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.
Keep me updated if they answer too :)
Will a reflex/dex save be required during the merge to avoid rising cost or do we preserve it will stay the same?
There has been no announcement of any changes other than what is in this article.
*minecraft account migration flashbacks*
Not that I think any of my characters, or stories are publish worthy. But yeah, Im not a big fan of the idea that my characters could be taken away if someone wished to do so.
It’s true no corporation is altruistic. They are in it for the bottom line no matter who they run over. I worked for a corporation on the salary side and we were told to find excuses to use our legal team so that they could break the competition because they couldn’t afford the protracted legal battles. This same company claimed ownership of a excel spreadsheet and the all processes that were created by myself, and stated it was their intellectual property since I typed up my concept for them on one of the company computers. Corporations are evil entities. The more charities and philanthropies they are tied to the more the way they make their money is corrupt.
Did you work for Budweiser, because this sounds like Budweiser.
I have to admit I am not too afraid about all of this. As a consumer, I can leave at any time.
Will there be some way to make a "proof of purchase" for physical materials that can then be imported online? Cause buying the same things twice (or three times if you get multiple copies of the same book for players so they don't have to share) is a little expensive. Even making a proof of purchase code that costs just, like, a dozen more dollars will be infinitely better than full price twice.
There have been no announcement about free books. The only announcement about any changes is this article.
you can require proof of purchase with a special QR code on a receipt printed with the purchase of a book.
Unsubscribing from this section I've seen enough
First, may I ask why you are merging. Second, I would ask if the layout of our character sheets and our actuall characters / the money we spent on our accounts is going to change or be taken away... So basically will I still have my dice and all my costomizables/characters
Edit: Oh ok I just found the more info tab. Basically answered all of my questions. If you haven't read the more info thing, I'd suggest doing so. It can answer a lot of questions.
The data controller thing is part of GDPR, while changing terms of service is a normal part of the process when a company acquires another.
Ok, cool!
Thanks! Clears it up quite a bit.
Looking forward to seeing what you guys do with all this POWER!!
I hope this is a good change for the DDB team! You guys have worked hard and made something really awesome.
Just because it is based on copyrighted material doesn't give the owner of the copyrighted material rights to use it in of itself.
No, because you don't have rights to use it. Wizards would due thier due diligence before reproducing content for commercial purposes.