If you came here from a search for “Beyond20 alternative”, you probably already know what Beyond20 does. This page is about where the two extensions actually differ — including the places Beyond20 is still the better answer.
First, the part most comparison pages skip: Beyond20 is good software. It is free, open source, has been carrying D&D Beyond rolls to virtual tabletops since 2020, and it is still actively maintained. Thousands of tables rely on it every week, and it earns that.
Rollwarden isn’t trying to be a better Beyond20. It’s trying to be a different thing that happens to overlap at one end. If what you want is “my D&D Beyond roll should show up in my VTT” and nothing more, Beyond20 does that well and you don’t need this page.
You roll on D&D Beyond. Beyond20 gets that roll to your virtual tabletop — Roll20, Foundry VTT or Discord — so the table sees what you rolled instead of you reading numbers out loud.
Before the dice are thrown, Rollwarden has already applied your Bless, your Haste, your exhaustion and your homebrew rider — into D&D Beyond’s own dice, on the sheet. Then it delivers the result to Roll20 and Discord.
| Destination | Beyond20 | Rollwarden |
|---|---|---|
| Roll20 | Yes | YesArrives as that sheet’s own attack, damage, check and spell cards, with a breakdown card naming every modifier that contributed. |
| Discord | Yes | YesA webhook to your own channel, with the full roll breakdown, GM whispers routed separately, and optional read-aloud text. |
| Foundry VTT | Yes | Not yetOn the roadmap, not shipped. If you play on Foundry, Beyond20 is your answer today. |
Beyond20 lists Roll20, Foundry VTT and Discord as its destinations, so that table is the whole picture on both sides. Rollwarden additionally posts companion and ability rolls into D&D Beyond’s own campaign Game Log, where the rest of your table is already looking.
| On D&D Beyond itself | Beyond20 | Rollwarden |
|---|---|---|
| Toggle a modifier, and the dice change | Not what it’s for | YesAround 235 curated modifiers — Bless, Divine Favor, Spirit Shroud, Haste, Sacred Weapon, Crimson Rite and the rest — injected into D&D Beyond’s own dice worker, so the bonus dice animate and land in the Game Log as one roll. |
| Build your own modifier | Not what it’s for | YesA visual builder with live preview, for the homebrew rider nobody has curated. |
| Turn a spell into a modifier | Not what it’s for | Two clicks |
| Crit rules, roll restrictions, forced advantage | Not what it’s for | YesModifiers know whether they apply to a save, a skill or a weapon type — and whether their dice double on a crit. |
| Exhaustion, tracked from your sheet | Not what it’s for | Yes2024 rules included — mirrored from D&D Beyond and applied to every affected roll. |
| Concentration, Arcane Ward, uses-per-rest | Not what it’s for | Yes |
| Companions and summons | Not what it’s for | YesStat blocks, attacks and healing for your familiar, steed or summon — rolled and posted like any other roll. |
| Roll log, breakdowns and dice stats | Not what it’s for | YesEvery roll kept locally, with a per-die luck breakdown and a shareable end-of-campaign Wrapped. |
| Party history from your campaign’s log | Not what it’s for | YesImports what the whole table has rolled, so session recaps cover everyone, not just you. |
“Not what it’s for” is a scope statement, not a criticism. Beyond20 is deliberately a transport layer, and a transport layer that stayed one is a well-designed transport layer.
A comparison page that finds nothing good to say about the alternative isn’t a comparison, it’s an ad. Four real ones:
Rollwarden runs entirely in your browser. There is no model call anywhere in it, no sign-in, and no backend of its own to send anything to. The narration and dice-persona flavour text is hand-written and rule-based — templates, not generated.
That is the whole manifest. Everything Rollwarden stores stays in your browser profile — the developer has no access to it and no way to get it. Details on the privacy page.
You can, but expect conflicts. Both extensions hook into D&D Beyond’s own roll flow to inject bonus dice and automate rolls, so running them together on the same character sheet can cause rolls to double up, apply the wrong modifiers, or behave inconsistently. If rolls start behaving strangely, disable one of the two on D&D Beyond first. Rollwarden shows a one-time notice if it detects Beyond20 is also active.
Neither extension is doing anything wrong — they simply weren’t designed to share the same dice pipeline.
No. Rollwarden doesn’t support Foundry yet, so switching would cost you the exact thing you’re using Beyond20 for. Come back when that changes — it’s on the roadmap, and the changelog is where it will show up.
If you play on Roll20 or in Discord: not really — that path is covered, with the automation layer on top of it. If you play on Foundry VTT, then yes — that is the one destination Rollwarden doesn’t reach, and it is reason enough to stay put.
There is no migration either way. Neither extension stores anything the other needs.
Yes — free to install and use, with nothing held back behind a payment. If you would like to support development you can buy the developer a coffee, but that is all it is.
Chrome, Firefox and Edge, each from its own store — the Firefox build is a genuine port, not a cut-down repackage. Brave, Vivaldi and Opera install from the Chrome Web Store. There is no mobile version; mobile browsers don’t support extensions of this kind.
One developer. Support is on Discord or at support@rollwarden.app, and both reach a person.
Install it, open a character sheet, and see whether the automation layer is something you want. If it isn’t, uninstalling takes all of it with it — and Beyond20 is still right there.
Also on Firefox and Edge · or read the full feature tour first.