"There might yet be a heaven, but it isn't going to be 'perfect', and we're going to have to build it ourselves." - Philhellenes, Science Saved My Soul
There are errors in the original book which the DDB version corrects. Here are a few off the top of my memory:
Result 16 on the Lucky Finds random loot table is entirely missing in the book. DDB lists a restorative ointment at result 16, and expands the ‘nothing’ result from 1-7 to 1-8.
The DCs for finding Delerium have changes from the book. In the book, the text gives a DC of 18 with a bonus success for a 23+. The accompanying table lists a DC of 15 for the outer city and a 20 for the inner city. The DDB version omits the text and says to look at the table.
The Mageborn background allows the character to make one scroll per day, practically for free. The DDB version adds that the scroll crumbles after 24 hours.
So DDB apparently has some room to correct things when there are mechanical issues, but when it’s just a basic English mistake, they’re unable? Or is it more likely that the Dungeon Dudes gave DDB a few corrections to implement, but forgot some others? It took over a year, but they did finally correct two of the math mistakes in the pregens for Dragons of Stormwreck Isle, so post-publish updates are possible. I read and submitted edits for Drakkenheim’s Alpha document (most of which were instances of the wrong its/it’s), but I was busy with a few other things at the time, so I didn’t get to the latter chapters and appendices. It’s a common enough mistake (even auto-incorrect does it) but if WotC wants to promote D&D as an afterschool program, it may be worth collecting such typos and contacting the authors about revisions.
"There might yet be a heaven, but it isn't going to be 'perfect', and we're going to have to build it ourselves." - Philhellenes, Science Saved My Soul
Not that I can find, but I’ll be downloading a fresh copy of the PDF on Backerkit in a few days to check. Last year, on the Dungeon Dudes Discord, I asked about a 1.2 version of the PDF to correct errors. Monte said he was collecting error reports for a future update, but nothing has come of it until now, on DDB. I reported some, including the four errors in this thread and another that had to do with a couple broken bookmarks in the PDF. I have since left the Discord because it was a Patreon feature, and theirs was one I had to cull. I am about done with running the campaign now anyway, and I implemented my own fixes over a year ago.
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"There might yet be a heaven, but it isn't going to be 'perfect', and we're going to have to build it ourselves." - Philhellenes, Science Saved My Soul
Was there an official errata on the book that corrected those mistakes in a subsequent printing of the book?
I just downloaded a fresh copy of the PDF and the errors I noted are unchanged.
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"There might yet be a heaven, but it isn't going to be 'perfect', and we're going to have to build it ourselves." - Philhellenes, Science Saved My Soul
Dungeons of Drakkenheim, Survivor Background, Bond 4:
“I’ve spent so long in these ruins, its the outside world that terrifies me now.”
That should be it’s. Getting the wrong its/it’s is one of the most common typos and autocorrect often fails to flag it, or even auto-incorrects it.
"There might yet be a heaven, but it isn't going to be 'perfect', and we're going to have to build it ourselves." - Philhellenes, Science Saved My Soul
Backgrounds • Feats • Magic Items • Monsters •
Ancestries• Spells •SubclassesIf the original book has the error, then DDB is legally obligated to include it until an official errata is released correcting it.
There are errors in the original book which the DDB version corrects. Here are a few off the top of my memory:
So DDB apparently has some room to correct things when there are mechanical issues, but when it’s just a basic English mistake, they’re unable? Or is it more likely that the Dungeon Dudes gave DDB a few corrections to implement, but forgot some others?
It took over a year, but they did finally correct two of the math mistakes in the pregens for Dragons of Stormwreck Isle, so post-publish updates are possible.
I read and submitted edits for Drakkenheim’s Alpha document (most of which were instances of the wrong its/it’s), but I was busy with a few other things at the time, so I didn’t get to the latter chapters and appendices. It’s a common enough mistake (even auto-incorrect does it) but if WotC wants to promote D&D as an afterschool program, it may be worth collecting such typos and contacting the authors about revisions.
"There might yet be a heaven, but it isn't going to be 'perfect', and we're going to have to build it ourselves." - Philhellenes, Science Saved My Soul
Backgrounds • Feats • Magic Items • Monsters •
Ancestries• Spells •SubclassesWas there an official errata on the book that corrected those mistakes in a subsequent printing of the book?
Not that I can find, but I’ll be downloading a fresh copy of the PDF on Backerkit in a few days to check. Last year, on the Dungeon Dudes Discord, I asked about a 1.2 version of the PDF to correct errors. Monte said he was collecting error reports for a future update, but nothing has come of it until now, on DDB. I reported some, including the four errors in this thread and another that had to do with a couple broken bookmarks in the PDF. I have since left the Discord because it was a Patreon feature, and theirs was one I had to cull. I am about done with running the campaign now anyway, and I implemented my own fixes over a year ago.
"There might yet be a heaven, but it isn't going to be 'perfect', and we're going to have to build it ourselves." - Philhellenes, Science Saved My Soul
Backgrounds • Feats • Magic Items • Monsters •
Ancestries• Spells •SubclassesI just downloaded a fresh copy of the PDF and the errors I noted are unchanged.
"There might yet be a heaven, but it isn't going to be 'perfect', and we're going to have to build it ourselves." - Philhellenes, Science Saved My Soul
Backgrounds • Feats • Magic Items • Monsters •
Ancestries• Spells •SubclassesVery strange.