- cross-posted to:
- dnd@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- dnd@lemmy.world
D&D books are still available by themselves from your friendly local game store. You can find them at Target, Amazon, and beyond as well. But the community seems concerned about WotC’s move towards a more digital D&D.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY ASKED FOR. For years after D&D Beyond launched the community by and large asked “Why don’t I get a digital copy of the book when I buy the paper copy?” The answer was, because D&D Beyond only licensed the books and was not owned by Wizards of the Coast.
When WOTC bought D&D Beyond the community asked, “Will we finally get digital copies when we buy a physical copy?” And when WOTC said yes, the community rejoiced.
Now that WOTC is making good on said promise, people have to write articles about how it’s concerning behavior?
The big issue is that not every copy of the PHB will just come with a code for D&DBeyond out of the box. The bundle deals (which are $10/15€ more expensive than the retail book price) are only available from wizards directly, screwing over your FLGS.
And then there’s of course the obvious issue of D&D Beyond being insanely expensive from the start.
They are hiking the prices of books across the board, is assume books will start coming with codes no matter where you buy them. But that’s just an assumption.
As for the cost of Beyond, no additional payment is required to use your digital books. They are the only part of Beyond I have ever used.