D&D 5E (2024) What Would You Like to See from D&D Beyond Drops?

[MichaelSomething]

What about modules?? Race as class? Gold for EXP? Farming rules???

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

What about modules?? Race as class? Gold for EXP? Farming rules???

Those feel like a lot of design work, other than race-as-class. I am guessing the drops will tend to be stuff that was either developed for an upcoming product but left on the cutting room floor or stuff that the designers have made for their home games and don't mind tossing into the pot. (The magical chalk, for instance, seems like something from an actual campaign, rather than something designed for a themed product.)

Honestly, that stuff sounds fun to me, especially since it means a lot of it may end up being nice little "free" expansions to current products. A few more monsters, a few new magic items, another spell or two, maybe occasionally an extra ancestry or subclass, and I'd be thrilled.

 

[Jefe Bergenstein]

How about functional home brew implementation? Drag and drop scroll creation. Actual useful campaign tools, like the ability to create a store with linked items.

DDB is bad for anything but a glorified storefront and a mediocre VTT. They get millions of dollars monthly and cant do better than a word document for campaign notes.

 

[Distracted DM]

How about functional home brew implementation? Drag and drop scroll creation. Actual useful campaign tools, like the ability to create a store with linked items.

DDB is bad for anything but a glorified storefront and a mediocre VTT. They get millions of dollars monthly and cant do better than a word document for campaign notes.

It'd kind of suck if such helpful features were locked behind DnDB Drops.

 

[Clint_L]

How about functional home brew implementation? Drag and drop scroll creation. Actual useful campaign tools, like the ability to create a store with linked items.

DDB is bad for anything but a glorified storefront and a mediocre VTT. They get millions of dollars monthly and cant do better than a word document for campaign notes.

Huh. I find it extremely useful. I also find the homebrew quite functional, as I use it all the time. I agree about spell scrolls. A store with linked items is already super easy to create on a Google Doc with links to DDB; integrating that within DDB seems like more trouble than it’s worth.

You can do basic notes within Maps, though for campaign notes I use Google Docs. A bespoke gaming app isn’t going have better functionality in that regard that Google Suite, so I’m not sure why they’d try. Seems pointless, kinda like having integrated voice functionality when everyone will just use Discord anyway.

Ironically, the storefront aspect of DDB is one aspect that I think needs improvement.

It doesn’t seem to work well for your needs. That’s okay; it might be incredibly popular, but it can’t please everyone.

But yeah, those aren’t really “drops” - you seem to have core issues with how DDB is built.

 

[bedir than]

Pregens themed around past D&D properties and/or those properties WotC holds the rights to.
Both NPC (Honor Among Thieves was this style) and PC (BG3 examples) versions.

 

[Jefe Bergenstein]

It'd kind of suck if such helpful features were locked behind DnDB Drops.

I know, more of just a rant. The functionality is so mediocre for what they rake in.

 

[Zaukrie]

I know, more of just a rant. The functionality is so mediocre for what they rake in.

There are plenty of threads for this.... Also, they bought it a couple years ago, it is being rewritten....

I'd love lots of NPCs.

 

[TravDoc42]

Pregens themed around past D&D properties and/or those properties WotC holds the rights to.
Both NPC (Honor Among Thieves was this style) and PC (BG3 examples) versions.

I think that'd be super cool!!

I've been rereading Netheril's Fall, and I find it odd that they didn't add a stat block for Karsus. "Use a lich stat block" doesn't really cut it, IMO. Something like Drops NPCs would be a great fix for that!

 

[Clint_L]

I know, more of just a rant. The functionality is so mediocre for what they rake in.

I’m not sure what you’re looking for, for seven bucks a month.

My players have unlimited access to any books I want them to have.

I have unlimited characters.

Encounter manager saves me hours of prep and makes running combat a breeze.

The character sheets with integrated dice and rules mean that even my newest players can track what is going on.

Maps VTT is exactly the right balance of intuitive to use while integrating with a campaign seamlessly.

The interface, in general, is intuitive and easy.

There are definite improvements that can always be made, but it terms of the nuts and bolts of running a campaign, it has extraordinary functionality at a bargain price. The features you cited above fall into the category of minor improvements, or things it already does, or are not really defined so I’m not sure what the complaint is.

I understand if it’s not your thing, but criticizing its functionality when millions of users have chosen it seems like an odd criticism. Note that it did not become popular because WotC was pushing it; WotC bought it because users spoke with their wallets.