D&D Beyond to Launch on August 15th, Pricing Announced

Following its announcement in March and subsequent multi-stage beta testing, the teams at Wizards of the Coast and Curse are ready to reveal the release date and pricing for their Dungeons & Dragons digital service entitled D&D Beyond. Officially launching on August 15th, handbooks will be $30 each (or only $20 at launch), adventures will be $25 each, and the optional subscription fees will be as low as $2.99/month.

While the manuals seem a bit steep - particularly if you've already purchased them digitally on other services - I'm hoping that there will be regular sales that are enticing enough for me to re-buy everything again:
I'm pleased to announce that D&D Beyond will fully launch on Tuesday, August 15th!

At that time, all official content and our two subscription tiers will be available for players. You can finally access the elusive Chromatic Orb!

Again, we appreciate the incredible participation from everyone during the beta, and we ask for continued support as we polish between now and launch.

I can also now share full details on pricing:

D&D Beyond provides flexible purchase options for both official digital content and subscriptions.

Players will be able to unlock official Dungeons & Dragons content in digital format for a one-time purchase that is integrated into the toolset. Players can also purchase individual game elements or bundled content within any official source. Like to play barbarians? You can unlock that class and all of its options only. Want to run "Tomb of Horrors" from Tales From the Yawning Portal? Unlock that single adventure.

Digital sourcebooks (such as the Player's Handbook or Volo's Guide to Monsters) will be available for $29.99, while adventure modules (such as Curse of Strahd or Storm King's Thunder) will be available for $24.99.

For the first week after launch, the Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monster Manual will be on sale for $19.99 each!

Players can get the most out their D&D Beyond experience by signing up for one of two subscription tiers.

The Hero Tier at $2.99/ month is intended primarily for players. It removes ads on the site, allows players to create an unlimited number of characters, and add publicly-shared homebrew content to your collection to use within the toolset.

The Master Tier at $5.99/ month is intended primarily for Dungeon Masters and full groups. It grants all the benefits of the Hero Tier, and also allows a DM to share all her unlocked official content with other players within a campaign - so content does not have to be unlocked by every player.