D&D 5E D&D Beyond: No More À La Carte Purchases But US Customers Can Buy Physical Books

WotC has announced some changes to D&D Beyond's marketplace. These include physical products (for US customers), the removal of à la carte purchases, and various navigational changes.

You can no longer buy individual feats, subclasses, etc. -- you'll need to buy the whole book. The full list of changes includes:

• US shoppers can now buy physical books
• More info on product listings, including previews
• UI improvements to makee finding your purchased content and redeeming keys easier
• No more à la carte purchases (though your previous ones still count)

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

He also never corrected suggesting that the "quotes" were authentic, when in fact they were created by generative AI with all of the potential for hallucinations -- notably, if you ask gen AI what the ten most popular shows on TV in the US are it gives you a list of the ten shows people talk about the most, not the most viewed.

That's a non-issue. It should be trivial to check that the AI modified quotes have the same meaning as the originals before publishing them. It's a clever way to protect your sources, something I'm sure we'll see done a lot in the coming years!

 

[Parmandur]

That's a non-issue. It should be trivial to check that the AI modified quotes have the same meaning as the originals before publishing them. It's a clever way to protect your sources, something I'm sure we'll see done a lot in the coming years!

Not so clever if it ends up spreading misinformation. And that is accepting thst he even had a source.

 

[Echohawk]

Not so clever if it ends up spreading misinformation. And that is accepting thst he even had a source.

I was supposed to attend a workshop on dealing with misinformation last week, but the organizers gave me the wrong address. Bad-dum tish. I'll see myself out.

 

[Nikosandros]

Another change is that the cart used to be persistent, while now it expires after a short while (I'm not sure but it's probably after a day or so).

 

[Parmandur]

Another change is that the cart used to be persistent, while now it expires after a short while (I'm not sure but it's probably after a day or so).

TBH, thst sounds much better from an information security point of view?

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

Not so clever if it ends up spreading misinformation. And that is accepting thst he even had a source.

Any misinformation he spread was not due to AI. Either his "source" lied, or the "source" never existed in the first place.

 

[Nikosandros]

TBH, thst sounds much better from an information security point of view?

Why would that be better for security? My Amazon cart never expires and it doesn't cause any problems. The DDB cart had only stuff that you might want to buy. No personal or financial information

 

[bedir than]

That's a non-issue. It should be trivial to check that the AI modified quotes have the same meaning as the originals before publishing them. It's a clever way to protect your sources, something I'm sure we'll see done a lot in the coming years!

it is absolutely, 100% unethical to claim that someone said words they never said

it is not clever.

it is a deceitful lie

 

[Remathilis]

Still waiting for the option to rent the content you don't own for a monthly fee. With ala carte purchasing gone, I have zero incentive to buy a $35 dollar book to get access to one feat.

 

[Micah Sweet]

so either he lied or his ‘reliable’ source did, neither helps him much at all…

Or WotC lied, at least at the time. None of those people lack a reason to deceive.