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5e - Roll20 compendium is missing recent changes to PHB/basic rules content

The 12/18/18 release notes said: The Monster Manual and Player's Handbook data has been updated to the latest Wizards of the Coast errata. Does this apply to free (SRD) compendium content as well? If so, it's worth noting that there were at least a few changes noted in the 2018 PHB errata that were different from the 2017 errata but weren't marked as new in the 2018 PDF; perhaps more significantly, there were some changes to the most recent printings of the books that weren't noted in the errata at all. (The 5e basic rules were also updated accordingly.) One such example - that Jeremy Crawford mentioned in a recent Dragon+ stream as a change that had been made but wasn't in the errata document - is the description of the fighter's Action Surge. The Roll20 entry for the feature states (as the feature originally read, incorrect capitalization on the Roll20 Compendium aside): Starting at 2nd level, you can push yourself beyond your normal limits for a moment. On Your Turn , you can take one additional action on top of your regular action and a possible Bonus Action . However, this wording was changed in the most recent printings to (as appears on D&D Beyond's feature description ): Starting at 2nd level, you can push yourself beyond your normal limits for a moment. On your turn, you can take one additional action. As you can see, the "unhelpful helper text" (as Crawford referred to it in the stream) has been removed; it had confused people and some misinterpreted it to mean the opposite of what was intended. You guys should follow up with WotC or whatever the proper process is so that you guys have the latest information. ...Actually, it looks like the changes that are in the errata, such as the change to the Contagion spell, haven't been made to the Roll20 Compendium version either. Is it just because the SRD hasn't been updated yet that you guys aren't able to make the changes to the freely available Compendium content?
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keithcurtis
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Hi V2Blast, I'll go ahead and flag a developer on this, but it is my understanding that the SRD is the SRD. It hasn't been updated for some time, despite what is printed on D&D Beyond. Other entities are limited in what they can do with the material by what has been published. I'm also going to move this into the Character Sheets and Compendium forum, since it isn't a bug per se. Regardless, I'll see if I can get a Dev to come in and shed some light.
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V2Blast - We check the official D&D Errata (not from any other websites) - Have we missed anything published there?  Thanks :)
Trivia said: V2Blast - We check the official D&amp;D Errata (not from any other websites) - Have we missed anything published there?&nbsp; Thanks :) Well, one example I already gave was the Contagion spell, which was changed in errata (<a href="http://media.wizards.com/2018/dnd/downloads/PH-Errata.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://media.wizards.com/2018/dnd/downloads/PH-Errata.pdf</a>) but the Roll20 description appears unchanged. The change to Color Spray hasn't been made either: <a href="https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Color%20Spray#content" rel="nofollow">https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Color%20Spray#content</a> Or Sanctuary: <a href="https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Sanctuary#content" rel="nofollow">https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Sanctuary#content</a> And so on. These things were changed in the PHB errata and in the revised basic rules, but as Keith noted, it looks like the actual SRD (which seems to be what the free Roll20 compendium content is based on) hasn't been updated in some time. (And that's not even getting into things like the change to Action Surge which isn't noted in the errata but is intentional, as Crawford mentioned in a Dragon+ stream ...)
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keithcurtis
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Yes, I don't think the SRD has been updated by WotC in over two years.
I was about to link a relevant Crawford tweet here when I realized he was replying to you! Still worth linking, for the benefit of others: <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford/status/1075888185714962432" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford/status/1075888185714962432</a> Are there any plans to fold existing errata into a new release of the SRD? Right now, there are essentially two rule sets, which is confusing, especially when they are in contradiction. I'll check with the SRD keepers to see if they'd like it updated. The last time I checked, they wanted to wait. Updated or not, the SRD is not an official rules source for D&amp;D. It's a tool for individuals and other companies who are doing D&amp;D-derived work.