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Compendium sharing not working.

I sent a note about this to the <a href="mailto:team@roll20.net" rel="nofollow">team@roll20.net</a> this weekend and havne't yet had a response. I'm hoping this is just something simple/silly we're doing wrong. I just bought the eberron&nbsp;compendium bundle and upgraded to a paid subscription, but&nbsp; I'm not getting the option to share this new compendium with my other players in the game i'm in, which was my goal in buying it. According to all of the documentation i've seen on Roll20, I should be able to share this content to others in the game.&nbsp; The original creator of the game has elevated me to GM, and as I understand it I'm supposed to be able to go to the game home page and then go to Settings &gt; Game Settings, to enable compendium sharing. I don't get that option. ( Screen shot showing inability to share compendium:&nbsp; <a href="https://www" rel="nofollow">https://www</a>. screencast.com/t/65s4KpjZ5 )&nbsp; Screen shot showing i've purchased the eberron bundle:&nbsp; <a href="https://www" rel="nofollow">https://www</a>. screencast.com/t/e07SgpVD39wz &nbsp; Why can't i share this compendium with the game?&nbsp;
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Kraynic
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Paid content can only be shared by the game "creator".&nbsp; Being promoted to GM does give you a lot more permissions, but you have to be the creator to share your compendium.&nbsp; First sentence on the wiki page:&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/Compendium_Sharing" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/Compendium_Sharing</a>
Kraynic said: Paid content can only be shared by the game "creator".&nbsp; Being promoted to GM does give you a lot more permissions, but you have to be the creator to share your compendium.&nbsp; First sentence on the wiki page:&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/Compendium_Sharing" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/Compendium_Sharing</a> Yeah, I thought that might be the case, but we were told by one of the support folks through the <a href="mailto:TEAM@roll20.net" rel="nofollow">TEAM@roll20.net</a> email address that GMs should also share this content with their game.&nbsp; Can there only be one creator per game? This seems SUPER limiting as far as sharing content. Can I as a player not share my righteously purchased content with other players then?&nbsp;
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keithcurtis
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That is correct. Sharing is limited to game&nbsp; creators &nbsp;and there can only be one per game. If you feel that you've made a purchase you'd like to undo, contact <a href="mailto:team@roll20.net" rel="nofollow">team@roll20.net</a> again and explain the situation and request a refund. Alternatively, depending on how the game is set up, you could ask for the team to transfer the creatorship to you. I can't guarantee they would do it, of course, but the game would lose any features it might have had due to the subscription level of the previous owner (who would also need to be part of the transfer process), such as Pro level features if this were the case.
keithcurtis said: That is correct. Sharing is limited to game&nbsp; creators &nbsp;and there can only be one per game. If you feel that you've made a purchase you'd like to undo, contact <a href="mailto:team@roll20.net" rel="nofollow">team@roll20.net</a> again and explain the situation and request a refund. Alternatively, depending on how the game is set up, you could ask for the team to transfer the creatorship to you. I can't guarantee they would do it, of course, but the game would lose any features it might have had due to the subscription level of the previous owner (who would also need to be part of the transfer process), such as Pro level features if this were the case. Thanks for the clarity, brother!&nbsp; The fact that i can't easily share content i've legitimately purchased around the table is utterly ridiculous. LOLThe fact that i can't easily share content i've legitimately purchased around the table is utterly ridiculous. LOL We're considering making a "shared" GM account and buying all of the relevant content for that shared account, then we can take turns using that account based on who's actually running the game. Does that sound plausible?&nbsp;
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keithcurtis
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If all of the content were purchased on that account, it should work. My group has 4 GMs out of 5 regular players. I run one game and host three others for this reason. It takes 4 of my 5 sharing slots, of course, but it's worth it. As for the policy, I am 99.999% sure it has to do with licensing deals. In order to secure content from producers such as Wizards of the Coast, Paizo and others, this is the deal that was struck.
Hi all.&nbsp; I am having an issue with compendium sharing (5e D&amp;D):&nbsp; I have a Pro account (5 compendium sharing slots), only 2 are used and I can see the other 3 are empty, but I'm prevented from linking a 3rd game:&nbsp; a circle with a line through it appears as I try to click on the available compendium bar, within the Game's settings.&nbsp;&nbsp; For the character sheet template I have "D&amp;D 5e by Roll20" selected.&nbsp; Above it at "Access Compendium in-game" I've tried both "D&amp;D 5e" and the Determined by Character Sheet - default".&nbsp; I even tried to scrap my last attempt, and I'm back at this spot and encountered the same issue.&nbsp; Any guidance would be appreciated.
I have no idea what happened but it just opened up and I was able to make the choice.&nbsp; Anyway, I'd still appreciate any guidance to make things easier for the next time :)