WotC WotC Adds 'Partnered Content' to DnDBeyond--Starting With Critical Role's Tal’dorei Campaign Setting

One of the promises Wizards of the Coast made in the aftermath of the Open Gaming License 'crisis' back in January was that D&D Beyond would eventually have some kind of third party marketplace. Up until now, only official D&D books from WotC have been available there.

Now, however, there is a section of 'partnered content' -- six titles, including three Critical Role sourcebooks, as well as some older licensed items like the Rick & Morty boxed set and the Minecraft monster tie-in. The latter were already on DDB, but the 'Partnered Content' home for them is new, as is the Tal-'dorei Campaign Setting.

As of now you can pick up Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, Call of the Netherdeep, and the Tal'dorei Campaign Setting Reborn.

Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn

The definitive sourcebook for bringing the locations, people, creatures, and character options of Critical Role’s Tal’Dorei continent to ...

www.dndbeyond.com

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While this 'partnered content' is a long way yet from the third-party marketplace mentioned earlier this year (which is likely a a couple of years away), it is notable that third party content is now appearing on the site.

 

[MarkB]

Is the content well inegrated? I.e. does it all work with the character builder, and does it mix'n'match with options from other sources?

 

[darjr]

Note it’s partnered content not third party — WotC was involved in all those books.

I even own a copy.

Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting is a sourcebook written by Matthew Mercer with the help of James Haeck. It was published on October 17, 2017[2] by Green Ronin Publishing and was available in both hardcover and PDF formats, but is now out of print.

Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting

Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting is a sourcebook written by Matthew Mercer with the help of James Haeck. It was published on October 17, 2017 by Green Ronin Publishing and was available in both hardcover and PDF formats, but is now out of print. The guide is presented as a reference for...

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Critical Role: Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting Pre-Order & PDF

Pre-ordering is now active for the Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting! Important! You have three choices of where to start, so please make sure you c

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[darjr]

But didn’t WotC publish it? Or am I misremembering?

No. See my earlier post.

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

But didn’t WotC publish it? Or am I misremembering?

The original Tal'dorei Campaign Setting was published by Green Ronin and Tal'dorei Reborn was published by Darrington Press. Neither had any WotC involvement beyond using the OGL, as far as I can tell.

Wildemount and Netherdeep are a different story, obviously.

 

[Nikosandros]

But didn’t WotC publish it? Or am I misremembering?

WotC published Wildemount and an adventure.

 

[darjr]

Is the content well inegrated? I.e. does it all work with the character builder, and does it mix'n'match with options from other sources?

Looks like it’s supposed to be.

 

[darjr]

Also @Morrus i think that partnered content page was already there before this book went up.

 

[mamba]

Edit: re cost - it is $29.99, which is heavily discounted from the cost of the print edition

It better be, digital is usually half what print costs. The PDF is $25

Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn - Darrington Press | DriveThruRPG.com

Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn - Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn is the definitive sourcebook for bringing the locations, people, creatures, and cha

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[Queer Venger]

Not that into Crit Role campaign; here's hoping some of the awesome supplements from Kobold Press get added at some point

 

[jgsugden]

I wonder about the cost structures here. Did Critical Role pay for the development costs of implementing the materials into the builder? If so, what if DNDBeyond struggles to implement a feature of a subclass into the character builder, like the infamous delays in some of th warlock and cleric features that have never manifested?