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5e Dungeon Master's Guide available in the Marketplace?

I was looking to get the 3 core books for D&D 5e. I see the Player's Handbook and the Monster Manual, but I cannot seem to find the "Dungeon Master's Guide".  Since its not int he DM "bundle" I assume it is not available. Does this mean all the info it contains is already available in the basic Compendium?
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Andreas J.
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The DMG doesn't yet exist for Roll20, but it's planned. The basic Compendium contains whaterver the free Basic Rules or the 5E SRD contains, no freebies from the DMG.
Thanks for the quick reply.^^ Do you know what the time frame for the DMG's Roll20 release?
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Andreas J.
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They aim for this year, but nothing more precise have been said. same thing with Sword Coast's Adventurer Guide
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keithcurtis
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And Out of the Abyss.
It seems very much like a failing in prioritization for them to jump right on several of the non-core books (e.g., Acquisitions Incorporated, Ravnica, etc.) without having made sure that we have access to all of the core books first.  Do they have no professional project managers?  9_9
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keithcurtis
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Of course they do. This has been asked by many people, but the answer is simple. You are looking back at it now , instead of then . Originally, Roll20 put out books and built up support systems (compendium, character sheets, charactermancer). Infrastructure takes time. WotC puts out books faster. There is more interest in things that are new or the latest, particularly in a competitive environment. Also, Roll20 serves a lot more than D&D. Because of these features, new and hot takes precedent over old. Things that were back burnered tended to stay back burnered because there was simply greater demand and market need to keep up with the latest offerings. Imagine the clamor for Xanathar's had Roll20 decided to make that wait for two years so they could take care of Out of The Abyss. Roll20 is finally starting to have the infrastructure (and personnel) to catchup with the older material. I don't know how the huge influx of new users due to Covid-19 affects that, but it probably will.
i want to go with roll 20 ive been looking at vtt for 4 months  yet this missing book makes me hesitant. Honestly this is the only thing keeping me from investing into roll20  
Also consider that Roll20 doesn't just add the text or stat blocks from a book, it is a complete suite that can implemented within your game using the feature of the VTT. Most other VTTs don't do this and instead rely wholly on the user to do this themselves.  
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keithcurtis
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Yes, after waiting this long, I'm dreadfully curious as to what functionality the Roll20 DMG will have. I am hoping for some innovation.
Rollable tables would be awesome. There are a lot of tables in the DMG. 
While I understand what has been said above, there still is no excuse for the 5e DMG to not be available yet. It has been out since the end of 2014 and readily available, and it is still not here, as a CORE rules book for 5e D&D. Yet...the Pathfinder DMG (Gamemastery Guide) was released just a few months ago (Feb 2020) and it is already available here. Clearly things can be put together quickly, when planned. The D&D 5e DMG just needs to be a priority.