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)

 

[Dire Bare]

That has contract violation sirens going off

I'm sure Baker is well aware of the contracts he signed with WotC. I wouldn't worry.

 

[Remathilis]

That has contract violation sirens going off

It's rumor, grain of salt and all.

While I think putting Baker in charge of the Elder Scrolls TTRPG would be AWESOME...

Honestly, I'd love a 5e compatible TES game. Bethesda x WotC. Probably be here faster than TES 6 .

But I meant Daggerheart

 

[djotaku]

Faster Purple Worm is awesome. If you're a dndbeyond person, I would definitely grab it. (I was a KS backer)

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

...mastering dungeons recently posted an insightful assessment of what the guild has become: essentially a dead-end market even for high-profile folks like keith baker...

Eh, it's also a place for DMs to say "hey, I created this document for my home game of (some WotC official adventure or campaign); I bet other groups could use it" and sell it for a few bucks.

It's definitely not the place to get the best RPG content, or even D&D content, generally speaking -- your DMs Guild account works for DriveThruRPG too, folks, including a single unified library -- but it's still got its place.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

My bad.

I wonder if DMs Guild stuff sells better.

Not in my experience. My stuff sells in both places, but even stuff for much, much smaller games than D&D sells much faster for me on DTRPG than my DMs Guild stuff does (one thing so far, a second complementary thing going up later this week).

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I've never really used or interacted with it, so it's not really on my radar--but I hear (anecdotally) that it's currently suffering from an AI slop deluge. I don't know how true that is.

It appears they do periodic sweeps and get rid of all they can find. I see AI slop stuff hang on for a few weeks and then vanish.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Some Indie publishers I know also think the proliferation of AI content has tanked the Kickstarter marketplace. I’m not sure, but I know my last KS (human-made) got about half the number of backers that i was expecting

I am a big Kickstarter backer, and find myself not supporting a lot of campaigns nowadays. That 100% includes AI product, but economic questions really have kept my finger off the button.

I think a lot of Kickstarter's success previously can't really be disentangled from larger issues, including retail therapy during lockdown and the broader economic climate.

I am optimistic that things will turn around at some point in the future.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Because we have added millions of casual players over the last 5 years or more, the fact is that most of them do not care about "human made" and they just want stuff to entertain them and their friends for a couple hours a week.

I don't think that necessarily follows.

 

[Reynard]

I don't think that necessarily follows.

Which part?

There are some very vocal anti-GenAI folks, of course, but given the absolute ubiquity of AI use among the younger generation, I don't see any reason to believe GenAI in games is going to keep them away.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

There are some very vocal anti-GenAI folks, of course, but given the absolute ubiquity of AI use among the younger generation, I don't see any reason to believe GenAI in games is going to keep them away.

The young people I know use AI for transitory stuff that they don't care about. "Real" stuff they want human-made and are enthusiastic about stuff like actual physical books and such.

I think they are going to beat their elders to the punch in seeing that something human-made is of more value.