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.
I was pretty sure that'd be the case! But I wasn't sure, and I'm a bit of a worry-wort, so thank you for responding and putting my mind at ease!
im suprised this has not happened before i thought this was going to be a missed opertunity by wotc
Thank you for clarifying this. I really love D&D Beyond, but the idea of getting gypped out of the right to use something I created was a HUGE red flag. I don't really give a fig if WotC uses my homebrew without credit. My username is still on it on the website and the date to back it up. Now what I do wonder is if WotC does decide to make user-submitted homebrew content official, does that give them the right to remove your homebrew from the community library? I would like to believe the folks at Wizards don't play dirty pool, but you never know. I've been wrong before.
To clarify, the terms of service have you providing a license to Wizards of the Coast for your copyrighted content. It is not a transfers nor assignment of copyright. It's also bog standard on any site that has public facing user content, such as your comment, in order to do exactly what you'd expect for them to do, store and display it. We in America, where Wizards of the Coast is, are very litigious, so yes, it may be overkill, but it's also normal and standard. The license is also non-exclusive, meaning you can take your copyrighted content and post it anywhere else that also has a non-exclusive license in order to do so.
Will I finally be able to use my hard copy books with wizards integration?
You may not own your character (talking about race, class, background or level and the combinations of them), but what about the back stories, does are not granted in a book.
Cool. Now give us online voucher codes for the books we buy in hard copy.
Thank you for the information. I look forward to playing in the future!
Will I still keep the pages that I have purchased from the books? or will they be removed and I have to purchase the books in its entirety?
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maybe you could make it like a gift card and have the book be "activated"
will hard copy books get beyond codes
will you be able to use the digital version of a book ifyou own the physical form?
That was really helpful clarification. Thanks for posting. :-)
The only changes that have been announced are listed in the article above.
There have been no announcements about free books.
Is WoTC going to start putting codes inside physical books to allow us to get a free digital version?
Will anything on DND Beyond be compatible with Roll20 once converted to WOTC
There have been no announcements about anything other than what's listed here.
Will I have to rebuy all the content I've already purchased?
Wizards of the Coast has no plans to stop supporting D&D Beyond.