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Clarification regarding purchased compendium

Hello, I am a free tier user and I am interesting in purchasing the PHB compendium for D&D 5E, and I'd like a clarification regarding it's use and sharing. If I have a game with more than 5 players, as a free tier user I cannot share my compendium with them, but what does that mean exactly? If I create a game with more than 5 players, I assume I will have access to the compendium even if the other players do not, right? If so, will I be able to use it on characters controlled by the players? Could I for instance update my PCs' character sheets with info from the compendium, even if they don't have access to it? And will they be able to access the information added from the compendium on their sheet even if they do not have the compendium themselves? Also, the same question regarding the Monster Manual: will I be able to place monsters from MM normally, even if my players don't have access to the MM themselves? Thanks
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You got enough questions I'll number them out of convenience. all or most info should exist on Compendium Sharing. If I have a game with more than 5 players, as a free tier user I cannot share my compendium with them, but what does that mean exactly? If I create a game with more than 5 players, I assume I will have access to the compendium even if the other players do not, right? If so, will I be able to use it on characters controlled by the players? Could I for instance update my PCs' character sheets with info from the compendium, even if they don't have access to it? And will they be able to access the information added from the compendium on their sheet even if they do not have the compendium themselves? will I be able to place monsters from MM normally, even if my players don't have access to the MM themselves? 1. Answer by Roll20 Helpdesk : None of the players will have access to it, it seems. 2.You will alwasy have access to your compendium, whether you are doing Compendium Sharing with other or not is irrelevant. 3. Yes, you will be able. You will always have access to your compendium, just your player might not. 4. Yes. 5. Yes. When content is added from the compendium to either a character or as a new character, it stops being a part of the compendium and is just a normal part of the character sheet. 6. Yes. You always have access to your own compendium. The players access to the compendium is irrelevant to whether you have it or not.