Trying to create a Mountain Dwarf warlock with a Genie(Dao) patron. At first level it's showing that Thunderwave is allowed (afaict it shouldn't be) and that Witch Bolt isn't (afaict it should be).
Am I reading the rules wrong, is there a bug, or is it a secret third thing?
The Thunderwave thing is from the known issue that they can't separate out which kind of genie patron you have. The Witch Bolt issue is probably due to the fact that Witch Bolt isn't available for free. Have you purchased the PHB on this site, or is there content sharing in your campaign that ought to cover it?
The PHB isn't free on this site. If you've purchased it yourself on this site, you should have access to it in character creation. Otherwise you'd only have access to it in a campaign where someone has turned on content sharing, and someone in the campaign owns the PHB. So if neither of those are true, you need to purchase it. If you don't want to pay for the whole thing, you can buy just the spell on the PHB page on the marketplace, or if you have the print book you can use the homebrew tools to make the spell yourself.
As the Fiend is the patron that's in the Basic Rules, it and all of the spells on its expanded spell list are available for free, so you should have no trouble adding those. Just remember that they're not automatically equipped, like a cleric's domain spells. They're just additional spells to choose from when you select spells. In the character builder, that's on the class page, there's a tab labeled 'spells.'
Trying to create a Mountain Dwarf warlock with a Genie(Dao) patron. At first level it's showing that Thunderwave is allowed (afaict it shouldn't be) and that Witch Bolt isn't (afaict it should be).
Am I reading the rules wrong, is there a bug, or is it a secret third thing?
The Thunderwave thing is from the known issue that they can't separate out which kind of genie patron you have. The Witch Bolt issue is probably due to the fact that Witch Bolt isn't available for free. Have you purchased the PHB on this site, or is there content sharing in your campaign that ought to cover it?
Birgit | Shifter | Sorcerer | Dragonlords
Shayone | Hobgoblin | Sorcerer | Netherdeep
Ah. I set up sharing wrong for the campaign which is why the player didn't have access to it! Thanks so much, now I know how to fix.
Can you explain the Witch Bolt spell more in detail?
I created a Tiefling Warlock and the Witch Bolt is listed in the PHB pg 210 as a 1st level spell, but it is not listed as a spell in D&D Beyond?
Additionally as a Warlock with a Fiend patron we get Expanded Spells, how do we add those spells to our character sheet?
Thanks so much,
Sklnxbones
The PHB isn't free on this site. If you've purchased it yourself on this site, you should have access to it in character creation. Otherwise you'd only have access to it in a campaign where someone has turned on content sharing, and someone in the campaign owns the PHB. So if neither of those are true, you need to purchase it. If you don't want to pay for the whole thing, you can buy just the spell on the PHB page on the marketplace, or if you have the print book you can use the homebrew tools to make the spell yourself.
As the Fiend is the patron that's in the Basic Rules, it and all of the spells on its expanded spell list are available for free, so you should have no trouble adding those. Just remember that they're not automatically equipped, like a cleric's domain spells. They're just additional spells to choose from when you select spells. In the character builder, that's on the class page, there's a tab labeled 'spells.'
Birgit | Shifter | Sorcerer | Dragonlords
Shayone | Hobgoblin | Sorcerer | Netherdeep