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.

 

[mamba]

It's going to be a question I think of how much 3pp want to still play ball with WotC after the ogl debacle and how many are going to stick with their homebrew systems in the aftermath. KP might give some old stuff to them, but I can't imagine TotV era stuff will be.

This is a business decision, if they think it benefits them to have it on DDB, they should do so, and I would expect them to

 

[Weiley31]

Now the Blood Hunter and the Gunslinger won't be so lonely anymore!

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

I feel curiosity about future partnerships. Maybe any ones aren't from TTRPGs but adaptations of franchises from videogames or Hollywood productions. I am wishing to know what new classes and PC species could appear. Someones had been published in the SRD.

The settings by 3PPs can be a good bait, and D&DB can be the best showcase for the tibles by 3PPs.

What about the update version of awaited classes with special mechanics? for example the psionic mystic and the martial adepts, but also the ones by Mage Hand Publishing, among others. And the PC species from "Tales of Arcana"?

Do you know the 3PPs with best relations with WotC?

 

[Weiley31]

Nations and Cannons anyone?

For the record: I just REALLY like the class Icon for the Firebrand.

 

[Nikosandros]

I have no information on who has or has not left DDB. I use it all the time, though; it works really, really well, and after some initial testing I can confirm that the new TR content seems to be seamlessly integrated, so whoever was working on that did a good job.

I imagine that there is a lot of focus on figuring out how it will be integrated with the VTT. I am now wondering if the VTT will also be able to integrate 3PP. I imagine that would be a huge task.

There was a bunch of features that was in development for a long time and just seems to have disappeared. I agree that the functionality that is present is quite good. I really got used to having the DDB automated sheets, very convenient.

 

[Dire Bare]

There was a bunch of features that was in development for a long time and just seems to have disappeared. I agree that the functionality that is present is quite good. I really got used to having the DDB automated sheets, very convenient.

D&DB is currently a well-designed service, but . . . Demiplane is starting to eclipse it in functionality. Demiplane is the service developed by Adam "Badeye" Bradshaw, who also got D&DB rolling originally.

Once Demiplane gets their 5E Nexus up and running . . . .

 

[dave2008]

Would like to see the OAR series by Goodman(?) and Eberron stuff from Keith for sure.

 

[RoughCoronet0]

I’d be excited for Grimhollow to potentially be on DNDBeyond. It’s far better then many other 3pp products and my group loves using the material from these.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

D&DB is currently a well-designed service, but . . . Demiplane is starting to eclipse it in functionality. Demiplane is the service developed by Adam "Badeye" Bradshaw, who also got D&DB rolling originally.

Once Demiplane gets their 5E Nexus up and running . . . .

Hopefully it will have a much more functional general search function. I love DDB, but ugh…searching for something from the main search bar is terrible. Has been for years.

 

[Zaukrie]

Hopefully it will have a much more functional general search function. I love DDB, but ugh…searching for something from the main search bar is terrible. Has been for years.

It's terrible it gives me results from stuff I don't own, even if the results are from stuff I do also.