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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 8860713" data-attributes="member: 18182"><p>To use D&D Beyond, you don't need to use their online dice roller at all. If you choose to, a basic set of digital dice are included. You don't have to purchase dice at all to use the service. I doubt this will change. They do offer a LOT of different digital dice sets, and you might be tempted by some of the neater ones . . . .</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, but . . . . selling off your old magazines isn't something most folks do. It is nice to be able to go back through your collection without having to be a current subscriber, but again, most folks don't. This kind of change doesn't have a huge impact. Also, we don't know if there will even be "magazine" content as a part of a subscription . . . we don't even know if there will be a subscription . . . if there is, we don't know how it will work. Content subscriptions can be set up to allow access to back issues unlocked while you were a previous subscriber, even if you aren't a current subscriber. Also, sometimes there are download options so you can store your "magazine" back issues on your own hard drive.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you are into physical minis on an actual tabletop . . . you are not in the target market for a 3D digital tabletop. So why worry? It's unlikely the future of D&D Beyond will REQUIRE using a digital 3D tabletop with virtual minis. In fact, I'm pretty confident whatever D&D Beyond evolves into, it will support "theatre of the mind" play, without minis and battlemaps of any sort, physical or digital.</p><p></p><p>And there are companies working on AR solutions to actually blend physical and digital elements. ARcana is a good example, it uses AR to project a digital 3D map on the physical table, and you can use your physical minis to interact with it! Will WotC use such a system? We'll see, but the possibilities are getting cooler every year!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 8860713, member: 18182"] To use D&D Beyond, you don't need to use their online dice roller at all. If you choose to, a basic set of digital dice are included. You don't have to purchase dice at all to use the service. I doubt this will change. They do offer a LOT of different digital dice sets, and you might be tempted by some of the neater ones . . . . Yeah, but . . . . selling off your old magazines isn't something most folks do. It is nice to be able to go back through your collection without having to be a current subscriber, but again, most folks don't. This kind of change doesn't have a huge impact. Also, we don't know if there will even be "magazine" content as a part of a subscription . . . we don't even know if there will be a subscription . . . if there is, we don't know how it will work. Content subscriptions can be set up to allow access to back issues unlocked while you were a previous subscriber, even if you aren't a current subscriber. Also, sometimes there are download options so you can store your "magazine" back issues on your own hard drive. If you are into physical minis on an actual tabletop . . . you are not in the target market for a 3D digital tabletop. So why worry? It's unlikely the future of D&D Beyond will REQUIRE using a digital 3D tabletop with virtual minis. In fact, I'm pretty confident whatever D&D Beyond evolves into, it will support "theatre of the mind" play, without minis and battlemaps of any sort, physical or digital. And there are companies working on AR solutions to actually blend physical and digital elements. ARcana is a good example, it uses AR to project a digital 3D map on the physical table, and you can use your physical minis to interact with it! Will WotC use such a system? We'll see, but the possibilities are getting cooler every year! [/QUOTE]
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