Level Up (A5E) Sharing with players?

[Melestrua]

Hi,
What's the expected way to share these new rules with players? Are we allowed to share the Adventurers Guide PDF?
Cheers,
Melestrua

 

[Satirical Bard]

bump

 

[aco175]

There seems to be a few ways to look at this.

I bought it, so I own it and can share with anyone I want. This is basically pirating and is frowned upon, regardless if for private use. Like Napster and their problems

I'll just share it and if we use it, then I will have them buy a copy. This is better, kind of like a lot of people do with DMsGuild. I would likely lean this way myself and have the player read some of the rules and see if they like it.

All the players buy a copy of PHB, so yeah, go buy your own. I would see this if everyone is on board to play with it. Does everyone at the table have Tasha's or Mordenkainen's? Usually not everyone, but one or two of the books are shared, but not copied. Not sure on digital book subscriptions for places like D&D Beyond, but PDFs have been a debate for a while.

 

[Composer99]

The game mechanics are OGL content (see the OGL at the end of the book) and, as far as I am aware, will eventually be available via online resources.

I wouldn't recommend sharing PDFs, but eventually your players will be able to see all the game's crunch, much the same way as you can see all of Pathfinder's content.

 

[BabbageUK]

There seems to be a few ways to look at this.

I bought it, so I own it and can share with anyone I want. This is basically pirating and is frowned upon, regardless if for private use. Like Napster and their problems

I'll just share it and if we use it, then I will have them buy a copy. This is better, kind of like a lot of people do with DMsGuild. I would likely lean this way myself and have the player read some of the rules and see if they like it.

All the players buy a copy of PHB, so yeah, go buy your own. I would see this if everyone is on board to play with it. Does everyone at the table have Tasha's or Mordenkainen's? Usually not everyone, but one or two of the books are shared, but not copied. Not sure on digital book subscriptions for places like D&D Beyond, but PDFs have been a debate for a while.

Just to add that on D&D Beyond, if you're in a campaign, you get access to all the books that any other player in that campaign has.

 

[BabbageUK]

My take on this is that this will probably be covered in some way through the online tools, when they arrive.