+1 A Training Ground area in the camp would be helpful for testing abilities/spells/etc for those who are unfamiliar to D&D. And once we get 7 companions (hopefully), we could have two parties of 4 duke it out to test full party compositions.
Online PvP is an entirely separate thing from what OP was suggesting I think. It's not a bad idea; I'd personally probably use it. But I think it should be worked on by Larian way further down the line, probably as a (free) DLC.