I'm fairly new, so please forgive me if this is covered elsewhere.
I've added my Gnome Order of the Scribes Wizard that I'm currently playing in a campaign. Order of Scribes allows the Wizard to replace a damage type with the type in a different known spell from the same level. With this, if you know Fireball and Tidal Wave, you can cast a level 3 Fireball with Bludgeoning damage.
My question is: is there a way to have the different available damage types on my Character Sheet? That way, if I want to cast a Bludgeoning Fireball, the damage shows up correctly?
In Fantasy Grounds, we added all the known damage types to the spell, in separate icons, so I can just click the icon of the damage type I want, and it applies that damage. I'm wondering if there's a way to do something similar to my character sheet here on D&D Beyond.
No, there isn't a way to do that without you or your DM homebrewing the spell for each individual damage type. If you don't mind me asking, why do you need it to show the damage type anyway when you can just tell the DM what damage type you are dealing? The number you roll will be the same either way
Hi! It's mostly to have all my available damage types at a glance, for convenience sake. I was just curious if it was possible, because my initial searches didn't come up with anything.
You could also use the Attacks list in the Actions tab as a reference at a glance, to see what your attack spell damage types are. If you don't have an attack spell for one of the damage types you can cause, you could customize one of your Save-type spells to checkbox Display As Attack, so that it shows up in the Attacks list.
Hello.
I'm fairly new, so please forgive me if this is covered elsewhere.
I've added my Gnome Order of the Scribes Wizard that I'm currently playing in a campaign. Order of Scribes allows the Wizard to replace a damage type with the type in a different known spell from the same level. With this, if you know Fireball and Tidal Wave, you can cast a level 3 Fireball with Bludgeoning damage.
My question is: is there a way to have the different available damage types on my Character Sheet? That way, if I want to cast a Bludgeoning Fireball, the damage shows up correctly?
In Fantasy Grounds, we added all the known damage types to the spell, in separate icons, so I can just click the icon of the damage type I want, and it applies that damage. I'm wondering if there's a way to do something similar to my character sheet here on D&D Beyond.
Thank you!
-HiHat
No, there isn't a way to do that without you or your DM homebrewing the spell for each individual damage type. If you don't mind me asking, why do you need it to show the damage type anyway when you can just tell the DM what damage type you are dealing? The number you roll will be the same either way
Hi! It's mostly to have all my available damage types at a glance, for convenience sake. I was just curious if it was possible, because my initial searches didn't come up with anything.
Thanks for an answer!
Maybe you put something in your notes section that lists what damage types you have available for each level.
Remember to try and squeeze good damage types out of spells, like Elemental Bane.
Thank you, that's a good idea. I'm still getting to know the interface.
Cheers!
You could also use the Attacks list in the Actions tab as a reference at a glance, to see what your attack spell damage types are. If you don't have an attack spell for one of the damage types you can cause, you could customize one of your Save-type spells to checkbox Display As Attack, so that it shows up in the Attacks list.
Edit: Good point Flare. Ah well.
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The problem is, you can pull from your whole spell book, not just your prepared spells, so that wouldn’t work. Good idea though.