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Why are there only 1 to 2 basic options to choose for creating a new character without purchasing the subscription or buying the books? Mind you, my group already have the books IRL and wanted to use this site as a virtual tabletop but can't do proper character creation. Someone please lend some advice on if I am just dumb or if the only way is to subscribe or purchase books.
Without purchasing the books you have to manually enter things in or have access to the SRD content. 
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Kraynic
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WizardJuggler said: Why are there only 1 to 2 basic options to choose for creating a new character without purchasing the subscription or buying the books? Roll20 can't freely provide copyright protected material.  They are able to freely provide what is in the SRD, but anything else is subject to their licensing agreement(s) with WotC. 
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keithcurtis
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To clarify. Wizards of the Coast releases a simplified and smaller version of their rules that can be freely used by anyone. You can create software and adventures that reference this material without purchasing a license, or more accurately, using the freely available Open Gaming License. This rules document is called the SRD , for System Reference Document . Without an actual license, you cannot use anything that is not in the SRD, for example, most subclasses, feats, some monsters and spells, and all art. If you have not purchased a sourcebook (which Roll20 has negotiated a licensing deal for), you are limited to those things that are in the SRD. For example, to everyone's surprise, this also includes the mechanic of rolling for your basic ability scores. That method is not in the SRD, so the charactermancer requires you to use one of the other methods. This is also true of many character options, and is why the basic free monster selection on Roll20 contains no artwork for the tokens.
Thank you for the replies all. That is what I figured was the deal but had some issues with entering the info manually. 
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keithcurtis
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Is it something we can help with?