"Still feeling skeptical": D&D Beyond fans remain unconvinced after Wizards of the Coast deny $30 subscription fee

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Over the past week, Wizards of the Coast and D&D Beyond have been a major talking point within the tabletop RPG community. After the recent OGL 1.1 leak, the company officially denied the rumored changes to the Open Gaming License. More recently, fans have gotten wind of yet another rumor from Wizards and Hasbro.

D&D Beyond is a companion app for the tabletop RPG that's extremely beneficial to players of all experience levels. It serves as a digital assistant, including rules and so much more. It is the official digital toolset and companion for D&D’s 5th Edition. With the recent word that Wizards of the Coast didn’t feel like Dungeons & Dragons was being monetized enough, rumors of a $30 dollar subscription for the service genuinely worried players.

Following the company’s previous statement, few were convinced by the statement put out by D&D Beyond on Twitter from Wizards of the Coast.

The usage of D&D Beyond has always been a free resource for fans of the tabletop game, but there was a worrying rumor spreading across the internet recently. According to DungeonScribe on Twitter, there were some major changes on the way to the system, which came from “verified sources.” The changes were reportedly from higher-ups in Hasbro, and DungeonScribe wasn’t the only person to report it.

According to DnD_Shorts on Twitter, the $30 subscription tier is the highest option available and would reportedly contain monthly content drops. Allegedly, it would also deauthorize OGL 1.0a. Homebrew would be banned at the baseline tiers and the gameplay mechanics of AI DMs were also discussed.

In response, Wizards of the Coast refuted all of these claims with their official D&D Beyond Twitter handle. At the time of writing this article, there are