I’ve spent a few month with the dnd beyond system and love it. I use it for all my AL PC’s and encourage all my players to use it when I DM. I currently have two small issues with my Hexblade Paladin. First, Is there a way to select your pact weapon as a hexblade? I currently have to manually override my pact weapon to use my charisma modifier for attack and damage bonuses. The system does not use the characters charisma as part of the hexblade warlock feature. Second, I’m looking for a may to add my shields AC bonus to my dex save as part of the shield master feat. This is a big one for me as I ALWAYS forget to add it and have taken a ton of damage that I may have avoided, if this bonus showed up on my character sheet. Thanks in advance for any responses or help.
The Hexblade issue has been said by the devs that it will be fixed in the upcoming character sheet revamp. The shield master thing, however, is conditional: it doesn't always apply to your Dexterity save, so it will never be added to the base save because doing so would be incorrect. There might be some way to add a note to the Dex save in the new sheet, however, but we'll have to wait and see.
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Thank you for the response. glad to hear about the hex blade. I searched the forum but didn't find anything though. Shield master bonus is Conditional? Thats a bummer. The only time I don't add the bonus is when I'm incapacitated. I've never had to make a dex save while incapacitated. Even if I did, I would rule in my game you would auto fail a dex save if you were incapacitated. How do you move out of the way if you can't move at all? but thats maybe not RAW? Just makes sense to me and I'd rather run a game that makes sense than RAW (also why I had to modify how surprise works) I would suggest they add the bonus for the feat to the save on the character sheet. When you give yourself the incapacitated condition, which I believe is currently an option, It should then take the bonus away. Just a suggestion. Thank you DnD beyond for the great service.
Thank you for the response. glad to hear about the hex blade. I searched the forum but didn't find anything though. Shield master bonus is Conditional? Thats a bummer. The only time I don't add the bonus is when I'm incapacitated. I've never had to make a dex save while incapacitated. Even if I did, I would rule in my game you would auto fail a dex save if you were incapacitated. How do you move out of the way if you can't move at all? but thats maybe not RAW? Just makes sense to me and I'd rather run a game that makes sense than RAW (also why I had to modify how surprise works) I would suggest they add the bonus for the feat to the save on the character sheet. When you give yourself the incapacitated condition, which I believe is currently an option, It should then take the bonus away. Just a suggestion. Thank you DnD beyond for the great service.
That's not how the RAW for Shield Master or Incapacitated works at all. You can't expect DDB to cater to everyone's 'interpretations' of rules or their personal preferences.
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There are many different ways that your character might have to make a dex save, for which the Shield Master feat would not help, such as a covered pit trap might require a dex saving throw to avoid falling down it.
Not all dex saves are to take half damage from something.
If you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you can use your reaction to take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, interposing your shield between yourself and the source of the effect.
In your pit trap example, I would still need to add my shields bonus to my Saving throw as my character is not incapacitated. I was not talking about your highlighted part of of the feat at all. Only the bonus to Save, when not incapacitated. Thanks anyway. I’m trying to help out all the other users out there with this feat that forget to add their bonus like me.
I did not suggest that is RAW, only what makes sense. To me. I use the dnd beyond character sheet for AL and my players use it in my home game. I know I’m not the only one with this feat that forgets to add their bonus, because it’s not on their character sheet. I need to add the bonus 99% of the time my PC makes a dex save so why not have it on the sheet? When I click the incapacitated condition, they can remove the bonus. I could also be missing something. Thanks for your response.
If you aren't incapacitated, you can add your shield's AC bonus to any Dexterity saving throw you make against a spell or other harmful effect that targets only you.
I did not suggest that is RAW, only what makes sense.
The point is, that you can't expect DDB to design a sheet to cater to everyone's interpretations or preferences; it's simply not possible. At best, they could add a small note like they do for other conditional additions to saving throws like with some races and poison or fire.
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I’ve spent a few month with the dnd beyond system and love it. I use it for all my AL PC’s and encourage all my players to use it when I DM. I currently have two small issues with my Hexblade Paladin. First, Is there a way to select your pact weapon as a hexblade? I currently have to manually override my pact weapon to use my charisma modifier for attack and damage bonuses. The system does not use the characters charisma as part of the hexblade warlock feature. Second, I’m looking for a may to add my shields AC bonus to my dex save as part of the shield master feat. This is a big one for me as I ALWAYS forget to add it and have taken a ton of damage that I may have avoided, if this bonus showed up on my character sheet. Thanks in advance for any responses or help.
The Hexblade issue has been said by the devs that it will be fixed in the upcoming character sheet revamp. The shield master thing, however, is conditional: it doesn't always apply to your Dexterity save, so it will never be added to the base save because doing so would be incorrect. There might be some way to add a note to the Dex save in the new sheet, however, but we'll have to wait and see.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
― Oscar Wilde.
Thank you for the response. glad to hear about the hex blade. I searched the forum but didn't find anything though. Shield master bonus is Conditional? Thats a bummer. The only time I don't add the bonus is when I'm incapacitated. I've never had to make a dex save while incapacitated. Even if I did, I would rule in my game you would auto fail a dex save if you were incapacitated. How do you move out of the way if you can't move at all? but thats maybe not RAW? Just makes sense to me and I'd rather run a game that makes sense than RAW (also why I had to modify how surprise works) I would suggest they add the bonus for the feat to the save on the character sheet. When you give yourself the incapacitated condition, which I believe is currently an option, It should then take the bonus away. Just a suggestion. Thank you DnD beyond for the great service.
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D&D Beyond FoundersThere are many different ways that your character might have to make a dex save, for which the Shield Master feat would not help, such as a covered pit trap might require a dex saving throw to avoid falling down it.
Not all dex saves are to take half damage from something.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/feats/shield-master
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In your pit trap example, I would still need to add my shields bonus to my Saving throw as my character is not incapacitated. I was not talking about your highlighted part of of the feat at all. Only the bonus to Save, when not incapacitated. Thanks anyway. I’m trying to help out all the other users out there with this feat that forget to add their bonus like me.
I did not suggest that is RAW, only what makes sense. To me. I use the dnd beyond character sheet for AL and my players use it in my home game. I know I’m not the only one with this feat that forgets to add their bonus, because it’s not on their character sheet. I need to add the bonus 99% of the time my PC makes a dex save so why not have it on the sheet? When I click the incapacitated condition, they can remove the bonus. I could also be missing something. Thanks for your response.
The relevant portion of Shield Master:
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