WotC D&D Beyond Reveals 'Partnered Content' Schedule

D&D Beyond has published a release schedule for partnered content in the first quarter of 2026. This includes products from Eberron creator Keith Baker, Beadle & Grimm's, and Kickstarter favourites Loot Tavern and The Griffon's Saddlebag.

Partnered content is existing D&D books from third-party publishers on D&D Beyond.

• Exploring Eberron (Visionary Production & Design)
• The Pugilist Class (Benjamin Huffman)
• Faster, Purple Worm! Everybody Dies, Vol. 1 (Beadle & Grimm’s Pandemonium Warehouse)
• Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting: Part 2 (Loot Tavern)
• The Griffon’s Saddlebag: Book One (The Griffon’s Saddlebag)

 

[MIdnightplat]

Am I misremembering or did they not previously talk about some kind of open marketplace? That doesn’t jive with the “curated” marketplace they talk about here. But it is entirely possible that I imagined that.

Talked as a possibility, maybe even an eventuality, but there was never a scheduled roll out or timeline, and it's been clear since the marketplace brought in third parties that for the time being DnD Beyond / WorC sees themselves in curatorial/editorial "bookbuyer" role for what appears in their shop. I imagine there's probably a position that sounds something to the effect of not wanting to simply be a DnD Beyond enabled DMs Guild for "brand integrity" associated with the marketplace, etc. Maybe that's conservative or old school game company philosophy, but it seems to be their logic.

Still, I go back to "you won and so did we" and seeing one of the loudest protest voices in the OGL leak gate thing being included among the creators here. I wouldn't be surprised if all these folks were involved in that special outreach group with the licensing fee or commission rate that had been a massive (and correct to be outraged) sticking point that led to the leak and the ensuring Avengers video etc. For those of you who spent days on socials and DnD Beyonds boards mocking that memo, this is precisely the long game of what "you won and so did we" meant.

 

[mamba]

Still, I go back to "you won and so did we" and seeing one of the loudest protest voices in the OGL leak gate thing being included among the creators here. I wouldn't be surprised if all these folks were involved in that special outreach group with the licensing fee or commission rate that had been a massive (and correct to be outraged) sticking point that led to the leak and the ensuring Avengers video etc. For those of you who spent days on socials and DnD Beyonds boards mocking that memo, this is precisely the long game of what "you won and so did we" meant.

It is one thing to pay 30% or so and get nothing in return (OGL 1.1), it is quite another to participate in a marketplace for it. This is no different than DTRPG, Steam, Apple Shop, and others.

As to ‘you won and so did we’, they could have had that win without any of the losses, and I do not believe that is how they meant it at the time either.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

I suspect Hasbro doesn't worry about how to sell more TTRPG sourcebooks but how to sell more kinds of D&D products. They are different things.

 

[Reynard]

Species, Backgrounds, and Feats, too.

All of the Species and variant/sub-Species need retooling to remove Ability Score modifiers and some need to be rebalanced with an equivalently useful non-ribbon feature to make up for said loss. Some of the Variant/Sub Species need to be completely reworked due to new assumptions of the base species they modify.

The Siberys Aasimar variants, for example, don't work with MP:MotM and 2024 PHB Aasimar (as they are subspecies that essentially replace the VGtM subspecies, while MP:MotM onward introduced the idea that all Aasimar can access all of these forms, rather than them having forked-at-char-creation lineages a la Elves and Tieflings.

Ruinbound Dwarves similarly don't work with the 2024-revised PHB Dwarf species, as Dwarven lineages were eliminated (in part because while most fantasy species follow the "our x is different" trope model, Dwarves are almost always troped as "our dwarves are all the same" – even when dividing cultures. The way around this would be to create a whole-separate species block for Runibound Dwarves, a la Duergar in MP:MotM.

Dhakaani could be turned into a single species with 3 different lineages/heritages, as opposed to using the terms Goblin/Hobgoblin/Bugbear.

The four backgrounds included all assume 2014-weighted background features, rather than the 2022-Dragonlance-onward "background comes with an origin feat" assumption, and the 2024-PHB-onward "background supplies the Ability Score Bumps" assumption.

Species-feats likely need retooling – as XGtE's species feats and the related DDB/DMGuild "Options for Everyone" species feats may also need signifcant retooling to align with 2024 feat assumptions. If we see significant revisions here beyond a "min. 4th-level" requirement for the feat, it could also speak to what we may expect from an updated "Big Book of Character Options" release that may be forthcoming.

I'm getting flashbacks to how 3.5 destroyed the 3rd party 3.0 supplement library.

 

[Belen]

I'm getting flashbacks to how 3.5 destroyed the 3rd party 3.0 supplement library.

Or they will just keep it 2014. DDB currently supports it and there is a large customer base for that rules set.

They have been adding features to support 2014 in DDB lately.