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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lazybones" data-source="post: 9433273" data-attributes="member: 143">I currently run three 5e campaigns, two in Fantasy Grounds and one in-person at a local game store. I do not have a DDB account. Most of my in-person players use it and one even uses it exclusively; he does not have a physical PHB (he's brand new to the hobby, brought in by BG3). He was able to send me a link to his character sheet that I was able to access without a subscription. I think this will become more common in the future. I don't mind paying twice for the digital and print books; I see the digital and in-person experiences as fairly distinct and my $/hour cost is still insanely low for D&D; far lower than any of my other hobbies.Like most I would be unhappy if WotC/Hasbro stopped producing physical books and/or added some kind of subscription requirement for digital access to playing D&D online. Neither seems likely in the immediate future (i.e., the next decade or so), especially since they have already licensed 2024 D&D to Fantasy Grounds. If they decided at some point to add a surcharge for accessing specific content in DDB or for using their VTT that would not impact me, since I don't plan on using either. What I've seen of their VTT suggests that it looks pretty, but it doesn't look super friendly to homebrew, especially in terms of building maps.Things can always change, and if they did a 6th edition or something in ten years that mandated using their system to play, I would reassess my options then based on what they offer vs the cost. My understanding is that the licenses to Fantasy Grounds are irrevocable, so I can keep playing 5e/2024 using my lifetime Ultimate license until I died, as long as I could find interested players. Based on the number of people I see playing earlier editions or clones of them right now, I don't think that will be an issue.</blockquote>

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