was that to me or them
#ddb-avrae-help
steady dew
hushed lotus
to them, Auditor... clearly.
steady dew
alrighty
hushed lotus
But no, if something resists elemental damage, there is no distinction from magical and nonmagical because pretty much every source of elemental damage is magical, except for the 1 fire damage from a torch, and dragon breath weapons.
whereas there are distinct magical and nonmagical sources of physical damage.
hushed lotus
Still magical because it's a spell
amber berry
so i was in the wrong thinking that fire like a puddle of oil that burst in flame and a fire ball was different kind of fire damage XD
hushed lotus
well, technically yes it is a different kind of fire damage. a puddle of oil set on fire isn't magical. but there is no need for a mechanical distinction between the damage sources.
There is nothing in the game right now that actually cares about nonmagical fire damage versus magical fire damage, even if technically the distinction exists.
there are cantrips that specify "you can only affect nonmagical fire," for example, but the fire damage doesn't matter. shrug
amber berry
well that good to know
just needed the "help" of a discord bot to make this discovery XD
hushed lotus
a snake or a spider's poison is nonmagical, versus the magical Poison Spray, but again, nothing distinguishes between the two really.
steady dew
for example, homebrew monsters can care, but an issue is we don't have that as an option for the damage adjustments such yet
amber berry
well since i just started DM ing a game with some friend with a simplified version of d&d rule i guess nothing prevent me from making the distinction in my game for elem damage from non magic and magic source but it will just not be counted with avrae bot XD
then again thx for giving advice and intel
modern bear
feral quail
!rage snippet
toxic hollow
letting a error known, Eldrains longswords have a Splugoth hit effect box
gusty egret
I didn't understand that.
toxic hollow
when a eldarin attacks with a longsword its the wrong effect text
ill show it in commands
gusty egret
What sheet system are you using, and do you have any custom attacks?
toxic hollow
im using the normal avrae spring eldarin?
well we are
its not my error personally, just with the creature in avrae
fleet drift
i cast a racial spell(limited use) but avrae says i don't have enogh spell slots even though it doesn't consume one
steady dew
yeah it's an odd one
use !cc to see if there's anything you can use with that
or, use !race possibly.
Either way, use -i if you want to ignore slots
toxic hollow
if i use metamagic Careful spell or something, how do i target two allies and one enemy, but use -pass to not effect the enemys roll.
celest shore
with the roll command what do the arguments kh, ro, and re do?
sorrry ra not re
nevermind, didnt read thoroughly enough lol
celest shore
is there a limit to how many arguments i can use? do i need a seperator of some sort
viscid kernel
@toxic hollow You can pass target-specific arguments like so:
!cast fireball -t "Luke|pass" -t "Leia|pass" -t Vader
toxic hollow
how do i target an ally with dragons breath without like... making it attack them
like they are the willing target touched of the spell
lapis escarp
theres no way to do that right now, i think you just need to cast the spell directly on the targets who you party member want to damage
toxic hollow
yea, i been doing that lol
whole root
@toxic hollow The other option is marking off the spell slot and then letting your party member cast the spell using !cast Dragon's Breath -i -dc X and replacing the X with the spell save DC.
whole root
Well, now you do. You're welcome.
viscid kernel
There’s DM and player combat guides here that can help with that.
https://avrae.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
But if you have any more specific questions, fire away. 🙂
viscid kernel
!i madd goblin -n 4 would add four goblins.
And then when it’s the goblin’s turn, you’d use !init attack scimitar -t <player_name> to hit.
You can use !i a for short.
!i a list will show any other attacks they have available.
!help init will give you a list of other commands you can use in combat.
And you can dig deeper with things like !help init attack
steady dew
in other words, well
Avrae, like any other computer, bot, or algorithm, what have you
Is a very, very, very fast idiot.
You need to tell it what to do exactly the way it understands it, and then it works seamlessly
so yeah those docs and cheatsheets are invaluable
rose idol
how do I connect my character sheet to avrae?
wheat gardenBOT
This is not a D&D Beyond link.
viscid kernel
You can use !game hp [hp] for your own characters, or !init hp <name> [hp] for anyone in combat.
Why don't you go try it in #ddb-avrae-commands and I can give you a hand?
abstract adder
Is there a way to show character information by Discord user?
Like for someone other than yourself?
viscid kernel
There’s a few things you can access if that character has joined initiative, but not everything.
What information were you trying to get?
weak dune
how do you expand a 1 level or higher spell slot
iron bison
expand?
weak dune
yes
empty linden
Like cast at a higher level?
weak dune
yes
weak dune
thank you
faint void
I run a discord server for D&D that has the avrae bot in it and the bot has gone offline, making it not work. Any idea why this is?
And we’re about to play in a few hours so this isn’t exactly a good thing
native galeBOT
faint void
ok I fixed it
iron yoke
@faint void Avrae went offline for the update, the patch notes of which are displayed above
faint void
ahhhh thank you
fleet drift
is the UA not in Avrae yet? I tried !subclass drakewarden and didn't work
empty linden
I don't think UA is typically included in Avrae... You could use the !level alias from the Avrae developer Discord server to build that class and its features though.
manic estuary
UA has historically been included in the lookup, since it's available on beyond. However, it takes time to filter into the database because humans.
fleet drift
thank you
barren dome
Do the "reduced threat" variants of monsters already account for the stat penalties when rolling saves and checks on the monster's behalf in combat?
viscid kernel
They don't appear to, based on a quick test in #ddb-avrae-commands.
Probably because it's only mentioned as a trait and not formally included in the stat block.
You can assign an effect to automate the saving throw penalty.
!i effect <target_name> "reduced threat" -sb -2
But ability checks will have to be manually adjusted. !mc <monster_name> stealth -b -2
barren dome
awesome thank you
tawny orchid
(Game command for long rest) tonight during our game my players were using the game command to take a long rest and it was giving mixed results for returning spell slots properly. We know you have to adjust HP manually through DDB and then use the update command. But what is the proper steps for rests? Manually adjust on DDB and then use update? Manually adjust and use the or game command? We are stumped.
iron yoke
@tawny orchid to note, your current HP and whatnot is not brought in from D&DBeyond
So you should both run it on the sheet, and run the command on Avrae
tawny orchid
That's kind of silly but ok
steady dew
well, not so
iron yoke
In particular, syncing up all of the changes in counters is much more taxing data-wise
viscid kernel
Yeah, the !game command covers all of those.
!game hp -10
!game shortrest
!game spellslot 1 -1
!game longrest
@viscid kernel Congratulations on your promotion!
viscid kernel
Thank you! ^_^
dusty imp
I want to add my campain, is there a way to do that ?
iron yoke
@dusty imp could you clarify what you mean?
Avrae does not support campaigns
dusty imp
ok
iron yoke
(Outside of content sharing, which is managed with Beyond, as opposed to Avrae)
dusty imp
so every one add their characters and we go from there ?
iron yoke
Pretty much
Everyone should add their sheet their own account
Also see !ddb for everyone to link their accounts
(For accessing Non-SRD content)
dusty imp
I'm the only one with books
on ddb
now a vtt to go with discord and dndbeyond
thanks
steady dew
how do I quote a monster and have its stuff show up
viscid kernel
You can look up a stat block with !monster <name>, if that’s what you mean.
But you might need to tweak some things to get the full view.
By default it shows the player-friendly spoiler-free version.
You can give someone a Discord role called “DM” (or a few other variants) to let a single person summon the full stats.
Or you can check !help lookup_settings for a few other options.
But that all applies to server usage only. If you DM the bot, it will always give you the full stats.
crystal galleon
how exactly would i go about using barbarian rage with avrae? what's the command for it?
fading siren
By default there isn't one. No class features are inbuilt but you can get aliases (user made commands) to automate some of them. Rage can be found at https://avrae.io/dashboard/workshop/5f73c28d647bb0a416316d32
crystal galleon
thank you. it was always something that baffled me before
tawny jay
hi um i need help seting up my charcter sheet
viscid kernel
What kind of help did you need?
If you’re new to Avrae, there’s a few good starter guides here.
https://avrae.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
But if you have a more specific question, fire away. 🙂
eager rivet
I need help with a class feature. I am using the Breath of the Dragon as a monk with the way of the ascendant dragon. I was wondering if anyone has something for that.
molten kraken
I'm curious if there is a reason that !g sr doesn't reset my warlock spell slots? Any thoughts?
Works correctly on !g lr
viscid kernel
Avrae doesn’t differentiate pact slots from spell slots. It treats them all the same.
Luckily, there’s a setting to reset all your slots on a short rest. One sec...
pine sun
!csettings srslots true
viscid kernel
Yes. That. ☝️
pine sun
Note that if you multiclass in another spellcasting class, this will reset all your spell slots on a short rest
If you're multiclassing, I would recommend checking out the !rest alias on the Avrae server
molten kraken
gotcha, thank you
Works perfect
I don't think i'm going to multi with this specific character, thanks for the tip though
sage root
is there a way to make avrae roll skill checks with initiative (edit I meant to say advantage here) automatically? for example I have an item that gives me advantage on initiative, if I go !check initiative it only rolls once. I know I can do !check initiative advantage, but is there a way to alias or something so it rolls with advantage?
hushed lotus
if you're doing !init, it automatically rolls.
sage root
not using avrae combat tracker, just rolling an initiative skill check
and I have figured out how to create a custom alias for an initiative check at advantage, but my original question still stands (if it's possible to make !check initiative have advantage)
hushed lotus
then you'd probably just... use the adv snippet like with any other check
sage root
... just remembered I hadn't run !update yet. Avrae picked it up just fine. minimal brain activity going on here
lucid lichen
(adv is an argument, as a note, not a snippet)
lucid lichen
o/
celest shore
is there a way to have my homebrew items included in my TTRPG servers Avrae bot?
empty linden
Use the !help command and look under the homebrew commands. They should all have !help for each of the homebrew commands as well.
But if you mean DDB homebrew, there isn't a way to connect those yet.
young arch
Why is the spell "Infestation" Unknown on Avrae?
steady dew
do you have the source on DNDBeyond?
young arch
I have XGtE
so yes I have the source on DNDBeyond
unless you're talking about Avrae?
empty linden
Did you connect your DnDBeyond and Discord in your account?
hushed lotus
have you tied your discord account to Beyond?
empty linden
Yeah what Neut said
If everything is synced right (can take 10-15 minutes), then you should be able to look up that with Avrae.
viscid kernel
You can use !ddb for instructions on how to set it up.
If you use it again afterward, it should give you a success message when everything’s working.
young arch
thank you
solid mauve
Does anyone know how the “Summon Undead Spirit” spell would work?
hushed lotus
the same as any of the other conjuration spells that summon a thing.
DM or you add the monster's statblock to the initative order, and go from there.
solid mauve
Yeah, but for one, I need to set it’s type, which I don’t know how to do.
whole root
What I'd advise is to create three monster stat blocks via CritterDB (don't ask me how, I know it's possible, but I've never used the site before) and upload it to avrae as a bestiary. Call the monsters "Undead Spirit (Ghostly)", "Undead Spirit (Putrid)" and "Undead Spirit (Skeletal)". Then you can add the one you need to the initiative order. I hoped this was helpful @solid mauve
solid mauve
Ah, thanks.
barren dome
The spell haste, when cast on another player, skips the first round of the minute (at the start of the turn, they should have 10 rounds, but the spell instead says 9)
On that note, if I wanted to add the missing round back to the player, would an !init effect targeting the same effect with -dur +1 add an extra round to the existing effect, or duplicate it with a duration of one round?
iron yoke
@barren dome it is correct as written, because that first turn is the first round in that minute
It is just a bit confusing because it ticks over at the beginning of the turn
barren dome
Yeah that is a bit confusing
steady dew
yeah just
disadv on the end
manic estuary
Just dis, not disadv
steady dew
is it impossible to make Avrae do a homebrew spell
gusty egret
Avrae has Tomes. https://avrae.io/dashboard/homebrew/spells
hushed lotus
you have to use the tome system
steady dew
dear lord that is clunky
for https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/513855-sareths-scorching-arrow I'd rather manually do it instead of that, so many tabs
fleet drift
avrae keeps saying "this is not a CritterDB link" when i import. I turned Link Sharing on and it was a critterdb link what's wrong?
i did the link with "share" on critterdb, do i have to use another thing? i tried "copy" and "share" so far
so i figured out it was the link of the page itself but now avrae says, "Error importing bestiary: Cannot access bestiary. Please ensure link sharing is enabled!" when i did enable link sharing, double checked
nvm it worked, i had to enable both the collection link sharing & the bestiary link sharing
craggy grove
For "!monsterattack brown bear bite" works but for some reason. "!monsterattack dire wolf bite" shows that it had no actions, am I using the command wrong?
hushed lotus
works just fine for me.
viscid kernel
Same. As !ma "dire wolf" bite
Ah. I see.
So when you do !ma brown bear bite, it looks for a monster called “brown” with an attack called “bear”.
Brown bears don’t have an attack called “bear”, so it loosely matches the e in bear to bite, and the a to claw. That’s why it prompts you to pick one of those two attacks.
Same for the next. It looks for a monster “dire” with an attack “wolf”.
Again, loose matching kicks in, which is why it prompts you to pick the correct monster.
But now none of the letters in “wolf” match the letters in “bite”, which is where it gets stuck.
The solution (and this applies across Avrae in general) is to wrap multi-word names in quotes so they get treated as a single argument.
!ma "dire wolf" bite
Then it can exact match both the monster and the attack, and works without issue.
craggy grove
Ic thank you!
cloud depot
How do I cast a 1st level spell at hire levels anyone know the command prompt
fading siren
Using -l (lowercase L, for level). e.g. !cast "cure wounds" -l 2 for a second level cure wounds
storm cliff
can you hide the name of a monster when you enter the !monimage command?
empty linden
Adamar - it doesn't look like there's a way to hide the name of the monster.
the command only does !monimage <name of creature> and there are no other arguments to the command.
native galeBOT
steady dew
Avrae does not read sheets properly, is a bit off on ability scores
viscid kernel
Do you have a link to the character?
manic estuary
It's an issue with the custom origin ability score choices. They aren't being recognized. Like I said on the dev server. Waiting to hear back on the status of it. Might be a known issue, might be a new bug.
steady dew
overriding fixes it
manic estuary
No, overriding overrides it.
steady dew
it makes avrae recognize it
the score doesn't change but avrae magically sees it proper
manic estuary
Yes, but it isn't an actual fix, it's an override.
steady dew
it fixes my problem
manic estuary
Which you will have to reset if either ability score changes.
steady dew
also it turns out avrae no longer recognizes armor of agathys or hex in certain servers
mind sliver is not homebrew either
manic estuary
Tasha's isn't in Avrae yet.
steady dew
if anyone wants it I have hex and hexblades curse compiled into one snippet
narrow crystal
How do I properly set up a character, I am beyond lost
fickle salmon
Have you created a character on D&D Beyond?
narrow crystal
No, I was trying to figure that out
fickle salmon
Ah, that's better asked in #character-discussion . I can help you there, but you need to build a character in D&D Beyond (or some other places) before you can import it into Avrae.
narrow crystal
Okay, I will mve
steady dew
Avrae isn't showing Portraits
fickle salmon
It's a Discord API problem, not an Avrae problem. As the message in Avrae's Discord says, "Thanks for reporting the issue. Currently, the Discord API (the mechanism Avrae uses to communicate with Discord) is experiencing an outage. It should recover on its own soon.
You can check Discord's status at https://discordstatus.com/."
vale coral
hihi, i'm very new to d&d over discord and bots, just need help setting up rage for a barbarian with the avrae bot?
vale coral
thank you so much!
viscid kernel
@steady dew That ability score issue you had should be fixed.
errant valley
does beyond20 supposed to send your digital dice rolls to avrae on discord? The results show on r20, but were not playing there.
fickle salmon
There is no means of sending your DDB rolls to Discord as of this time, nor am I aware of any plans to do so in the future.
errant valley
damn, somebody really needs to design that
empty linden
Beyond20 supposedly ahs a way to connect the two but I have not used it
But using Avrae is pretty awesome
blissful current
Beyond20 is for Roll20 and Foundry. Avrae is already part of D&D beyond.
errant valley
i have done the connecting, but when i roll the dice, it does not show up in discord
fickle salmon
Beyond20 is a third-party service, and is thus not officially supported.
viscid kernel
You'd have to ask its creators what it does or doesn't support.
wheat gardenBOT
Loaded and saved data for Blade Kilson!
Warning: This will overwrite a character with the same ID. Do you wish to continue (reply yes/no)?
If you only wanted to update your character, run !update instead.
empty linden
Beyond20 works with various VTTs. Again though, 3rd party browser extension that sits between two different systems
errant valley
yes
wheat gardenBOT
fickle salmon
Can we try and keep dice rolls and such in #ddb-avrae-commands ?
fading siren
You can still do the commands in #ddb-avrae-commands. With help being given in here
fickle salmon
And I've demonstrated some of the basic commands for using Avrae to do the dice rolls in Discord. I can't help you with Beyond20.
errant valley
understood
late elmBOT
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything content is now available in Avrae, except for the following:
- Optional Class Features will not be available for lookup until Tuesday, November 24.
This message will be edited when Optional Class Features are available. Thanks for your patience!
Edit: Optional Class Features are now available in !class and !classfeat!
crystal beacon
Woo!
empty linden
Oh nice!
fleet drift
reduced threat doesn't automate the -2 penalty to ability checks and saving throws, i wish they did because when targeted by a spell saving throws are done automatically and -2 might change the border between full and half damage
instead DMs have to edit manually
potent viper
Short question: Can you get a 18 with Avrae when creating random character?
fickle salmon
https://discordapp.com/channels/516367331358801950/552960259799515147/779870881207418911
Someone got two 18s with !randchar yesterday.
potent viper
Oh . And is there still the equal chances to get a 18. or is the chance to get 12 higher?
fleet drift
there's an equal chance for every roll
fickle salmon
Avrae uses a random-number generator that works out fairly in the long run. However, you will notice that there are more combinations of numbers that add up to 12 than numbers that add up to 18. So rolling a 12 is more likely to happen than 18.
fleet drift
this is valid, i meant the single rolls, every d6
unkempt crater
!help
waxen orbit
i have done the connecting, but when i roll the dice, it does not show up in dis...
Beyond20 rolls will post to any channel you set up
As a DM, I connected Beyond20 to DDB and the rolls posted in my DM channel in Discord.
gusty egret
Beyond20 is not officially supported. I'd suggest finding out if they have a support channel you can use, this is for Avrae.
fickle ember
How do i switch between characters?
I have two of them registered but the only method I know Is registering them again
gusty egret
Saw you typing, didn't want to interrupt, !character <name>
empty linden
!char <name of character>
fickle ember
Oh! thanks everybody!<3
gusty egret
Also, please feel free to run commands in #ddb-avrae-commands !help may be a good idea.
fickle ember
ok, Thanks again!<3
empty linden
Yeah keep the commands in #ddb-avrae-commands - helps keep this channel clear for questions! 👍
cobalt gyro
https://discordapp.com/channels/516367331358801950/552960259799515147/7798708812...
Ive randchar 5 18’s before. God himself approved that particular character. Im too lazy to do the math on that, but the chances of that were ridiculous.
(Sorry for the ping, its just a bragging point for me)
fickle salmon
Not a problem, I would have been alerted anyhow. (The privilege of having a purple name comes with having this channel on full alert. "With minor power comes minor responsibility..." and all that.)
cobalt gyro
Ah. Still...
I intentionally took a three for my last stat, and since it was a mystic, things got out of hand VERY quickly
fickle salmon
It's a 1 in 76,527,504 chance of getting 5 18s out of 6, not caring what the 6th roll is.
cobalt gyro
Nice. Of course, its the same odds for any specific stats, but still,
whole root
Am I correct in saying that if I ask Avrae to pull something up for me, be it a spell, feat, condition, etc, it will directly show me the content displayed on dndbeyond or has somebody painstakingly typed up the details from the books as published by wotc?
fickle salmon
It's the content from D&D Beyond, I believe. Because we have/had a typo in 'Steel DefendeR'.
whole root
Okay, thank you.
velvet granite
Is there a way to enter a pdf into avrae?
Cuz I have a character sheet as a pdf but idk how to use it with avrae?
fickle salmon
No. There are only three supported methods of inputing a sheet into Avrae. !beyond, !gsheet and !dicecloud.
manic estuary
There used to be pdf support many moons ago, but it was removed because pdf editors are anything but consistent, so there were constant errors with import.
velvet granite
Can I transfer my character into one of these supported methods
fickle salmon
Did you generate this PDF from a D&D Beyond character?
velvet granite
no I filled it in by hand
manic estuary
Nothing allows pdf upload, you're basically just going to have to copy it over to the new system you choose yourself.
velvet granite
Cuz Idk how to use either dnd beyond nor gsheet
manic estuary
gsheet (esp 1.4) is basically just the same as a pdf sheet, it's the most like a paper and pencil sheet.
viscid kernel
But creating a character in D&D Beyond is super easy.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/builder#/
manic estuary
gsheet 2.1 has that same aesthetic, but automates a bunch.
And yeah, Beyond is relatively easy, especially compared to dicecloud, which has the steepest learning curve.
fickle salmon
will not recommend a new player start with Dicecloud Dicecloud is unique. It's like using the D&D Beyond homebrew tools to build every character, every time.
velvet granite
I can give gsheet a try I didn't really like usig dnd beyonds character builder
Is there an official link?
viscid kernel
You can use !help gsheet to get the file you need.
velvet granite
!help gsheet
wheat gardenBOT
I have sent help to your PMs.
velvet granite
But I can't write in it do I copy it?
manic estuary
Acceptable for one-off commands like that, but for future reference, #ddb-avrae-commands for commands to keep this channel tidy.
velvet granite
ah ok mb
manic estuary
It says in the upper right "In order to use this sheet yourself, click File, Make a Copy." or summat to that effect.
velvet granite
ok thank you
native galeBOT
unkempt crater
There an easy way to roll a check with advantage?
gusty egret
Yes, add adv
vivid sparrow
Hey, newbie here, been using Avrae. How does an artificer artillerist use create eldritch cannon and specify which type he wants to create? Theres no command I can find. Its not technically a spell. Just an action.
viscid kernel
Avrae doesn’t typically have built-in support for specific class features.
But it looks like there’s a couple user-made aliases available for it. You can add the command with just a couple clicks.
https://avrae.io/dashboard/workshop?order=popular-1w&page=1&tags=artificer
uneven rapids
So uhh....homunculus servants in Avrae...how?
hushed lotus
The same as steel defenders. for initiative, just !init madd "homunculus servant" -hp x
uneven rapids
Really? That it?
hushed lotus
Yep.
exotic cosmos
How do you use a dragonborns breath weapon in avrae?
fickle salmon
There's several ways, but the one that's most suggested is to use Avrae's Dashboard (https://avrae.io/dashboard/characters ) to create a breath weapon as an attack.
exotic cosmos
Ok cool thank you
finite stirrup
safe perch
hey, for a while dnd beyond allowed me to share the stuff i bought with the players in my campaign, a new player joined and they don't have access to this feature, why?
hushed lotus
-rr doesn't work.
!roll 1d20+4 -rr 2 just feeds an error. because of course it does. -rr never works for me.
steady dew
avrae is going weird lately, it bugged out on a snippet for no reason and fixed over nothing
fickle salmon
`!roll 1d20+4 -rr 2` just feeds an error. because of course it does. -rr never w...
There's a seperate command for rolling multiple times. Either !multiroll or !rr <number> <dicestring>
steady dew
but why does rr no longer work
fickle salmon
It's because -rr 3 is a tag used in !attack, !check, !save and !cast. !roll only looks at the first argument, anything typed after the space is considered "descriptive text" that gets bolded and put in front.
-rr has never worked with !roll.
(For clarification, you can use rr# at the end of a dice string to reroll a dice until it no longer matches the given value. It is not the same as !rr however.)
viscid kernel
hey, for a while dnd beyond allowed me to share the stuff i bought with the play...
Has that player linked their DDB and Discord accounts? They can use !ddb to get instructions or confirm they’re linked.
wispy garden
What's the best video to watch or article to read about running combat with avrae? When I use the !help init command I get a lot of stuff but it's in alphabetical and not really helpful for learning
stoic owl
can you create your own spells like you can an action?
fickle salmon
can you create your own spells like you can an action?
Yes. You can create a tome of homebrew spells and automate them in Avrae's Dashboard.
viscid kernel
viscid kernel
What's the best video to watch or article to read about running combat with avra...
There’s a four minute video on that same site that walks through the basics.
https://avrae.io/
stoic owl
with DnD beyond, is there anyway I can edit my hit dc manually?
viscid kernel
Hit DC?
stoic owl
huh, that was really easy, idk why ive been struggling
fickle salmon
What's the best video to watch or article to read about running combat with avra...
You can also read the Player's Guide to Combat here: https://avrae.readthedocs.io/en/stable/cheatsheets/pc_combat.html
If you're the DM, the DM Guide is here:
https://avrae.readthedocs.io/en/stable/cheatsheets/dm_combat.html
stoic owl
really silly questions lmao
wispy garden
Thank you
stoic owl
do you need to cast agonizing blast to get the +5 to work?
agonizing adds a +5 to damage w/ warlock and when i cast the spell it rolls without it
for eldritch blast
fickle salmon
!cast doesn't see the warlock invocations you've taken, so you have to let it know you have a bonus to damage. !cast does this with the -d tag. So if you !cast "eldritch blast" -d 5, you'll get the damage bonus.
stoic owl
even when I go to overide the damage modifier on my sheet it doesnt add the damage
fickle salmon
You can speed this up with what's known as a snippet. If you're repeating certain tags over and over again, you can give those tags a nickname like this: !snippet ag -d 5.
Then, all you have to do is use: !cast eldritch ag
stoic owl
oh sick
fickle salmon
!cast uses it's own database of "automation". It will always reflect the baseline damage of the spell, no matter what you put on your sheet.
stoic owl
is the "ag" arbitrary letters
fickle salmon
Yep! It's short for "agonizing blast" but whatever floats your boat...
fickle salmon
!snippet not !snippit
And I used the -i tag because "eldritch blast" isn't a spell I can normally cast.
stoic owl
i forgot to put a space lmao, sorry for the @
super cool thank you!
is there a way to roll for "grasp of the deep" or should i just create a new action for it
fickle salmon
That's the Fathomless patron action?
fickle salmon
I think you'll have to create a couple of actions. One for summoning the tentacle, {proficiencyBonus} times per day, and one for the attack.
stoic owl
huh, im in dnd beyond and I'm trying to make an action that would essentially perform like the move, but it doesnt seem like theres a way to modify the hit DC for a custom action
(i have a rod of the pact keeper so I get a +2 to hit)
fickle salmon
You might have to use the override function to set it to the correct value and remember to change it whenever your proficiency bonus increases.
stoic owl
I see that non-custom made actions can be overidden, but it seems like you cant override the to hit for custom made actions
fickle salmon
You made a 'Spell' action, not an 'Attack' action? The difference may be what's not picking up the rod of the pact keeper.
fickle salmon
It depends. The gsheet should automatically detect great weapons and change the dice string. Beyond is supposed to have a similar system in place. Dicecloud you can append the ro<3 to the damage string yourself.
narrow aspen
I'm using avrae in discord and ro<3 isn't working
fickle salmon
Failing that happening automatically, you can also create an attack with !attack add "Greatsword (GWF)" -b proficiencyBonus+strengthMod -d 1d12ro<3+{strengthMod}[slashing]
Then, to pull that attack up, you call !a GWF and any arguments.
fading socket
how make avrea manage my character\
fickle salmon
You create a character on D&D Beyond, then import that data into Avrae with the !beyond <url> where you replace <url> with the sharing link you can copy by clicking on the Share button at the top of the sheet.
Then, if you make changes to the sheet in DDB, (like gaining a level or buying equipment) you can !update Avrae to all the changes.
barren dome
do the -custom arguments work with cast instead of attack?
I'm just trying to make a functional action that deals damage or half as much on a save, but if I make it as an attack I can't set save DCs and if I make it a spell I can't customize it without picking a base spell to modify
fickle salmon
looks through the help files for !attack and !cast and doesn't find -custom
barren dome
yeah I just tried it on a lark and it doesn't look like it works
fickle salmon
Are you trying to create an !init effect that gives a custom attack?
barren dome
I noted this over in DDB Help but one of my players is playing the new UA Dragon monk, and part of the problem is that the action isn't presenting a save as part of the attack when called. So basically, I'm just trying to make a custom action that does what the breath of the dragon is supposed to do
in Avrae, that is
fickle salmon
reading the UA to get the context in how to build the attack
barren dome
Breath of the Dragon
You can channel your ki into destructive waves of energy like the dragons you emulate. When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of the attacks with an exhalation of draconic energy in either a 20-foot cone or a 30-foot line that is 5 feet wide (your choice). Choose a damage type: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison. Each creature in the area must make a Dexterity saving throw against your ki save DC, taking damage of the chosen type equal to two rolls of your Martial Arts die on a failure, or half as much damage on a success.At 11th level, the damage of your breath increases to three rolls of your Martial Arts die.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. While you have no uses available, you can spend 1 ki point to use this feature again.
So for this player in particular, it should be prompting a DC 12 Dex save as part of the action, but it doesn't; hence why we tried making a custom action, but the aforementioned options we have don't seem to have everything we need to make it work correctly
short of homebrewing a cantrip or something
fickle salmon
Hmmm, sufficiently complex.
barren dome
I mean the easy answer is just to get DDB to include the save in the original attack's coding but being UA I know its normal for things to be missing lol
fickle salmon
It's a little more complicated than that, but I'm 75% done. I just need to fix the formula for martial arts dice.
OK, now the battle is to get the damage correct.
Aha! OK, since the monk is able to choose the damage, I've copied the chromatic orb bit, and you can choose the damage with -dtype chromatic>lightning or whatever you choose.
iron yoke
Poliphas, a bit of technical detail there
You should make sure you use -dtype "before>after" instead of just -dtype "after"
Since otherwise, you may end up messing up other sources of additional damage
(For example, if a snippet for an item does -d "1d6[fire]", using -dtype "before>after" will leave it alone, while -dtype "after" should change everything to after)
fickle salmon
True. I didn't see a way to get a second damage into a breath weapon.
@barren dome I've got a solution for your monk friend. Have him run the following command. Be sure to put it in ``` code box ``` so that everything copies over correctly:
!attack import {"name":"Ki Breath","automation":[{"type":"variable","meta":[],"name":"dice","value":"2+(MonkLevel-1)//10","onError":"2"},{"type":"variable","meta":[],"name":"martial","value":"4+((MonkLevel-1)//4)*2","onError":"4"},{"type":"roll","meta":[],"dice":"{dice}d{martial}[chromatic]","name":"damage"},{"type":"target","meta":[],"target":"all","effects":[{"type":"save","meta":[],"stat":"dex","fail":[{"type":"damage","meta":[],"damage":"{damage}"}],"success":[{"type":"damage","meta":[],"damage":"({damage})/2"}],"dc":"8+proficiencyBonus+wisdomMod"}]}],"_v":2,"proper":false,"verb":null}
AND it will automatically grow with your monk.
barren dome
Nice
wispy garden
How do you search a specific thread for a question?
I'm sure people have already asked plenty of times how a player should run a druid when they wildshape.. I don't want to be a bother but I don't know where to search for that
fickle salmon
Discord search druid in: ddb-avrae-help.
wispy garden
thanks!
wispy garden
having trouble getting targeting to work. Tried the suggestions in searches and it didn't seem to work?
when I use !i list, I get a combat list
When i type those names exactly as the -t argument I get "no target found"
I've tried case senstative and not..
not sure why but I think I found the problem. If I don't type the attack argument, I get a prompt for which attack to use. After I enter it, I get "no target found".
If I enter the attack with the attack type argument (i.e. "Scimitar") then it works. But doing it without a target, and without a attack type causes avrae to prompt for the attack type - then correctly sends the attack to chat without a target. Not sure if that's intended but it works.
manic estuary
!attack scimitar -t TA1 👍
!attack -t TA1 👎
steady dew
use !a for an attack list
manic estuary
Not sure I understand everything you're saying, but if you type out exactly what you're typing, I can tell you what's right and wrong.
steady dew
!i a attackname -t targetname (arguments, such as adv)
the i in the beginning isn't even really necessary?
manic estuary
Not for players.
!init attack is for attacking as the current combatant in initiative.
!attack is for attacking as your currently loaded character.
steady dew
ah
so yeah anyone running a combat needs to use !i to restrict the !a list to what the current combatant has
marble belfry
Hey guys
I have a technical issue with Avrae I was hoping to get some help with
One of my players cannot cast Toll the Dead, even after updating their sheet to the very latest version, but if I load up their sheet myself, I can do it just fine.
hushed lotus
is their DDB tied to Discord
wheat gardenBOT
No alias named toll found.
hushed lotus
...dang it, one sec lemme grab it
-title "<name> casts Toll the Dead{{f' at {t.name}!' if t else (f' at {tn}!' if tn else '!')}}"
-desc "<name> points at one creature they can see within range (60ft), and the sound of a dolorous bell fills the air around it for a moment. The target must succeed on a **DC {{dc}}** Wisdom saving throw or take {{y}}d8 necrotic damage. If the target is missing any of its hit points, it instead takes {{y}}d12 necrotic damage. "
{{s=t.save('wis') if t else None}}{{saved=s.total>=dc if s else None}}{{o=(f'-f "Damage|**WIS Save:** {s}; Failure!\n{t.damage(Z).damage}"' if t.hp/t.maxhp < 1 and not saved else (f'-f "Damage|**WIS Save:** {s}; Failure!\n{t.damage(z).damage}"' if not saved else f'-f "Damage|**WIS Save:** {s}; Success!\n**Damage:** `0`"')) if s else None}}
{{f'-f "Undamaged | {vroll(z)}"\n-f "Damaged | {vroll(Z)}"' if not o else o}}
{{f'-footer "{t.name}: {t.hp_str()}"' if t else None}}```it does the math and rolls the damage if you just do !toll <target ID>
hushed lotus
still, that alias is better cause it will automatically do the save and only roll the applicable damage.
sips
hushed lotus
lol
marble belfry
One last help
How do I get Avrae to recognize different Eldritch Cannon forms
It seems to only accept flamethrower
hushed lotus
I have a thing for that too one sec
Riptide's Artificer Collection in the Avrae workshop
that'll sort you out
dusky flare
So! I have an aberrant mind sorcerer using some new content from Tasha's on DnD beyond, particularly the abberant mind subclass, and the following spells "Arms of Hadar, Dissonant Whispers, Mind Sliver, Tasha's Caustic Brew" keep showing up as unknown in my spellbook, and are totally not castable.
fickle salmon
Have you linked your Discord account up to your DDB account? (See: https://dndbeyond.com/account )
dusky flare
That was exactly the problem!
fickle salmon
That's why it was the first question I asked. 🙂 If it was linked up, then we'd have to go through some other checks. But 90% of the time if Avrae isn't reading stuff you've bought on DDB, it's because Beyond isn't connected to your Discord account.
lethal ridge
How does using dnd beyond sheets on Avrae compare to google sheets? I've used google a lot and have been having issues with the latest version, 2.1 with data entry and adding homebrew information. I am thinking of going back to the old version of google sheets but I heard you can use Dnd beyond on it as well.
fickle salmon
Ah, you'll have to use the D&D Beyond homebrew system to build whatever homebrew you have. However, the character building process is fairly intuitive after you've built the homebrew.
steady dew
it all boils down to the idea of, think of the DDB Homebrew tools and Avrae as any other compilation of code:
They're very, very, very smart idiots.
They can do what they're designed for really well, if you can make it understand what you want it to do. If you can make it understand, then it just clicks and it works beautifully.
DDB homebrew tools so far only really go as far to make mechanical changes to the sheet as far as anything else does it, whether it's a subclass, item, or race. Anything super complex is manual.
Avrae is worth the server(?) weight in gold. if you put an attack through, it rolls and does damage and damage adjustments, all instantly and automatically.
Avrae seems to work best on DDB sheets in my experience, but people seem to be able to use Dicecloud and Gsheets alright, although I do hear of dicecloud being really complex to work with.
TLDR: In my experience, DDB sheets on avrae works so, so much better. There's no risk of a typo in the Google Sheet or anything making a bunch of code bork.
the DDB sheet automatically gets attacks read by Avrae, however Homebrew spells would need to be manually set up to do automation.
zenith wharf
hello there!
to make a attack w/ disvantage using Avrae is !init attack -dis -t <target>, right?
hushed lotus
no dash for dis.
zenith wharf
thanks
hushed lotus
so it'd be !init attack -t <target> dis (or !init attack dis -t <target> I don't think order matters)
steady dew
!i a attackname -t targetcode dis
lethal ridge
it all boils down to the idea of, think of the DDB Homebrew tools and Avrae as a...
thank you!
hushed lotus
Learn Draconic and become a god! 😄
lethal ridge
how can i make it so that my sneak attack rolls with my attack
hushed lotus
!alias sa
wheat gardenBOT
No alias named sa found.
hushed lotus
wait, it's a snippet
lethal ridge
If i do "!a sneak attack" it rolls
hushed lotus
!snippet sa {{dice=ceil(int(get('RogueLevel',level))/2)}} -d1 "{{dice}}d6" -f "Sneak Attack|Once per turn, you can deal an extra {{dice}}d6 damage to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll." here you are
lethal ridge
awesome
hushed lotus
put that in Avrae, then just add "sa" like you would "adv" or "dis" and it'll autocalc for you
it SHOULD even change the sneak damage to match whatever attack proc'd it
fickle salmon
In the raw form, you want to use -d1 1d6 as a first level rogue. However, the provided code will grow with you as you level up.
lethal ridge
oh o
hushed lotus
It's cleaner than remembering to manually do the damage bonus I find. lol
dry ridge
Hello! What should I do to link Discord, Avrae, and D&D Beyond. Do I just have to log in to Avrae and that'll automatically do it?
fickle salmon
Have you gone to https://dndbeyond.com/account and logged into your Discord account there?
dry ridge
Ah. Thank you! I'll do that.
wheat gardenBOT
sneak: ```py
!snippet sneak {{dice=ceil(int(get('RogueLevel',0))/2)}} {{f'-d1 "{dice}d6" -f "Sneak Attack|Once per turn, you can deal an extra {dice}d6 damage to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll."' if dice else '-f "Liar|You are not a rogue. You do not get sneak attack."'}}
seems a bit more complex but hey same thing
hushed lotus
it's more or less the same, just with the Liar part 😛
fickle salmon
goes to #ddb-avrae-commands to check his snippets
hushed lotus
funny, I kinda assumed you were female, Poli. not sure why.
fickle salmon
It's the avatar... based on my highest level character, Qadira al-Sahad.
hushed lotus
Nah, I think it's the name. it just seems feminine to me? I dunno, ah well, not the point of the channel.
steady dew
good art tho.
hushed lotus
fantastic art though
dry ridge
My friend has his DDB linked to his Discord. He has access to a PHB but Avrae still wont let him do !level sorcerer 1 wild magic
hushed lotus
he needs to have the level alias subscribed for himself.
along with a bunch of subcommands within it
fickle salmon
Have him run !level sub phb
dry ridge
We do have that servalias.
dry ridge
Have him run `!level sub phb`
I'll try this.
lethal ridge
ill be back once i get hexblade levels for my swashbuckler. 🤣
thank you
is there a cutting words snippet?
hushed lotus
if there is, I don't have it
dry ridge
Thanks, @fickle salmon! It worked. 😄
fickle salmon
is there a cutting words snippet?
There isn't a snippet for 'cutting words' as it's more of a reaction to something else, rather than something you are doing on your turn.
lethal ridge
ah ok thank oyu
native galeBOT
wispy garden
I'm struggling to get consistent targeting
do I have to have the full character name to target a PC with a monster in initiative?
fickle salmon
No. You can use partial matching with targeting players and monsters.
wispy garden
I have character sheet loaded and in combat
my list looks like this:
Current initiative: 22 (round 1)
22: gob2 <Healthy>
18: gob3 <Healthy>
15: MI1 <Healthy>
11: OR1 <Healthy>
6: gob1 <Healthy>
5: Test Character <27/27 HP> (AC
And when I type: "!i a -t test", it gives me a dialogue to select the weapon (desired outcome) then after I select the attack, it outputs "No Target Found"
manic estuary
The -t is getting eaten to try to find a weapon
wispy garden
ahhhh
fickle salmon
Try putting the weapon in !i a scimitar -t test
manic estuary
The syntax is !i a <attackName> [args]
The <attackName> means an attack name is required.
wispy garden
is there a way to have it ask for the weapon instead?
manic estuary
So that spot will always be used to try to find the weapon.
wispy garden
so that I don't have to remember all of the attacks of the monster who's turn it is?
manic estuary
You could !i a a -t test and rely on fuzzy matching the "a"
wispy garden
Oh that makes sense
manic estuary
Easy enough to keep the stat blocks open in another channel while running a combat though.
vale turret
I believe you can also just do !i a list and it will dm u the list, easily enough
wispy garden
yeah I could get that working but switching between dms and channels is not nearly as nice as a prompt just coming up in line saying "which attack?"
it's just a limitation of the bot though - no biggie. at least now i understand why the behavior was happening
how do you see the current spell slots for your loaded character
fickle salmon
!game ss will list all spell slots. !sb will list your spell slots and all spells known.
!g status will also show spell slots along with your HP and other custom counters you have set up.
wispy garden
where are those commands? I was looking through the list but must have been looking in the wrong place?
fickle salmon
!help game
wispy garden
thank you!
does Avrae to DnDBeyond integration only go one way?
like can avrae update your character sheet? I assume no
fickle salmon
Correct. Avrae can read your sheet, but not write to it.
empty linden
one way - Avrae reads from DDB but can't write back. And that's a good thing IMO.
viscid kernel
You could `!i a a -t test` and rely on fuzzy matching the "a"
Note that fuzzy matching on “a” will only return attacks that have an “a” in the name.
No “Bite”.
wispy garden
one way - Avrae reads from DDB but can't write back. And that's a good thing IMO...
Is the common method for tracking your game status to just rely entirely on avrae? Do people usually update their charsheet on DnD beyond after a fight? After a Session? What's the common workflow?
wispy garden
Note that fuzzy matching on “a” will only return attacks that have an “a” in the...
Yeah I figured that one out shortly after.
empty linden
As a player I update in both
vale turret
I track all my things in avrae, but things that can be automated like magic items and shit are to be done in beyond
empty linden
in the moment, I focus on Avrae, but in RP moments I update the sheet in DDB.
vale turret
I really like the action sections for beyond, so I always have that open
wispy garden
And then you send rolls to discord with Beyond20?
vale turret
You can't, i think
wispy garden
so what do you do?
empty linden
Beyond20 can do it (browser extension) but I just roll in Avrae
wispy garden
sorry for so many quesitons but we're transitioning away from roll20
empty linden
It's fast enough
vale turret
Just, whatever I need to do!
!check deception
!save dex
!init begin
wispy garden
no sorry, I meant the action sections of beyond
wispy garden
I really like the action sections for beyond, so I always have that open
this
vale turret
I just type it in discord
!a rapier adv -t goblin
!cast "chromatic orb" -t goblin -dtype "chromatic">"fire"
Etc etc
I use avrae regiously
vale turret
!help init is good to check out if you want to automate combat in discord using avrae, and the !map alias is a blessing. At this point, you only need discord
wispy garden
Where do i got to find out info about !map and what it does?
empty linden
Go to the Avrae developer discord and learn about aliases
wispy garden
ok
vale turret
yup!
map is to display a battlemap in discord
empty linden
You can find the link in the pinned messages here on the channel
wispy garden
wow that's nice
vale turret
Takes a bit to learn it, but then it is quite nice
dull olive
after "!r perception"
this happened "Error in roll: Unexpected input on line 1, col 1: expected U_OP, DECIMAL, D, LPAR, INTEGER, got p"
attacking works
wispy garden
So that server is great and all, but I don't want to spam it to death with questions - and I don't see specifically where I should go to read up on aliases - vs just talking about them in the channel... Any direction? or is it a trial by fire type thing?
vale turret
have fun
Aliases are in these channels
You can just pop into help and ask what they do, which are great to have etc
wispy garden
okay.. Do I need to have a baseline of what they even are?? haha. Like "hey guys what's an alias"
lol
vale turret
Verbose Character Tools are a must if you have any content on beyond, makes it much easier
Yeah we don't bite
dull olive
what server is this
wispy garden
kinda lost but not afraid to read on my own - just don't wanna drag down a channel with tons of questions that might be in an FAQ somehwere
vale turret
the avrae development server Amy
dull olive
invite?
fickle salmon
It's why we get paid the big bucks have a fancy title.
viscid kernel
Here’s a good intro on aliases.
https://avrae.readthedocs.io/en/latest/aliasing/aliasing.html
wispy garden
thanks
viscid kernel
And you’ll definitely want to check out the Alias Workshop, too.
https://avrae.io/dashboard/workshop?order=popular-1w&page=1
wispy garden
is there a way to send multiple lines of avrae commands in one text block?
like if i wanted to sent !init begin and !i madd goblin and !i madd orc
is there a way to prep before the session and be able to copy and paste the whole thing in at once instead of line by line?
found it on the avrae server
viscid kernel
Yup! Just start with !multiline
wispy garden
thank you spam!
viscid kernel
!multiline
!i begin
!i madd goblin
!i madd orc
very helpful. I appreciate it
uneven rapids
how do i uhh...use Hexblade's Curse?
crystal beacon
with !warlock hex curse -t
fickle salmon
That's an alias, not a base command!
uneven rapids
So uhh....?
fickle salmon
Not a problem. It gets confusing when some aliases get so popular they get mistaken for basic commands.
What Wither needs is a !snippet that will add -d {proficiencyBonus} -criton 19 to the attack rolls. So like this:
!snippet hex -d {proficiencyBonus} -criton 19
Then, when you attack your hexed target, you can make it look like, !a pact hex
fickle salmon
I tell the DM, "I put my hexblade curse on this target."
crystal galleon
ok, so, i noticed avrae has a -controller tag in the init command. can someone explain how to get this tag to work cause i can't figure it out for the life of me
viscid kernel
Just use their Discord tag. -controller @Mr.CDPlays#6351
crystal galleon
alright.....i tried using exactly that to allow someone to control a group of monodrones and tridrones, but it simply wouldn't work for me
fickle salmon
It allows you to add a "monster" under the control of a player, like pets and summons.
refers to the help files in another channel
viscid kernel
If you can copy/paste the exact command(s) you used, we can help you figure it out.
(In #ddb-avrae-commands if you actually want to run them)
fickle salmon
Please use `graves` if you don't want them to be run...
viscid kernel
Ah. !i madd doesn't support -controller.
crystal galleon
ah crap
viscid kernel
!multiline
!i madd monodrone
!i opts MO1 -controller @Spoxy#3621
Or just have Spoxy do the !i madd monodrone and it'll be under their control automatically.
crystal galleon
they don't have the sourcebook the monodrones and tridrones are from
i think it's under the monster manual, which they don't have
viscid kernel
Gotcha
fickle salmon
nod Monodrones are found in the Monster Manual.
viscid kernel
So yeah, you'd have to set the controller afterward.
crystal galleon
figured as much, i just couldn't remember specifically
ah, alright. so i'd have to summon them in first, then type in !i opt <enemy name> <ping person>?
viscid kernel
Don't forget the -controller in there, but yeah.
crystal galleon
ah, right, thanks
fickle salmon
I'm going to check to see if someone's already requested this, if not, it's a good idea to add -controller to !i madd.
viscid kernel
I thought I saw that request pop up the other day.
I remember a discussion about "Why wouldn't the controller add it themselves?"
Apparently this is why. 😛
fickle salmon
AFR-691... already upvoted it...
viscid kernel
@crystal galleon If you upvote it, too, you'll get updates if/when it gets added.
crystal galleon
yeah, the person not having the sourcebook of the monster they wanna summon in can be a pretty big halt to a quest cause it would mean someone would have to remake it in a homebrew bestiery
where's the upvote option? is it pinned or is it in a channel?
viscid kernel
In the Avrae Dev server, there's a channel called #stuff-tracker. You just react with a thumbs up.
wheat gardenBOT
spamandtuna
viscid kernel
Alternatively, you can DM Taine#8378 with the message ~upvote AFR-691
crystal galleon
almost immediately, i got a note from the voting that basically just said "just give money to us for the subscription service" XD
fickle salmon
That was in response to the explanation I put in. There are a couple people who see that if there's a way to do it, it doesn't need to be simplified.
crystal galleon
i still find it funny that their go-to response was to just say "pay up. it's an option" XD
manic estuary
The person that responded to you is not employed by Beyond or Fandom. They are a volunteer who was offerring another solution to the problem you presented.
viscid kernel
(On that note, neither is anyone else in this conversation. 😜)
gusty egret
As far as I'm aware the only paid person with Avrae is Zhu, everyone else is entirely volunteer work.
slate viper
Is there a reason ddb stopped displaying monster stats fully for me all of a sudden? I have all paid content
Huh nvm it works here
fickle salmon
Are you the server owner, and/or have one of the following Discord roles: DM, Dungeon Master, GM, or Game Master?
fickle salmon
No. That's been a feature of monster lookup for a long time.
slate viper
I've never had those tags before and it was working. I'm even an Admin on the server.
fickle salmon
You can toggle it to run like here with the command: !lookup_settings -req_dm_monster false
fickle salmon
Yes. There are help files for all commands, including !lookup_settings. There's a way to have the monster stats sent to personal messages of the DM if the first setting is true. And then you can have it PM the stat block to whoever requests it to prevent spam. See !help lookup_settings for more details...
slate viper
Great thanks! I swear this wasnt an issue yesterday
fickle salmon
Other helpful settings include: !help csettings
slate viper
Thanks again
wispy garden
I'm having trouble getting avrae to list my monster's attacks
I've got them loaded and i'm trying to send "!i ma list" but it doesn't send antyhing
also how do you type something in a code tag on discord?
I'll try to do that from now on
fickle salmon
Just !i a list if it's their turn.
`code tags`
wispy garden
okay that worked but what about their spells?
it was not included in the list of attacks
fickle salmon
Ummm, I don't know that. I might have to ask someone else...
wispy garden
okay
fickle salmon
Please keep dice rolls and other commands in #ddb-avrae-commands please.
potent apex
!randchar
fickle salmon
!randchar
Don't use commands in this channel. Please use #ddb-avrae-commands instead.
warped crown
if I bought a hardback copy of PHB, can I use it via DNDBeyond with !level sub phb?
!level sub phb
wheat gardenBOT
Pippin
fickle salmon
Having a hard copy of the PHB doesn't grant you access to the content on D&D Beyond any more than buying a book at Barnes & Nobles grants you access to the audiobook version on Spotify. Wizards of the Coast (who sell the books) are not the same company as D&D Beyond (who grant you access to a digital license to use the PHB content on their platform).
warped crown
Boo Hoo - thx for responding though
viscid kernel
Boo Hoo - thx for responding though
You don’t necessarily have to buy the whole book, though. You can buy just the subclass or whatever that you need.
Plus, whatever you spend will be subtracted from the future price of the book itself, too.
manic estuary
That doesn't work for the !level sub stuff though since in order to sub to a source, you need to have access to everything in it and there's no better way to handle that currently.
steady dew
what does the 'sub' stuff even do in Avrae?
crystal beacon
Gives you access to what you have bought on DDB
young arch
┬─┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ)
crystal beacon
for commands and automisation as well as looking things up
steady dew
but... linking accounts is what that's for???
crystal beacon
oh you mean the level sub things
well yeah it still helps with automisation of a few things and keeping track of things
steady dew
I have everything on DDB, linked accounts, i can look everything up, so what would level sub do for me
hushed lotus
It has a bunch of automations like Race casting and stuff
steady dew
ah?
hushed lotus
can do !racecast Cure Wounds as a mark of healing halfling etc
steady dew
is there a way to look up things like... truesight
fickle salmon
I can't find a way to lookup 'truesight' in Avrae. Most of the lookup features are geared towards helping the player. So you can lookup !racefeat darkvision to get a list of 5 races with darkvision. And if you selected one, you'd get the short blurb about how that race sees in the dark.
steady dew
true seeing the spell, I guess?
unkempt bramble
how do you search out sub class with the bot?
fickle salmon
!subclass
unkempt bramble
ok thanks
unkempt bramble
is the class variant stuff search able with the bot presently
fickle salmon
It appears to be. The single sample of "Steady Aim" was found with !classfeat.
hearty kite
I just added avrae to my discord and the bot is hidden from the members list and none of the commands are working
fickle salmon
You may have to add the Discord Role to Avrae that allows members to see those channels.
dense hemlock
How do you do beast master companion attacks with avrae?
fickle salmon
There are a number of ways. If you have a beast that has a stat block in the Basic Rules as your companion, you can just add it to the initiative and have its attacks on its turn.
If you're asking about the new companions from Tasha's, since the stat blocks are variable, you can't add the beast into initiative like a regular beast. So, you can create an action on your sheet that has the same attack bonus and damage as your companion. You then just run that attack when your companion would attack.
Or, you can use !attack add to build the attack in Avrae and use it the same as above. See !help attack add for the syntax for adding an attack. (This can also be done through Avrae's Dashboard.)
dense hemlock
Beast master companion animals get bonuses based on their master's proficiency so I was just wondering if there was a way to do it automatically
guess just adding -b and -d will do
fickle salmon
I haven't played a beast master ranger, so I wasn't familiar with all the rules.
dense hemlock
hardly anyone plays beastmaster lol, no prob
unkempt crater
Wildshape, how do I in Avrae?
viscid kernel
Avrae doesn’t typically have built-in support for specific class features, but there’s a popular alias for it over on the Avrae dev server.
wheat gardenBOT
spamandtuna
unkempt crater
Is there a way to change a monsters stats? Like say AC?
viscid kernel
!i madd wolf -ac 13
!i opts WO1 -ac 13
It works with or without, actually.
steady dew
you can also use -h to make it have visible hp / ac, and -resist/immune/vuln [damage] to types
ahh, also
-b is a bonus
it automatically assumes attacks, but -sb is a save bonus
# adds a Mage Armor effect to Padellis that adds 3 to their AC```Ah, cool thanks.
steady dew
so -ac #
is a set, +# or -# alters whatever it is at the time
unkempt crater
Nice, thank you guys. That helps out so much.
stray coral
I'm trying to get my head around the map alias thingy; I can't seem to get my maps to scale right, is anyone able to help?
gusty egret
I'd suggest hopping over to the Avrae server, the person who did it hangs out there.
stray coral
Ah, cool, thanks
fickle salmon
Agreed. I haven't used the !map alias, and it's an extremely complicated alias. See you in a bit...
stray coral
lol
wheat gardenBOT
Arenlor
bleak vault
Anyone know any alias or snippets for bladesinging?
viscid kernel
There's an alias over in the workshop with a good number of subscribers. Can't say I've used it myself, though.
https://avrae.io/dashboard/workshop/5f7c27cf90e415e96a23cf04
candid flicker
any way to modify the cast command to account for Elemental Adept damage?
candid flicker
thanks, didn’t realize that worked outside of the roll command
fickle salmon
You wouldn't find it in the !help cast file either. It's actually under !help attack.
candid flicker
interesting
No way to display all of Scorching Ray’s rolls either, is there? I recognize that’s a niche thing to account for
fickle salmon
Actually, just was telling you how in the other channel. 🙂
There's another method for multi-targetting, if you're casting while the channel is in !init. Add three -t tags for whatever you're aiming at and it will check the appropriate AC, and do the appropriate damage.
candid flicker
Neat
upbeat cape
!help
wheat gardenBOT
I have sent help to your PMs.
empty linden
!help
Use the #ddb-avrae-commands channel to run Avrae commands. This channel is for people to ask questions about Avrae and we don't want to clutter it up with Avrae commands. Thanks!
young arch
Is there a way to set an existing character sheet as my active sheet on Avrae?
fickle salmon
Assuming it's a B&B Beyond sheet, you can use the !beyond command with the sharing URL of the sheet to load it in.
young arch
ty
weak veldt
Hello all, I am curious to know if there is an active public tome being manged to keep the spells up to date with current Wizards publications. I've had no luck on google. It seems like something like this would be a community effort due to the workload. Any help would be awesome.
hushed lotus
Yeah, the last time I asked about that (even though, you know, I own all the spells), I got yelled at by the Avrae staff.
so in short, no, there isn't.
weak veldt
Oh no kidding. It must be some kind of licensing debacle between the platforms. That's a tad disappointing. This is about the best quick lookup tool there is if not for this.
hushed lotus
it's less licensing and more... "We can't offer non-SRD materials for free, because it amounts to piracy"
pine sun
There are no public tomes, but if you have access to the spells through Beyond, you can access them with Avrae
weak veldt
And this makes sense. At them moment, for example, I have all Sourcebook content. I would expect to see that in their. However, I would imagine checking my particular content, and whether I have access to it, is a bit of a complication.
For instance, Tasha's, XGE, etc. spells do not show up. Unless there's a trick to get Avrae to know I own this source material, it appears the only path is create a tome.
pine sun
It's built in to Avrae. If you've linked your Beyond and Discord account (using !ddb), the bot does the rest
weak veldt
Well, I'll give it another shot. It is linked, but I linked from the Avrae site. Perhaps the running the command from Discord makes the difference.
pine sun
Run it in #ddb-avrae-commands real quick
weak veldt
I'll attempt this. I need to find the appropriate DndBeyond URL real quick. One moment
weak veldt
Yeah, not linked. Strange. This is likely the issue here
pine sun
Yep, so click that link and prosper
weak veldt
I'll give it a shot
pine sun
Make sure you're logged in with the correct discord account
pine sun
My pleasure
celest shore
ive searched for a known issues page for avrae but i cant seem to find one. can someone help me out and point me to one (assuming it even exists)
mental citrus
celest shore
ty
actually i was already there. couldnt find a list per say. did read through all the threads
does anyone know if life domain feature Disciple of life not adding to spells cast is a known issue or something else?
pine sun
does anyone know if life domain feature Disciple of life not adding to spells ca...
Most class features are not built in to Avrae. You can either add the effects manually or head over to the Avrae Development Server and grab the !lifecast alias for a bit more automation
celest shore
Okay thanks. Also i recently started encountering, or rather the players did, basic rules spells (witch bolt & thorn whip) listed as unknown spelks in their spellbook. Is there a fix for this? I already tried toggling content sharing on off.
pine sun
Does it list it with two asterisks?
If yes, that means it's coming from two different sources. There's either a server or a personal tome with those spells listed in addition to Avrae's library
manic estuary
Witch bolt and thorn whip aren't basic rules I don't think, definitely aren't SRD at least.
dull olive
that's correct
viscid kernel
In which case they’re probably showing as unknown because you haven’t linked your DDB and Discord accounts.
You can use !ddb to get instructions or to confirm it’s set up.
manic estuary
@celest shore ☝️ Information and such regarding unknown spells.
celest shore
Ty
steady dew
Would it be safe for me to somehow un-link my discord and DDB, and then re-link it, to see if that fixes the names issue
gusty egret
What names issue?
steady dew
where Avrae says a different name than any of mine
also, DND Beyond, when making new characters, says
"X's" character
where X is the wrong name
gusty egret
Ah, in that case X is your username, not the nickname displayed elsewhere. It's known to be shown in those two areas. Unlinking will not help.
gusty egret
The username in the database on D&D Beyond.
steady dew
how would I get that to be what my username actually is
gusty egret
There is no way to change it, only the nickname, which as I said above is known to not show in those two specific areas.
steady dew
so the issue was fixed for like, a day, and then went back to the issue before
steady dew
So, since you can add monsters to initiative in a group
Is that A: All monsters in the group at the one time? and B: Can you apply an effect to all of them?
viscid kernel
For B, yes. A group is a valid target for effects, attacks, etc. It will apply to each individual in the group.
Can you explain A a little more, though?
steady dew
turns out it's yes, all at the one initiative
although I don't think 16 things should go up there...
viscid kernel
Yeah, I generally try to avoid grouping monsters as much as I can.
Makes it a real headache to attack with a specific one.
viscid kernel
And if you add more than 8 or so, you stop getting individual statuses in the turn list.
steady dew
works, critterDB is nice, except for saves
but, there's no way to do a thing such as -d 1d8[radiant] and +10 THP, right?
For all of them
because I could do the effect for LI1 LI2 etc, but would it error if there was an LI14 listed, but no LI14 since they died and haven't been re-summoned?
viscid kernel
If you did group them, you can target the group.
!i effect <group_name> <effect_name> -d 1d8[radiant]
steady dew
is it genuinely just better for the Lightwing Horde to go all at once?
viscid kernel
If not, you can specify additional targets with -t.
!i effect LI1 <effect_name> -d 1d8[radiant] -t LI2 -t LI14
So RAW, all monsters of the same type are supposed to share the same initiative.
As an alternative to putting them in a group, you can just manually give them the same initiative score.
But as a DM, if I had 16 of them, I’d probably break them into three or four smaller batches and spread them out a little.
A fight where their enemy gets to go 16 times before they can respond is probably not fun for the players.
steady dew
ah
lusty gulch
How would I use my race feat in an attack such as channel divinity or fury of the small
steady dew
probably have Fury be a snippet, fury, and it reads your level and adds damage. Make sure it's on the appropriate damage to buff
lusty gulch
what would the command structure be
steady dew
for which specifically
lusty gulch
for using fury of the small im a little new to the bot
steady dew
when you have the snippet fully, it'd just be a word on the attack.
!a shortbow -t (targetcode) fury would be an attack with a shortbow at a target, and on hit, adds fury of the small's damage
steady dew
let's say you're a level 5 rogue and you took sharpshooter, too.
!a shortbow -t (targetcode) fury sharpshooter
Would be an attack with a shortbow at a target, with -5 to hit. If you do hit, it adds Fury of the Small's damage, and 10 damage.
but you do need to get the fury of the small snippet, I might go get it for you
lusty gulch
yes pls
steady dew
turns out there isn't one but Imma make it for you
lusty gulch
thank you
steady dew
All works, yep
kind fog
Greetings! I have an off the wall question about dndbeyond and Avrae. Looking to run a campaign on discord using Avrae. In order for my PCs to get access to all the races classes backgrounds and spells, what books will I need to purchase on dndbeyond? ...and will I need to get the DMG?
steady dew
basically to have everything... Own everything.
I'd recommend keeping an eye out for DNDBeyond streams when they're back in like... late january. Whenever they roll a nat20, they give away a legendary bundle (which is every book and adventure plus a 15% discount on all future books and adventures)
And to share everything
You need a campaign on DNDBeyond
someone in that campaign needs to have a Master tier subscription
then, making sure you all have content sharing on, everyone will be able to access everything everyone has. If only Barry has the PHB, and it's shared, now Larry and Terry can also access the stuff in the PHB for their characters.
fickle salmon
To get all the races: PHB, VGtM, MOoT and a select few
To get all the classes: PHB, XGtE, TCoE and a few others
To get all backgrounds: PHB and custom create what you don't have.
To get all the spells: Same as classes...
kind fog
Thanks for the help. I have master tier on dndbeyond, but none of the books. I would love to own everything, but I’m on a budget...
That’s perfect!
fickle salmon
So step one. Get the PHB*.
kind fog
@fickle salmon thank you!
steady dew
PHB, and if you're planning on being a DM: DMG, MM.
Volo's Guide and Mordenkainens Tome of Foes gives some neat race options but a hella ton of monsters to use
kind fog
I have physical copy of DMG. Any benefits from an Avrae perspective on getting the digital copy?
steady dew
physical copy is... Basically, put it in a vault. useless in terms of Avrae, really
fickle salmon
Benefits will be ability to look up non-Basic Rules magic items.
steady dew
if you have it on DDB, then link DDB and Discord accounts, you can look up those things in Avrae, on discord, here
kind fog
Oh, for equipment and whatnot for my PC’s?
steady dew
like how anyone can look up Thief or Champion subclass features.
But the Scout is a Xanathar's Guide subclass for the Rogue. Only people who own Xanathar's Guide on DDB can access that in avrae.
but yes, magic items
kind fog
Got it. Makes perfect sense. Man I wish I could afford the bundle.
I’m already in the doghouse for master tier subscription
Thanks for the help guys!
fickle salmon
Not a problem. If you need any assistance in learning how Avrae runs combat and such, feel free to ask here or on the Avrae Discord. (Link available in !about)
kind fog
I think I’ve got everything figured out except beastiary
elder plover
I took a gander at the avrae attack arguments, but couldn't find one for Sharpshooter. Is there a way to automatically apply it to an attack rolled?
fickle salmon
It's a combination of arguments: -b -5 -d 10. Subtract 5 from the attack roll to gain 10 to the damage roll.
You can then combine those into what's known as a !snippet. The snippet will assign a shorter tag you can use instead of the 11 character string.
elder plover
Alright, that makes sense. Thanks!
steady dew
so in that case
!a shortbow -t [targetcode] <sharpshootersnippet>
will make a Shortbow attack at the target, with -5 to hit, and +10 damage, assuming the snippet is set up
because the snippet just makes it so you can attack a word or whatever, like shasho for sharpshooter
you can just put... "shasho" on the end of an attack and it automatically does it, instead of needing to manually input -b -5 -d 10
viscid kernel
Thanks for the help. I have master tier on dndbeyond, but none of the books. I...
On DDB, you can also buy just pieces of a book, like a single subclass for example. Plus, whatever you spend gets subtracted from the future price of the book itself.
kind fog
This is huge
viscid kernel
So you can buy them when you need them instead, which makes things a lot easier on the wallet.
fickle salmon
I keep forgetting about that feature, despite having taken advantage of it for myself previously.
kind fog
I wish I could get a discount for already owning physical copies.
I’m on marketplace. I don’t see the option.
fickle salmon
That's a frequently wished for item, yet doesn't quite work that way.
viscid kernel
If you've got the physical book, you can use DDB's homebrew tools to rebuild that content yourself for free.
That gets a bit more complicated when Avrae's involved, but it's an option.
For those that would rather spend time than money.
hoary osprey
Going to be running a game through Discord using Avrae but was curious as to how content sharing works through Avrae. I have the Master subscription on Beyond so everyone in my campaign can access the content ive purchased but will that transfer over onto Discord through Avrae?
fickle salmon
If they have a character in the campaign, and they've linked their DDB account to Discord then they'll have access to all content shared through the campaign on Avrae.
hoary osprey
awesome, so ill just make sure they link their accounts, thank you!
kind fog
I bit the bullet and bought the core books. Now, how do I import a bestiary into avrae?
fickle salmon
Any monsters from the Monster Manual are now available for you to use in Avrae. !bestiary is used to bring homebrew and "homebrew" monsters into Avrae for you to use. ("homebrew" being a monster that you own a book for and have made a personal copy of. Not for sharing.) This actually involves a third website, CritterDB. You'll have to make a book of monsters on that website and import those into Avrae when the book is done.
celest shore
if i create a snippet can any player on my server use it?
fickle salmon
Not a !snippet. If you make it a !servsnippet then anyone on the server can use it.
celest shore
aaaah ty very much @fickle salmon
i feel like someone would have typed up documentation of all this knowledge base(i know i am)
celest shore
wonderful ty
steady dew
Is it possible to add creatures to an initiative group that already exists
like I make a group of four imps, one dies, now there's three imps
two more imps come, now there's 5 imps
fickle salmon
!init madd "imp" -n 2 -group "Imps"
steady dew
oh, so
the groups stays there
repeating adding things to the group, just puts them into the one group, instead of making two groups of the same name
nice
tight prairie
How do I cast rage
fickle salmon
It depends. Are you using !init?
steady dew
you don't cast rage
but, on the Avrae Workshop, you can subscribe to barbarian basics
so while in initiative you can do the rage alias and get your resistance and damage
the advantage on strength checks and saves is manual, though
tight grove
I've noticed that sometimes Avrea multiplies damage by 2, why does this happen? It happens even when a crit was not rolled. How do I stop it.
fickle salmon
Vulnerabilities are taken into account automatically. Use monsters without vulnerabilities to keep it from happening.
tight grove
Oh, just figured that out. Cool
fickle salmon
Avrae will also take resistances and immunities into account.
tight grove
I've been doing mock combat with a cleric with a mace and a skeleton, totally forgot about Skeletons and bludgeoned damage
fickle salmon
I'll let you get back to your mock combat. I feel the best way to learn Avrae is to use Avrae.
young arch
Is there a way to link a dnd beyond sheet without linking account
fickle salmon
Yes. You'll just have to set the sheet to "Public" visibility and Avrae can see it without linking Discord accounts. However, that person won't have access to any of the spells they have purchased on DDB.
drowsy forge
How do I add hex damage to an attack with the bot?
steady dew
You can make a snippet!
I shall explain
Snippets are basically packaging and condensing some code packets into a little word.
So, if I wanted to add 1d6[necrotic] I would make it a snippet instead of typing that every time
!snippet hex -d 1d6[necrotic]
that would make a snippet called hex, and what it does is read as -d 1d6[necrotic] and adds a d6 of necrotic damage to whatever it is. It also interacts with resistances or vulnerabilities automatically!
manic estuary
You can also simply add -d 1d6[necrotic] to your attacks. -d is used to add bonus damage for attacks and spells. Granted, you'll probably be using hex a lot, so a snippet is the best way to go, but if you ever run into a spot where you're dealing bonus fire damage because someone lit your weapon on fire, you can do it on the fly and do !attack sword -t bob -d 1d4[fire] hex
steady dew
because when you put in hex, it puts in what you have in it
so that attack, to avrae, reads
attack sword -t bob -d 1d4[fire] { -d 1d6[necrotic] }
where the wiggle brackets are what Hex reads
drowsy forge
Ah cool. Thanks!
drowsy forge
Also the bot doesn’t give my warlock his spell slot back on a short rest. Is there a way to fix that
fickle salmon
That's an easier fix !csettings srslots true
drowsy forge
Thank you!
fickle salmon
But multi-classing is an optional feature... and nobody ever uses those. 😜
frozen fable
how can you get avrae onto a different server
fickle salmon
frozen fable
thanks
drowsy forge
How does one activate rage? Our barb player is trying to figure it out
narrow pecan
Hey guys! Is Avrae down?
fickle salmon
How does one activate rage? Our barb player is trying to figure it out
There's the hard way and then there's an easy way. The hard way is through an !init effect "<barbarian name>" -d 2 -resist bludgeoning -resist piercing -resist slashing -dur 10. And even more -resist for Bear Totem barbs.
The easy way is to look on the Avrae Alias Workshop for the Barbarian !rage alias.
fickle salmon
Hey guys! Is Avrae down?
We are trying to determine if it's an Avrae problem or a Discord problem. Initial guess is #blamediscord
narrow pecan
We are trying to determine if it's an Avrae problem or a Discord problem. Initia...
Thanks!
It's back! Thanks again! ❤️
narrow pecan
Back again! Is aliasing not working for Avrae right now?
Tryna make some new aliases but it keeps saying: Invalid alias subcommand
However, when I do it privately via DM with Avrae, the alias is saved?
fickle salmon
Sorry, was AFK for a bit. (Life happens even when you want to be sitting on Discord.) The best way to check is to run !alias just by itself. That will list all the personal aliases you have active.
narrow pecan
Okay, thanks!
weak veldt
I'm encountering a problem for rule lookups that involve sight or lighting. I think perhaps I'm doing it wrong. Does anyone else have this problem?
fickle salmon
Hmmm, you're not the only one. !rule light, !rule vision, and !rule sight all bring up the dialog box of options that don't cover it. For now, use: https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/basic-rules/adventuring#VisionandLight for reference. And I'll see if clarification can be added to the !rule command.
viscid kernel
There is a !rule lightly obscured (and heavily, too).
You can use just !rule by itself to get a list of what's available.
Blindsight, Darkvision, and Truesight might be good ones to add there, too.
weak veldt
Yeah, I looked through them. It looks like this whole section may not have been included as a lookup.
wispy garden
How do you view monster spell list
gusty kite
How do I use
-dodge
-dash
-disengage
steady dew
basically, manual
but it'd be helpful to put an effect on for dodge, to remind 'hey they used dodge'
otherwise, dodge dash disengage is all manual.
minor vessel
How do I use
-dodge
-dash
-disengage
There's a set of aliases in the workshop you can subscribe to which shows that you've dodged, dashed, or disengaged.
https://avrae.io/dashboard/workshop/5f88d637f2d59b2718721a9a
indigo veldt
my char preview just became blurred,..how do i fix it?
steady dew
portrait?
indigo veldt
gusty egret
Oh yeah, that happens.
steady dew
👁️m👁️
yeah that
gusty egret
No idea why Discord does that.
indigo veldt
its the same with fb
normal gull
how do I change the main damage type of a weapon attack?
I mean for all dmg coming from one weapon.
fickle salmon
-dtype NEWDAMAGE
normal gull
thank you
kind fog
Hello!
just finished session zero using avrae
ran into an issue where the bot isn't recognizing official spells, marking them as homebrew
turned off homebrew in dndbeyond and reloaded into discord, same thing. is this an known issue with a known fix?
fickle salmon
Is your D&D Beyond account linked to Discord?
kind fog
yes, mine is, but I am not sure about my PCs that were having the issue