your use of D&D Beyond, and the Wizards Privacy Policy will apply to the personal data associated with your account. If you are located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, Wizards of the Coast LLC will become the “data controller” of your personal data once it transfers.
For more information on this transaction, please click here. If you wish to delete your account prior to the transfer, you will find instructions for doing so here.
Frequently asked questions
When will the D&D Beyond Terms of Service be updated?
The Terms of Service will be updated to Wizards of the Coast Terms of Service on or around May 18, 2022.
Why are they being updated?
As part of Wizards of the Coast acquiring D&D Beyond, we will extend the Wizards Terms of Service to cover this new service.
What is changing in them?
We need your permission to put your user content on D&D Beyond and operate the D&D Beyond service, and we’re working to ensure that the scope of the permission you give us is tailored to that goal. The Wizards Terms of Service will therefore be updated with a section specific to D&D Beyond to allow us to host your content and otherwise operate the D&D Beyond service.
Will Wizards own my homebrew content created on D&D Beyond?
Wizards has no intent of taking ownership over user content you put on D&D Beyond, and the Terms of Service will not grant us such rights. The permissions we will need for user content will relate to allowing us to operate the D&D Beyond service, including displaying that content on our site.
Do these changes affect homebrew content that was created before May 18?
Any content that remains on the D&D Beyond service will be subject to the updated Wizards Terms of Service. The updated Terms of Service should not impact how you've used the site or owned your content prior to May 18.
If I delete my D&D Beyond account, will my homebrew content remain on D&D Beyond? If so, will my username still be credited?
While your homebrew content will remain on D&D Beyond, the credited username will change to “user-[number].”
Will Wizards own any character or account information I upload (e.g. character sheets, profile pictures)?
Wizards has no intent of taking ownership over user content you put on D&D Beyond, and the Terms of Service will not grant us such rights. The permissions we will need for that content will relate to allowing us to operate the D&D Beyond service, including displaying that content on our site.
Will I need a Wizards account to access or sign up for D&D Beyond after May 18?
No. You can continue to use your Twitch or Google account or Apple ID to sign into D&D Beyond. New users will still need a Twitch or Google account or Apple ID to sign up for D&D Beyond after May 18.
That did not answer the question dough, Will does who own phisical books be able to use them by code on the website to play with the books or will any future purchases will be Ebook + phisical
You are asking if you'll get a free digital book with the purchase of a physical book. There have been no announcements about that either confirming nor denying if it'll be possible.
I can imagine, Hasbro is going to drop digital prices on DnDbeyond to like $9 each digital book and really just saturate the world with content - they want D&D to be a house hold name so they can make real money - selling rights to television, movies and ancillary properties that evolve from those successes, while exposing people to MTG (biggest money maker for all of Hasbro products and toys). [REDACTED]
I realize the terms of service will need to revert to WoTC. What I’m asking is will my pre orders be full filled by the DnD beyond team or from the hasbro team? My other concerns is the access to the material I’ve already purchased, I purchased the legendary bundle and at nearly a grand worth investment I’d like to know I’ll have complete access to it without having to jump through some paywall for the right to access the products I paid for. I’ve asked in the past to DnD beyond to get a pdf copy along with my purchase but that was never an option. I would hope that like piazo folks items you purchased from their store they’d give you the opportunity to download the pdf for your use and update it when newer versions get updated at no additional charge.
There is no PDF version. Everything on D&D Beyond is already automatically updated for you. However you seem to be under the assumption that something is changing with D&D Beyond beyond the owner changing, leading to the change in this article.
Will you make it possible during this transition period to delete published content? I agreed to dndbeyond terms when I published not WoTC so I’d like an opportunity to remove my content.
I would love to see discounts on the digital copies if you buy the physical copies.
you answered my question with my question. I know DnD beyond doesn’t provide the pdf. whether that’s due to the licensing agreement with WoTC with every 3rd party provider has to apply abide by or is a done by Beyond company. My question simply is yes or no will my content I purchased here be available to access via online means, access to the same discounts and if there would be any additional charges to access the content I purchased other than the charges I’m paying now
There is no PDF as Wizards of the Coast doesn't make one. The answer is obviously no, no changes except as listed here are being made.
As far as anyone knows everything will be business as usual.
Will this affect those with Content Creator perks, like the free subscription/book content?
I could see the argument for a single use discount code in the books, I doubt we'd get to a free digital copy world but a discount would be nice.
The only change announced is the one to the Terms of Service here.
so the owners of dnd will own dnd beyond now
Will we be able to transfer physical copies of source material through proof of a serial number? Or will we have to buy books we already possess in person?
thank you for all the communication about what is happening
Will my link all change once this is part of wizards of the coast?
"you hereby irrevocably grant to Wizards a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, non-exclusive, and fully sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such User Content"
This language states that they own it, all the while we don't even "own" our account, we are licensed it, and they can remove that at any time, including anything that we have "bought"
I cannot tell if you are being serious--on one hand, you seem to understand that a license granted by Wizards does not grant you ownership over Wizards' intellectual property, while, at the same time, you state that a "license to use" your intellectual property means that "they own it". Surely you must see that your own post is internally inconsistent and plainly wrong?
Wizards has no intent of taking ownership over user content you put on D&D Beyond
Wizards has no intent of taking ownership over user content you put on D&D Beyond
u copy and pasted didn't you, trust me we know your secrets