D&D 5E Monsters of the Multiverse as Piecemeal content?

[Professor Murder]

That's true. It was always a blundering cash grab.

Honestly can't agree. DnDBeyond is the best onboarding tool to get rules nervous players into the game I have ever encountered. I just do not like the pricing structure.

 

[Rabulias]

Yeah it seems like it offers the most flexible way to buy material for those with limited budgets. If you buy enough from one book equal to the price of the book, you get the whole thing.

 

[LordEntrails]

But providing a PDF with the physical purchase of a book is somehow a technological and logistical impossibility to multiple members of this board.

Not to derail the thread (we can continue elsewhere if desired), but that is not the take away I remember every time this comes up. No one argues that doing so is technically impossible, just that for one or more reasons it is not a good business decision.

 

[Cadence]

I've really appreciated just being able to buy parts for some of the games I've been running. It was pretty cheap to pick almost all of the available races across various books (along with a few spells and class options) to add to my DDB account for my campaign's players to use. Probably cheaper than just getting two full books, let alone all of them.

 

[Faolyn]

A more apt analogy is if the theatre, instead of charging $15 for a full, two hour movie, was willing to charge you "just" $5 for the most exciting 15 minutes.

Except with a movie, you kind of need to see the entire thing to get the plot. But with a gaming book, you might not need the whole thing--just the bits you use. If you don't DM, you probably don't need the monsters, for instance.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Except with a movie, you kind of need to see the entire thing to get the plot.

and once you know the plot (say saw it in theaters or on TV or at a friends) you may not care to see it again but want the blood explosions and spectacle... I CAN see a market for it

 

[Rikka66]

and once you know the plot (say saw it in theaters or on TV or at a friends) you may not care to see it again but want the blood explosions and spectacle... I CAN see a market for it

The market exists. And is catered to by free clips on youtube.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

The market exists. And is catered to by free clips on youtube.

I do kind of wonder if someone sold "just the action sequences" but at a lower price point if they would make sales... especially since the cutting of the footage is something even an idiot like me can do.

 

[Demetrios1453]

That's true. It was always a blundering cash grab.

You realize that if you buy things piecemeal on D&D Beyond, you get credit towards the book that it's in? And a certain point, when the credit reaches the amount of the cost of the book, you can just get the entire book for free? Or pay off the difference at any point?

 

[grimslade]

This is a non-issue. It is not new, nor is it a cash grab. "I don't like how other industries have handled a different system" is not an actual concern.