ddb-support

[west echo]

Ah okay, thank you.

[opal pelican]

https://www.dndbeyond.com/marketplace/sourcebooks/players-handbook
Here you can get it for $1.99 USD.

[west echo]

Sorry another question, if i just buy the handbook is everything below included?

[dawn egret]

if you buy the PHB, everything in the PHB is included, yes.

[west echo]

Ok, thanks....

[proven solar]

I am a new member here, seeking someone to help me build my story.

I have been a DM for kids at my work as a social guardian, and now, i am trying to make a world for some of my friends.

Would somebody be interested in listening to me talk about my story, and maybe adding new fun ideers?

Its a small developed world now, so it needs alot of work 😄

send me a friend request, and lets voicechat 🙂

Thanks

[modest pelican]

@proven solar This channel is for getting help using the D&D Beyond website

You probably want to check out #dm-discussion

[dawn egret]

and don't post the same message in multiple channels.

[proven solar]

im sorry 🙂

Won't happen again

[fallow plaza]

Hello all.
I believe this is the correct place to post about this issue.
I have slight issue when attempting to multi-class my rogue into warlock. I initially multi-classed into Pact of the Fiend Warlock. However, after chatting to my DM, we decided that Pact of the Great Old One would be better.
When I attempted to adjust from Pact of the Fiend, it would not give me any other options.
I would appreciate it if anyone knows what I might be doing wrong.

Here is a link to the character.
https://ddb.ac/characters/40679436/cz7DjG

Screenshot of the issue

[real path]

you need to buy the other pacts on dnd beyond or be in a campaign where someone shares their bought content with you. fiend warlock is the only free one

[fallow plaza]

The character is in a campaign where content sharing is enabled.

My backup character in the campaign is a warlock, pact of the undead.

[loud drift]

Great Old One is from PHB, I highly doubt it would be a sharing issue

[fallow plaza]

Just want to see if it is my mistake before I send a ticket.

[real path]

we probably need to have ddb mods or staff weight in on the matter

[fallow plaza]

Would sending a ticket be the best option?

[real path]

dunno, this might be solved here in chat. I dont know the work times of the support staff, they might take the weekend off, so that could take longer

[fallow plaza]

it's not a mega rush as I will be playing as my backup character for a couple of sessions (due to story related reasons)

[uneven lantern]

From what I can see, the character you linked does not appear to be assigned to any campaign.

To use any shared character options, they need to be assigned to the campaign that’s sharing it.

[fallow plaza]

Ah, thanks. I hadn't realised that the DM had deactivated my character in the campaign.

[frigid wolf]

roll 4 drop the lowest method
whats the avrae cmd for that? idk sry

[golden kite]

#ddb-avrae-help

[frigid wolf]

ty sry

[fallow plaza]

Yep, I can confirm that was the issue

Thanks

[thorn sandal]

It rolls 4d6, then drops the lowest result

[digital wolf]

Yep, which is the official method provided for rolling your ability scores.

[ripe lagoon]

Im trying to make a weapon that allows a player to cast two spells once per long rest but can't seem to make it work, any advice.

[uneven lantern]

What part did you need help with?

[tranquil canyon]

Does anybody know how the homebrewing system for subclasses works?

[uneven lantern]

What were you trying to figure out?

There’s a good article here that walks through the basics:
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/845-new-players-guide-how-to-homebrew-on-d-d-beyond

You can also make a homebrew copy of any of the official subclasses. Then you can dig in and see exactly how they were set up.

[tranquil canyon]

Noted

I've been trying to get help all over the internet, even offered cash. Maybe that'll help

Like I know what I want it to do, it's more just the mechanical issues

[uneven lantern]

What part has you stuck?

[tranquil canyon]

Mainly staggering optional abilities by level

I actually think I might've figured something out though thanks to this, I'll let ya know

[uneven lantern]

Just remember it can sometimes take up to 15 minutes for homebrew edits to show up on your character sheet.

So if you don’t see it change right away, just give it a sec.

[tranquil canyon]

So I've basically gotten it perfected, thank you. HOWEVER

new issue is at level 20 the subclass glitches and idk why

[uneven lantern]

Glitches how?

[tranquil canyon]

So I messed up the options chart, and made it have more options than it needed. Everything up until 20th level is the proper number of options, proper scaling, proper level caps etc

At level 20 however, it suddenly reverts back to the dozen unnecessary options route

[uneven lantern]

What’s the text description for that feature?

[tranquil canyon]

Oh its not an issue with the description. The issue mainly came from me not understanding how the option thing worked

the whole 2,2,4,5,5,6 thing

[uneven lantern]

Nah, I was curious to see the description to know what you were trying to do.

But for that, it’s the number of choices at each level.

[tranquil canyon]

ohhhhhhhh

[uneven lantern]

So in your example there, 2,2,4,5,5,6, they pick two options at level 2, one at 4, two at 5, and one at 6.

[tranquil canyon]

Got it. Yeah, I misinterpreted that as like, you have 2 options at level 2, you go down to one at 4, up to 2 at 5 and so on

[lofty burrow]

so um... I can't sign into Beyond.

It finally let me put in my password, the window closed... aaaand I'm not signed in

[dawn egret]

Hikari got in, by the way. dunno what happened, but it's fixed now

[modest pelican]

We have a lot of useful information pinned in #dnd-discussion

This channel is more for getting help using the site

[kindred reef]

my fault og

[thorn sandal]

You can use our #750812887697588356 and #looking-for-players channels. Be sure to read the posting rules!

[modest pelican]

No harm, no foul

[lime gulch]

Also, I can recommend some gaming servers if you want, depending on your timezone. Contact me personally.

[pallid osprey]

How can I add a feat where the Charakter don’t met the prerequisites?

[dawn egret]

There is a toggle one the first page (Home) of the character builder down near the bottom. Should say "Feat Prerequisites"

make sure it is turned off/is gray and you should be able to add any feat regardless of requirement

[pallid osprey]

Ahh awesome! I will try that

[indigo wagon]

Hey just a question about the Encounter Creator, can I add already existing encounters to Campaigns i created? or is there someway to categorize them into folders? until now I've just sorted them by putting things like "wood.orcs" and "Swamp.Orcs" but the more encounters i create the harder it is to find them.

[ripe lagoon]

@uneven lantern i know how to make it "1 charge" but I can't see a way to make so it has two spells each that can only be used once.

[uneven lantern]

When you edit the encounter, there should be a Manage Characters button at the top. You can select your campaign in there.

[uneven lantern]

Yeah, the magic item system is designed to use charges because that’s how all the official items work. If this is for private use, you might have more luck creating a description-only item for your inventory, and then attaching the spells to a homebrew feat instead.

[ripe lagoon]

Ahhh understood! Thanks!

[indigo wagon]

thank you very much, never noticed that

[granite phoenix]

I might be doing something stupid, but I can't see a Run Encounter button inside the My Encounters -> [Encounter Name] screen. Is running them only available at a certain subscription tier? Thanks!

[modest pelican]

The combat tracker (where you run encounters) is still in alpha and so only accessible to subscribers

[granite phoenix]

I see, thank you!

[dark nova]

hello. I seem to be having a problem with dnd beyond and sharing my character sheets. I don't know when this started, but today I tried sending someone the link for one of my characters, and they cannot see it. I have tried this with multiple people (and multiple characters) with no success. Any ideas?

[uneven lantern]

There’s an issue with that right now that happens if the user is not signed in.

If they sign in, they should be able to view it just fine, though.

[dark nova]

ah ok thanks I will give that a go

that has worked

thanks v much

[granite phoenix]

Is there anywhere I can read about what functionality exists in the My Campaigns feature? I was trying to find if the DM is able to make live changes to the character sheets of players within a campaign while it's ongoing (e.g. giving out an item during a session), but can't find any documentation. Thanks!

[thorn sandal]

A DM can make changes to their player's character sheets, but it won't be live updating so you'd have to refresh the page once they do.

[granite phoenix]

Thanks! So if you were running a session that involved giving out a magic item, would it be best/easier for a player to add that themselves rather than the DM? I'm not even aware if that's something they're able to do or not.

P.S. Is there anywhere I can read up on this to avoid inane questions?

[thorn sandal]

It would probably be easier for them to add it themselves, yes. They can do so by going to the equipment tab on their sheet and clicking on "Manage Equipment" in the top right.

[thorn sandal]

And I could be wrong, but I don't think so?

[granite phoenix]

Appreciate it <3

[thorn sandal]

No problem! Feel free to ask any other question you may have here!

[kindred lintel]

I am adding a cleric to a campaign with Tasha's. I can't select Order Domain. All the other domains are present.

[dawn egret]

flip the Magic: the Gathering content switch, since it was first introduced in Ravnica

[solid kestrel]

yep.

its first appearance was in MTG content, thus it is tagged as such.

[final trellis]

What Neut & Auditor said (Also haaaiiii long time no talk!)

[weak granite]

The Origin Ability Score Increase for the goblin race does not work correctly, and doesn't let you select your actual scores.

[kindred lintel]

Thank you all and hi Sorce!

[uneven lantern]

Can you try refreshing the page?

[weak granite]

yes I did. And a friend of mine had the same issue

[uneven lantern]

Is the Origin Ability Score Increase still enabled after the refresh? I wonder if it didn’t save for some reason.

Seems to work fine on my end, though.

Are you able to share a screenshot of yours?

And just to be safe: after you enabled the feature in the Origin Manager tab, did you switch back to the Racial Traits tab to make the selection?

[rose dune]

So I was going to separately purchase the "Order Domain" for clerics from Tasha's cauldron, but I can only find the "Peace/Twilight Domain" on the page in the ddb store... is this...right? xD I mean is this an error or is there a reason one single subclass can't be purchased?

[modest pelican]

Ah, individual options are only purchasable from the original book they were published it

The order domain was first published in Guildmasters guide to Ravnica so can be purchased there

[rose dune]

That explains so much. Thank you, case solved 😄

[sterile storm]

Is there a way to see shared books in the ddb app?

[modest pelican]

Yeah, you should be able to download and view any books shared via content sharing

[sterile storm]

It seems to not be working. I have the PHB shared and when I go to pull it up on the mobile app, it says "Buy the phb for $60"

[modest pelican]

A quick thing to check would be that you're signed in with the right account on the app?

[sterile storm]

Yes, Tokyofire on both. I tried hitting restore purchases and that did not work

[modest pelican]

And you can access the players handbook normally on the website?

[sterile storm]

yes.

I have it through content sharing

[modest pelican]

Okay, well in that case I'm gonna suggest you put in a customer support ticket here: https://dndbeyond.link/SubmitTicket

By all accounts the content should be accessible via the app

[sterile storm]

Ok, Thank you sir

[next charm]

Would anyone be able to help me figure out why my Kobold is showing up as a Kobold Kobold?

Nevermind, I got it sorted. I made their gender Kobold, so that's why it's showing up that way

[leaden surge]

So on the dndbeyond app I cannot seem to download The Elemental Evil Players Companion

[true parrot]

Hi all,
Can multiple people (as in 4) access my dnd beyond account and edit the character sheets with their edits being saved? I just wrote up my party's characters onto my account and just wanted to know if i could have my friends edit them without them making their own acc. It just makes it easier for our party. Cheers!

this would all be simultaneous btw

[thorn sandal]

Sharing accounts is against DDB's terms of service, so that would be inadvisable.

[true parrot]

ah

okay ill get em to make accounts. thanks for the clarification!

[thorn sandal]

[true parrot]

okay is there a way i can transfer characters ive made on my account to the accounts my friends have? I seem to be able to share the characters but they can't edit or save them

[thorn sandal]

Yes. Create a campaign with the characters you want to transfer. Unclaim those characters. Then, have your friends join the campaign through the invite link and have them claim those characters. They'll be transferred to their accounts upon claiming.

[true parrot]

okay okay cool

[thorn sandal]

To put the characters into the campaign, you'll have to use the invite link yourself several times and select the characters you want to join.

[true parrot]

thanks so much! Its 1 am and i have to run the campaign tomorrow so i really appreciate your help

[true parrot]

by unclaim you meant unassign yes?

[thorn sandal]

Yes, sorry

[true parrot]

okay all good, just clarifying haha

[plucky marsh]

Is anyone having issues with fields not loading while editing monsters? It's been going on for a couple of days now, and only with Beyond, so I'm running out of problems on my end of things.

[wanton shard]

Do you have any extensions that may be interfering, such as Beyond20, AboveVTT, any ad-blockers, or VPNs?

[plucky marsh]

Nope. It just keeps saying "loading", so I wanted to see if it was site wide or just my problem.

[wanton shard]

Do you have the same problem if you try using the editing tools in a different browser, or in Incognito mode?

[plucky marsh]

It seems to have only been an issue in Safari, but I did a reboot and it seems to have cleared it up. Thanks for the assistance @wanton shard !

[hallow mirage]

Idk if it's the right channel but when I try to log in or sign in on dnd beyond nothing happen when I click to log with a google account. Can someone help me ?

[wanton shard]

Do you have any extensions that may be interfering? Ad-blockers, VPNs, Beyond20, AboveVTT, etc.? You might also be blocking third-party cookies, which Google requires for its log-in service.

In the latter case, if you're using Google Chrome, you can go to chrome://settings/cookies and manage your settings to allow third-party cookies

[hallow mirage]

Yep I have extension but I also tried to log in with edge (which has no extension since I don't use it) and it was the same

[hallow mirage]

Ok, I'll try

[harsh ibex]

Help: How do I turn off Underdark mode?

[thorn sandal]

You click on your character's portrait in the character sheet at the top left. A menu should appear, and in that menu there should be a large toggle for it.

[gusty grove]

Is there any way to buy both the digital and physical copies of a book at close-to-normal price?

[thorn sandal]

If by "close to normal price", you mean the ability to pair a digital copy with the purchase of a physical copy so as to not have to purchase the same book twice, then no, there isn't.

[gusty grove]

Wow, that sucks :)

Maybe one day, if WotC buys DDB lol

[harsh ibex]

Thank you Jace

Hasbro is going to be selling off WotC so I dont think they will be picking up any new debt right now.

[thorn sandal]

That's not at all true—Wizards of the Coast was upgraded to a subsidiary of Hasbro just a few months ago, making them make up a third of the company.

[gusty grove]

Oh good

[harsh ibex]

Yes I know. And they are also settling all of the law suits. Both actions make them a more valuable asset to sell. Hasbro is done dealing with all of the WotC/Magic drama.

[somber flicker]

App question - are the rolls in the app visible in the gamelog? I think i read that they do, though I'm testing it rn and I don't see the app rolls in the desktop gamelog. It also does not update avrae I got set up in one of my discord channels, so I assume it's not feeding the rolls to the gamelog or the ddb server.

mayhaps there's a setting somewhere I'm missing : )

[thorn sandal]

They should be visible in the Gamelog, but if the issue persists you may want to check the default "send to" setting at the top of the desktop gamelog.

[somber flicker]

Yeah, though I am talking about the mobile app. It works on desktop. On mobile the same character has some problems. When i tap the gamelog icon i get a screen informing that 'welcome to game log, when you are in a campaign at d&d Beyond you canview and share your dice rolls with other players and your DM'

(I'm sure the char is in the campaign, I am the DM, works on desktop, as mentioned above)

[thorn sandal]

Was having you check that since this particular dropdown isn't available in the mobile app yet to my knowledge

Is your mobile device connected to the internet or on data in any way?

[somber flicker]

confirming: it's set to 'everyone'.

Yeah, sure is 🙂

[thorn sandal]

I'm not sure what the problem is then. You can create a support ticket here: https://dndbeyond.link/SubmitTicket

[somber flicker]

thanks, will do 🙂

[little plume]

I saw "DARK THEME" for character sheets yesterday, and now its gone?

I can't stand the bright white

oh, now I see it, UNDERDARK MODE

I'd really like to see a variety of colour combinations not just white on black and white on white.

[formal zinc]

So, I'm joining a campaign with some friends, and as a DnD beginner I don't have a good rule book (I have the ST one but its not as thorough) and a good guide to making a character. Anywhere I could find a more advanced rule book / Character guide? (For Free or very cheap)

idk if im supposed to ask here or?

[opal pelican]

@formal zinc there are the basic rules on DnD Beyond. Or you mean you need help to make a character? Or you mean you want more character creation options?

[formal zinc]

Alright thanks, Character creation is a bit tough for me tho lol. Which is why im wondering if there is a guide anywhere

[opal pelican]

Sure, there are a lot of guides. DnD Beyond makes making a character very easy though and if you turn on the tutorial it should help you through most of it.

The main parts of character creation are picking a Race, Class and Background. And assigning ability scores. That's pretty much all ya need.

[formal zinc]

Alright thanks.

[opal pelican]

If you have specific questions feel free to ask here or you can DM me.

[formal zinc]

Also, why is this broken?

alright thanks

I cant choose the ability

[opal pelican]

That's not broken. It's just a feature description.

You don't pick it yet. You pick it later.

[formal zinc]

Oh alright

[opal pelican]

It's just listing the things the race gives you.

[willow rover]

casting fire ball while submerged under water getting dragged away in rapids... able to cast or dead to rights?

[dawn egret]

I mean, you're able to cast it, but everyone fully submerged resists the damage.

also that would be a #dnd-rules, this channel is for help using the site

[willow rover]

my bad

[little plume]

You were warned in D&D Beyond for: This is a reminder, not a warning || Out of respect for other community members, please only post in #750812887697588356 once every 7 days. You can post again once your original post on the 2nd of July is removed by the bot

wrong Information

[thin knot]

Hello, is there any active coupon right now?

[modest pelican]

Not currently, no. If there are, they'll be announced on social media as well as site banner pop ups

[thin knot]

thanks

[obsidian jewel]

Hey i'm kinda new to DnD Beyond is there a way to make a subclass im homebrewing right now automatically give the player a choice of certain skill checks to be Prof. in?

[uneven lantern]

There is! Create your class feature first. You'll see a box called "Class Levels Where Options Known". That's how you control when they choose and how many they get.

1,1,5 for example would let them choose two at level 1, and one more at level 5.

[obsidian jewel]

Is there a way to do same thing for a sub race too?

[uneven lantern]

Yeah. That's where this next part comes in.

[wispy egret]

how can i modify the AC and SAVES in DDB? Cant find it anywhere

[uneven lantern]

After that, you need to create an Option for each available choice, and give it the necessary Modifiers.

In this case, you'd add one called "Stealth" (for example), and give it a modifier with Type: Proficiency and Subtype: Stealth.

Then repeat it for whichever other proficiencies they can pick.

[uneven lantern]

You can adjust them directly on your sheet. Just click the one you want to change, then open the Customize section in the sidebar.

[wispy egret]

oh ok tnx

[obsidian jewel]

@uneven lantern It worked thank you for the help.

[undone lake]

what do i have to buy in tashas to get access to the new ranger stuff?

[wanton shard]

The Optional Class Features and Customize Your Origin require the full book purchase to be utilized in the Character Builder

[undone lake]

awesome thanks xd

[little plume]

Hello! 🙂 I have a homebrewed character race that will not populate one of her key racial features under actions or features & traits, I was wondering if I'm missing a field during the homebrew process that is causing this? If anyone is available to take a look, that'd be so great!

[wanton shard]

Part of it may be due to caching. If you made edits to the race after originally creating it, it can take 15-20 minutes to populate onto the character after you've saved the changes. "Refreshing" the character by bumping them up and back down a level can sometimes help.

[uneven lantern]

You might also want to make sure that “Hide in Sheet” is unchecked, and that “Feature Type” is set to “Granted”.

[glacial hill]

NEED HELP I do have a ticked but I am unable to log into the link provided. It keeps telling wrong password.

Here is the main issue: So I click the link. It brings me to a page. I enter my email. It tells me it found an account and to please enter the password. So I do. And it tells me the dam the password is wrong. I try every variant, I even try any all other passwords I could have used and I get no ware. It tells the dam password is wrong WTF>

Please help

[modest pelican]

What do you mean by you "have a ticked"?

[glacial hill]

The person I have talking via email is Alex.

So I click the link. It brings me to a page. I enter my email. It tells me it found an account and to please enter the password. So I do. And it tells me the dam the password is wrong. I try every variant, I even try any all other passwords I could have used and I get no ware. It tells the dam password is wrong WTF>

Please help

[modest pelican]

Do you mean you have a support ticket?

[glacial hill]

yes

[modest pelican]

The username/password to access the D&D Beyond support portal isn't the same as your D&D Beyond account details

You will have to do one of the following
Sign Up for D&D Beyond Support

1. Go to https://dndbeyond.zendesk.com/hc/en-us
2. Click 'Sign In' in the top right
3. Click 'Get a password' in the bottom left next to where it says 'Have you emailed us'
4. Enter your password and click 'Submit'

Recover your password if you've already signed up for DDB Support

1. Go to https://dndbeyond.zendesk.com/hc/en-us
2. Click 'Sign In' in the top right
3. Below the Sign in button, click 'Forgot my password'

[covert aurora]

so, im working on a homebrew monster, is there a way to set a custom sub-type?

[covert aurora]

along with that, any way to do the same for monster enviornments?

[uneven lantern]

There’s a field for subtype right next to the field for monster type.

It’s a text field, so you can type whatever you want in there.

And then near the bottom, there’s a box for Monster Environments.

You can enter any/all of the official environments in that one.

[covert aurora]

when I click out of the box, both of them just delete the text I typed if its a non-official one

[uneven lantern]

Ah, subtype isn’t a plain text field. My mistake.

In that case, yeah, you’re only able to select from the options provided.

[covert aurora]

alright

[prisma fulcrum]

Is there a reason that PerimeterX keeps thinking my phone’s Firefox browser is a bot? I’m starting to get very annoyed with the Press & Hold page.

[thorn sandal]

What is PerimeterX? This channel is for help with D&D Beyond's website and services.

[prisma fulcrum]

It’s the bot protection that dndbeyond.com uses

If I haven’t opened the site on my phone in a little while, I will often come to a page that has me press and hold a button to prove I’m human

[naive lodge]

My suggestion is to first disable any VPN you use and any addons you have installed.

[prisma fulcrum]

I do not have any VPN set up on my phone.
I’ll double check, but I don’t think you can install add-ons on Firefox for iOS.

Doesn’t look like it.

[naive lodge]

It could also be something like cookie settings, having too many tabs in the background pinging at it, a torrent client, etc. Most of the anti-bot things cover a large swathe of sites and services and gathers heuristic data from them.

[uneven lantern]

I’ve found that my own iOS Firefox triggers it when I switch between mobile and desktop view.

But that’s the only time I ever run across it.

[prisma fulcrum]

Interesting, I’ve been trying to figure out how to get it to come up for testing. Usually I’m trying to do something else when it comes up. Then once I’m in, I’m in for long enough to do a thing

[naive lodge]

If that is regularly replicable you may want to report it to Mozilla as that would be something weird they're doing triggering it.

[prisma fulcrum]

It’s probably some tracking script from perimeterx gets blocked by Mozilla, but I’ll let them know if it keeps happening

Thanks, all

[plush glen]

sorry if this is a stupid question - is it possible to print monster stat blocks from DDB?

[lime gulch]

For personal use, it should be the same as photocopying from the book you bought.

[plush glen]

We are going from online to IRL game and I'd like to have the statblock on paper. I only own digital copies of the book.

[modest pelican]

You can print the page, although there is no dedicated printer friendly view

If I need to print stat blocks, I use a screen snipping tool and past them into word and print that

However, this should only be done for personal use and not any form of distribution

[dawn egret]

waste of ink to distribute that way, imo

too expensive

[plush glen]

Yep it's personal use. Thanks for the help, I'll see if I can find a printer friendly version and if not will so what you suggested.

[modest pelican]

Beside the point Neut 😉

[dawn egret]

❤️

[plush glen]

It's a big fight and I'm trying to find ways to make running it more efficient. It's my first session as DM in person.

[modest pelican]

One other thing you can do is highlight the text of the stat block, right click, and select print

This will give you a less ink intensive version

[plush glen]

Hmm actually just been playing around with the Combat Tracker. I didnt realise you could bring up the stat blocks so easily. I think I'll just use that 🙂

[modest pelican]

👍 The tracker is great for viewing a lot of stat blocks

[plush glen]

Ooh it even brings up spell descriptions when you hover over it

[final trellis]

Or you can use the app!

To access the monster listings

[north garden]

I have a player in a campaign. We recently just switched him up from Level 9 Paladin to Level 6 Paladin/Level 4 Sorcerer for reasons. On his character sheet he no has spells going up to level 4 but from my understanding he should only have spells up to level 2? The available spells he can choose from only go up to level 2. Is there some sort of Sorcerer mechanic that allows an upcast to level 4 which is the reason? The character sheet in question - https://www.dndbeyond.com/profile/ybc718/characters/38133341

[golden kite]

Paladins and Sorcerers have different progression in spell levels

[wanton shard]

Multiclassed spellcasters get slots that increase in level, regardless of the highest-level spells they actually know: https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/phb/customization-options#Spellcasting

This means that yes, they may only know up to 2nd-level spells, but those spells can be upcast using higher-level slots. Or, used for paladin smites. 🙂

[north garden]

Awesome, gonna have one happy player then 😆

[gentle quartz]

If I own the sourcebook bundle and three adventures, could anyone tell me why the legendary bundle is more expensive than the adventure bundle?

[modest pelican]

If you purchased any of those bundles or books with a discount code, that'll affect the price of the remaining bundles
The discount on the bundles remaining is based on how much you've spent, not the current value of the books you own

[granite phoenix]

Is it possible for the DM to make generic rolls in DNDBeyond, or is all rolling tied to character sheets?

[modest pelican]

The can indeed

A DM can roll from the encounter builder or combat tracker (requires subscription). If either is linked to a campaign, then the rolls will appear in the game log

[granite phoenix]

That makes sense, thanks. So a workaround would be to make like a generic encounter that just covers all random rolling and keep that open?

[modest pelican]

Yeah, that's what I do

[mossy linden]

So I had just purchased the Essentials Kit Bundle and I can't seem to access it, how do I access it?

[uneven lantern]

There should be a code inside the box that you can redeem. You can find further instructions here:
https://dndbeyond.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025446474-How-to-redeem-the-codes-from-the-D-D-Essentials-Kit

[west harbor]

Any method for adding additional spell slots that will import with Avrae?

Or additional slot levels?

[uneven lantern]

Not currently, no.

[west harbor]

Thought so. Just wanted to confirm.

[mossy linden]

I bought the digital version of the Essentials Kit Bundle, not the physical. I don't know where to access the content.

[west harbor]

It should be under sources on the website

From your character sheet, click the top right three bars > sources > (sourcebook/adventure)

I'm looking at the desktop version on mobile so might be slightly different.

[uneven lantern]

Yeah, all books are accessed through the Sources menu in the site navigation. The first of those books is Dragon of Icespire Peak, which you can find here:
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/doip

[raven horizon]

Where do I pick the half elf variant?

And do I need to pick up a book for those?

[thorn sandal]

Half Elf isn't a variant, it's its own race. If you mean the subraces for Half Elf, yes those are in a specific book. Let me look which one it is up for you real quick.

[thorn sandal]

It's the Sword Coast Adventurer's guide. If you don't want the book and you just want the subraces, you can get them on their own a la cart.

[raven horizon]

thank you

[uneven lantern]

There’s also two dragonmarked half elves from ERFTLW.

[edgy pasture]

Hello, I accidentally published some homebrew stuff a while back and I thought I had managed to delete it all. I just saw that they’re still up, and I was wondering if there’s a way to remove them from the public domain. Otherwise, should I just report them and explain the situation?

[naive lodge]

They cannot be unpublished, which is why you get several warnings about that exact thing when you try to do so.

[edgy pasture]

Darn, that’s unfortunate - sorry to bug you!

[steep epoch]

how do i see if i have backgrounds for my char sheets and how do i apply them ?

[opal pelican]

Click on the gear on your character's sheet then check out your backgrounds.

Unless you mean character creation backgrounds lol

[steep epoch]

no the first one is correct thx...ill check it out

[wanton shard]

If it helps: The images used as backgrounds for the character sheets are referred to on D&D Beyond as backdrops. As a way to try to avoid confusion with the character creation Background. 🙂

[steep epoch]

thx a lot guys...just found it and applied it

[pastel compass]

From the Twitch chat @naive lodge

[wanton shard]

This has already been passed along to the appropriate team 🙂 But thanks for bringing it to attention!

[pastel compass]

I would imagine, but I was asked to post this here.

[naive lodge]

Yeah, wanted to confirm it was the same issue or if it was something new too.

[radiant spire]

Hi there. I just added a homebrew item to my collection but it's not showing up when I try to add it to the PC

Any ideas why?

[wanton shard]

Maybe a silly question, but do you have homebrew content enabled for that character?

If that's not the cause, but the item was JUST added to your collection, it may be that the sheet hasn't "caught up" yet due to caching. You could try increasing the character level and bumping it back down again, to re-fetch data from the server.

[radiant spire]

Ah OK, let me check. I think I have homebrew content enabled

But I did just add it

Ah it's showing up now

[radiant spire]

Do homebrew items ever change stats? It's the Gloves of Thievery and they are supposed to give him +5 on sleight of hand. I noticed the stat wasn't updated when I put in the item

[wanton shard]

Hmm. The gloves of thievery are an official item, so they shouldn't be available as homebrew...

But otherwise, homebrew modifiers correctly working are 100% the responsibility of the creator

[radiant spire]

That's what I thought, but for some reason the gloves don't show up when I search in the inventory

[radiant spire]

Gotcha

[wanton shard]

Official content that isn't in the Basic Rules requires purchase for use. Either of the sourcebook as a whole, or piecemeal. The gloves of thievery are from the Dungeon Master's Guide, meaning you would have to either own that content on D&D Beyond or else purchase the individual item. Any purchases from a sourcebook will automatically subtract from the overall sourcebook cost if you were to choose to make the full purchase in the future.

[radiant spire]

Ah OK

Cool thanks

[ripe lagoon]

Im trying to make a homebrew feat that causes disadvantage on weapon attack rolls. I think I have this correct but its not showing in the character sheet

[wanton shard]

I may be wrong in this, but I don't believe attacks in general currently display advantage or disadvantage. There is no official standard for any attack having permanent advantage or disadvantage.

[ripe lagoon]

hhmmm I wonder why it would give the option then

[modest pelican]

That would be because the modifier system doesn't filter modifiers based on what works

It lists all possible options for all possible fields

[ripe lagoon]

gotcha thanks!

[keen comet]

Hi, my DM says my character link is showing her the "character not ready!" message. I've gone through all the steps in the character builder, and everything seems chosen - race, class, ability scores, background, all proficiencies, etc. Would someone be willing to see if they can see anything amiss here? https://ddb.ac/characters/53849418/uQRlRI

[uneven lantern]

Loads just fine for me.

Typically that message is shown if you’re missing a race, class, or ability scores, but that’s clearly not the case here. 🤔

[keen comet]

thanks!

[uneven lantern]

Is she signed in to her own account when she tries to load it?

There’s currently an issue with trying to view public sheets if you’re not signed in, but I wouldn’t normally expect it with that message.

[keen comet]

Thanks, I tried opening it in a Chrome incognito window myself, and it gave me the "not signed in" message instead

[queen mural]

i've found a very weird thing that happens and im not sure if i put this in here or not, but this character, 6 levels in sorcerer and 2 in cleric, has 2 4th level spell slots, even though they shouldn't. Is this a bug or am i missing something? https://ddb.ac/characters/53936266/vXeCkc

[wanton shard]

This is a feature of multiclassing with multiple spellcasters. You will still gain higher-level slots, despite not learning spells of that level. But you can use the slots to cast lower-level spells! If you have access to the PHB on D&D Beyond, see here: https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/phb/customization-options#Spellcasting

[queen mural]

oh wow, i just straight up didn't know that, i thought they were separate

cheers!

[clever matrix]

I am making a homebrew race that has five different subraces. When I go to select a race for my character the genasi are all grouped under one thing. However my homebrew subraces are all shown separately. How do I group them all together?

[dawn egret]

You don't. irritatingly

[clever matrix]

Thank you for ending my suffering of trying to do that for longer than I would like to admit

[dawn egret]

You're good. It drives me up the wall xD

[edgy pasture]

Hi, I’m home-brewing a magical whip. I want to increase its range from 10 ft. to 15 ft. without also extending the range of my unarmed strikes or other weapons. Is there a way to do this and, if so, what should I adjust?

[late kelp]

i know somewhere in the character sheet there's a place to track exhaustion

anyone help me find it?

oops! found it! it's in conditions

[uneven lantern]

Try a modifier with Type: Bonus, Subtype: Melee Reach, and Fixed Value: 5.

That’s what bugbears use, at least. Hopefully it’ll do the same on a magic item.

[edgy pasture]

Thanks for the feedback! It sort of works - my range increases to 15 ft, but it also increases the reach of every one of my other actions, which makes things a bit confusing.

[uneven lantern]

Oof. I totally misread the question. Sorry! 😅

I’m gonna give Bonus - Weapon Range Multiplier a try to see if that does the trick.

Or if you can find an official magic weapon that does that, you could make a homebrew copy of it and see how they set it up.

Oh! Weapon Property - Reach would probably do it, if it’s not a reach weapon already.

So adding reach does work in the way you’d expect, but a whip is already a reach weapon, and I doubt it doubles up. :/

Yeah, doesn’t stack.

Seems that may not be possible in the current system. I don’t know the full details of your weapon, but you might be able to create it as a custom attack instead, directly on your character sheet.

Just go to the Actions tab and hit the Manage Custom button in the top right corner. Then you can add it in the sidebar and manually enter any range you want.

[round plinth]

How do you change what Unarmoured defence uses? A homebrew I'm creating uses Con instead of Dex and I can't figure out how to change it

It's also not changed the basic 10+dex humans have

If possible I'd like to change it to 12+Con

[golden kite]

that would be natural armour

[wanton shard]

I think there's a combination of modifiers that you need to use, but I don't have that information directly on hand, I have to go find it somewhere. Just a moment

[round plinth]

Thanks!

[wanton shard]

https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/dungeons-dragons-discussion/homebrew-house-rules/107614-trying-to-get-dex-bonus-removed-from-ac-but-its?comment=2 This is from a forum member who creates a LOT of homebrew. I haven't tested this method (I feel like I have used different modifiers than this myself), but I trust the advice is likely sound. I can also set up something to test it quickly

Although in your case, the first modifier's fixed value would be 2, not 3. To make it 12+CON

[round plinth]

Alright I've tried it. Just waiting for the changes to go through

[wanton shard]

(10 + 2 + CON)

[round plinth]

Thanks for the help!

[wanton shard]

I just tested on a new homebrew race and it appears to be working 😀

[solid kestrel]

yep, Loxodon did it

[modest pelican]

@hasty hornet This channel is for getting help using the D&D Beyond website and associated services. Please don't post random stickers

[little plume]

can I post now

[modest pelican]

@little plume You can check this message to see when you can post again
#moderator-support message

You can post again <t:1625855670:R>

[little plume]

ok

[modest pelican]

👍

[earnest bloom]

hi can I talk (voice chat)with one of the moderator please

@wanton shard can I call you ?

or can we chat at one of the vc room

[little plume]

Question: When you pick artficer infusions I can't see where it says what I picked, is it ment to tell you?

[modest pelican]

They have their own section next to equipment

[little plume]

oh thanks

[verbal pasture]

were do i report assesablati ishus f with the site

[modest pelican]

#ddb-feedback or the feedback forum here https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/d-d-beyond-feedback

I would recommend the forum myself for accessibility issues; easy to pass on to the right people that way

[verbal pasture]

ty

i posted it to ill say it here as well screan readers still cant read pop up windos likethay shuld

[edgy oriole]

modal windows are like the big boss level in web accessibility and it's hard to do right

[verbal pasture]

i understand that trust but i know it can be dun right becose sits like dordash amazon audable have

[edgy oriole]

Oh yeah, I'm not excusing not getting it right.
Just noting that that it is a big challenge.

[hollow ingot]

How can I upgrade my membership?

[uneven lantern]

The customer support team can help you with that. 🙂
https://dndbeyond.link/SubmitTicket

[noble wigeon]

Hello, is there a way to make a character sheet viewable to anyone with the link without being logged in? I have it set to public but the link returns an error page if not signed in.

[opal pelican]

Did you make it public?

[uneven lantern]

The team is aware of the issue and looking into it. At the moment, though, you’ll need to sign in to view any public sheet.

[obsidian jewel]

How do i unlock the artificer class for my players to pick?

[opal pelican]

You'd need master tier to share content and then purchase any of the Artificer subclasses.

Assuming you all are in a campaign together.

[obsidian jewel]

there's no specific book i can look at to buy sub classes?

[opal pelican]

https://www.dndbeyond.com/marketplace/sourcebooks/tashas-cauldron-of-everything

Tasha's has them all.

[obsidian jewel]

Thank you

[opal pelican]

No problem. It's a fun class.

Artillerist, Alchemist, Armorer and Battlesmith are the Artificer subclasses just for clarity.

[flint void]

Hello. Making a Fighter2/Rogue3 Assassin, with Sharpshooter feat. On my character sheet, I see neither the ability to roll the Assassinate, nor the Sharpshooter. We play on roll20 with the applet, so it would link. How can I Assassinate with Sharpshooter? I'd have to manually roll and input the calculations? If so, why bother with purchasing the PHB if nothing links? https://ddb.ac/characters/54044434/vXr4XD

[thorn sandal]

Do you have any third party extensions like Beyond20 enabled? It's been known to cause issues with the site.

As for the Sharpshooter, you currently will have to roll it separately and add the rolls together yourself.

[flint void]

I'd say that is pretty disappointing. To invest in the online materials, and then not have the rolls is a failure of service.

[wanton shard]

You can set up Sharpshooter as a rollable option using an extra (dummy) weapon, like so: https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/d-d-beyond-feedback/108179-custom-attacks?comment=2

As for the ability to "roll the Assassinate," I imagine you mean rolling at advantage and auto-critting? You can roll at advantage by right-clicking (or long-pressing) on the to-hit and damage boxes, like so, and choosing Advantage / Crit Damage.

The problem arises with Beyond20, which is a third-party extension that is neither developed nor officially supported by D&D Beyond; it (and other extensions) have a tendency to interfere with normal DDB site functionality.

[modest pelican]

Also to comment on this, dice rolling features are still in active development. These features will come, but just haven't arrived yet as there are a lot of 'smart' dice features; additional damage dice, expanded criticals, sneak attack, sharpshooter and great weapon master, even things like halfling luck. But these are things where it's possible to make convenient workarounds (as described) so the team is prioritising the vital dice features that can't have work arounds such as dice sharing and rolling from monster stat blocks.

[round plinth]

So I've been making another custom race and I'm curious about how to get the languages working. I've left it a couple of hours after adding the language modifiers and it hasn't added it to the test character sheet I have. I've included a screenshot of how I set up the modifiers if it helps.

[flint void]

This is very helpful! Thank you

[uneven lantern]

The modifiers look correct.

Is the feature type set to Granted? And that’s directly on the feature, not inside an Option or anything?

[round plinth]

It's set to granted and replaces the base racial languages

[uneven lantern]

Hmm 🤔

Is the race still in your My Homebrew Collection? Or just in Creations?

It might also help if you change the Version to something recognizable.

If you see that new version get listed on the sheet, that means the changes are getting picked up, and we can dig further into the homebrew itself.

If the new version doesn’t show up, that means the changes aren’t getting picked up, and we can try to find an answer there instead.

[round plinth]

I haven't released it yet. So I think i'd be in my homebrew collection

[uneven lantern]

They do get added there automatically, so it should only be missing if you manually removed it.

[round plinth]

I'll check. Don't think I've changed languages tho

I've updated it and it's appeared on the details page now so I'll give it some time to update on the character sheet

[forest glacier]

In the effects column, some spells have a star in with damage or with an effect such as blindness/deafness. Is there a reason that exists? If so what does it mean? I have two homebrew spells that I have made and one has them and the other doesn’t, both are virtually the same. Any help?

[modest pelican]

Can you link to a character displaying this indicators

[forest glacier]

https://ddb.ac/characters/53107058/Qt7Pyn

It’s just my testing character for things to make sure they work but they’re all in it’s spells

The Blade and Whip cantrips are the ones I’m making, they were (in structure) copies of Neurotic claws and I added blindness in there to show you how it turns up on core items

[modest pelican]

lemme have a look

It's the tags you've added

The 'Effect' column can only display one piece of information, always prioritising damage equations

If you add tags to a spell, those will display if the spell doesn't have a damage roll (and the tag isn't damage)

If you have multiple, it'll display an * to indicate there are more

[forest glacier]

Ok, how does that work with Blindness/Deafness then as that only has 1 tag

Or is it because that one doesn’t have a damage tag?

[modest pelican]

For example, Light displays Creation* because it's tags are creation and utility
Necrotic Blade displays 2d10+5* because it's damage, and has the creation and combat tags
Necrotic Bolt only has a damage equation

Conditions will also display there

Blindness/Deafness imposes the Blinded and Deafened conditions and has the debuff tag

[forest glacier]

Ahh so the conditions are what give Blindness/Deafness the tag?

[modest pelican]

So it displays Blinded*

[forest glacier]

Yeah ok fair enough

Thanks matey

[modest pelican]

👍

[dusk oracle]

is it possible to add a proficiency or feat to your character that you may have acquired during downtime?

[wanton shard]

Yes! This can all be done directly on the character sheet. Under Features & Traits, you can scroll to the bottom and click Manage Feats to manually add extra feats to the character.

Proficiencies can be added manually with different steps depending on what kind of proficiency. For a language or tool, you would click the gear icon (⚙️) in the Proficiencies & Languages box. For a skill, you can click on the skill itself and customize its proficiency level in the sidebar

[dusk oracle]

Oh cool thanks, i don't know why but whenever i try to edit my characters i do that on the website (the edit function) rather than on the character sheet

[mellow grail]

hey im new dnd and me and some frends want to start a game tegther but I've got no clue what im doing and i could really use some help seting everthing up

[digital wolf]

Is there anything in particular you're having trouble with?

[mellow grail]

mostily setting up the virtual borad with roll20 since i've heard they work well together

[digital wolf]

D&D Beyond does not have any direct interaction with Roll20 - they're 2 separate platforms. You could copy and paste from D&D Beyond into your character sheet, if you wanted, but there's no official support for integration beyond that.
(There are third-party extensions that might help them work together, but they are not supported by DDB at all, and could break when either Roll20 or DDB makes a change.)

[mellow grail]

I see so what do you sugest I do?

[rain forum]

Hey all. Working on a homebrew paladin subclass. One of the channel divinity abilities does 2d10+ paladin level damage. How do I do this in DDB? I assume I need to add some kind of variable like {level} in the fixed value field?

[west harbor]

Play as if you are at a table? Maps and other integrations are only there to make things easier and are not mandatory.

All dnd games are unique. Some use physical maps, others use theater of the mind.

[digital wolf]

Well, depends on where/how you want to run the game. DDB doesn't currently have a virtual tabletop, but you could use a DDB campaign group to manage the characters - you can now make die rolls directly from the character sheet, and the results of those rolls are shared with the campaign group. (I believe it's also possible to roll privately so only the player and the DM can see the result, and possibly roll secretly so only the DM (not the player) sees the roll.)

As mentioned by TheReverendB, you could play using "theater of the mind", or otherwise using physical maps (i.e. in person), or use some other way to manage grid combat. You could even potentially use DDB to manage the characters/rolls, and maybe use some other virtual tabletop just for keeping track of positioning during combat.

[mellow grail]

alright that works thanks alot for the help

[uneven lantern]

Put Fixed Value: 1 to start. After you save the Action, edit it again and scroll to the bottom. You’ll then find a Level Overrides section there.

You’ll have to create an override for every level where the calculation changes, which in your case is every level.

I think you can just override the fixed value itself. You probably don’t have to reenter the die size and count every time.

[rain forum]

ya. cool. Thanks. I saw the Light Cleric Channel Divinity was similar so I tried to use that as a template but DDB doesn't even do what you said.

They just have the description filled out and thats it

[uneven lantern]

Maybe because it’s a saving throw, they might have chose not set it up as an actual attack.

I don’t actually know the reason.

[rain forum]

ya

[real path]

got a question about homebrew monsters and publishing. when do I know the changes are significant enough? do I rely on the automatic detection?

i can give you some examples I made

[modest pelican]

Sure, I can have a look

[real path]

https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/1781208-conjurer-cultist-of-jubilex

[modest pelican]

Yeah, so that's a conjurer + some traits, right?

[real path]

yeah with some spells altered and stats changed

+all the juiblex cult stuff

[modest pelican]

As a general rule of thumb, if your homebrew includes a mechanically complete version of something with only minor changes (damage values, spells etc), that would usually not be acceptable

So in this case, it's possible to 'reverse engineer' the Conjurer (because it's mechanically all right there)

[real path]

yeah well that was my question because my changes are somewhat bigger than "minor" imo, but I see the logic that its still recognizeable a conjurer

[modest pelican]

It's about the mechanical language rather than the specific values that matters for uniqueness

[real path]

I'm not sure I understand that sentence

[modest pelican]

Sorry, lemme rephrase

Like, if you were to take the stat block and change all the numbers and specific spells to say 'Blank', that's the basis of how we'd compare things. So for example

Benign Transportation (Recharges after the Conjurer Casts a Conjuration Spell of 1st Level or Higher). As a bonus action, the conjurer teleports up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space that it can see. If it instead chooses a space within range that is occupied by a willing Small or Medium creature, they both teleport, swapping places.
Would be considered basically the same as
Benign Transportation (Recharges after the Conjurer Casts a Conjuration Spell of 5st Level or Higher). As a bonus action, the conjurer teleports up to 120 feet to an unoccupied space that it can see. If it instead chooses a space within range that is occupied by a willing Medium or Large creature, they both teleport, swapping places.

Sorry, it's been a long day and I'm actually more tired that I realised so I'm failing at words it seems 😛

The tl;dr is unfortunately that monster is too similar to the OG conjurer to reasonable publish

[real path]

okay, what happens if someone publishes something like this by accident. not knowing exactly where the line is? you cant unpublish, unfortunately

[modest pelican]

In theory, it gets reported, comes into the moderation queue, gets reviewed, and then gets rejected, which unpublishes it

[real path]

okay, so no danger to the DDB account

and there is a person double checking stuff?

[modest pelican]

Certainly no danger from maybe a few errant homebrews, the forums have checks and balances

It would take something really egregious to jeopardise your account

[real path]

oh and another question, is there a difference between using stat blocks from the SRD/basic rules as base?

[modest pelican]

And yeah, reported stuff gets handled by a moderator

Same thing goes for the SRD stuff, falls under our 'minor changes' rule

Good general rule, homebrew should be mechanically and thematically unrecognisable from it's source

[real path]

yeah I just thought it would be neat to be able to share these mods to SRD stat blocks more freely, you can use them in other contexts after all

the conjurer obviously would not fall under that

[modest pelican]

Yeah, unfortunately these would fall under the 'too similar' and/or 'core content rules'

Pre-bolting on templates from books is not allowed

[real path]

what if the minor changes are entirely hombrew instead of templates from paid books?

[modest pelican]

As long as the changes render the original stat block unrecognisable, you're good

[real path]

alright, thanks for the info.

[uneven lantern]

That isn’t natively supported in the app yet, but you can tap the character sheet section menu and click “View Character on Website”.

Or you can open it in your mobile web browser instead.

[sleek goblet]

I would like to start D and D beyond because u never find any places for D and D in england so pls can i get some tips to start d'n'd

[sleek goblet]

Ive just made this but i have no idea what im doing https://ddb.ac/characters/54124048/wuvwuj

[wanton shard]

Hi Julio! 👋 There is a whole bunch of excellent information for new players and new D&D Beyond users pinned in #dnd-discussion.

Here is a collection of resources for learning to play, as well as learning to play online: <#dnd-discussion message>

There is also post with an article dedicated to finding a group to play with, as well as giving information about our resources here for finding a group (using #750812887697588356 or #looking-for-players): <#dnd-discussion message>

[sleek goblet]

Thanks alot @wanton shard

[west harbor]

Ouch. Good luck with that -3 con. You are more brave than I am.

[round plinth]

How do you make a homebrew magic item ignore the base item's rolls. I'm making a gatling gun that deals 6d8 damage and it's adding the automatic rifle rolls to it.

[little plume]

So question, how do you change the damage die of a weapon, im trying to make a pistol do 2d4 instead of the usual 1d8, how do i go about this?

[steel glade]

@round plinth @little plume
DDB's homebrew does not allow creation of items with differing damage dice. Your best bet would be to make a custom action on your sheet directly, or to try using another existing item and renaming it.

[little plume]

okay thank you, that is kinda annoying though.. thank you for responding nonetheless.

[queen burrow]

If I buy the master tier do I get to use all the books for Character creation like on dnd beyond I could make a tortle as my race with out buying the the individual pack I could buy the subscription and get all meaning races,subclass etc

[modest pelican]

None of the subscriptions grant direct access to content

[queen burrow]

Alright thank you

[modest pelican]

The hero tier subscription gives you

• unlimited character slots
• the ability to save public homebrew content to your collection
• access to tools that are in alpha
• subscriber perks

The master tier gives you everything the hero tier does, plus

• content sharing

Content sharing lets you share content you have bought within up to 3 campaigns normally, but currently 5

[round plinth]

Alright thanks! I suppose I could do it by having my modifier being 4d8 to add to the default 2d8

[sharp shell]

Hey, i've just bought hero subscription after my card expired and the subscription dropped, however content share is now not an option, please help

[digital wolf]

Content sharing is a Master Tier feature. (If you want to switch from Hero Tier to Master Tier before your subscription expires, reach out to support and they should be able to help you out!)

[sharp shell]

mby i'm just dumb xD

Lets hope they give me a refund :/

[uneven lantern]

Yeah, contacting customer support sounds like your best option. You can do that here:
https://dndbeyond.link/SubmitTicket

[civic totem]

Hi, how can you turn off night/dark mode for character sheets? I accidentally turned it on and I can't find a way to switch back

[tired axle]

When you click on the gear Icon next to your characters name a pop-up opens where you can turn it off @civic totem

[pseudo condor]

Hi, is there a possibility to share an editable character to somebody else? So they can manage and look through it or only the one on the main account can ?

[civic totem]

@tired axle you're a saint!

[tired axle]

Yeah I looked around the settings for like 10 minutes before I found it ^^
I appreciate their effort, but the dark mode isn't quite there yet.

[uneven lantern]

Yes! If you add that character to a campaign, both the DM and the player will have full access to the character, including the ability to edit.

[pseudo condor]

i have no clue how a campaign works on the site. I tried a few times and i'm so lost in it

byut ty, will look more into it

[digital wolf]

I believe the creator of the campaign group on the site is automatically considered the "DM"

And then someone else can join that campaign using the invite URL listed on the campaign page (the DM would send that link to them/post it somewhere they can access).

When you join a campaign, you're prompted to join with an existing character or create a new one (assuming you haven't reached the 6-character limit, if you're not a Hero Tier or Master Tier subscriber; if you've reached that limit, you'll have to delete an existing character before you can make a new one).

[pseudo condor]

Thanks! Will look more onto it !

[digital wolf]

Let us know if you have any questions! 🙂

[pseudo condor]

On Colection> My Campaigns ?

[thorn sandal]

Yes

[pseudo condor]

if i have for example mines of phandalier or how is it called, can i add the story in there automatically or i need to select and add by hand the story ?

[thorn sandal]

You would have to read from the module itself in a different tab. You can copy/paste the whole thing to the private notes section of the campaign if you want, but it would be a lot of work and also make navigation of the adventure harder, so I don't recommend it.

[pseudo condor]

Sorry if i ask dumb questions, warn me to stop if i go too far 😓

[thorn sandal]

No worries! We're here to help!

[pseudo condor]

I see, so making a campaign is kinda tough

[uneven lantern]

A campaign on DDB is primarily for character management.

[thorn sandal]

You should be able to still run the adventure just fine, you just won't be reading it from the campaign page.

[digital wolf]

Well, right now, the "campaign" system mainly helps with character management, dice-roll sharing, content sharing (for purchased content if someone in the group has a Master Tier subscription - homebrew is automatically shared within the campaign group), etc.

DDB may continue to iterate and add new features in the future 🙂

[pseudo condor]

i see. A lot to swallow haha. Thanks for the info. Need to study this more

[thorn sandal]

If you have any trouble or any other questions later, feel free to ask us!

[pseudo condor]

ty!

[rose dune]

I'm in the process of creating a homebrew subclass for clerics (I chose "order domain" as base so that I don't have to write everything from scratch). I have - as many other subclasses for clerics - bonus proficiencies at 1 level (simple weapons and a skill of choice between stealth, persuasion or intimidation). It looks fine in the homebrew window of the subclass itself, but when I try to use it with my character (I wanna use this subclass with multiclassing, main class is monk) it's messed up and doesn't even show the description text? oO is this an error of ddb or a layer 8 problem? ^^

[swift yarrow]

I'm a big confused about what content sharing is/how it works. Could someone explain it please

[uneven lantern]

Hopefully this page will answer your questions. If not, we can clear up anything else you want to know. 🙂
https://dndbeyond.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115011257067-Campaign-Content-Sharing-and-You

[uneven lantern]

There could be any number of reasons. Is the Feature Type set to “Granted”?

[rose dune]

yes! I can take a few screenpics if that would help? I entered the description text and added modifiers; one with proficiency in simple weapons and one with "choose skill" (i dont know how to select just 3 skills lmao) and they're both displayed right somehow in the class. If I choose the subclass / domain in the character editor it gives me an exclamation mark and displays the bonus proficiency, but the descriptive text isn't there and I can choose between "choose a 1 level option" and there's no option behind the dropdown and I can also choose one skill out of every skill (as expected at this point).

[uneven lantern]

Yeah, a screenshot would help.

[rose dune]

I deleted the cleric level and added it again, now it only shows the "choose a skill" dropdown 🙈

it feels as if ddb is like... overloaded or something? in the afternoon it would not display anything, then I left the house, did something else and now it displays "something"? 😄

[uneven lantern]

Let’s take a look here…

When you edit the class feature, do you have text in both the Snippet and Description boxes?

Is Has Options checked? Is there anything in Class Levels Where Options Known?

Is Hide in Builder checked?

[pseudo condor]

Hello, im back! haha...
Can i add any of my existing characters to a new campaign? Cuz on the campaign i don't see the option to add any of my already made characters but to make a new one.

[thorn sandal]

Yes, you can! If you go to your invite link, it should list the characters in your collection in addition to the "Join with New" button.

[pseudo condor]

this pannel? and i can just add them one by one? 😮

sweet!

Thanks !

[thorn sandal]

Yeah! Just click on one and click "Join With This Character"

[rose dune]

okay, I forgot the snippet. My bad.
"has options" checked
class levels where options known: yes, "1"

[uneven lantern]

Okay! Hopefully populating the snippet will fill in the text there.

The reason it’s showing that first dropdown is because of the Options stuff.

I’m guessing if you scroll down to the Options section, there’s nothing there, which is why that dropdown is blank.

But Options are exactly what you need if you want to restrict their skill choices.

So add an Option for each available choice (like Stealth) and make sure it gets the appropriate Modifier (like Proficiency – Stealth).

The you can delete that Choose a Skill and you should be set!

Just remember that homebrew edits can sometimes take up to 15 minutes before they show up on the character sheet. If you don’t see it right away, just give it a sec.

[rose dune]

Alright, that sounds like it makes a lot of sense. Thank you very much for your help, I'm gonna try that after dinner 👍 👍

[uneven lantern]

Good luck!

[fresh pumice]

Hi, I'm having issue with creating a Cleric with Order Domain. Tashas cauldron of Everything sourcebook is purchased but it still does not allow creation of the Order Domain character. Any hints?

[digital wolf]

Did you buy the full book as a whole? Or just the compendium content?

Also, how long ago did you buy the book? (You might need to give it a few minutes for everything to update/work properly.)

[real summit]

I think I'm missing something. I'm wanting to make a homebrew a mundane weapon, but when I go to create, I don't have an option to do that. Is it not possible? or is it somewhere else?

[fresh pumice]

Got the whole source book quite a few weeks ago ( 5/11/2021 according to the marketplace). Other content from it is available

[uneven lantern]

Order Domain was originally printed in Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica.

You’ll need to turn on Magic the Gathering Content for that character before you’ll find it.

[digital wolf]

Ah, good call.

[fresh pumice]

Ahh okay, thanks. That's not very clear because it's also available in Tasha's.. Could it be possible to put some hints in the sourcebook text to also add that information? With Magic the Gathering Content it does seem to show up 👍

[digital wolf]

Homebrewing mundane weapons is not currently possible, though that may change in the future. For now, you can create a custom item on your sheet by going to Equipment>Manage Equipment>Custom Items>Add Custom Item.

[real summit]

That doesn't include damage, or allow making attacks with it. So it's pretty useless for a weapon. Thanks for confirming. I'll stop looking. 😄 I could only find forum posts from 2+ years ago, so I wasn't sure if it was added yet.

[digital wolf]

I believe it is something the devs have said they hope to support in the future!

[uneven lantern]

DDB can only use the sourcebook text as provided by Wizards of the Coast. They’re not able to change its content.

[digital wolf]

@real summit You can show your support for adding the feature by upvoting an existing feature request here (or making a new feature request if it's not there already): https://ddb.ac/feature-requests

[fresh pumice]

Thats cool, just wondering given it's printed in the physical books too and in the digital one - it's very unclear that turning the Magic the Gathering content is required for it to be available. Would it really be Magic the Gathering content specifically if you have Tashas book purchesed? I guess you guys know better - just mentioning it from the usability perspective it would make sense to somehow indicate that its either required to turn on to use that content or make it available without the toggle 😄

Either way, thanks for the help! it sorted my issue

[uneven lantern]

We can definitely pass the feedback along, at least!

[fresh pumice]

Sure thing 🙂 Thank you for the swift resolution of the issue 😄

[real summit]

Done! thanks!

[swift yarrow]

What would I need to buy to unlock all/most of the subclasses

[edgy oriole]

The Sourcebook Bundle should do the most

[wanton shard]

You can also purchase subclasses individually, if there are one or more that you're otherwise missing after purchasing a book or bundle. Any individual components purchased will subtract from the overall cost of their sourcebook, if you should ever decide in the future to buy the full book! 🙂

[uneven lantern]

The Player Bundle is a great option there, too.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/marketplace/bundles/player-bundle

90+ subclasses
120+ spells
70+ feats
20+ Backgrounds
Plus magical tattoos, invocations, new magic items, and more

And you save $20 off buying those books separately.

[swift yarrow]

I shall save up for the player bundle

[uneven lantern]

Like Halfwing said, though, you can buy it in pieces.

You might start with the subclass bundle in the Player’s Handbook, for example. The $10 you spend there means that book is then $10 less.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/marketplace/sourcebooks/players-handbook

And so is the Player Bundle, which contains that book.

And the Sourcebook and Legendary bundles, too.

That way you can start with the content you want most and build your way up.

[red creek]

Hi, I feel like this is a common question but I wasn't able to find a simple answer. Is there a way in the Character Builder to toggle sourcebook content? I'm playing in a campaign of new players (including the DM) and the DM wants to stick to PHB content. I have all the sourcebooks and would like the builder to only display PHB content for this char.

[wanton shard]

There is no current way to toggle this, although it has previously been mentioned in Dev Update Q&As that this feature is somewhere on the roadmap

[red creek]

Darn. That seems like such a common issue since not everyone has all the books or knows exactly what comes from where

Thank you for your help!

[glass scaffold]

I play a trickster cleric. My DM often homebrews items for us, so I don’t really want to turn off homebrew, but I don’t like using homebrew spells. Unfortunately, a homebrew spell (Lavorre’s Zone of Truth or Dare) is showing up as “always prepared” on my spell list. Is there any way to fix this?

[uneven lantern]

Can you share a link to your character?

[glass scaffold]

https://www.dndbeyond.com/profile/Hannahnana/characters/30498282

[uneven lantern]

If it's always prepared, it has to be coming from another homebrew something.

A magic item, feat, or subclass.

[real summit]

It must be coming from this.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/355014-lavorres-zone-of-truth-or-dare

I just made a test trickery cleric, and it's not showing for me (yes homebrew is on)

[uneven lantern]

So anything in a user's My Homebrew Collection gets automatically shared with the rest of their campaign.

If that's all that was happening, you'd see it as an available spell in Manage Spells, but it wouldn't show as always prepared.

If your test cleric isn't assigned to that same campaign, they likely won't see that spell at all.

If you go to the Spells tab on your main character sheet, though, what does it say right under that spell name?

[real summit]

AHA! Yep. I see. I added it to a campaign with a bard, they see the spell available.

[real summit]

Your DM has to not have it in their collection.

(Blue button)

[uneven lantern]

Can you get a screenshot of that spell in the Manage Spells > Add Spell section on your character sheet?

[glass scaffold]

In the middle

[uneven lantern]

Let me see if I can find a wizard to cast See Invisibility here.

[glass scaffold]

I’m not sure what you mean by add spells

[uneven lantern]

Sorry. Known Spells is what I meant.

Which you already got a picture of. Thanks. 👍

[final trellis]

Is it a cantrip?

Wait, helps if I click on the link - because its been set to Trickery Domain, thats the same way we classify domain spells

so when added directly to the domain it will always show as "always prepared" as its being flagged as a domain spell

[glass scaffold]

It’s mainly just weird because I know I didn’t add it to my collection, and I doubt my DM did

[uneven lantern]

It could be one of the other players in your group.

[final trellis]

Any homebrew in a user's collection is shared to others via a campaign

so it could be anyone in the campaign

[pseudo condor]

Hello, is there a way to automatically add each characters hp from the sheets or to link them together so i don't have to overwrite the characters hp each time ?

[solid kestrel]

god I want combat tracker to come to free beta so I can use it

[wanton shard]

Not at the moment, no, although that feature is hopefully going to come along sometime in the mid- to near future. I believe there was a moment on a dev stream recently where Joe Starr ran combat and was testing a version that pulled in character HP, so it's at the very least in the early testing stages.

[pseudo condor]

i see. That'd be cool to be able to link the character sheets to this combat encounter. Thanks for the info!

[sacred breach]

Is there a way to A change a homebrew item’s form? I changed an item from a Wonderous Item to a Potion and it won’t update. Trying to add it to players inventories still lists it as a wonderous item

[wanton shard]

Homebrew edits can take upwards of 15-20 minutes to populate after the fact, due to caching

[sacred breach]

Oh cool I’ll just try again in the morning

[dry oxide]

I am playing a Wildfire Druid, and I was looking to add the Wildfire Spirit to the "Extras" section of my character sheet in DDB, however it doesnt appear as an option... Does anyone know if there is a way to add it or if this has been brought to DDB's attention?

[uneven lantern]

Several of the new features and spells present Monster Statblocks which scale with your character. This includes spells that summon other creatures. The system to handle these creatures is still under development but we have included inline stat blocks wherever possible to help you reference the stats you need.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/bugs-support/87774-tashas-cauldron-of-everything-issues-and-support

If you want to include it in Extras for now, you’ll need to create a homebrew monster to handle the calculations (and update it if those calculations change).

[dry oxide]

Thank you so much!

[quasi karma]

I have three books irl and I want to add them to beyond (they shouldn't be pre-owned), can I do that?

or do I have to buy them again

[lime gulch]

You can buy them again or enter the information using the Homebrew system.

[modest pelican]

D&D Beyond is a separate company from Wizards of the Coast, which means you can't transfer your physical book purchases to DDB
You can either rebuy the whole book, buy just the bits you need, copy the content from your book in via the homebrew tools (for personal use only), or join a campaign with content sharing

[quasi karma]

ok, thx

[ripe lagoon]

I've had a player accidently delete his character, he sent in a request but is there anyway that it can be recovered

[dusty violet]

hey so I have a quick question about my barbarian character. obviously when I rage I get the advantage on athletics etc, but how do I remove those effects when my rage ends?

[modest pelican]

Not really, customer service might be able to help, but it's not guaranteed

[modest pelican]

These effects aren't applied by using rage, so you don't need to remove them

What do you need help with?

[dusty violet]

but its automatically giving me advantage on athletics checks

[little plume]

is there any way i can buy the master tier subscription without having to repay it every month

like could i buy it for 1 month

[modest pelican]

Nope, it's a reoccuring charge

[little plume]

oh

[modest pelican]

What barbarian path?

[little plume]

my parents dont like those types of charges

so i cant buy it for 1 month and then cancel it

[wanton shard]

If you pay for a subscription, you can cancel afterward (to prevent future charges), but you will retain your current subscription benefits until the end of the period

[little plume]

okie

[dusty violet]

well, unfortunatly as I dont have the digital books I could only choose path of the berserker. but my dm has allowed me to use the zealot path, but just keep track of things myself

[half oak]

I created a homebrew spell that's just a copy of Armor of Agathys with a different damage type. It's appearing twice in my Warlock's spell list, but I only see it once in my list of homebrew creations. I did not publish it to the community. Is this a glitch or did I do something?

[little plume]

its just my parents got scammed a lot with subscriptions where it said we could cancel it at anytime but then when we wanted to cancel it we had to pay a fee to cancel it

[wanton shard]

There is no fee for cancellation 🙂 You'll be fine to subscribe, then cancel

[little plume]

okie ty

ill ask my parents ty

[dusty violet]

RAZGRIZ — Today at 17:46
well, unfortunatly as I dont have the digital books I could only choose path of the berserker. but my dm has allowed me to use the zealot path, but just keep track of things myself. but yeah its the advantage on strength checks/saves thats the issue

when my rage ends how do I remove those effects

I tried just clicking the toggle button for the rage counter, but that does nothing

[little plume]

and if there is a cancellation fee we will sue you

jk

but we will

i say that in a friendly way

[uneven lantern]

Rage does not apply any temporary effects to your character sheet, so that advantage is likely coming from something else — something permanent. If you click on it and check the sidebar, it should say what that something is.

[dusty violet]

RageDamage +2PHB, pg. 48
As a bonus action enter a rage for up to 1 minute (10 rounds).

You gain advantage on STR checks and saving throws (not attacks), +2 melee damage with STR weapons, resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, slashing damage. You can't cast or concentrate on spells while raging.

Your rage ends early if you are knocked unconscious or if your turn ends and you haven’t attacked a hostile creature since your last turn or taken damage since then. You can also end your rage as a bonus action.

[uneven lantern]

Can you share a link to your character sheet?

[dusty violet]

sorry yeah

https://www.dndbeyond.com/profile/Khaine696/characters/51843489

yeah I cant see anything else that would give me advantage

[uneven lantern]

I don’t currently see any advantage on your Athletics.

[dusty violet]

thats what happens when I click to make a check on it

[uneven lantern]

Are you using some third-party extension there?

Whatever that little window is, it’s not part of DDB.

[crystal scarab]

Looks like Beyond20 from the extensions in the top right

[dusty violet]

yeah I know, but thats not the issue, its still rolling the 2 dice

[uneven lantern]

If you turn off Beyond20, does it still roll both dice?

[dusty violet]

ah

now I feel stupid

i'm sorry for the inconveince

😳

[crystal scarab]

Whole thing with Beyond20 is that D&D Beyond had no involvement with its creation

[uneven lantern]

No worries! Hope that gets you closer to an answer, at least.

[dusty violet]

it has indeed, it was acctually an option I had selected before within the exstention. it allows it to add all the bonus's from rage to the rolls automatically

[uneven lantern]

But yeah, since Beyond20 is an unofficial third-party creation, there’s not much we can offer in terms of further help with that.

[dusty violet]

I had just forgotten about it completly

thank you though, you definetly helped x

[ripe lagoon]

I know some things can't be customed but I made a homebrew shield and added "Range Weapon Attack" but it doesn't appear in the character sheet, im assuming that this is one of those things that can't actually be added

[uneven lantern]

Not on a magic item, I don't think.

But you can probably add it as a Custom Action directly on your character sheet.

Just go to the Actions tab, hit the Manage Custom button in the top right corner, then add it in the sidebar.

[ripe lagoon]

yep! Thanks!

[knotty olive]

When using Underdark mode, the word "feats" and the option to "Manage Feats" is very dark. This can create confusion.

It would be nice if the style matched the style above it.

[uneven lantern]

That uses your Theme color. You might try switching to a more contrasting theme.

That same color is used not just there, but for the borders, your skill and saving throw proficiencies, all the section headers, and a few other buttons, too.

[bronze tree]

Hey folks. I am noticing when I download a character I have created it puts my account name in the player name field. Is there a way for me to change that or the account name itself?

[wanton shard]

I don't believe there is any control over which name is exported to PDF, but you can try opening a support ticket at https://dndbeyond.link/SubmitTicket regarding your account name.

[bronze tree]

Thanks, will give that a shot

[unkempt juniper]

my friend is having trouble signing up to use DnD beyond

the sign up button is blue once he clicks it and then it turns grey

and wont do anything help please ha

[edgy oriole]

Make sure to enable 3rd party cookies in the browser, disable any adblocker extensions (at least for the site), and then also make sure to disable any VPN.

[sly wave]

Would a mod be able to tell me why my homebrew is getting flagged for "non English language"?

I for the life of me cannot figure why I can't publish

[uneven lantern]

That may be because there’s a required field that’s either empty or too short.

Or it may be an outdated error. You can try hitting the main save button for that homebrew to retrigger the validation process.

And just in case it helps: those errors only apply for published homebrew. If it’s for private use by you or your campaign, you don’t need to publish at all, and you can just ignore those warnings.

[sly wave]

Worked thanks!

[hazy whale]

Is the fighter fighting style "superior technique" from Tcoe broken or not working as intended? When I select it I get no menu to select a maneuvre nor does the martial die use box appear on the character sheet.

Is there a work around?

[wanton shard]

This is a known limitation of the current system that is being worked on. From the Tasha's Cauldron of Everything Issues & Support thread on the D&D Beyond forums:

Fighting Style - Superior Technique. Not functional. We don't currently have a sensible way of implementing the selection of maneuvers that wouldn't cause characters to become broken in the future. We're working on a solution for this known issue.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/bugs-support/87774-tashas-cauldron-of-everything-issues-and-support?comment=1

[bright jetty]

Hey so, i've noticed that with the Artificer Battle Smith Steel Defender when you put it into your extras on DnDBeyond it'll update HP correctly with your level, but once you get to level 5 it doesn't apply the Proficiency bonus increase correctly (Doesn't double PB for Perception and doesn't increase the attack bonus and damage for the attack at all, ect.) is this a known problem that is getting worked on or is there a way to fix it?

[uneven lantern]

When Tasha's released, the Steel Defender changed to a new type of scaling statblock which is not yet supported. The Extras tab currently follows the original Steel Defender statblock.

Several of the new features and spells present Monster Statblocks which scale with your character. This includes spells that summon other creatures. The system to handle these creatures is still under development but we have included inline stat blocks wherever possible to help you reference the stats you need.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/bugs-support/87774-tashas-cauldron-of-everything-issues-and-support

If you'd prefer to use the updated version, you can create it as a homebrew monster and scale it according to your character. Then, add it in Extras under the Misc category (not Battle Smith Defender).

And if your character stats change, you'll need to manually update your monster accordingly.

[bright jetty]

ok thank you

[uncut scarab]

I'm new to dnd how do I play, It sounds cool and wnat to get into it

[edgy oriole]

Go to #dnd-discussion and check the pinned messages

[uncut scarab]

Ok thanks

[uneven lantern]

Welcome! If you did want help with DDB specifically, this article will you get started.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/754-how-to-play-dungeons-dragons-using-d-d-beyond

[tribal zephyr]

hello , this is my first time playing , my friend helped me create my character and he sent it to me as a link so i can download it then join his campaign . how do i get my character from download link to d&d beyond ? anything helps

[uneven lantern]

If you get the DDB mobile app and open your character while online, it should save it for offline use.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/player-app

Alternatively, if you go to your character sheet and click the gear icon next to your character name, you should find an option to Export to PDF in the menu that appears.

I may have misunderstood the question there. 😅

If your friend created a character in DDB for you and you want to add it to your own account, these are the steps you and your friend will need to follow:

1. Your friend should find an Invite Link at the top of the campaign page.
2. If the character is not already in the campaign, your friend can use that invite link themselves to add them.
3. Once the character is added, it needs to be unassigned. Your friend can do that by finding that character on the campaign page and clicking "Unassign".
4. Have your friend send you the invite link. You'll then be able to select from any unassigned characters in the campaign.

[tribal zephyr]

ok thank youuuu

[pale wraith]

is there a way to let a homebrew subclass choose multiple options from one subclass feature, instead of manually having to make another feature with the exact same options?

[uneven lantern]

Yep! Put the Options on the first feature only, and include everything that depends on it inside. You can specify a class level for any part that doesn’t unlock til later.

And then your later class features that depend on that will be just the text descriptions.

[woeful timber]

Ok so when I go to screenshot a drop-down box (ie skill selection) it becomes translucent

[uneven lantern]

That’s on Android, I take it?

[woeful timber]

Tis

[uneven lantern]

My guess is that taking the screenshot causes the dropdown to lose focus so it starts to close.

And then the actual screenshot gets taken while it’s closing.

Or do the options stay open even after the screenshot?

[modest pelican]

Also what browser is that? It doesn't look to be chrome

[woeful timber]

I just googled it

[modest pelican]

I think what Spam has suggested is likely the case; the action to screenshot is also telling the browser to close the menu

[uneven lantern]

Do you get the same issue in another browser?

[woeful timber]

Yeah

[exotic yew]

So I finished my character
sheet so what now?

[edgy oriole]

Find a group to play with? Check out #750812887697588356.

[exotic yew]

Thnx sm

[swift yarrow]

For the spells section in a characters page, what do the V, S, and M mean

[mortal field]

verbal, somatic, and material, the types of components a spell may require in order to be cast

[swift yarrow]

Thank you!

[fierce needle]

Hi - I'm trying to figure out why my level 1 druid with con +3 is showing with max hp of 15. I'm playing a homebrew class "Hedge", but I don't see anything that would affect my hit points. They should be 8+3=11. Any thoughts / advice?

[uneven lantern]

It’s probably set to Manual HP.

You can go to your character settings and change the Hit Point Type to “Fixed” if you want it to auto-calculate.

Or if you want to stick with manual, you can go to the Class tab in the character editor and hit the Manage HP button.

You’ll want to put an 8 there for the total rolled, and the extra 3 from your CON will get added automatically.

[fierce needle]

Ok, thanks. I'm on mobile now, I'll give it a try when I'm at my computer.

[woeful timber]

I have to open to the tabs selection screen on my phone to screenshot, so it's that kind of translucent but it doesn't fade all the way

[west harbor]

can you not use the power and volume button?

(that's a typical screenshot command for lots of phones)

[exotic yew]

Are there any sources for what the game styles are

[digital wolf]

What do you mean?

[exotic yew]

when we are requesting for a dm/player we say the game style what is that

[woeful timber]

I can, I didn't realize that I could until just now though because the top volume button and power button turns your phone to vibrate

[digital wolf]

Ah, you mean in #750812887697588356. Some examples are given in the pinned message:

Some information about what sort of game you are looking for e.g. roleplay heavy, hack'n'slash, political intrigue, horror, heroic adventure, official published campaign or homebrew... [etc.] Whatever helps describe the type of game you would like to participate in.

[exotic yew]

Okay where can I learn what those specifically mean?

[digital wolf]

Basically, some people might want to run/play in a roleplay-heavy campaign, while others are interested in just combat. Some might be looking for a campaign focused on political intrigue, while others might be looking for an exploration-heavy campaign. Not everyone is interested in the same sort of game, so specifying those things helps DMs and players find a group that shares their interests.

You can probably google most terms for context - or if you're interested in a particular campaign posting that mentions those things, you can probably ask the DM for more details.

[uneven lantern]

The DMG also covers a few different play styles:

• https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dmg/a-world-of-your-own#PlayStyle
• https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dmg/a-world-of-your-own#FlavorsofFantasy

[exotic yew]

thnx sm

[digital wolf]

Happy to help!

[rapid crescent]

I can't edit my Bugbear's ASI's with the option edit enabled. It just says 'you may pick' and then there are no menus to pick from. Any help?

[wanton shard]

Try turning the option off and back on again

This is a known bug, but typically disabling and re-enabling the Optional Class Feature fixes it

[uneven lantern]

Or try refreshing the page

[rapid crescent]

Ta

[next charm]

So, it seems like some of the backdrop options for characters aren't showing up for me. I own XGTE, but only see Backdrop 6. I own ERftLW, but only see backdrop 5, and in the campaign I am in, content sharing is turned on, but I don't see any of the backdrops for Icewind Dale. Any ideas?

[wanton shard]

Backdrops have traditionally been rewarded only for pre-ordering sourcebooks, not simply purchasing them. Some of those backdrops have recently been made available as subscriber perks, meaning anyone with an active subscription has access to those select backdrops while subscribed. Backdrops and other character sheet customizations are also not shared via content sharing.

[next charm]

Ah, I see. While I am disappointed not to have access to the IWD backdrops, I will live. Thanks!

[pale hemlock]

Is there a way to view everyone’s rolls as well as roll dice on the website without commandeering another players sheet

In a campaign to be exact (I’m the dm)

[wanton shard]

There is a Game Log directly on the campaign page. Or is it that generic rolls (from the sidebar on player character sheets) aren't going through?

As long as the targeting is set properly there, every character sheet roll should be able to go to the Game Log on the campaign page (or in the Combat Tracker if in use), and be visible by the DM

[pale hemlock]

That works fine I just meant like can I pull up a dm page where I can roll dice and stuff without jumping on a players character sheet

Is combat tracker a separate thing or is it that sidebar

[wanton shard]

Ah! Outside of the Combat Tracker, I don't believe so at the moment

[pale hemlock]

Ah Okay. Just making sure I’m not doing it the hard way

Thank you!

[wanton shard]

The Combat Tracker is an alpha feature (and so currently only available to subscribers until it goes to beta), that lets you run combat. And roll dice from that page

[pale hemlock]

Got it. I guess I’ll just wait till that gets released!

[wanton shard]

You can actually sort of work around this as the DM by creating an unassigned dummy character in the campaign, if you don't currently have access to the Combat Tracker! Just tested it, and rolling from the sidebar on that character sheet (even when it's unassigned) pushed to everyone else's game log

[loud drift]

mod's in here showing us how to "cheat" the system 😉

[wanton shard]

It's not really cheating anything 😀 Just providing DM dice rolls! I believe it's already been stated that the plan is to include a dice roller on the campaign page (though I don't have a source at the ready, so I may be mistaken)

[loud drift]

They have, but I don't remember which Dev Update... I was just picking on you

[tardy sedge]

Hey... I've chosen the Charlatan background for my character but there is a diverence between the phb and the options I have in ddb. Is there a reason for this?

[wanton shard]

Can you elaborate on the differences? There are a few possible reasons: The PHB Charlatan had an errata and your physical copy is an older printing; or, you have a homebrewed version of the Charlatan background on DDB, either added to your collection or shared by another member of a campaign.

[dawn violet]

There is the PHB charlatan background and the charlatan background from Baldur’s Gate as well

[wanton shard]

I've just checked the PHB errata document and see no mention of Charlatan, so that's probably ruled out. Unless it was a stealth errata that wasn't documented

[tardy sedge]

The Charaltan background gives me the skill proficiencies Deception and sleight of hand... ddb gives me the sleight of hand but in the options there is no Deception

[dawn violet]

Do you have Deception already from a class proficiency or race proficiency?

[loud drift]

did you select Deception elsewhere? That happens to me sometimes

[tardy sedge]

In the phb the Charlatan background gives me tool proviviencies with the Disguis kit and forgery kit but in ddb i can not find them in the options (pull down menu)

[wanton shard]

Can you post a link to the character sheet?

Also, you simply gain those two tool proficiencies. There is no choice

[tardy sedge]

Then why the two pulldown menu's?

[shut tundra]

https://ddb.ac/characters/51484769/4CZNV0

[tardy sedge]

This is the character

[wanton shard]

One of the mods with permission to look at character sheets will have a look momentarily 🙂

In the meantime, this is what the Charlatan background would look like normally:

[tardy sedge]

I did select Deception elsewhere... that is resolved now... thanks

[modest pelican]

You haven't selected the Charlatan background, you've selected Custom Background

[wanton shard]

This is what it looks like when you have Deception proficiency from another race or class feature

[modest pelican]

And then you've selected the Charlatan background feature

That is likely what's causing the issue

This is what it looks like if you select Charlatan

And this is what your character has: custom background with the Charlatan feature

[modest pelican]

Yes, that's not the entire charlatan background, that's a custom background using one part of the charlatan feature

If you click the + next to Configure, you'll see where it's been selected

[shut tundra]

The skill proficiencies seem to work now

but the Tool Proficiencies not

[wanton shard]

You have them both from Rogue already

Master of Intrigue

When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with the disguise kit, the forgery kit, and one gaming set of your choice. You also learn two languages of your choice.

[modest pelican]

☝️

[shut tundra]

aaah

so then the option doesn't appear at the Charlatan background

[modest pelican]

When you gain a proficiency from another source that overlaps your background, the background unlocks any other equivalent proficiency instead

[wanton shard]

Correct, to prevent you from selecting the same skill in two places

[modest pelican]

There isn't actually an option in the Charlatan background, it just gives you prof in Disguise Kit and Forgery Tools
But because you already have those from a source where it's also not a selection, per the rules, the two proficiencies from the background are turned into free choices

[wanton shard]

The actual rule, for future reference:

If a character would gain the same proficiency from two different sources, he or she can choose a different proficiency of the same kind (skill or tool) instead.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/basic-rules/personality-and-background#Proficiencies

[shut tundra]

Thnx for the help!

[tardy sedge]

Thanks for the fast help!

[pale hemlock]

Thanks! If only my character slots weren’t full lol

[west harbor]

Get a subscription!

[digital wolf]

Indeed, a Hero Tier (or Master Tier) subscription removes the limit on character creation, and lets you make an unlimited number of characters 🙂

[dense light]

Hello I would like to know if there is a project of a French translation of D&D beyond ?
That would be great

[uneven lantern]

At the moment, the site is generally available in English only. However, they did add the Italian PHB last year to start exploring support for other languages. There's a page here that talks about those efforts, plus a link at the bottom where you can provide feedback on the process.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/italian-translation

[dense light]

Thank you, I just answered the survey and saw a lot of French DMs / players in the same situation, I hope it'll get translated
have a nice night

[little plume]

What are all the types of a simple weapon?

I'm making a druid character and choosing items for it but i don't know where to find a list of just simple weapons

[naive lodge]

The tables can be found here: https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/basic-rules/equipment#Weapons

[raw mortar]

Will Strixhaven/Witchlight/Fizban have preorder bonuses?

[quick dove]

The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, and Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos product listings on D&D Beyond have pre-order bonuses listed, yep!

[ripe niche]

Pretty sure "it's a no" but is there a way for one of my players to DM with my content for like a one shot? We can share our owned content with the players but he's wanting to try his hand at playing DM and I obviously can't hand over my account credentials... I'm curious if there is some sort of CO-DM option for running a campaign.

[naive lodge]

Just have him create the campaign and use the content sharing option on it.

[ripe niche]

Yeah but he's wanting to include content I own that he doesn't...it doesn't pool content right? I mean I own all of it myself but he only has basic stuff ATM.

[naive lodge]

It does if you enable content sharing. Everything everyone in the campaign owns will be shared with everyone for use in that campaign.

[ripe niche]

Oh! Solution found then. Didn't know ...that's awesome!

[naive lodge]

Yep, it's really a neat feature.

[ripe niche]

Hell yeah it is

It's the equivalent of everyone bringing their own source books to the table and physically passing them around. I really like that ddb has that. I thought the content sharing was only connecting the DMs library to the campaign

[naive lodge]

Nope, and it's not even the DM that has to have the master tier subscription to activate it with.

[honest herald]

Hi guys, is there a reason why I can access all books, even though I didn't buy them? For example, I can read Ghosts of Saltmarsh, even though there is nothing in the book I have bought. Is this because of the D&D Beyond Master Tier subscription?

[thorn sandal]

You're likely in a campaign with someone who owns those books, and has content sharing turned on.

[honest herald]

That might be it, huh. :o

[thorn sandal]

It's a very cool feature!

[honest herald]

It is.

[flint kiln]

I'm on D&D Beyond and was trying to view the characters I've made and its just been loading for like 10 minutes. I've refreshed, tried making a new page, and I know its not my internet as I'm using Discord and my Xbox perfectly. Any suggestions?

Additionally, other pages on D&D beyond are working

[wanton shard]

This is about the time for the regular maintenance window. Usually only lasts a few minutes

It's timed to be the least disruptive to the majority of users

[flint kiln]

Oh I see I see. Danke

I suppose I only have myself to thank for staying up all night and being on during the maintenance window

[modest pelican]

You can never win when it comes to picking the best time for maintaining something
My router updates at midnight when it's the least active
Which wasn't great when I was up at midnight for a meeting...

[flint kiln]

Update: My impatience has paid off, it has loaded the page

[modest pelican]

Huzzah!

[solid kestrel]

on a 24h clock, there will never be a truly free time to maintain or restart anything.

[icy ledge]

How do I bold text in a snippet?

[modest pelican]

You can't, snippets are displayed in areas where there is no text formatting

[icy ledge]

So I can't do this?

[modest pelican]

Lemme check for you, those might be two different options nested within the same trait

The bolded bits are titles (the name of the snippet) and a numerical value generated from snippet code

Oooh, I stand corrected!

Here you go
<strong>Text</strong>

[icy ledge]

Awesome, thanks

[modest pelican]

I love being wrong in cases like this

[wanton shard]

I may be wrong, but I believe that's the only text formatting allowed in snippets. But it really helps make for other nicely formatted things, like a fixed die size with scaling modifier looking cohesive. 🙂

[acoustic lily]

How do I add a rollable table to a homebrew description? There used to be a button, I thought, but now I can't seem to find it. Is it just a matter of typing it out manually?

[wanton shard]

There is a complete guide to creating them here: https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/dungeons-dragons-discussion/homebrew-house-rules/106856-adding-rollable-tags-to-your-homebrew-monsters-for

Some users have created their own Excel spreadsheets for automatically building them (I've personally made myself a handy extension), but otherwise at the moment it's purely a manually typed-out process. Not too bad once you've done it a few times and had the practice! 😄

Edit: Halfwing needs a nap.

[uneven lantern]

I think they were asking about tables, in which case the easiest answer is to copy and paste one in.

Alternatively, you can hit the Code View button </> and add it through HTML.

[wanton shard]

Oh my gosh 🤦‍♂️ You're right. I saw "rollable" and "homebrew" and my brain shut out everything else

[cunning needle]

Heya, so a friend of mine made a campaign with content sharing. The issue is that I dont see any of the subclasses listed. Does anyone know how to fix this?

nvm

[mystic osprey]

hey guys so my friend has a spell on his sheet that's called dust form and its always prepared but it says he can remove it but every time he removes it the site crashes for him

[wanton shard]

It's likely some bad homebrew. Something in the way it's set up that isn't playing nice. Can you post a link to the character sheet here so a forum mod or someone with proper permissions can have a look?

[mystic osprey]

wait wrong one

[mystic osprey]

ok here https://ddb.ac/characters/54380670/jbnQ5Q

sorry that its late

[uneven lantern]

Looks like it's this homebrew spell here:
https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/241494-dust-form

Homebrew gets shared automatically between campaign members.

And since that spell is set to apply to the Trickery Domain, that's why it's added to your cleric there.

If you want to remove it, you'll have to find out which of your campaign members has it in their homebrew collection and ask them to remove it (from their collection).

[strange forge]

Hey guys. My Staff of Striking form D&D Beyond is not displaying in Discord VTT. It's already attuned. Any suggestions?

[thorn sandal]

D&D Beyond doesn't support any third party plugins or applications. Is this something with the official Avrae bot?

[strange forge]

Done through the Beyond 20 Discord Integration. Every other roll is working. Everything except my Staff of Striking.

[thorn sandal]

Beyond 20 is a third party application and is not supported by D&D Beyond. It has also been known to cause issues with the site.

[strange forge]

Any suggestion?

[thorn sandal]

You'll have to raise any issues you have with the dev for Beyond20

[strange forge]

Will do. Thanks a lot.

[modest pelican]

To clarify, by "not supported by D&D Beyond" that means we cannot offer any support or suggestions other than don't use the extension if you wish to ensure D&D Beyond works as intended

[forest glacier]

I need some help trying to make a subclass from Tasha’s Crucible to Everything, I have the screenshots of all the information from the books but I have no idea on how to make this subclass on DNDBeyond. If anyone is available to help it would be greatly appreciated, if you could DM me about it I can converse there as I’m not sure if over the server is the best place to talk about it or not (doesn’t exactly fit any of the channels).

[thorn sandal]

You can ask the folks over in #homebrew.

[forest glacier]

Thanks

[queen pecan]

why are these numbers so low?

https://ddb.ac/characters/54359060/LEV1SM

I put my dexterity at 15

[dawn violet]

when you are in the edit character portion of the sheet and go to your ability section, what do the numbers in Strength Dec and Con say?

[weary magnet]

That's correct.

[modest pelican]

@queen pecanYou've applied overrides and other modifiers

[queen pecan]

oh

[weary magnet]

Take the value, subtract ten, divide by two, round down. That's the modifier.

[queen pecan]

oh

how does 16 get to -4?

[weary magnet]

15 - 10 = 5 / 2 = 2.5 = +2.

[dawn violet]

your character sheet has an ability override on it that is setting the scores to 3 instead of 15.

[queen pecan]

oh

is there a way to boost it up?

[dawn violet]

When you are looking at your character sheet - Click on Strength and in the box that pops up look for the box that says "override score" and delete the number from in there.

[queen pecan]

should i get rid of all the override?

[dawn violet]

Yes.

What were you trying to do with the override?

[queen pecan]

i was confused i think?

so i was messing with it?

[dawn violet]

happens to the best of us.

[queen pecan]

do the "other modifiers play a role?

*"

[dawn violet]

Yes.. any numbers you put in those bottom boxes will affect the Ability Score you rolled for.

[queen pecan]

oh

[dawn violet]

artificially inflating or deflating the number by whatever you put in the box.

[queen pecan]

https://ddb.ac/characters/54359060/V013y8

this is the new one without override

is it ok?

[dawn violet]

There should be nothing in "Other Modifier"

at level 1 you definitely shouldn't have an ability score of 27.. 20 is usually the max unless special items or ability allow it to go above 20

[queen pecan]

for some reason it decided to replace the override with other modifiers

https://ddb.ac/characters/54359060/KbeF9b

is this right?

[dawn violet]

those are the correct ability scores for what you rolled - I would highly recommend you not have your constitution be a 5 though.. that's -3 to your hit points. You will be extra squishy

[queen pecan]

what is constitution?

[thorn sandal]

Your health

[queen pecan]

higher

[golden kite]

your don't die stat

[queen pecan]

how do i get it higher

[thorn sandal]

It's what determines how much hurt you can take

[queen pecan]

?

[golden kite]

don't mind if I steal this

[queen pecan]

should i reassign the rolls?

since i used dice?

[thorn sandal]

Yeah

[queen pecan]

replace with what?

[thorn sandal]

Intelligence, probably

[queen pecan]

ok

https://ddb.ac/characters/54359060/1T1nJy

Tysm!

[strange forge]

Got Avrae working properly. Ready to roll now! Thanks for the help. @thorn sandal @modest pelican

[thorn sandal]

[queen pecan]

would it be cheating to reroll for stats until i get ones i like?

[modest pelican]

That's not really a question for this channel

[queen pecan]

?

[modest pelican]

This channel is for getting help using the site

That would be a question for either your DM, or to ask in #dnd-discussion

[queen pecan]

ok

[kindred lintel]

Added PC to a campaign to access the books since I need to choose a new subclass from Tasha's. But the subclass still isn't available in the PC edit. What's a surefire way to get the campaign update across to the PC edit page?

[uneven lantern]

Which subclass are you looking for?

[kindred lintel]

Circle of Wildfire