Versioned Compendiums

Hello folks, Due to the last WotC Errata's for DnD 5e a whole bunch of lore just got changed or even outright removed from our Books. (Volo's Guide to Monsters has been hit especially hard) Fortunately I do still own the physical copies as well, but on roll20 I obviously prefer to use the digital versions I purchased here and I'm sure many users don't have physical backups making it even worse for them. Would it be possible to opt out of Errata's for you own Compendium or even better: Allow Users to add them on a Case by Case basis (basically allow for manual merges) I really don't like the idea of basically having the publisher rip pages out of the books in my shelf, even if they don't like them anymore. They may change future Books, it's well within their rights, but I don't want my existing Books to change, especially against my will. Please make this happen, it would make it easier for myself to continue purchasing digital books, as I don't know if I will keep doing so, when whole sections can just be outright removed without any chance of preventing it.  regards, Steffen

I agree on this.  This kinda stops me from buying other books or products if I can`t be sure that the content stays like I bought it.  Changing existing lore or characters is just confusing, especially if you hosting a round and the next time you and your friends come together stuff in your book suddenly changed. 

Welcome to buying a service as opposed to a good. That being said, it's not likely that Roll20 can exercise control over D&D content if WOTC insists on an update.

The actual scope of these errata is not remotely proportional to the fan response, and has almost no mechanical impact on the gameplay. From where I sit, it's revealing an unpleasant cross-section of the fandom more than anything else.

Amen, Matt

I don't know how it's for you, but to me Books are special and it was hard enough already to bring myself to buy them online, knowing they can vanish in an instant when this platform ever goes bankrupt. However having my books been tampered with even while the platform still exists is feeling - in a way - even worse. Automatically putting everyone that critiques this into "an unpleasant cross section" is just lazy and unreflected. I don't see the harm in providing versions for digital assets. Texts are super low on storage requirements so it wouldn't really impact the system as a whole. The individual merge part would be kinda labour intense I guess but the versioning alone is actually easy to do and doesn't hurt anyone. You can still have your updated books and I can still read the texts as they were intended. To me books are Art. Always a reflection of their time and the people that made the art. You wouldn't paint over the Mona Lisa just because she doesn't match todays beauty standards anymore would you? To me its the same with books. You can, and should, critically talk about art but it shouldn't ever be destroyed.