ddb-support

[next pebble]

Ok, thanks. 🙂

I’ll try fix it later!

[unreal spruce]

My initative is bugged, it should be my dex modifier right? Plus my QuickDraw bonus for gunslinger fighter, but it says that its just a +5

[ionic wolf]

Is there any way to increase individual stats on the character sheet? I need to add +2 to my arcana and history

[edgy oriole]

Click on the stat name, side panel opens up, and you can click the customize dropdown and modify the stat.

[faint wigeon]

Currently playing in a game and my character fell to 0 hp. I passed my death saving throws, but the char sheet wouldn't allow me to show as passed but unconscious with 0 hp, had to change it to 1. Am I doing something wrong?

[naive lodge]

Given that you immediately fall into bleeding again if you take any damage, but you cannot have lower than 0 HP, I think this is working as intended.

[unreal spruce]

Click on the skills and there should be a customise tab, add the 2 to the modifier area

[ionic wolf]

thank you!

[digital wolf]

I assume @faint wigeon is asking about how to mark their character as stable (as one is after passing 3 death saving throws).
That said, you can just mark your character as having 3 successes on your death saves; nothing more needs to be done until you get healed (causing you to regain HP) or take damage (forcing you to start making death saves again).

[faint wigeon]

Ok, Thanks guys

[digital wolf]

No problem!

[somber flicker]

Did the containers update remove the possibility to add 'ad hoc' items that are not homebrewed? I could add them under 'other gear' earlier, and still those that were added are there, but I can't find the option to add custom items anymore after the update.

[naive lodge]

You can find them under Manage Inventory, then going down to Equipment.

[somber flicker]

ah, there it is 🙂 thank you. It's almost invisible, the little 'add custom item' : )

[prisma fulcrum]

Are character sheets having a bad time for anyone else?

[naive lodge]

I'm not seeing any issue. What are you running into?

[deft estuary]

College of elloquence will not show up as an option to add to a character for me.

[naive lodge]

Do you own one of the books it appears in?

[uneven lantern]

It was originally printed in MOOT, so you probably need to turn on Magic: The Gathering content for that character.

[naive lodge]

Ah, thought they had changed that.

[uneven lantern]

I think the artificer is the only one that changed.

[sonic hill]

So I’m having trouble with my homebrew race being enabled in my character creation.
For instance I have the ability increases for +2 Dex and +1 Wis and put in the data as the guide instructed but when I make a character it doesn’t show the racial bonus I added in the trait menu am I doing something wrong?

This is my first time making a homebrew race and I’m still new to this on dnd beyond

[final sinew]

Not sure if this has been reported but if you copy a character that has items in custom containers the copy will have only the items that are in "Equipment" all the containers are cleared.

[hollow temple]

I have a spellcaster character that keeps track of all material components, and I made custom items for each component. Can these custom items be moved between containers like backpacks or component pouch, or are they just stuck in the general equipment section of the inventory?

[naive lodge]

#ddb-feedback message

[edgy oriole]

I think you can go to the general Equipment listing and use the "Move" button to move things to different containers.

[deft estuary]

Yes.

[deft estuary]

That is most likely the issue

[split stone]

I'm trying to edit a homebrew race by adding new traits, but when I save it, it deletes all my changes

[ornate summit]

How do you add custom items to your equipment? Now that you can put specific items into containers I can’t seem to find the custom item thing in the equipment tab on my character sheet, could I get some help?

[modest pelican]

First thing to check is that you don't have any extensions running. Some extensions have been interfering with homebrew fields, causing stuff to get wiped. Other than that, would need more information about what you're trying to add, how you're doing it (the order of operations) and what's getting wiped

[modest pelican]

The custom item option is under 'manage equipment'

[split stone]

Wdm by extensions?

[modest pelican]

Browser extensions, plug ins etc. Things like Beyond20, AboveVTT etc

[split stone]

I don't have any installed

[modest pelican]

Well then like I said, it would require more information as to the steps you're taking

[ornate summit]

Thank you, I didn’t see that before

[split stone]

Well except for safesearch because my dad thinks my online friends are criminals but I don't think that counts

Well, I'm trying to add a racial trait, like I said, but all I can do is name, description and display order because I have to save it first, but when I save it it just goes back to like it was when I entered. Completely blank

[modest pelican]

Can you link me to what you've got so far?

[split stone]

https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/775557-gnoll

[modest pelican]

Firstly, you shouldn't have published an incomplete homebrew

I will have to kick that back

[split stone]

Yeah that was an accident

[modest pelican]

You can't accidentally publish something, you have to click Share with the Community and then select Confirm, confirming that you've read the homebrew rules and guidelines which specify you should not publish something that isn't complete

Let's have a look, which trait isn't working?

[split stone]

You see, I was trying my best never to go out of the beyond page, cause I knew of this glitch, where if you went out and back in, no change would be saved. But I accidentally went out, so my brain thought if I published it and click create new version it would be fixed. Did not work

I'm trying to add a new trait, a resistance

[modest pelican]

You're on desktop, right? (ie not on mobile)

[split stone]

Mobile

[modest pelican]

Okay

Can you do the following

1. Tap add a racial trait
2. Name the trait
3. Enter a snippet (doesn't matter what)
4. Enter a description (doesn't matter what)
5. Set Feature Type: Granted
6. Hit save
7. Tell me when you've done that and what you named the trait

[split stone]

Wait it works now

Maybe the name violated some rule before, called it Unnatural Defense before

[modest pelican]

That wouldn't be it, we don't block trait creation at that level. And there's no rule that'd prohibit calling something 'Unnatural Defense'

[split stone]

🤷‍♀️

[merry nebula]

Hi all! Does anyone have an idea as to why this isn't applying my proficiency bonus to my initiative? Trying to make a custom feat and it's just not working 🤦‍♂️

[modest pelican]

I believe because nothing in the game lets you add proficiency bonus to initiative, the system isn't set up to connect those modifiers together

Not all modifiers in the homebrew system connect even though they're selectable

But lemme have a poke

Yeah, doesn't look like initiative is something that can actually have proficiency added via those modifiers

[merry nebula]

Ah, fair enough! Thanks for checking

[split stone]

So I'm continuing with my homebrew Gnoll race, and alot of races, like Orc, have personality traits that you can add in the description section. My question is, where would I add that? In Racial Trait, and if so, in what section?

[modest pelican]

That would go in the description

[split stone]

Ah, but would I be able to pick from it if I make a Gnoll character?

[modest pelican]

None of the races with personality traits let you pick them, they're all descriptive that you can copy into your character background

[split stone]

Got it

[icy laurel]

Hey, is that right, that if I choose the superior Technique fighting style I can't pick which maneuver I want?

[wanton shard]

Not yet. From the Tasha's Cauldron of Everything support thread:

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

[icy laurel]

Aight, as long as I know which one I guess. Thanks for the quick answer. ^^

[split stone]

So I'm trying to increase the damage of a racial ability at Level 5, 10 15 and 20, so I copy the old racial trait and just make there be more dice, so I make it a replacement trait. But with level 10 I can't replace the level 5 trait. Is it because it's already a replacement trait? Or something else?

[uneven lantern]

You can usually add them as a custom action directly on your sheet. (Go to the Actions tab and hit “Manage Custom”)

If not, a homebrew feat to replicate that specific manuever is the next best option.

[icy laurel]

Thank you for the tip. ^^

[onyx arch]

Anyone else having issues deleting encounters?

[uneven lantern]

You'll want just a single trait for this. Replacement traits are for Tasha's-style custom origin features.

After you create your Action, edit it again and scroll to the bottom. You should see a Level Overrides section where you can add those updates.

[split stone]

Ah

[tiny comet]

can I make a custom action have like a charge thing that resets each long rest? its for a HB ability my DM gave me thats once per long rest

[uneven lantern]

Not as a custom action, no, but you can do it with a homebrew feat.

[tiny comet]

hmm ok

thanks ! :)

[lofty oak]

How do I remove or hide generic character in encounter? I can hide those who have sheets but not generic?

[modest pelican]

Currently there's no way to remove a placeholder character following the latest update. This issue has already been raised, but for the time being, you will have to select a different present, then re-select your campaign

[lofty oak]

I see, thanks!

[uneven lantern]

What kind of issues?

[onyx arch]

I try to delete the encounter. It prompts me "Are you sure?" I say yes and it doesn't delete it.

[uneven lantern]

Actually, yes. I am having the same issue. 🤔

Let me do some poking around and I'll send a report to the team. Thanks for the heads up. 👍

Actually, now they just started working for me again.

Are they working now for you?

Hmm... seems it works for new encounters I create, but not old ones. Same for copying.

Sounds like the team is already aware of the issue and taking a look at it.

[potent oxide]

I bought the d&d essentials kit on amazon for table top use. It actually came with a code for dndbeyond and lets me access all the sources on there. Will this be the case with someone like the monsters manual? (If i get a hard copy i'll get a dndbeyond code?)

[modest pelican]

Nope, that was a one-time promotion for the Essentials Kit

[potent oxide]

Thank you very much! 🙂

[uneven lantern]

Is the encounter you're trying to delete untitled? If you give it a name, are you able to delete it?

[onyx arch]

Ah! That must be the problem. It was not titled.

[uneven lantern]

If you still can't delete it, can you please send me the URL for that encounter? I can pass it on to the devs.

[onyx arch]

So that worked on all of the encounters except for one. I believe I have on here that really is bugged. I named it "The Beginning" because it was the first one I attempted, but when I click on it, it says that it's still untitled, and when I try to delete it'll just stay there.

[onyx arch]

Oh another interesting bit. I try to rename it and it just creates and entirely different encounter.

[uneven lantern]

That's very strange. 🤔

Can I get the link to that one?

[onyx arch]

https://www.dndbeyond.com/encounters/f7a58c87-2f95-43b2-9fd9-f37c0b382dc0

It comes up as an untitled encounter.

[uneven lantern]

I'll pass that along. Thanks!

[onyx arch]

On the page itself it says "The beginning"

[zealous patio]

Hey folks - related to my question the other day about the dice log: is there any way to specify colours for rolls, or even to disable my rolls being one colour and everyone else's rolls being another? Couldn't find a way, but wondered if it's buried in some combination of site settings/underdark mode/sheet settings?

Just trying to find a pretty way to use the DDB dice roller in a live stream. If this is the wrong place to ask, happy to move elsewhere, and sorry in advance!

[verbal pasture]

+how do i add a custem monster to avrie

or get a hombru npc in i remembr geting alnk but i had to find thelink

[edgy oriole]

You will need to use a different service called CritterDB to create the stat blocks for the creature and then use the !bestiary <link to critterdb monster(s)> to import them into Avrae. You can then add them to initiative like any other monster.

CritterDB url: https://critterdb.com/#/index

[uneven lantern]

No, there's not currently a way to adjust those colors.

[magic maple]

Hi
I am looking for a campaign to join but can't find any

[uneven lantern]

You can head to #looking-for-players and see what campaigns are available. If you find one you're interested in, just send the user a direct message to ask about joining.

Alternatively, you can head to #750812887697588356 if you want to let people know you're available. Just copy the post format from the pinned messages and fill it out.

[marble robin]

I have a few questions concerning a new campaign.

And DNDbeyond sheets/tools.

I'm a player in this campaign, and I have purched DDB players bundle. I am really trying to get everyone to utilize DDB for keeping track of stuff and dice rolls. The DM is not interested in Roll20 except for potentially very difficult to comprehend scenario's.

Most of us have sheets in DDB except our lizardfolk barb. I've offered to buy volvo's guide so that he can make a sheet proper, and we can try using some of the tools there without relying on Roll20

my main question, if I purchase master tier - I can share these books with the people in my campaign even though I am not the DM?

my other questions involve the optional tools like initiative tracker/encounter builder, etc.

[grim breach]

Yep, I've been exactly in your shoes, and I'm doing the same thing with them

And I currently do this for 2 campaigns I'm in, one inn Roll20 and the other in Foundry.

The only qualifier for you sharing the content is to have to have a subscription to DNDBeyond and have an active player in the campaign

[marble robin]

obviously with some concern to the amount of money I'm spending on digital content - I don't want to get TOOOO crazy with buying digital sourcebooks that I'm reallllly not using except for making character creation easier and more fluid

Our DM is very into theater of the mind - and I suspect we will shy away from using Roll20 altogether

which is fine with me, but I'd like to find a way for us to all roll off our sheets, and have that data aggregated somewhere for our campaign.

[edgy oriole]

Take a look at Avrae, the Discord bot (owned by DnDBeyond) which integrates with Discord.

[grim breach]

Well, if you're using DND Beyond, it doesn't just make character sheet creation and management easier, it makes the dice rolls and automations way easier. It's as simple as clicking what you want to do and it'll roll it for you, and you can even link that with whichever VTT you're using for everyone to see and calculate damage/health with

[marble robin]

now I know the initiative tracker is an alpha project and only available to paid subscribers. If I pay, can I make this available to my campaign, or just me? IE: I'd have to be the one keeping track of initiative for everyone.

[grim breach]

Yah, without a VTT, Avrae is going to be your best bet

[edgy oriole]

It can share dice rolls from DnDBeyond character sheets into a Discord channel

[marble robin]

@grim breach exactly why I want to get everyone to use DNDBeyond for tracking stuff and rolls. I was just wondering if there is a 'campaign' dice log somewhere that tracks everyones rolls in the campaign?

[grim breach]

That or I think the Beyond20 has a Discord bot option as well. I'm not sure which I like better though

[edgy oriole]

And dice rolls done through Avrae can be shared into the DnDBeyond campaigns dice log

[edgy oriole]

I prefer Avraes - DnDBeyond updates so frequently (for good) that Beyond20 can sometimes cause issues

[grim breach]

Yah, game log on DND Beyond for the campaign

[marble robin]

I know Beyond20 works great but thats for Roll20 integration yeah?

Or is there a way for us to integrate it into our own channel?

[grim breach]

Yah, that's fair. It's unfortunately the only way I've been able to get some people to use DnD Beyond though. Some people are really stubborn against it and/or stubborn for Roll20

[marble robin]

I want to dive into this and try and set it up for ease of use for our group as I know the DM probably has alot on his table already.

[grim breach]

You can use it with Roll20, FoundryVTT, Astral, and Discord

[edgy oriole]

Beyond20 takes rolls done in DnDBeyond and injects them into supported Virtual Tabletops chat windows like Roll20 and Astral Tabletop

[marble robin]

How do I set it to use discord? I have beyond20 it's easy enough to use. But I can only get it to roll into a VTT

[grim breach]

My window is being weird, but go to the extension settings, scroll down to Discord integration

[modest pelican]

This channel is for getting help using D&D Beyond services. As Beyond20 is not a supported D&D Beyond extension (and D&D Beyond recommends not using third party apps that can disrupt the site), this is not the appropriate place to discuss setting up such an extension

[marble robin]

I really hope DNDBeyond takes a stab at their own VTT 🙂

[modest pelican]

You can take this to private messages if you wish

[marble robin]

I feel like they'd own the market at that point lol..

[grim breach]

Sorry, we can take it elsewhere

[grim breach]

I just opened DMs if you had other questions about that option

[marble robin]

So the game log will ALSO work to track a campaigns dice rolls?

[grim breach]

That's mainly what it's for I think

[modest pelican]

The game log will display all dice rolls made by all characters in the campaign, plus the rolls made by the DM from the encounter builder and combat tracker as long as the encounter is linked to the campaign

[marble robin]

the log just doesn't specify what the roll was for or what modifiers it used - it's just the result, yeah?

[modest pelican]

It will show all relevant information

[marble robin]

I see - I see a bunch titled 'custom roll'

[marble robin]

with no more information, thats what is confusing to me

[modest pelican]

That usually means they've used the custom roll option from the bottom left menu

[marble robin]

ahhhhh so it's just a factor of them not clicking on the relevant bit on their character sheet to roll, and doing it manually.

[modest pelican]

Potentially

Also extensions such as Beyond20, which modify the dice roller, can interfere with the game log

[marble robin]

okay. Well, I see no reason to try and integrate rolls into discord specifically, if they can be viewed right from the sheet.

[modest pelican]

The rolls can be integrated into discord via avrae

[marble robin]

is Avrae a DDB sponsored feature?

[modest pelican]

Avrae is the official D&D Beyond discord bot

[marble robin]

perfect. I assume I can find some documentation on how to implement it somewhere?

[modest pelican]

Lemme see

I think there's a tutorial command actually

Ah, you'll want to use the !help campaign command

[marble robin]

I'm definitely no wizard with setting up discord bots and channels, but I think this will be a worthy task just to make our lives easier.

[modest pelican]

The key things to make sure

1. You've linked your campaign to avrae with the !campaign link
2. Each player has linked the the character they're using in that campaign to avrae

This way

1. All rolls made from the character sheet will appear in discord
2. All rolls made from discord will appear in the gamelog

[uneven lantern]

You also need...
3. Each player has linked their DDB and Discord accounts

[grim breach]

A lot of the commands and things you can do is on the main Avrae page too
https://avrae.io/commands

[uneven lantern]

You can have them each run through !tutorial beyond to make sure it's all set up correctly.

[grim breach]

Hey guys, btw I had a quick question too. I was wondering if gifting something like a gift card was an option yet, be it for books or the subscription? For the sub for obvious reasons, but then if I have the legendary bundle and someone wants to gift me one of the new books, they'd end up paying more than just paying me for the amount that I can get it for.

[marble robin]

How do I add this bot to a server to get started 🙂

[grim breach]

https://avrae.io/ has an invite to server option at the top under More -> Invite link.

[marble robin]

did you send me a DM?

oh tha avrea.io

okay thanks!

[grim breach]

For sure

[uneven lantern]

There is not yet an option to gift subscriptions or generic gift cards. You can currently send a gift for any product in the marketplace.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/marketplace

[grim breach]

Alright gotcha, that's okay. I'd heard that question brought up before a long while ago, but wasn't sure if that option had been added yet. Thanks

[marble robin]

wow this is super powerful and AMAZING

[grim breach]

Haha, very much so

[marble robin]

exactly what I am looking for and allows us to circumvent Roll20 altogether. Thank you guys so much!

[uneven lantern]

Just to clarify here: anyone in a campaign (whether player or DM) can enable content sharing for that campaign if they have a Master Tier subscription. Once it's enabled, all game content owned by everyone in the campaign gets shared with everyone else.

You can get more info on content sharing here:
https://dndbeyond.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115011257067-Campaign-Content-Sharing-and-You

[uneven lantern]

Early access to new tools, however, (like the combat tracker) are still available only to individual subscribers. Those don't get shared through content sharing.

Nor does other non-game content like digital dice or character sheet customizations.

[grim breach]

Oh, I didn't realize everyone's content get's shared, that's really helpful! I thought there was an option to go in and select what gets shared or not with Content Management; does everyone get that option to filter what's shared?

[uneven lantern]

So once it's been enabled, the DM will then see a Content Management button at the top of the screen. They can go in there to turn on/off compendium access for any book being shared.

[grim breach]

Ah, ok so it's just a pool of source material that anyone in the campaign has to offer that the GM can choose from

[uneven lantern]

If it's off for a book, that stops players from reading that specific book (unless they own that book themself).

It does not block any character options from that book.

[grim breach]

Ah, ok I understand now

[uneven lantern]

In short, it's meant to stop players from reading ahead in the adventure you're playing and spoiling it for themselves.

[grim breach]

Yah yah, that makes sense. Cool, thanks. I'll have to tell my GM about this for one of my games

[uneven lantern]

They are starting to look at additional campaign features, including the ability for a DM to allow or block specific character options as well.

If you head over here, you can vote on those items and let the team know what you want to see most.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/d-d-beyond-feedback/campaign-feedback-portal/114894-campaign-feedback-portal

[grim breach]

CoGM maybe?

[marble robin]

So combat tracker would only be available to me - but the encounter builder and what not is still a tool available to the DM? Theoretically I could put the initiative rolls into the combat tracker and use it to track the groups turns yes?

[uneven lantern]

I don't think that one's on the list, but if not, you can hit the blue "Submit Idea" button at the top of that page and request it anyway.

[marble robin]

i'll have to play with it all and see what Avrae will and won't do as well. I am all for helping to keep things neatly tracked and taking any burder of bookkeeping off the DM's shoulders that I can lol

[uneven lantern]

The encounter builder is in beta, so any user should be able to access it.

But in order for you to run it in the combat tracker, you'd have to be the one to create the encounter. You won't be able to run one your DM creates.

Avrae should work just fine for the both of you, though. You can try !tutorial initiative (DM) or !tutorial initiative (player) to see how it works from both sides.

[marble robin]

Excellent, thanks for all the advice. This is alot of much needed functionality for us!

[verbal pasture]

what cumpanie does dnd use for its sub cupanies

am trying to figer out were th8is $5 charge came from on my paypall

[verbal pasture]

nvm i figerd out the charge

[zealous patio]

Is there any way to customize Avrae to be less verbose? For example, if you roll an attack with a rapier and want Avrae to only spit out the attack roll + modifier, but dont want Avrae to spit out the details about the rapier.

Again playing with dice rolls, and trying to see if I can make these rolls take up less space:

Interested in being able to remove the Effect section. Any of that customizable with Avrae?

Sorry wrong channel

ill delete and move

[uneven lantern]

Open the sheet in DDB, click on your rapier, and open the Customize section in the sidebar.

Find the “Notes” field and enter a single space.

Then !update and !a rapier

[zealous patio]

Thank you

That helps

[uneven lantern]

You can put whatever else you like in that Notes field if you want it to display something else.

But whitespace will make it go away entirely.

[zealous patio]

Thanks! I feel like there are so many so close to perfect options for getting rolls out of DDB in a uniform colour scheme and I'm so close but they all take little tweaks 😉

Thanks for this, ill customize the weapons on the character sheets

[verbal condor]

Is there a tutorial on how to homebrew a race on D&D beyond?

[forest glacier]

@verbal condor https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/845-new-players-guide-how-to-homebrew-on-d-d-beyond

[verbal condor]

@forest glacier thank you so much

[forest glacier]

Does anyone know how to get the storage function to work on homebrew items? I made rings that do a similar thing to bags of holding and want to utilise the new feature for it if possible

[uneven lantern]

There doesn't appear to be. I just made a homebrew copy of a bag of holding itself, and that didn't do it.

But this is just Step 1 for containers, and there's a lot more still to come. They have said custom containers are in the plans.

[forest glacier]

damn, figured that would be the case. will be good if/when they add the ability to do storage on homebrew

[lapis geyser]

If ALL they do is storage, you could just rename any other container

[uneven lantern]

That seems to be your best option at the moment.

Just add a bag of holding and rename it to ring of holding.

[verbal pasture]

isthere a way to do chanel davanadie in avrie

[uneven lantern]

Avrae doesn’t typically have built-in commands for specific class features.

But there’s probably a user-made alias for it on the Avrae Workshop.
https://avrae.io/dashboard/workshop

[hybrid turret]

how can I set my stats above 18?

we are playing tomb and my con is now 23

[edgy oriole]

click on the stat, and when it opens up the sidebar you can modify it with magical or other type bonuses.

[verbal pasture]

is avrie have problms right now ? wen we role fromthe site it does not apear in discored even tho we are all linked it was working earlyer

[edgy oriole]

Avrae seems to be returning pings - just tested it in #ddb-avrae-commands.

Try !ping on your server and see what it returns.

[edgy oriole]

It may be a Discord issue. Based on past experience this is often the case when Avrae appears to not be responding - something on Discord's end is having an issue.

[verbal pasture]

knowone on my server can get avrie to post things fromthe website

ad there not shoing inthe log of are campane eather

my friend roled in my campane and its not shoing up in my log

[edgy oriole]

Have you logged into DnDBeyond and checked your Account Entitlements?
You can find this by logging in to DnDBeyond, and then click the Account link in your profile.

Then click the Marketplace tab

(also I'm not a DnDBeyond employee or mod so I'm this is not official support)

[verbal pasture]

i have amaster acount

so i shuld be able to do anything

[edgy oriole]

Yes but check to see if it says "Your entitlements data is in sync!".

That basically says everything that you should have access to is accessible.

If it doesn't say that, then I think there's a button to resync it?

If that doesn't work, then I'd try unlinking the campaign and relinking it using Avrae's !campaign command again.

And if that doesn't work - uh... let me see if spamandtuna can help

@uneven lantern - sorry to ping you but you might be able to help Kaitlin here figure out why Avrae and DnDBeyond are not sharing dice rolls?

[verbal pasture]

i will but its not just me

its all m of my friends

acros 2 difrint campanes

[edgy oriole]

Unfortunately I'm out of ideas. Again maybe try removing the campaign from Avrae/Discord and re-adding it (whoever the DM is of the campaign).

You might also want to check on the Avrae developer Discord for further support.

[uneven lantern]

If your rolls aren’t showing in the game log, that would explain why they aren’t showing in Avrae.

[quartz jolt]

im having the same issues and trying all the same things

i thiunk it might be dndbeyond issue?

[uneven lantern]

Hmm… 🤔

[quartz jolt]

because its not even showing the campaign updating there

[verbal pasture]

knowone is we now have had 7 difrint players acros 2 games try and its not working

[uneven lantern]

Yep. Not working for me either.

Let me ask around behind the scenes.

Apparently it’s a wider issue with AWS (Amazon Web Services), which means there’s likely a ton of sites having issues… 😕

[ebon brook]

Hi I've logged in after 4 months break in a game and my character is gone 😫 in my characters list is 0/6 anyone have any tips?

[uneven lantern]

Are you sure you logged in with the same account?

[uneven lantern]

@verbal pasture @quartz jolt Sounds like things should be working again. 👍

[quartz jolt]

cheers!

[quartz jolt]

looks like some of my players are still having issues but maybe its a rolling fix?

[hazy root]

Hey guys, I am stuck with an undeletable character
When I try to delete or edit anything, I get a 403

Any mods can help with this?

[naive lodge]

Does it have a name, and what is the name.

[verbal pasture]

is there agide on how to right scrips for avrie

[edgy oriole]

The Avrae Development Discord can help with that but also check out Avrae's documentation:
https://avrae.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

The aliasing tutorial may be helpful: https://avrae.readthedocs.io/en/stable/aliasing/aliasing_tut.html

[west harbor]

https://discord.gg/brbAdy9r

[split stone]

It's supposed to grant advantage on DEX saving throws and a +5 movement speed, yet with just the action bit I can't do any of that

[uneven lantern]

Yeah, the Action would just be for the damage part you asked about.

[split stone]

Ah, ok

[uneven lantern]

For those two, you’d add them as Modifiers on the racial trait itself.

(If they’re permanent bonuses)

If it’s a temporary bonus, I’d just leave it in the text description.

[split stone]

It's temporary

[uneven lantern]

If this is private use (if you’re not publishing it), one common workaround is to use homebrew magic items for temporary effects instead.

Equip it to start the effect, and unequip it when it ends.

[split stone]

Got it

[devout matrix]

Hello fine people of the DDB discord, I am having an issue after the most recent change (inventory containers update) where I cannot figure out how to make custom items any more, can someone please help me?

[crude smelt]

@devout matrix I was able to do it in the general inventory but then it’s stuck there. You can’t move it into the pack. I had to add a horror trinket to a players inventory and it took like 10 minutes to figure out. 🤷‍♂️

[devout matrix]

I cannot even figure out how to do that, can you explain it to me like I'm five? :3

I had no issues creating custom items before the update, I did it earlier the same day as it released

[uneven lantern]

Click Manage Inventory, then open the Equipment section. You should see a link at the bottom that says "+ Add Custom Item". It's not a button anymore.

But this is just Step One for containers. Support for custom items in those is already planned.

[devout matrix]

I just found it, very strange that it is under "contents" and not under "add items" though

and yes, I cannot add or move custom items to containers other than "equipment" but at least it can be used this way 🙂

thanks!

Separate Issue: The total weight that is in my Bag of Holding is totaled together with my equipment so that it looks like I am over carrying capacity, is there currently any way to have it ignore the weight of contents in a container?

[uneven lantern]

Not yet. Again, this is just the first step, so there's a lot more still to come for containers.

They'll be pushing out each part as it's ready so people can enjoy them sooner.

[devout matrix]

I can't wait 🙂

I agree this is the best way to do it, just wanted to know in case I missed it somehow. Thanks a lot for the help ^^

[uneven lantern]

I’d suggest asking in #character-discussion. This channel is more for technical help with D&D Beyond itself.

[radiant wyvern]

ok thanks

[steep vine]

I am looking at a player in my parties' dnd player sheet, but I want to see it in the pdf traditional format on my computer. How do I do that?

[edgy oriole]

Have the player export the sheet as a PDF and send it to you.

[steep vine]

Wait no, hold on that's a different thing

How do I see their character allignment on the website?

[edgy oriole]

That my be hidden from anyone but the owner of the character sheet as DnDBeyond feedback has shown that many games prefer to have that "hidden" for potential plot reasons.

[tepid grotto]

I do not think you can even as the GM of the campaign

[edgy oriole]

I think the DnDBeyond devs have mentioned looking into making this more fine-grained permissions but no idea where that is on the feature list and priorities.

[tepid grotto]

Okay, the GM that is in charge of the campaign can see the alignment of the PC just like they can see their notes

[ebon brook]

I tried the other two o options for login and both said account not found

I’ve been paying my subscription so I don’t know why my character is gone 😔

[naive lodge]

You most likely have multiple accounts at one of the providers as even without a subscription characters aren't removed. Beyond trying all your accounts we can only recommend opening a ticket with customer service to see if they can help discover what account you were using.

[uneven lantern]

If you’ve created a campaign on D&D Beyond and had the player join with that character, you should be able to see their alignment in the Description tab.

If you did all that and don’t see the Descriptions tab, you’re probably viewing the sheet from the public sharing URL. Try navigating back to your campaign page and open the character sheet from there.

[faint wigeon]

I am going to run a campaign and have decided to run a NPC because, of course, my party didn't pick a healer. I created a character on dndbeyond, but cannot add it to the campaign. Is it because I cannot be dm and player?

[naive lodge]

Use the invite link yourself.

[faint wigeon]

@naive lodge God, i really hate how easy that was... Thank you.

[little plume]

How often and deep do the discounts get on the Legendary Bundle? I thought there was a 50% sometime last year and I'm hoping to hit the next big one.

[naive lodge]

On the Bundle itself? I'm not sure it has ever been, there's often sales on the books themselves though.

[uneven lantern]

No, there has been sales on the bundles, too. I don't think they've ever gone as high as 50% off, though.

You can try searching sale in: site-announcements to see what the past offers were, but the when/what/how-much of the next one is anyone's guess.

[agile gulch]

I also want to make the leap and get the bundle but 300+ American is a pretty penny, plus 60 for a year subscription. Not trying to trash talk but I just can't afford it but if they had a sale I'd buy it. Just curious if they had a typical time they do their BIG SALE ?

[real path]

sales arent quite predictable, but they often happen around major holidays

[little plume]

Is there a way to stop older versions of Homebrew showing up in character creation?

[steel glade]

Removing the older version of the homebrew from your collection will do the trick

[little plume]

When its when you made and shared

Sorry should have specifed

[steel glade]

Same deal. Homebrew only shows up for you in character creation if you've got it in your collection, or you're making a character in a campaign where someone else has the homebrew hence shares it to you

[little plume]

Okay, I haven't looked at how collection works yet.

How do I remove them from my collection then?

Ah I see it

thanks for the help

[uneven lantern]

Yep. Just open it up and hit the button.

You’ll still be able to find it in My Homebrew Creations if you need it.

But only the stuff in My Homebrew Collection gets shared.

[little plume]

that's good to know when you got 5 versions of something cause you bug fixed lol

[uneven lantern]

Just in case: you don’t need to publish homebrew to share it with your own campaigns either. That happens automatically.

Then if you need to fix something, you don’t have to jump through all the hoops of making a new version.

[little plume]

yeah but need to share to ask people about feedback

[little plume]

Questionhow do program an attack which scales like monks martial art's die in dnd beyonds homebrew subclass maker

Seems that the encounter builder party edit modal is broken. Anyone else having this problem?

[uneven lantern]

Homebrew Level Scaling

[uneven lantern]

Broken how, exactly?

[little plume]

You can't change the number of character. Before you could specify 3 characters of level 5. not you can only change the level. no option to change the number of character

[modest pelican]

You have to add additional characters using the add character button

[little plume]

And another question how do I make attacks magical in the sub class maker?

[little plume]

So, perhaps its me being stupid. But I'm looking at creating a subclass within DNDBeyond and the idea is "you get to select an additional proficiency from a list", in this case, the fighter's list. But I can't limit it to just the fighter's options or set my own. Or atleast, I don't know how to. Does anyone know?

Would it go into Fixed Value?

I put it into details, which

does put it into restriction

but hasn't made a difference in the actual list

[little plume]

It wasn't that way 2 weeks ago. You had a number selector so you could say you have 3 character at lvl 5, 2 characters at lvl 3, etc. Now you have to add a character for every character and mark them the same level? That's going backwards not forwards in development.

[modest pelican]

The encounter builder is still in beta and it's being actively development. As such, the team is exploring different user experiences and interfaces. There is a feedback option in the builder where you provide feedback

[little plume]

I get that, but this is definitely a bug as the styling is off here as well. Something changed in the code and is causing this bug. It's definitely not a UI change.

For instance, see the screenshot attached to this message. It has 3 "characters" showing at level 5. but the "# of characters" shows 5 because one of those has the old player count of 3 characters at lvl 5

question how do I make attacks magical in the sub class maker?

[modest pelican]

I'm not seeing that issue (the incorrect player count). However, this UX change (having each placeholder character be their own entry, rather than a quantity/level entry) is an intentional change

[placid trail]

Hi. I created a homebrew magic item for my campaign (https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/3634040-scimitar-of-the-thundergrip) but the players in my campaign can't add the weapon to their character sheet in Manage Inventory > Add Items. I tried sharing the homebrew item to the community to see if that would help but we still don't see it.

[tranquil shuttle]

i just joined today, how do i join peoples adventures, i want to play with others and i dont know how

please help

[edgy oriole]

Please go to #dnd-discussion and check the pinned messages.
When you're ready to find a group to play with, check the #750812887697588356 channel to try and find a Dungeon Master/group to play with.

[hidden robin]

I would guess it's a bug in translating existing party compositions to the new system.

[junior meteor]

Is there a way for the spell gained from divine soul sorcerer, to be changed on beyond? In the description it states that the spell can be replaced by another from the cleric list, but doesn't seem to be able on the site

[digital wolf]

Party having issues adding homebrew item to sheet

[uneven lantern]

At the moment, your best option is to make a homebrew copy of that subclass and change it there.

[copper vapor]

having some questions about leveling

not really sure how the manage hit points window works?

I was never hit at level 1 so I don't really know what my hitpoints were, now I'm not sure if dndbeyond has already updated it or if I still need to do it

[opal pelican]

If you have +4 as your con mod then you had 12 hp at level 1.

[copper vapor]

my con is actually a +2, not sure why it says that

unless it multiplies by your level?

[opal pelican]

Ah I see, yeah, that's it

Then you had 10 hp at level 1.

Did you roll for hp or are you taking the average?

[copper vapor]

not sure, we ended the session on levelup so I'll have to ask what we're using

where did it get the 12 for in rolled HP?

[opal pelican]

It's giving you 8 rolled for level one then saying you chose to roll for your level 2 hp and got a 4.

So you have 12 total from rolling and +4 from your con for 16 hp total.

[copper vapor]

what? I didn't roll anything yet

unless it took the average by default?

[opal pelican]

It says ya did.

If you took average you'd have 17 hp.

Average HP gained on a d8 is 5hp.

[copper vapor]

can I see roll history somewhere? I've been using physical dice the whole time

definitely would have noticed if I rolled by accident

[opal pelican]

You might have picked it when you made your character and it auto did it when you leveled.

[copper vapor]

that doesn't make sense though, why wouldn't it give me the option to roll physical, or even tell me it rolled already?

[opal pelican]

Rolling physical dice then putting it in is Manual.

If you click on the gear on your sheet then go to Edit Character then go to the Home tab (should be the first screen you would have seen when you made your character), you can look at HP generation method.

[copper vapor]

hit point type is set to manual

[opal pelican]

Cool, then you can just edit your hp when you level up.

You start with 8 hp in that box then you'd add the number you rolled.

If your table is rolling for hp. Usually just taking the average is safer. Sucks getting 1hp.

[copper vapor]

I'll have to ask the DM. He's new to the game too, and I know he watched a little bit of critical role so maybe he adopted the 'reroll ones' rule for hitpoint generation

[opal pelican]

Yeah, that's DM question for sure.

[digital wolf]

I think it automatically fills in 12 (the largest possible value on a hit die, for barbarians) before you select a class in the character builder.

[copper vapor]

oh so that might have happened when I was still setting up the character before level 1?

[stark thicket]

Hi, I was wondering. Is it possible to select a hand crossbow when creating a magic item and then changing its range to 45/120?

[opal pelican]

No, I don't believe you can modify weapon attributes like that.

[stark thicket]

Shame, In that case. What does the "Weapon property (Modifier Type), Range (Modifier Subtype), 45 (Fixed Value) do?

[serene zinc]

Does anyone know where the add custom item button went after update? I can only find different containers and not the custom item button on my character sheet.

[thorn sandal]

If you click on manage inventory, it should be accessible from there

[uneven lantern]

Specifically, you have to click Manage Inventory and then open the Equipment section. It’s changed from a button to a link: “+ Add Custom Item”.

[little plume]

The issue of adding a proficiency choice has become a different issue with the method @uneven lantern offered; #ddb-support message

[frigid mulch]

how do I add a carriage to my inventory without it showing up in my carrying weight?

[naive lodge]

Customize the weight after adding it.

[frigid mulch]

Thanks!

[olive drum]

Question: How can I make the DDB app and the DDB sync with each other? For example, I've updated the HP of a character on the website, but the HP have not yet updated on the app. I've restarted both programs, but I can't seem to get it to sync

[green gulch]

I'm trying to make a Blessing for one of my players and copying the Blessing of Health but for charisma instead of constitution. I'm trying to add this by homebrewing a feat, but I don't know how to change the charisma maximum

[onyx wasp]

Stacking bonus, CHA, +2

[green gulch]

I tried that, its not stacking

[wanton shard]

This will add the bonus and increase the maximum

[green gulch]

it still applies the +2 but it doesn't increase the maximum

[onyx wasp]

Pretty sure that only increases the maximum.

[wanton shard]

Also, if you've made homebrew edits after adding to a character, it can take 15–20 minutes for the changes to appear

[green gulch]

as far as I can tell the stacking bonus option is only applying a regular bonus

[onyx wasp]

Oops, I misremembered.
You want Bonus - Ability Score Maximum (primary stat CHA), which raises the possible maximum. Then Stacking Bonus - Charisma Score to add a bonus that can actually go above 20. Both with a fixed value.

[green gulch]

Thank you

[wanton shard]

Heh, yeah, I was mis-remembering too it appears. Not sure why, I swore stacking bonus did what it says... Was a bonus that "stacked" But you don't even need the stacking bonus if you use the AS max bonus; I did a quick homebrew copy of one of the Manuals and they just do the bonus to the score and bonus to the ability score maximum

[onyx wasp]

Then what does Stacking Bonus even do?

[wanton shard]

I'm not sure anymore... I wonder if there has been any change to these things behind the scenes. I'm searching the forums and even IamSposta (who does a lot with homebrew) was talking about the ASI >20 requiring stacking bonus. I think that was the case

I wonder if Stacking Bonus is being deprecated

[onyx wasp]

If you have just Bonus, not Stacking bonus, and that puts you at exactly 20, do class ASIs prevent you from increasing the score above 20? With an increased max of course.

[wanton shard]

They shouldn't, because afaik the official tome/manual items function according to what they say. I'm mid-testing now though

Yeah, it works perfectly. Using just Bonus > Ability Score Maximum and Bonus > Charisma Score. If I have a 17 CHA character that equips the Tome of Leadership and Influence (19 CHA), I can still select ASI options that bring me to 22 CHA

[onyx wasp]

Well then.

[wanton shard]

The only two official items using Stacking Bonus are the Hammer of Thunderbolts and the Nether Scroll of Azumar (from CM). As far as I can tell, the Nether Scroll works exactly like the Tome of Clear Thought (with another bonus), but uses Stacking Bonus over Bonus. I see no mechanical difference

[wanton shard]

Figured it out. Stacking bonus "stacks" with the Set modifier. So the Hammer of Thunderbolts' +4 STR stacks with the set STR score of whichever belt of giant strength you wear. E.g.: Belt of hill giant strength gives 21 STR; hammer of thunderbolts adds +4 to that, giving 25 STR

[onyx wasp]

Good to know!

[tiny comet]

so is D&D beyond not doing unearthed arcana anymore? I keep hearing that I'm just wondering whats up with that

[modest pelican]

There is a forum post addressing it
https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/news-announcements/116702-news-the-future-of-unearthed-arcana-ddb

[little plume]

Sorry can I ask how to add a feat? I try to find a way but other than giving on ASI, there isnt a way to add a feat

[modest pelican]

@little plume Have you purchased any books that contain feats?

[little plume]

we have PHB, DMG, MM, and XGtE

[solid kestrel]

is the rule turned on?

[steel glade]

By we do you mean yourself, or someone else in a campaign you've joined? If in campaign, ensure that Content Sharing has been activated

[solid kestrel]

there's a little slider-button thing for feats, in the home of editor / preferences in viewer bit.

that's red for on and enabled?

[wanton shard]

Also ensure that you're creating the character in the campaign in which Content Sharing is enabled

[solid kestrel]

that too

[little plume]

Lets me double check everything you guy suggest

I'm not the DM so I need to ask him

[steel glade]

It is not for activating or deactivating, but rather to use the prerequisites of feats and multiclass requirements

[solid kestrel]

ah

[little plume]

I got the reason

subscription end ...

[steel glade]

Ah that explains it 😅

[little plume]

Thank for the help

[steel glade]

No probs

[bitter ledge]

I may have asked this before, and if I have I forgot and apologize, but how do I make a Customized entry under inventory and equipment for a "Harvesting Kit* tool set? this is a normal item.

[uneven lantern]

You can click “Manage Inventory”, open the “Equipment” section in the sidebar, and look for the “+ Add Custom Item” option at the bottom.

[bitter ledge]

ahh thank you. didn't think to look under specific sub headings.... thought it would have been under manage inventory in general.

[uneven lantern]

It used to be, until a couple days ago! 😂

[paper axle]

I want to add a spell my build doesnt normally have access to - (from item) so that it shows up in my spell list together with the other spells. How do I do so? I tried equipping and attuning to an item that has spells but it doesn't look to change the spell list

[modest pelican]

Magic items can't add spells to lists, you'd need to create a homebrew subclass or background (or feat I believe, but I'm not 100% sure on that)

[crystal scarab]

I can confirm that feats can add spells

In a campaign where we used that method

[uneven lantern]

A magic item can directly add a spell to your character.

It does not let you modify your class spell list.

If adding the spell directly to the item isn't viable for whatever reason, then I'd suggest making a homebrew copy of your subclass and adding it there.

Or making a homebrew copy of the spell itself and making that available to your class.

[paper axle]

thanks - good suggestions. Quite the workaround I have to do..

[west harbor]

So if I made a character and want to give it to someone... how do?

I made it, added it to a campaign and they claimed it. But I want to just... give it to them instead of them using it.

[modest pelican]

Once they've claimed it, it's theirs. They can leave the campaign with it and everything

[west harbor]

Oh. Cool. I think the issue was my son was trying to edit the character name from the app.

Still have to do that via the site, which can be done with the app just not by clicking the name.

And if I delete the character they will still have a copy?

[uneven lantern]

Once they've claimed it, you shouldn't even have the option to delete it.

You can Remove them from the campaign, but not actually delete the character.

[west harbor]

Neato! TY spam

[sand iris]

Does anyone know how to delete creatures you put in an encounter using the manual entry feature? I just had to rebuild an encounter from scratch because I couldn't get rid of them - they're not in the editor, and resetting/reloading the encounter didn't remove them.

[pine crystal]

Am I just missing something, or is the wildfire spirit not listed in any of the "extra" categories on D&D beyond so you can put his stats on your sheet?

<@&516370028053004306> It's the spirit tied to the wildfire druid in Tasha's. If it's really not in there, where should I post so that stat block can get added to D&D beyond?

[eager blaze]

How do I make a bonus that is keyed to proficiency?

[lilac dirge]

I've purchased the EGtW spells but they aren't appearing on my character builder

[dawn egret]

are you trying to add them to a Chronurgist or Graviturgist Wizard?

because those spells only exist for those specific subclasses (and a couple feats)

[lilac dirge]

yes, they aren't showing up

[dawn egret]

Additional stupid question that the answer should be obvious since you are using the subclass: Is the Critical Role toggle actually on?

[lilac dirge]

Yes it is on

[dawn egret]

how long ago did you purchase the spells?

[lilac dirge]

around 2-3 weeks ago?

[dawn egret]

...oh. uh.... hm.

[dawn egret]

well shoot, I'm not sure then. Let's see if there's a mod around who might be able to help more.

[lilac dirge]

oh no wait, I see them now

[dawn egret]

oh! oh good.

[dawn egret]

woo!

[lilac imp]

is there a reason my divine magic option for divine soul sorcerer isnt showing up under known spells or is this a known bug

[modest pelican]

Can you provide a link to your character sheet?

[lilac imp]

okay nvm its there on the character sheet just isnt showing up under the character builder

[modest pelican]

Ah, yeah

Some features are hidden because they're not choices

[little plume]

Pact of Tome Book of secrets when you pick your first 2 options it gives you another... is this to do with the adding more into it part of things?

[solid kestrel]

yep

that's there for you to add those extra found and scribed rituals

[little plume]

okay thanks It confused me

[uneven lantern]

Typically you need to create a static bonus (Fixed Value: 2), and then give it level increases to follow the same scale as your proficiency bonus.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/basic-rules/step-by-step-characters#CharacterAdvancement

[rigid swan]

Is there a way to search for older DNDBeyond posts? Or you do you just have to cycle through them?

[uneven lantern]

Forum posts? Or site articles?

[rigid swan]

Site articles.

[uneven lantern]

Not really, I'm afraid.

They're broken down into a few categories on this page:
https://www.dndbeyond.com/articles

And at the bottom of every article is a Tags section, too. Clicking one of those will show all other articles with that tag.

Was there something specific you were looking for, though?

[rigid swan]

I ended up remembering the title and then just used a google search. But even when using the DNDBeyond search bar there is no way of filtering articles. I think google is probably the best bet.

[opal pelican]

Google is the best to search DnD Beyond's own site.

[hybrid timber]

As an Artificer where I can see the chosen infusions on D&D Beyond?

[uneven lantern]

At the bottom of your Inventory tab.

[hybrid timber]

Thank you!

I was looking at traits

[ancient lark]

Does the dnd beyond app in android has the same content from the site? Cause iOS app doesn’t have the hall content, needs to download mb

For example

I can’t view object’s and spell’s details

[modest pelican]

For any content, you will need to download the source book even if you only own part of it

For example, if you purchase just the artificer, you will still need to download all of Tasha's Cauldron of Everything

This is due to how the app handles data

[ancient lark]

Oh

Ok thanks

[elfin mist]

Hey, Im having some trouble with DND beyond. Whenever I do some work on my homebrew subclass its not updating. So I will do something and then load it up and it will work the first time, then I make some changes and go back and it will only load up the first instance.

[little plume]

there is no auto save you have to manually click it each time.

[elfin mist]

No, I do save it. Its just not updating

[digital wolf]

Not updating where? On a character sheet, or just the homebrew subclass itself? (Does clearing your cache help?)

[elfin mist]

Whenever I go to make a sample character to check if its working I will delete the old character and make a new one and the new one is still using the old options from a previous version.

And no, clearing the cache does not help

[naive lodge]

Are you running any extensions in your browser? If so please try disabling them all and seeing if this continues.

[elfin mist]

The only extension is beyond 20 and I have no idea how to disable it

[naive lodge]

Beyond 20 regularly breaks features on the site. Disabling or removing it is the first step in troubleshooting.

[elfin mist]

Yes! ok. That seemed to work.

Never mind, it worked once.

Its no longer updating! What else could be going on?

Ok, I figured out my updating issue.

[distant magnet]

Hey, is there a way for me to add spellcasting to a homebrew magic item?

but not just 'you can cast this at will' or 'you can expend a charge to cast x'

to cast it using spell slots ala Hexblood's Hex Magic feature

[compact spade]

Sadly I don't think there is, as magic items are seen separate from your characters class abilities, in the terms of spell casting with your own spell slots

[distant magnet]

oh ok

is there any way i can incorporate such feature?

like adding an expanded spell list to a subclass

[uneven lantern]

Expanded spell lists can be done with a homebrew feat, subclass, or background.

[distant magnet]

How does adding as a feat works?

[vapid lodge]

just curious, but when do the monthly subscription perks come out?

[uneven lantern]

@distant magnet Sorry, it’s races, subclasses, and backgrounds. Not feats.

But for those three, you’ll see an option called Additional Spell List.

Whatever you put in there, the character will be able to pick just like any other spell for their class.

[uneven lantern]

They gave a sneak peek of them on the last Dev Update, so I imagine it’ll be fairly soon. As usual, no specific date has been announced.

[vapid lodge]

thanks, I try to watch some of the dev updates, but run out of time - I really wish they would put a written summary out. Sitting through 40 mins of video, when alot of it is advertising for future books can be a drain.

[compact sand]

How do you expand a class's spell list like divine soul sorc? I tried copying it to see how it's coded but I don't see anything set that allows it to expand the list and when I try running the copy with no changes it doesn't have the expanded list

[uneven lantern]

That might be done through unholy ritual. 👀

But you can do it by adding the spells you want under Additional Spell List.

[compact sand]

There's a box in the builder for granting access to another class's list but it doesn't seem to actually do anything. Oh man that's going to take a while

Well I just need it to work for one session I guess

Interesting. If I copy arcane trickster it has no spell list but does have spellcasting. So copying subclasses as a basis for a caster subclass is actually broken right now I guess?

[uneven lantern]

Actually, that “Additional Spell List” field in the main class description just worked for me.

I put “Bard” on my sorcerer subclass, and was then able to select Vicious Mockery for my character.

So maybe that’s how divine soul works, but it just doesn’t get copied over?

[compact sand]

Was it a fresh brew or a copied subclass?

[uneven lantern]

A copy of divine soul

Applied to a fresh character

[compact sand]

weird those changes don't work at all on my end

It still shows the default sorc list

what browser do you use? It could be an issue on my end then

[uneven lantern]

Sometimes homebrew edits can take up to 15 minutes before they show up on your character sheet.

So if you already had that subclass applied to a character when you made the change, maybe they hadn’t caught up yet.

[compact sand]

Nope, still can't get any of those class feature adjustments to show. I'm going to try switching browsers

Okay I think I should report it as a bug, seems like it doesn't work in Edge

same exact plugins in both browsers

[hybrid timber]

Is it possible to customize a weapons or armors small picture on the sheet?

[modest pelican]

It isn't, those are tied to the item

[hybrid timber]

Ok thank you

[long brook]

For one of the campaigns I'm running on dndbeyond, there are a couple of unassigned characters that no one seems to be claiming. Is there any way to find out which user created them?

[wanton shard]

Unfortunately not, other than asking your players

[long brook]

No worries, thanks anyway

[polar wolf]

I think if they’re unclaimed, it’ll still have the user ID of the account that created them within the url of the character, so you might be able to check that.

[nova vortex]

Does anyone know of any good text games going on? Or if not any servers who do text games?

[edgy oriole]

Check the DnDBeyond forums and also the #looking-for-players, and #dnd-advertisements channels.

[subtle dome]

If i host a game on Talespire (using D&D Beyond for sheets ofc) can i still post in #looking-for-players mentionning that it's a paid VTT? Or is it not permitted? 🙂

[opal pelican]

It's fine to say you play on Talespire. It's not fine to post a game where you expect the players to pay you.

[uneven lantern]

You’re still welcome to post paid games in #dnd-advertisements, though.

[subtle dome]

ofc yeah, never hosted paid games, ty for the help though!

[hybrid timber]

How can I make Toll the Dead to show the higher damage dice on the sheet? Like its 2d8 how can I make it show 2d12 like how longswords work?

[uneven lantern]

You can’t do it just like longswords, but you can add it as a separate roll on the Actions tab. Just hit “Manage Custom” in the top right corner, then you can add it in the sidebar.

[tiny comet]

How do I give a movement speed like flying speed through a Homebrew feat?

and also how can I make a feat give you ability score boosts

[signal torrent]

heyyy........ umm I keep getting the zombie beholder of doom ANY time I try to use the character, what do I do??????

And its ONLY the character things everything else is fine

[thorn sandal]

Are you experiencing this issue with any other characters?

[uneven lantern]

For flying, give it a Modifier with “Set — Innate Speed (Flying)”. You can use Fixed Value to specify the speed, or leave it blank to make it equal your walking speed.

For ability scores, you’d do something like "Bonus — Strength Score”, Fixed Value: 1.

[tiny comet]

thank youuuuu

I'm trying to incorporate the grimhollow transformation my character has into DDB

[tiny comet]

wait where's the "set innate speed" part?

[uneven lantern]

Add a Modifier. Give it a Modifier Type of “Set” and a Modifier Subtype of “Innate Speed (Flying)”

[tiny comet]

ohhh

ok thanks yeah I was looking for "innate speed" on the modifier type I was so confused lol

[uneven lantern]

Sorry 😅

That’s how it displays in your list of Modifiers after you create it.

[tiny comet]

yeah thanks lol

[idle arch]

@lavish estuary
If you press this button, it opens up a window with all the feats

You'll want to remove GWM from here

then you can add it in the character builder with your level 4 ASI

[lavish estuary]

Awesome.

[idle arch]

If you did it correctly, the Manage Feats window will look like this

[lavish estuary]

The player wanted GWM not Weapon Master.
Thanks for the info

good to know

[steep epoch]

morning...where do i find my artificers infusions on the char sheet

[idle arch]

Under the rest of the inventory

[steep epoch]

the known infusions im sorry

[idle arch]

yes, thats where your list of known ones are. You choose which ones to use from there

[steep epoch]

ahhhhh brilliant...thanks a lot :)

[steep epoch]

how do i work it on my char sheet to show which items are infused and also show that my armor has been made arcane ?

[onyx wasp]

If you infused an item, it should show that automatically.

[steep epoch]

how do i infuse it on the char sheet ?

[onyx wasp]

On desktop, select one of your learned infusion options in Inventory. That should open the sidebar where you can infuse items.

Inventory -> Infusions -> select one, then Create Infusion in the sidebar.

[steep epoch]

sweet, ill go check it out, thx 🙂

brilliant, it worked, about making my armor "Arcane Armor" ?

[onyx wasp]

Arcane Propulsion Armor?

Ah, the Armorer subclass feature, you mean.

[steep epoch]

yeah

sorry was making sure im not messing about, 3rd level feature

[onyx wasp]

I think you'll just make a note on the armor (customize -> note)

[steep epoch]

thx 🙂

[tiny comet]

how do I make a container on DDB?

[onyx wasp]

Personally I just add a bucket and rename it.

[modest pelican]

You can't make containers, but you can customise existing ones, including customising name, weight, value and description

[tiny comet]

oh ok

nice

[hybrid timber]

Is it possible to when I crit it doubles the dice rather than rolling additional dice?

[modest pelican]

Nope, as that's not how it's handled according to the rules, and D&D Beyond only supports the official rules of D&D

[hybrid timber]

Ok thank you

[cobalt ridge]

Is it possible to apply a charms from Rime of the Frostmaiden without homebrew?

[modest pelican]

Not currently, no

[little plume]

Hi, is it possible to change my username in DDB's page on my account?

[naive lodge]

You can change your nickname if you receive a credit: https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/bugs-support/65846-display-name-change-request-thread-v2

[little plume]

OMG pretty useful, thanks.

[teal kite]

I just done this like 2 days ago they are fast to change it as well very useful

[digital rover]

for some reason, my subscription ended without me knowing?
nvm, think it's because card expired

[onyx arch]

I'm testing the encounter feature and it's set to 100% critical roll for the GM. Does anyone here know how to turn that off?

[modest pelican]

Disable the third party extension Beyond20 that you're using

D&D Beyond advises against using unsupported extensions

[signal torrent]

It happens Anytime i touch edit or create character. I got it to briefly work once but it went back when i tried to look at the character sheet.

[west harbor]

Do you have any third party apps installed in your browser like beyond20

[analog cargo]

I am trying to add the expanded spell lists from warlock to my player's known spells as a feat and it doesnt seem to be working. does anyone have a way to add extra spells to a character's list

[crude whale]

So, my subscription lapsed and I have to unlock characters....i am trying to unlock 6 of the 19 characters I have but it is not letting me....i unlock and it takes me back to the start with 0 character selected...just bugged out how do I fixd this?

[warm estuary]

hello, I'm a noob when it comes to DND and just got back into it

I kinda need help when it comes to making characters

[low dove]

for some reason when I enter
https://www.dndbeyond.com/classes/blood-hunter
using chrome it seems to keep making requests or refreshing to the point that DDB checked if I was a bot

[edgy oriole]

Check out the pinned messages in #dnd-discussion for useful links and info for people new to D&D or hop over to #character-discussion to discuss character concepts and builds.

[wanton shard]

Do you have any extensions that may be interfering? If I recall correctly, Beyond20 has caused issues with the Blood Hunter page in the past.

[low dove]

@wanton shard ah you are right its the
Beyond 20 2.4.6 extension

thank you

[uneven lantern]

Do you get the same problem in another browser? Or on another device?

[uneven lantern]

Feats can only add specific spells directly to the character. An expanded spell list would need to be done as a homebrew race, subclass, or background.

[signal torrent]

Oh sorry for not updating at someone helped me earlier today

[uneven lantern]

No worries! Glad you got it working. 🙂

[uneven lantern]

Do you get the same problem in another browser? Or on another device?

[somber flicker]

just to be sure - the preorder books are NOT included in the legendary bundle, right?

[final trellis]

This is correct - Books are not added to a bundle until they are released

[heady spear]

Hi, I've recently bought a subclass but I don't know how to use it, can someone help?

[modest pelican]

What subclass have you bought?

[heady spear]

Assassin

[modest pelican]

Okay, so you'll need to select rogue when making your character in the character builder, then level them up to level three
At that point you'll be given a choice of Roguish Archetypes, from which you should be able to select Assassin

[heady spear]

TY

[errant sluice]

Hey everyone, I'm not sure if this is the right place for this question: If not, please tell me! I am a complete newbie when it comes to dungeons and dragons, but I would love to get into it as I love every aspect of it. But I honestly have no idea where to start, I am trying to build a character through the character builder in D&D Beyond, but there are a lot of things I don't understand. Could anyone help me a bit?

[modest pelican]

@errant sluice Hi there and welcome to the hobby
I suggest you check out #dnd-discussion, specifically the links pinned in that channel, lots of useful info there
This channel is more for getting help using the tools that D&D Beyond provides

[errant sluice]

@modest pelican Thank you! I'll look over there ^^

[little plume]

Hi, sorry to be that guy but, I saw the DDB sale and I would like to know if this would be available the whole month because I get paid at the end of the month.

[naive lodge]

There is no public announcement on the sale dates yet.

[unkempt elbow]

Hi guys, is there a way to share a container between characters in my campaign? I`d love to create a "loot" crate where everything new is placed and everyone can see it and take out the items he wants

[naive lodge]

There is no option for that currently, but it's known as something wanted when the containers system is completed.

[unkempt elbow]

Great news, just found out that there are containers, and figured thats a wanted feature which might already be implemented

[onyx wasp]

Is this not the "Character and DM to Game Inventory Sharing" which is in development now, according to the product board? It says, "The ability to have an inventory that holds containers and items that the party and the Dungeon Master can share."

[opal pelican]

You can now section off your inventory into different categories, but you can't create a shared inventory that multiple characters can edit.

[onyx wasp]

I'm aware.

[young bone]

I was wondering if someone could help me out? I want to make a Drow/Dark Elf on DDB, but the option isn't listed under the Elf Subraces. I just have a free account, and haven't purchased anything yet. (I already own physical copies of the PH and DMG.) What exactly would I need to purchase to unlock the Drow/Dark Elf Subrace? Just the PH, or something else?

[dawn violet]

the Player's Handbook would unlock all the content therein, including Drow. If you would just like the Drow race for now you can buy it piecemeal https://www.dndbeyond.com/marketplace/sourcebooks/players-handbook It's about 3/4 down the page under Sub-races.

If you do purchase drow by itself, the cost of that will be deducted from the PHB if you decide to purchase it later.

that said, there is a sale on right now

[young bone]

Ooohhhh I didn't see that! Fantastic, thank you so much!! Yeah, I wouldn't mind having the PHB just so I don't have to worry about things like this again. I just don't have a lot of money. So having the $1.99 option to JUST get the Drow is fantastic. ❤️

[stable plover]

i am really having issues accessing the dndbeyond site right now... super slow and getting a lot of "natural 1, heading for the blacksmith" errors

[young bone]

I was getting that briefly as well. Seems to have cleared up for now?

[stable plover]

yaa just tried again... it have cleared 🙂

[manic storm]

Hi, this is more help regarding the sales at DnD Beyond, but I wanted some help about it.
I wanted to know if the Cyber Monday Sales affects the bundles in the market place

[wanton shard]

Hi Shrug! Unfortunately, the answer is: We don't know yet. Until a Cyber Monday sale and its details are announced, anyway

[manic storm]

oh golly, well that's good to know

does that mean we don't know either if its going to be 19.99 for all books again?

[wanton shard]

You can search in:#site-announcements Cyber Monday to see what has been the case in the past, but past sales don't guarantee what will happen in the future

[wanton shard]

Precisely. The only way we'll know is when something is announced

[manic storm]

oh damn, I was saving money for that sale :/ but I guess I might consider the one right now then

btw, i don't know if you may know if in the previous sales the bundles were affected by the lower prices

[uneven lantern]

Sometimes it’s books, sometimes bundles, sometimes both. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Sometimes it’s a dollar discount, and other times a percentage.

There’s just no way to know when or what any future sales will be.

[tidal rock]

Hey I had a question about the new backpack functionality. Is it possible to add custom items to lets say a bag of holding? Cause right now it doesn't give the option it just says remove under equipment.

[uneven lantern]

Custom item support for containers will come in time. For the moment, they’re still available in Equipment only.

[tidal rock]

Thank you!

[manic storm]

btw guys, is there a way to buy the bundles through the mobile app?

like using Google Pay

[wanton shard]

I don’t believe so, no. The mobile app Marketplace is structured differently than in a browser

[manic storm]

:'<

goodbye money, 'cuz the exchange rate of my bank is way higher than the one from google

Like I could buy the all the books separately but honestly buying the bundle would be more cost effective 😭

[stable plover]

I have been trying to make a working Necklace of Prayer Beads, where you get the spells associated with the beads you actually have and you only get the charges pr. bead as described.
I had to split it into 3 parts - The actual necklace which required attunement, 1 magic item bead with 1 charge and the associated spell/spells, and special copy spells of the original spells with their casting time time set to a Bonus action.
In the magic item add spells section you can define 3 things about the spell you add, the number of charges it uses/can use an alternative save DC and the spell level it is cast at. If i could get 1 more option Casting Time, with the option to define an overrule of the spells normal casting time, i could have saved making special spell copies with BA casting time

[naive lodge]

The information we were provided: This is the first time that sales are available via the mobile app. The mobile app currently does not support bundles or preorder books.

[stable plover]

so to clarify - I have a spell copy of each of the possible spells, only modification is the casting time changed to a Bonus Action, 7 spells total, i then have 6 bead magic items 1 for each type with the relevant copy spell attached, Curing has 2 spells remember, and then the actual Necklace as an "empty" item just requiring attunement

[sacred dune]

Unsure if this is intentional, or if I'm reading into this incorrectly, but the "Featured" section of the Marketplace still shows "pre-order now" buttons when I've already purchased the items. Should it still show them?

[naive lodge]

Pre-order for your friends. ;)

[sacred dune]

Aha. 👍 Makes sense now.

I was looking at the other sections of the website, and it tells me I've "got it all," so I was confused.

Alas, I have neither friends, nor money to spare.

😭

Thank you, though, for your assistance. Much appreciated.

[naive lodge]

Yeah, I'll pass along that it causes confusion.

[crystal scarab]

Nothing like making new friends through D&D :D

[naive lodge]

The devs are aware of this limitation and the need for this capability. One thing to keep in mind, our awesome Game Content Team uses essentially the same tools for creating everything on the site.

[stable plover]

I know 🙂 some features in a magic item can be quite difficult to put to the code, but with the little feature to overrule the casting time would be super nice

[ripe oyster]

Did how we manage characters in encounter building change?

I want to know how to go from a 6 player group to a 4 player group.

It used to be super easy, and now it's all weird.

[wanton shard]

It has changed recently, yes. The team has been made aware that managing the generic character count (not characters tied to a campaign) has caused more difficult encounter building for users

[ripe oyster]

If they change it back to how it was, then it would be an imporovement.

Thanks for the help.

[naive lodge]

I believe generic characters are now managed like PCs.

[ripe oyster]

You can add characters, but once they are there you can't get rid of them.

[naive lodge]

There should be a way, but on my phone ATM.

[ripe oyster]

I have to select a campaign to reset it, then x out of the campaign. This is the only way I have found to drop a character.

[wanton shard]

Yeah, I'm searching for the conversation I remember seeing about it. One moment

[ripe oyster]

This resets the group to 0.

If they add "drop character" to the level drop down list, that might be a solution.

[wanton shard]

You don't even have to select a campaign, you can select another preset or (the easiest way) click the little (x) next to the preset

[ripe oyster]

I only get the x if I choose a campaign.

My presets don't have that little x...

[wanton shard]

Just 100% checking... You're not seeing this?

[ripe oyster]

Whoops. I see it now.

How do I have the picture only have three characters?

[wanton shard]

Good! 😄 Well, I found the discussion from when this change first arrived. It sounds like the feedback has been passed along already. There is ongoing work on the Encounter Builder (it's an iterative process), so this is subject to change again at any point.

As for the question about having only 3 characters... That, I can't answer. Since every preset starts with 4 as a default. Can you provide a screenshot? Do you have any extensions that might be interfering (Beyond20, AboveVTT, ad-blockers, VPNs, etc.)? Do you still see this behavior when creating a new encounter or creating an encounter in a different browser or an Incognito browsing session?

[ripe oyster]

I'm just starting with 0 characters and adding. We used to have a remove character option, but it looks like that is gone now.

On another note, did the 20% discount on all books and bundles expire?

[naive lodge]

No, it is automatically included in the displayed price.

[ripe oyster]

I see it. I'll leave you guys alone now. Thanks for all the help.

[supple siren]

Was thinking of purchasing some books but outside of the players guide, I don't have much experience with that yet. When buying a source guide like EGtW... is all artwork (including maps) available and able to be seen within the digital versions? I'm assuming so, but wanted to be sure...

[opal pelican]

I think almost all art work is. There might be some like chapter art that isn't on there since it isn't like a pdf scan of the book.

[supple siren]

Oh. That might sway me then to the actual book. I really want the convenience but some of that additional gives so much additional flavor. Thank you for the quick response!

[opal pelican]

It would be only a few images at most. It wouldn't be any of the content or smaller pictures. I couldn't say for sure since I don't own it on DnD Beyond and I wouldn't want to compare a 300 page book

[uneven lantern]

The team works hard to present all the books as faithfully as possible.

All the images provided are high-resolution, so you can zoom in and see everything in detail.

And most books include player versions of the maps in addition to the DM version you get in the print book.

The player versions hide away the secret entrances and such to avoid any spoilers.

[supple siren]

I opened probably 15 forums that had variations of the questions and it seems that while it maybe laid out differently because the pages don't have to be turned (much continued content can be scrolled) but it seems like the images are definitely there. Thank you Spam. I feel a lot better about cashing out my dndbeyond cart. Cheers!

[lament tangle]

Hi, folks. So, today I went to level up my kenku rogue to level 4 and for some reason I did not have the option to take Magic Initiate (Wizard). All other Magic Initiate options are there - just not the wizard one. I've used this character in another campaign and had no issue taking that feat before. My DM ended up just manually adding it in FVTT.

Any ideas as to anything I might be doing wrong? (I am tired today lol so unsure whether I'm just missing something).

[uneven lantern]

Can you share a link to that character?

[lament tangle]

https://www.dndbeyond.com/profile/Heart_of_Gold/characters/48715053 (Adjusted her to level 4 but didn't pick a feat yet)
Thank you!

[uneven lantern]

Looking at the Features & Traits section, it already shows both Magic Initiate (Wizard) and Ritual Caster (Wizard).

I’m guessing it was added directly to your sheet by clicking Manage Feats, which would explain why it isn’t showing as an option for your ASI.

[lament tangle]

Ohhhh, I get it. Thanks so much for clarifying lol. I know how I managed to do that now

[dawn egret]

funny, I have a Kenku ninja named Trillby. Great minds think alike, huh?

[lament tangle]

Hahah, go figure! Birb brains think alike, or something like that.

[hybrid timber]

How can I make an item that gives negative bonus to a stat on D&D beyond item creation?

[verbal pasture]

isthere away to inport achar from dnd beond in to roll20 ?

[dawn violet]

There is not an officially supported way to do this as they are two separate companies.

You can manually create a character sheet in roll20 and copy the stats and such from the ddb sheet, though that’s a decent amount of work.

D&D Beyonds character sheets allow you to roll right on them or you can use the /r commands in roll20 and read off your character sheet as you play but roll visibly in roll20 chat

[verbal pasture]

ah

[uneven lantern]

Give it a Modifier with something like Type: Bonus, Subtype: Strength Score, Fixed Value: -1

[hybrid timber]

Thank you

[hybrid timber]

Is there a way to make a homebrew item to increase maneuvers and superiority dice for a battlemaster?

[uneven lantern]

Not as an item alone.

If it’s for private use, you can make a homebrew copy of that subclass and increase them there.

[umbral anvil]

im trying to add spells via feat to my character but for some reason they dont apear in my character sheet

what can i be doing wrong

[verbal pasture]

how do i add a premade char to acampane

[hybrid timber]

If its homebrew there is a spells section while creating the item. You should add spells from there. If you choose a feat that gives a spell when you get the feat there is a expandable bar that you choose the spell you want and it will be added to your spells.

[hybrid timber]

Ask the DM to send you an invite to the campaign and you will get the option to choose a character you made previously on ddb

[verbal pasture]

ty i figerd it out and forgot to type nvm her

[low orbit]

hello everyone

just want to know if I buy the players handbook, that it will allow me to create a character without limitations to spells or lets say patreons for warlocks or backgrounds. I can create a character like I would create IRL with the players handbook?

[hybrid timber]

You will get every content that PHB contains. Every spell and item or other stuff thats in the PHB. Not every spell or background since some of them are in different books.

[low orbit]

thank you

[hybrid timber]

No worries

[zealous patio]

Is there any way to log into DDB without having a popup? I am trying to log into DDB in OBS using the browser source feature, which doesn't allow popups.

Any specific URL I can use to log in that doesn't require a popup? Thanks!

[modest pelican]

No, you need to allow the popup for the service authentication dialogue

[zealous patio]

That's too bad. Thanks!

[zealous patio]

Ugh. While I was testing the above I seem to have accidentally linked my Twitch account to a **new **DDB account. I thought my Twitch account was already linked to my **existing **DDB account, but it appears not. How do I remove the Twitch account from a new accidental DDB account?

[final trellis]

Please raise a support ticket (http://dndbeyond.link/SubmitTicket) as we will need to delete the new account to free the Twitch login up

[weary holly]

I'm trying to make a my own Homebrew version of the 4 elements Monk subclass remastered on DnDBeyond. But figuring out all the configurations to do to get it right is so damn confusing. Can someone help me by explaining what I need to do?

So basically I am trying to change the damage of the Water Whip feature. It forces a Dex Saving throw (that is the same.) And it does a base 3d10 bludgeoning damage. I want to change the damage so it now does bludgeoning damage = marital arts die + Wis mod.

Can anyone help me out?

[chilly dome]

Someone kindly shared Tasha's from their campaign, but it only affects the one character of mine who is in that campaign.

I'd like to purchase the book during the sale, but it looks like my only option on the Android app is to download the book from the shared campaign. What gives? If I can't use it, shouldn't I be able to buy it?

Anyone know a workaround?

[uneven lantern]

I can ask around and find out if there’s a way to buy it in the app.

But the easiest workaround would be to buy it on the website instead, which will still unlock it for use in the app as well.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/marketplace/sourcebooks/tashas-cauldron-of-everything

[rain jewel]

Hello Everyone
Im hosting my 1st self-made campaign tomorrow and if anyone cause give me some tips as im kinda nervous - some close friends are players so that calms my nerves a little bit
(Im also trying out tabletop sounds to add some aura and atmosphere)

[uneven lantern]

Exciting! The folks in #dm-discussion can give you some pointers.

(This channel is more for technical help with D&D Beyond.)

[rain jewel]

Thank you @uneven lantern

[uneven lantern]

Homebrew Damage Scaling

[chilly dome]

Thanks. And yeah, I was just hoping to use this Google Play giftcard I had lying around. Seems like I'd have to leave the campaign, buy it, then re-join...

[crystal parcel]

Hi, quick question. I got myself some sourcebooks. It seems like, I have to get the subscription for an additional 6$ to share it in a campaign, is that right?

[modest pelican]

You will need the Master Tier subscription to share them, yes

[bleak swallow]

If I purchase sourcebooks and download them to my device, then DDB closes in the future, they’ll still be accessible through the app if it’s still on my device?

[modest pelican]

That's not something anyone can say because it's purely speculative

[bleak swallow]

Understood

[low gale]

is it possible in the combat tracker to give enemies specific "nicknames" for example I have the 3 hags from Curse of Strahd, but I would like to give them their respective names, to make it easier to keep track of who's who. Is that possible?

[wanton shard]

It's not possible at the moment, although I vaguely recall it having been mentioned as a desired eventual feature. In the meantime, you can use the homebrew tools to create copies of the hags' stat blocks and give them each the specific name of the hag.

[uneven lantern]

The team is actually looking for feedback on potential encounter builder features, including that one. Go vote for it and let them know what you think!
https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/d-d-beyond-feedback/encounters-feedback-portal/114888-encounters-feedback

[uneven lantern]

I’ve been told that if you tap the “Shared with me” text next to the book’s cover image, you should get an option to go to the marketplace and purchase the book.

[cold pine]

Is the site down for anyone else?

[uneven lantern]

Not me

[cold pine]

Is there any way to look up what an error code means?

I googled it but nothing came up

oop its working now

sorry for bothering you!

[analog cargo]

I meant add the expanded spell list as known spells for a warlock. Sorry if that was misunderstood.

[rocky loom]

Hi.

I kept getting error about Do not honor when preordering the upcoming titles.

Can i know the issue here ? Coz i can pay my telco bills with the same card.

[modest pelican]

@rocky loom it would probably be a better idea to submit a customer support ticket. D&D Beyond doesn't accept some cards as far as I remember, but the CS team can help you out more readily

[rocky loom]

Ok thanks. Sorry for troublesome. I might call the bank tomorrow.

[uneven lantern]

You can open a ticket here.
http://dndbeyond.link/SubmitTicket

I’ve never heard of anyone getting a Do Not Honor message, but from the name, it sounds like it might be an issue with the bank declining the transaction.

Warlock Feat Spells

[low gale]

Thanks! I did

[stark thicket]

Hey, is there a way to create a homebrew weapon that uses charisma for attack and damage like the hexblade does?

Or allows it's wielder to do so?

[uneven lantern]

I don’t think so, but you can 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.

[little plume]

Is there a schedule or roadmap for the combat tracker to become more fleshed out? Most importantly, importing stats from character sheets into the combat tracker?

[uneven lantern]

There’s a place here where you can vote on which features you want to see most for encounters, including stat import. Go let them know what you want!
https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/d-d-beyond-feedback/encounters-feedback-portal/114888-encounters-feedback

[nimble vector]

is there a reason all the UA has been archived? as far as i am aware the nearest book release isn't for a while and they used to only archive UA shortly before release. i was planning on making another drakewarden ranger but now it seems i will have to wait 2 months for that.

[naive lodge]

It was discussed on the Dev Update and this article was linked to on the various social media: https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/news-announcements/116702-news-the-future-of-unearthed-arcana-ddb

[nimble vector]

ahhh understandable

[tranquil shuttle]

short answer please, how do i join peoples adventures

[uneven lantern]

The DM needs to send you the invite link found at the top of their campaign page.

[tranquil shuttle]

ok, tysm

[umbral anvil]

are expanded spell lists in the homebrew roadmap?

[uneven lantern]

You can already add expanded spell lists, using a homebrew race, subclass, or background.

[little plume]

I've found a bug with new equipment system, if you copy a character with items in backpack, pouch etc. those items will disapear.. on the copied sheet...

[modest pelican]

That's a known issue

[little plume]

Poggers! Are there any plans on fixing it?

[modest pelican]

I would assume so but cannot say for sure if/when that may be

[little plume]

Thanks, for now ill just copy items manualy

[strange wedge]

I have a question. If you make homebrew and submit it to the site. Is there anyway someone can click your name and see all the items you have submitted? The reason I ask is I don't want players seeing the items I've made before they encounter them.

[modest pelican]

it's not possible to view a users homebrew that way
You can go to the various homebrew sections and search by user name, for example seeing all the spells someone has published

It should be noted your players will see any homebrew you've made (published or not) via campaigns if it's in your collection

[uneven lantern]

If you’re only trying to share it with players in your campaign, you don’t even need to publish at all.

Anything in your My Homebrew Collection gets shared with your campaign automatically.

So you can also just remove it from your Collection (and find it in My Homebrew Creations instead) if you want to keep it secret.

[dark cobalt]

So, silly question time - some of the adventures in the marketplace specify that they have "Rollable tables", how (if at all) are these different from ordinary tables. Should there be some sort of interactivity in the book to generate a result for the table?

[modest pelican]

Can you provide an example of such an adventure?

[dark cobalt]

Curse of Strahd for starters
Rollable tables, detailed maps, and unique NPCs to help any dungeon master run this 256-page horror adventure

[modest pelican]

That'd be copy from the physical books, it just means it includes resources the DM can roll on for random results

[west harbor]

Similar to the treasure and magic item tables in the DMG

[dark cobalt]

And annoyingly as the DM you don't have access to your digital dice in the window in which you are reading the book.

[west harbor]

That would be an interesting feature

[wanton shard]

It's been mentioned before that the ultimate goal with the dice roller is to have it be available anywhere where dice rolling should occur

[west harbor]

I would just use another tab, or real dice.

[strange wedge]

I actually don't want the players seeing it unless I show them. I just felt that maybe someone not playing with me would enjoy some of the things I've thought up. And thank you everyone for responding. Very kind of you 🙂

[dark cobalt]

I just end up using the dice in MapTool but the dice are much less pretty

[little plume]

I changed my linked email like today and buy something because of the offers, but the purchase email notification went to the previous linked email, this will change in the future right?

[brave shard]

I'm pretty much completely new to d&d. How do i start out round here?

[uneven lantern]

Welcome! If you head over to #dnd-discussion, there’s a few pinned messages that will get you started. 😄

[brave shard]

Ah alright thanks, btw. How and where do i submit a character sheet?

[uneven lantern]

#character-discussion is the place to go if you’re looking for feedback.

Or if it’s a game you’re after, you can check #looking-for-players or #750812887697588356. Just make sure to check the pinned messages there for the channel rules.

[brave shard]

Alrighty, thanks for the help

[mental thunder]

Random question. On dnd beyond, when you roll for a weapon or spell. It rolling two dices for example it rolls a 1d10 for my eldrich blast and then the plus 5 after. Do you know how to fix it so it just rolls one dice and then auto adds the extra damage

[wanton shard]

Are you using any extensions? Beyond20, AboveVTT, ad-blockers, VPNs, etc...?

[mental thunder]

I'm using the virtual dice

[uneven lantern]

I assume the extra damage is from Agonizing Blast? That should already get included.

Can you share a link to that character?

[mental thunder]

Yes your correct, it should automatically be added but it's rolling a dice for it

[wanton shard]

It's Beyond20 causing the issue

If you disable that extension you should see everything working normally.

[craggy solstice]

I have a question regarding the master subscription.
If i purchased the master subscription and used it to content share with some friends and they used that to make a few characters what would happen to their characters that use the content shared content if my subscription ran out

[wanton shard]

They would continue to be able to use the content and level up normally, but would be unable to add new content not already part of the character. For example:

• They could continue leveling up a Clockwork sorcerer (e.g.) and gain all of the new subclass features as they go
• They could not add/prepare any shared spells that weren't already added/prepared
• If they removed the subclass, or changed race, or removed/unprepared any shared spells, they wouldn't be able to get them back

[raven tundra]

Did dndbeyond add tax to purchases? I don't remeber havong to pay any sort of tax, but I just pre ordered the 3 remaining books and I got charged tax. I live in the EU, isn't tax supposed to be included in the price? Idk how it is in the US but this is the first time I was charged Tax. Is it a bug or smth, or was it recently changed? ( when I bought Van Richtens I wasn't charged tax)

If someone could explain I would appreciate it

[low gale]

is there a way to add information to homebrew items, that is only visible to them DM, but not the players? Like curses and or lore that players may not know yet through the item in their inventory

[low gale]

I guess not. I have issued a feature suggestion

[umbral anvil]

thats not what i meant, i mean like tasha's spell lists

[modest pelican]

Optional spells are not a feature that can be added via homebrew because they add to the base class spell list and it's not currently possible to homebrew on base class features

As spamandtuna mentioned, you can make races, subclasses or backgrounds that add spells to a characters base spell list though

[umbral anvil]

wich is why i asked if its even on the roadmap

[modest pelican]

As we have no public facing roadmap, that's not information we have I'm afraid

[umbral anvil]

well thats just great innit

[modest pelican]

I'm sorry we can't provide that information

For the time being, there are alternative options available

[umbral anvil]

yea i watched the homebrew video, and there was this whole staff exodus so it makes sense

[modest pelican]

None of the staff who left were part of the development team, it should be noted
Adam was a product manager
Lauren was community manage
Todd was content manager

So none of their roles were directly related to development

[umbral anvil]

so the whole unearthed arcana support was just vibes

[uneven lantern]

You can certainly add a Tasha’s-style expanded spell list to a homebrew subclass.

Just add a class feature with Feature Type: Additional.

Add the extra spells under Expanded Spell List.

And you’re done.

It’ll work exactly like the official one.

[modest pelican]

Not sure what 'just vibes' means, but Adam, Todd and Lauren leaving was 6 months ago. The change to D&D Beyonds UA support is a recent one

[edgy oriole]

UA is difficult to implement and manage because:

1. UA often introduced new rules that required new development to even handle.
2. UA rules only last for a short timeframe (and often the final published rules are different then what the UA started with)

So it makes a lot of business sense to not have to implement and support playtest rules that may or may not be implemented in actual published rules.

Also UA often drops without warning to WoTC partners.

[umbral anvil]

see, that falls apart if you are in content sharing and cant use subclasses for homebrew base

if ur trying to expand the artificer spell list u have nada to go on

[uneven lantern]

In that case, you can also add it through a homebrew race or background, as I said initially.

[naive lodge]

D&D Beyond does charge taxes and continually adds them where they are required to do so.

[umbral anvil]

its still not very smooth as u cant make them available yet not prepared

[modest pelican]

You can if you use the expanded spell list option

This is, for example, how the ravnica backgrounds and eberron dragonmarked races work

Both add spells to your spell list to pick from like the rest of your spells

[umbral anvil]

mmmm, interesting

[modest pelican]

A common method is to take your characters current background
Make a copy of it
Add the expanded spell list feature as the only change
Swap it out

[uneven lantern]

At the bottom of your Racial Trait, for example:

[modest pelican]

Exactly as spamandtuna first suggested

[umbral anvil]

i also like how background spells seem to have been murked completely

[modest pelican]

What do you mean "murked completely"?

[umbral anvil]

they were added once in ravnica and maybe somwhere else and then i never saw another

[modest pelican]

That's got nothing to do with D&D Beyond

That'd be feedback for Wizards of the Coast

[umbral anvil]

yea, that was just an unrelated comment

[sweet dock]

is there a more convenient way to add the MOoT supernatural gifts than through homebrew feats?

[inner kettle]

why can't we change the number of players in an encounter anymore?

[modest pelican]

You can, you can add more placeholder players

The team is aware of the issue where you can't remove them

However you can get around this by selecting a preset, then clearing the preset

[inner kettle]

ok, I was wondering whether it was an intentional update or a bug that we couldn't remove characters. Thanks! At least there's a workaround.

[modest pelican]

It's a change the team is developing, feedback about the necessity and ease of removing placeholder characters has been passed along

[little plume]

why cant add homebrew on ddb

[opal pelican]

You can.

[west harbor]

https://www.dndbeyond.com/my-creations

[uneven lantern]

At the moment, a homebrew feat is still your best option. However, the team is currently at work on a system that will enable support for supernatural gifts and other similar features.

[sweet dock]

got it, thanks]

[junior meteor]

I'm playing an artificer, on beyond it limits the infusions to be used only one of each kind at a time. Is this accurate? I was under the impression as long as you knew the infusion, it could be done to as many times as you have slots for items to infuse. Am I crazy?

Example, added plus 1 to shield, can't add plus 1 to armor

[uneven lantern]

In the Infuse Item feature description:

You must touch each of the objects, and each of your infusions can be in only one object at a time. Moreover, no object can bear more than one of your infusions at a time.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/classes/artificer#InfuseItem-1131631

[junior meteor]

Aw thanks, guess I was blind

[faint wigeon]

Looking for help in the encounter builder. Is there a way to mark a monster as an NPC? My party will have a few upcoming battles in which an NPC will be aiding them.

[unkempt iris]

You could homebrew a copy of the monster and give it a unique name

[faint wigeon]

The real issue is how the builder counts them towards combat

[flint basin]

Hey! I was just wondering how books work, do I need to have a subscription to dndbeyond for the players in my campaign to use the content, even if they don't have the books?

[modest pelican]

Okay, so to access the books yourself, you don't need a subscription, you just need to purchase them
If you want to share the books you own, you will need to join a campaign with your friends that has content sharing enabled
To enable content sharing, someone in the campaign must

• have a master tier subscription
• click the 'enable content sharing' button
• (not already be sharing content in 5 other campaigns)

Two things should be noted

1. It doesn't have to be the DM that enables content sharing, anyone can do this. But the DM will always have control over what content is shared
2. Enabling content sharing shares everyones books with everyone else, not just the books belonging to the person who enabled content sharing

I hope that explains things?

[flint basin]

Thank you, that makes alot more sense.

[buoyant onyx]

i have a problem, i cant log in to ddb due to the login system i cannot log in with my school computer because you can only have your school gmail and my account is linked to my normal gmail is there anythig i can do to prevent this problem?

[modest pelican]

No, I'm afraid not, other than log in on a device that isn't attached to a gmail account you don't have control over

[buoyant onyx]

ok thanks anyway

[distant yew]

Hello. Is there anyway to add xp to character by DM ?

[modest pelican]

As a DM in the campaign, you can edit characters in the same way the owning player can

[distant yew]

Oh. Thanks good. Thanks

[grand wren]

Hello! Just wondering, is there a problem with the monster creation atm? I did not check any boxes for legendary, mythic or lair on the monster I am building right now, but it still shows so when opening the creature

[modest pelican]

When making a monster, you have to enable the legendary, mythic and lair traits, delete the contained text, and then disable them

[grand wren]

... since when? I don't remember this being an issue before, when I never before checked them, but lemme try it

ohhh got it

I never once created a creature from scratch

thanks, yeah, that solved it

[modest pelican]

That's always been the case; those fields are disabled by default but are also pre-populated with reminder text that can't be edited if the fields aren't enabled

[unkempt iris]

this has always been a bug?

[modest pelican]

It's not a bug, it's a feature of the tools; those fields have reminder text but text can only be edited when the field is enabled. However, you can't populate a field with text on enabling it

[unkempt iris]

so even if I don't want legendary, mythic, or lair actions, they're always enabled by default because there's reminder text in them, and I have to enable those options so I can delete the text? that kind of feels like a bug to me. is there anywhere in the homebrew creator that explains this?

[modest pelican]

It's not a bug, it's an intended function of the tools. When making a homebrew monster, you are expected to review all the fields are correct before publishing

[unkempt iris]

Sure. I guess it's maybe not a 'bug' as much as a usability issue. thanks!

[upper meteor]

can i ask here for help to setup my discord server to play with dc dnd ( like rolling in discord)

[modest pelican]

You want #dnd-discussion or #dm-discussion for that

[upper meteor]

thx 😄

[fiery nova]

anyone here know how to alter an unarmed strike via homebrew feats?

i've tried a few times but i can't get it

[uneven lantern]

What specifically are you trying to alter?

[fiery nova]

Unarmed strikes

[uneven lantern]

Right, but what are you trying to change about them?

[fiery nova]

I want it to turn them into a d4, but I'd very much like for it to also be able to ramp up the die if I take it multiple times like I'm designing it to

Lol yeah, realized tight after

*right

[weary holly]

For a Homebrew Subclass, in creating a subclass feature with options:

In the character builder is there a way to organize the list of options to appear first in order of level prerequisite and then alphabetically of option name?

[uneven lantern]

I don’t believe so. Looks like you’d need to add them in the order you want them to appear.

[little plume]

This is the things I've used to try and make something base AC 14+dex but it ended up using the 13+dex of draconic sorc. Anything I did wrong?

[crystal scarab]

Is your dexterity 1 by any chance?

[little plume]

19

[crystal scarab]

Ah, dunno then, I’ll leave it to others

[acoustic niche]

The Modifier Type is right.
The Subtype should be Unarmored Armor Class With a Fixed value of 4

[little plume]

okay thanks

[acoustic niche]

The ability score doesn't need to be set to anything

unless you are modifying the AC based on something other than Dex

[little plume]

okay good to know

[dull warren]

Is there any way to have familiars attune to items in dndbeyond?