D&D Beyond

 

As of this writing, I have been playing TTRPG's for just over 40 years. As my loyal readers know, I also prefer physical media over digital media. I think Stan Lee expressed it the best when asked about digital comic books.

My apologies to anyone offended by this.

Over the past couple of years, I have been playing in a face-to-face Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition game. We are using the free D&D Beyond accounts for our character sheets, and one of our former players shared his entire collection of books he had available through D&D Beyond as well. This has been an invaluable resource, but I still prefer the physical books and have most of them in my collection.

I have been toying with the idea of running my own campaign after several years of not being a DM/GM/ST because of burn-out. I see all the digital advancements that make our D&D sessions enjoyable, and I would like to be able to provide that for my future players.

However... while I have purchased all the books physically, I only have access to them in D&D Beyond through the collection that was shared with me. I don't have the kind of extra money to be able to purchase all the books digitally, and was hoping that I might be able to still access the books that were shared with me, and also share them with my future players.

Of course this means that I would be upgrading my current subscription from the free version to the Master Tier.

Does anyone happen to know if this would be possible? Like I said, I can't afford to re-purchase all the books digitally, but I want to be able to give my players the same type of enjoyment that I'm experiencing in the game that I am a player in. Also, having the VTT and digital tokens would be a wonderful addition as well as I have never invested in a large quantity of physical miniatures. I do have a sizeable collection of Heroclix, but they're not the fantasy story of minis that I would want for a D&D game. I have been collecting a few of the pre-painted minis from WizKids, but not nearly enough to support running an entire campaign with.

I would love to hear your thoughts, experiences and opinions on what I can do to bring my hopes of getting back into running a D&D campaign to life.