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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8796854" data-attributes="member: 18">That's possible, but I suspect it would cause something of an uproar if it was the only digital way.I think what is more likely is we'll see something like the follow:1) You can technically buy the 1D&D PHB/DMG/MM for $49.99 each (that's after the digital "reduction" lol). If you do, you own them just like the current PHB/DMG/etc.2) Or you can spend a bit more and order the physical edition for $69.99 each (or a slipcase set for "only" $199.99) + shipping, via Beyond/WotC, which will also give you digital copies on Beyond (WotC have specifically mentioned the Beyond acquisition enabling them to do stuff like this).3) If you subscribe to the "Master"-level subscription (currently $5.99/month and aimed at DMs) you get access to the 1D&D PHB/DMG/MM for the duration of your subscription as well as the other benefits.This would be a strong push to move people on to the subscription, and as everyone who does subs knows, once you get people on, they often just fail to cancel even when they're not using something (btw I think tech may solve this eventually but it'll be opposed/undermined by big money if anyone tries - still I'd pay for something that started remind me to cancel stuff if it noticed I hadn't logged in to or used it for X weeks, sorry I digress).You may even get some other books or at least the mechanical content of them as they come out, perhaps for a slightly higher sub - $8.99/month, say). This is how the DDI worked.If you have the existing 5E stuff, you'll still be able to use it as a "legacy" option, but the Beyond team won't bother to support it beyond that, and won't fix even existing issues with that stuff, and when it turns out that it breaks in 2030 and X "legacy" class just doesn't work right anymore, it'll be absolutely bottom priority for Beyond to fix, and if you complain about it publicly, 70% of responses will be from 1D&D boosters telling you in terms ranging from the gentle to the brutal that you're a loser who needs to get with the times.</blockquote>

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