Dungeons & Dragons' official online platform, D&D Beyond, is offering all players free gifts daily for the next 12 days in a special holiday promotion called 12 Days of D&D. Launched in 2017, D&D Beyond has served as an all-encompassing game companion forDungeons & Dragonsplayers ever since, offering tools like digital character sheets, virtual tabletops, downloadable campaigns, and online sourcebooks. Basically, it includes everything you need to playDnDusing your PC or smartphone, plus lots of extras - but those usually cost money.
What May Be Included In 12 Days Of D&D
& How To Claim Them
Each day between December 4 and December 15,users can expect to find one free item on the D&D Beyond marketplace. These can be claimed by clicking the link in the Tweet above, or by navigating to the store page and clicking on the “Free Claimable” icon in the storefront.
12 Days of D&D items don’t expire - players can log in any time between the day the item drops and the end of the promotion to claim their freebies.
The items you receive each day may vary. For example,day one’s item was a virtual set of Sanguine Dice, crimson red dice with a veiny pattern. They’re perfect for hot-blooded barbarians, blood magic wizards, or any and all manner of dark, brooding antiheroes. These can be used withinD&D Beyond’s virtual tabletopfor regular in-game dice rolls. Today’s reward wasGiants of the Star Forge, a oneshot campaign for 16th-level adventurers. Inspired bytheBigby’s Glory of the Giantssupplement, it tasks the party with finding and saving a legendary smith.
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But once you’ve provided all that and checked out, these items are yours to keep, apparently in perpetuity. There doesn’t appear to be an expiration date on your license to use these items,so as long as you keep your D&D Beyond account open, they’re yours to use as you please.
Our Take: A Nice Holiday Surprise For D&D Players
D&D Gets One (Almost) Right
Although it lasted longer (24 days of gifts instead of 12),many of the Adventure Calendar’s daily freebies were pretty underwhelming, not unlike a real advent calendar. Instead of gifts, many days simply offered discounts on things likeDnD-themed journals, monster-inspired coffee, and d20-shaped toasters. When it did offer free items, they were largely useless, things like digital downloads of printable paper ornaments, Beholder coloring pages, or in-game companions forNeverwinter Nights- and that last one was only a sweepstakes.
Of course, D&D Beyond doesn’t necessarily have to give its free users anything, but it’s a bit disappointing when most of the promised gifts turn out to be little more than incentives to spend money. It has its flaws, but by comparison, this year’s 12 Days of D&D is downright generous, and worth checking out for allDungeons & Dragonsplayers.
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Dungeons and Dragons
Dungeons and Dragons is a popular tabletop game originally invented in 1974 by Ernest Gary Gygax and David Arneson. The fantasy role-playing game brings together players for a campaign with various components, including abilities, races, character classes, monsters, and treasures. The game has drastically expanded since the ’70s, with numerous updated box sets and expansions.
