D&D publisher walks back controversial changes to online tools
by Ash Parrish from The Verge - All Posts on (#6Q8N4)
Image: Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast has walked back some of its planned updates to D&D Beyond. All your current Dungeons & Dragons characters sheets are once again safe with the publisher no longer forcing updates to newer versions of spells, weapons, and magic items.
Last week, as a part of the updates to Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition - collectively known as the 2024 revision - the publisher announced that it would update D&D Beyond, the tabletop RPG's official digital toolkit that players use to reference content and create characters using a host of official and third-party sources. The update would add the new 2024 rulebooks to the toolkit, mark outdated content with a legacy" badge, and change players' character sheets to reflect all the new...