5e Player Handbook Compendium Sharing

After reading the compendium sharing wiki here ( <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/Compendium_Sharing" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/Compendium_Sharing</a> ) it sounded like you can only share your purchased PHB if you are the owner/GM of the game. The way the wording was in other places it made it sound like even as a player you could share it. So my question then is which is correct? Who can share their purchased PHB compendium? Can a player in a game share it with other players or do you have to be the GM in order to share it? If you have purchased the PHB and want to have access to it in a game where the GM has not purchased it can you still access your own purchased content?

I just bought it under the assumption that i could share it in games where i'm just a player, sadly that assumption is wrong. You have to be the creator of a game to share the compendium. Being just a gm isnt even enough, since the option to share your compendium is part of the games settings, which as a gm, not creator, you cant access. You have still access to it though, even if the owner/gm of the game doesnt.

No problem. Thanks for the clarification and the great work you all do! :)

I'll update the wording soon. Thanks for the suggestion.&nbsp; You can, however, use your phb in any game even if the game creator doesn't own it or didn't share it, or if the game is too large to share with all the players (in which case the sharing is disabled entirely).&nbsp;

Sorry-- my reading comprehension at 6 AM wasn't perfect. It sounds like the wiki is clear about sharing compendiums being limited to the game creator, correct?

Guess I should have done more research before buying that Player's Handbook. I would have bought it as a gift for the DM had I realized that players can't share anything. EDIT: Thank you, Drespar, for reaching out to me about this! The best customer service I've seen maybe ever. My DM will have this now, which is exactly what I was hoping for. Thank you again!

Also interpreted this as able to share with the group as a player.&nbsp; It is implied in all of the sale advertising.&nbsp; Would not have paid 20 dollars for this.

I think the confusion arises (imo) from mentioning the real-world sharing of books, where no matter who brought it to the table, anyone can pick it up. Use of real world imagery leads to assumptions.

Regardless of the confusion in wording, what would it take for players to share their purchases within a game?&nbsp; The lack of this may increase revenue for the seller, but it seems...suboptimal to assume that the GM has the means to purchase this and that none of the players have the means to do so.

Here's my problem with this (and the problem I have with D&amp;D Beyond): I have the hard copies of the book, as do many of my players. Why isn't there a proof of purchase option so I can use the soft copy of the handbook here? Is that a bad question? Is it really just a click &amp; drag service I would be re-purchasing the book for?

A large number of hours have gone into re-writing that content into a format which can be accessed programatically. That "drag and drop" is simple for the end user, but represents creating data structures and hooks for allowing that functionality. Also, companies like Roll20 don't just buy a rulebook outright. They license it, which comes with owner-directed restrictions and not-small fees. This is why no company which sells a licensed 5e book (for example) asks if you have purchased a paper copy. It is immaterial to their costs and presumably the agreements they have made with the license holder.