Fantasy Grounds Licenses are Now FREE! Plus Online Digital Reader launched in Beta

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Originally Posted by Skie

i would think so as well, but in the same breath i would ask, does that same logic not also apply to a physical copy of a player's handbook that is then placed on the table for anyone at the table to use? should we all hoard our books and not allow others to look up a spell or some other info, just because i have the license to that particular physical copy of a given book that i brought to the table.

I'm not trying to find a loophole or anything, i simply find it interesting that the online community as a whole generally frowns on sharing a book, but if i had the same book as a physical copy, no one would bat an eye if i placed it on the table for free use on a game night. :D

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As Moon said, while connected to your game, you can share your book with every player at the table. You can also share it in a way that each player can be looking at a different page, not something you can do with a physical book.

And think about the consequences if one was allowed to share their account with "friends". Some folks claim to have millions of friends right? So then one account that buys all the books and then posts their credentials online for their "friends" And the RPG industry goes kerplop!

On the loyalty rewards. Since I think we have to gift entire orders to a single user, do we have to claim them one at a time? And, can we keep going back to the claim rewards page or do we have to claim everything in one try?

Yes, gifting is for an entire order. If you want to split the gifts up to send to different people, we recommend claiming them one at a time. Yes, you can return back and claim any items you have not already claimed or claimed and gifted.

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Originally Posted by Egheal

Fantastic news. Will it be possible to have a search functionality inside a book, like in a pdf?

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We have no shortage of enhancements we'll be adding to the online reader throughout the beta and beyond. This is one of the items on the list, but we don't have any details to share or a timeframe - we'll be adding things consistently in the days to come.

Break through the VTT paywall; is there a possibility to break the core rules paywall? Users only need to pay for content, similar to platforms like FVTT, Roll20, or Alchemy

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Originally Posted by ikki

Break through the VTT paywall; is there a possibility to break the core rules paywall? Users only need to pay for content, similar to platforms like FVTT, Roll20, or Alchemy

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That only works if the system you are playing has an SRD. Not all of them do. GURPS is a good example of this. The online reader is an amazing start, for sure. Been waiting for something like this for ages, since the price of the content generally matches buying the book itself, in many cases I end up 'double dipping' to get the full PDF so I can browse through it on a tablet, PC, etc. In many cases, I end up ordering the book direct from the publisher so that I end up getting the PDF that way.
One other benefit, the 5e stuff has almost unreadable pages for me, the My Library book looks WAY nicer to my old eyes!

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Originally Posted by slaapliedje

That only works if the system you are playing has an SRD. Not all of them do. GURPS is a good example of this. The online reader is an amazing start, for sure. Been waiting for something like this for ages, since the price of the content generally matches buying the book itself, in many cases I end up 'double dipping' to get the full PDF so I can browse through it on a tablet, PC, etc. In many cases, I end up ordering the book direct from the publisher so that I end up getting the PDF that way.
One other benefit, the 5e stuff has almost unreadable pages for me, the My Library book looks WAY nicer to my old eyes!

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The accessibility of the online reader definitely helps. It's pretty nice already, but it is still in Beta. We can expect it to improve even further over the next few months.

Is there any timeline for when products will be added to the reader? I was briefly checking out the reader earlier and I noticed that there were quite a few products that were missing. I imagine that adding products will take time but there were more than a few that were missing that didn't "make sense" given the other products that are available. For example, I own the pre-update version of the Traveller Core bundle on FG. Some of the books (the central supply catalogue, the vehicle handbook) are available in the reader but the others (including the core rules, high guard and the traveller companion) are not available. Similarly, I own the Starfinder Essentials bundle. A few of the books appear but most of the books (including the core rulebook) do not show up for me. Or to take another example, I own each of the 6 PF1E Kingmaker modules in FGU. However, only parts 3-6 can be read using the reader. Part 1 and 2 are nowhere to be seen. Other rulesets (Cyberpunk Red) are missing entirely.

Two huge announcements, really hope to have the Call of Cthulhu rule books on here soon. Making it free means new users are going to expect the latest releases to be available for their favourite rulesets. Is there a plan to fix this for the non-DnD/PF rulesets?

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Originally Posted by ikki

Break through the VTT paywall; is there a possibility to break the core rules paywall? Users only need to pay for content, similar to platforms like FVTT, Roll20, or Alchemy

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Those rulesets are already in FGVTT. You want to get the books, they cost money and no; FVTT, Roll20 nor any other provides the content for free, or Wizards of the Coast would shut them down.