Played across tables and through virtual calls, Dungeons & Dragons is one of the world's most flexible games. DMs and players alike find themselves weaving webs of heartwrenching storylines and silly NPCs, creating adventures for their own party. It's one of the joys of RPGs - collaborative storytelling that brings people together, even if they're physically apart.
Some D&D aficionados release their content online for others to explore. Most do so through Dungeons Masters Guild, a community content program designed to allow users to create D&D content using Wizards of the Coast materials. Now, OneBookShelf's DMs Guild has partnered with virtual tabletop platform Roll20 to develop support for community-created TTRPG content.
What We Know About DMs Guild and Roll20 Partnership
This announcement finally addresses the community's long-standing request for greater accessibility between the two content platforms. Given D&D's highly customizable nature, many player groups tend to opt for some degree of personalization; unique characters, environments, mechanics, and so on. Previously, any D&D content not already supported by Roll20's platform required extensive set-up, making customization difficult. Now, after players have vocalized their need for easier methods of content porting, Roll20 and DMs Guild offer a solution.
Following the DMs Guild and Roll20 partnership, Roll20 users will eventually have support for DMs Guild content. This means that players can officially host DMs Guild modules and assets on the virtual platform, without needing to do extra set-up work. This includes everything from DMs Guild handouts, maps, character sheets, and icons, all ported over from the DMs Guild site.
Essentially, users will be able to convert purchases made on OneBookShelf and unlock the corresponding content on Roll20. DMs Guild creators can also create Roll20-specific content (modules and adventure add-ons) that unlock alongside their main content. Since purchases of all DMs Guild content still goes through OneBookShelf, any royalty-splitting agreements will still be honored.
Roll20 and DMs Guild have yet to announce an official date for the implementation of this feature, but they encourage users to keep an eye out for it soon.