D&D 5E DND Beyond Pricing announced.
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With the free account you can use the tools (character builder, monster builder, etc.) with the SRD data and any other data you unlock. The tools will have ads but the compendium (I.e. Ebook) will not have ads. You are limited to 6 characters in the character builder.
With the heroic tier you get the same as above with unlimited characters and no ads.
The master tier gives you everything the heroic tier does but you can share your purchased content with up to 12 other users.
There is also some homebrew capabilities that are different too but not sure how that one works (I haven't been paying too much attention to the homebrew stuff yet).
It was the first thing I noticed, too. Adding .99 onto the end of prices makes your product look really cheap. Act like your product is top notch like a fancy restaurant and price it to the whole dollar.
Though now that I think of it, even the Dollar Store prices their products to the whole dollar. It actually makes the product seem less expensive. I'd rather see $3 per month that $2.99.
LordEntrails
Hero
Except there is a whole litany of market research that shows that most people feel $2.99 is a better deal than $3.
Personally I don't like the .99 either, but whining about it and not being aware of the actual research behind it doesn't accomplish anything useful.
They've written up the subscription descriptions in detail:
http://www.dndbeyond.com/full-subscription-details-for-d-d-beyond
Should clear up a lot of questions. For the Master Tier subscription, it is sort of mimicking the idea that any books brought to the table can be used by anyone at the table. That's nice. Means the DM doesn't have to buy everything directly.
AD
http://www.dndbeyond.com/full-subscription-details-for-d-d-beyond
Should clear up a lot of questions. For the Master Tier subscription, it is sort of mimicking the idea that any books brought to the table can be used by anyone at the table. That's nice. Means the DM doesn't have to buy everything directly.
AD
Yes. It is apparently a very effective and well researched technique. It's annoying that it works. But, well, it does.
https://www.livescience.com/33045-why-do-most-prices-end-in-99-cents-.html
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mach1.9pants
Hero
I'm wondering when the mobile device apps are going to be released. For me, on a PC with PC Master Race power I don't need D&D Beyond. However an app on phone or tablet is different, and very useful. Until the apps are released for playing with, this product is barely half value for testing. Is there a timeline for app release that anyone knows?
Nathan Gaudry
First Post
So far, the mobile site is actually really good. I'd suggest playing around with the beta on your phone and seeing what you think.
mach1.9pants
Hero
Thanks, so there may not be an app just the website is well optimised for my Galaxy S and iPad? I guess I'll go and have a look!
Nathan Gaudry
First Post
I haven't really looked at tablet yet, but I can't see it being bad. On my S6 it looks just fine. Only "issue" is that the character sheet is organized by left and right swipes, which means it can take a few more swipes than I'd like to get where I'm going. Compendium works exactly the way I'd want it to.
But my point was that it is a true mobile site, so once the app comes out I imagine it will look exactly like this.
But my point was that it is a true mobile site, so once the app comes out I imagine it will look exactly like this.
They've pretty much indicated there will be an app (-- insert all caveats about buying software for future features here --). And it will be the app that gives offline functionality. But I agree with Nathan that the mobile web interface is good enough that I suspect the app interface will look very similar.
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Koren n'Rhys
Explorer
LOL - Unfortunately, that's how we roll here in America. The ridiculous perception that something is cheaper at $99.99 than at $100. It's why Walmart prices things at $xx.98. Such a deal!
Koren n'Rhys
Explorer
RE: Homebrew - With a free account you can enter and use your own homebrew, and publish it publicly, but you CAN'T use other people's publicly-published homebrew. With either paid subscription you have full access to the public homebrew also.
Now, from what I've read, you can still browse and view all that homebrew, you just can't hit the button that saves it into your homebrew library oar somesuch. If you see something cool, it's likely easy enough to just recreate it in your personal homebrew.
Demetrios1453
Hero
That did make things much clearer. And I love that any of the players can purchase a book or content and have it added into the group pot so to speak.
And I had to laugh picturing their GoT D&D group example. Watch out adventuring group, I bet that DM will be throwing lots of dragons at you!
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Ed Laprade
First Post
Yeah, I know the reasoning, but it still irritates me to no end.
Jack99
Adventurer
Charles Rampant
Explorer
Demetrios1453
Hero
They just announced that it will now be possible to buy just the monsters and/or magic items from the APs as a bundle for each AP, which will save a good amount of money for those of us, like me, who only want that info instead of purchasing the whole book in each case. This was suggested a few days ago on their forums, and they've already implemented the pricing details for it!
https://www.dndbeyond.com/pricing-details#Adventures
https://www.dndbeyond.com/pricing-details#Adventures
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