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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 9426064" data-attributes="member: 7035894">So much misinformation here.First off, everything I've purchased on DDB is available to me right now on my phone because you can download copies of anything you want, and I have. So it could shut down tonight and I would still have all of 5e and my third party content. So much for that hypothetical.When new releases supplant old ones on DDB, the old ones don't go anywhere. They are labeled "legacy content," you can access them whenever you like, and you can toggle them on or off.WotC has publicly stated that they are sticking with 5e and letting it slowly evolve, and all D&D books will continue to be supported by DDB. So your hypothetical about a 6e is /shrug. Frankly, it seems like the standard arguments folks make about what they see as the pitfalls of purchasing digital content. But I'm pretty good with having content to all of D&D and a huge suite of tools for playing it for $7 per month, just as I'm good for getting access to basically all of music through my Apple Music subscription.As someone who has painted thousands of miniatures and builds elaborate sets using Dwarven Forge and everything else, but also sometimes runs games using the current map builder on DDB, I am assuming that the advantages of the VTT will be time, scope, and money.In order to have enough miniatures and terrain to build most of the options I want, I have invested thousands of hours and tens of thousands of dollars over many years. Now that's a rabbit hole. One I have freely chosen, but even bad VTT will pale by comparison. A good VTT can give players access to a version of all my analogue stuff for a fraction of the cost and effort.Presumably, this VTT will automate most of the task, the same way the current 2d map tool does on DDB. That really is incredibly easy to use, and does in fact include all of Vecna: Eve of Ruin and many other adventures. If the promised VTT does a poor job then I imagine it won't succeed. If it does a good job but is too time consuming and technical, it might succeed as a niche option, like Foundry. Time will tell.</blockquote>

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