I'm a DM for a campaign. I own a bunch of 2014 content, including the PHB. My campaign has Content Sharing enabled (I'm a Master Tier subscriber).
One of the Characters (played by my daughter) in the campaign is a Ranger, who just moved up to Level 2. However, I cannot find "Hail of Thorns" in the spell list. I've done some research on this forum and I think I've tried to check all of the following, but I still have the problem.
1) Her character is created under the 2014 Core rules. 2) I've made sure the PHB sourcebook is activated and shared on the campaign Content Sharing window. 3) I've downloaded the PHB on my daughter's account. 4) Her account is showing as "synced" when it comes to licenses. 5) I've tried to log her out and log her back in, but it doesn't change anything.
Can someone help me with this? Outside of the technical thing that I'd love to figure out, she REALLY wants to use Hail of Thorns, LOL.
Just to confirm: she's using the 2014 Ranger, with the swords and paw icon? Not the 2024 Ranger, with the arrow and target icon? The 2014 version of Hail of Thorns will appear only for a 2014 Ranger. To use that spell on a 2024 Ranger, she'd need access to the 2024 PHB.
She'll also need to have "2014 Core Rules" enabled for that character in order to select anything from the 2014 PHB.
The issue may be that this character is using the 2024 version of the Ranger class, but neither of you have access to the 2024 Player's Handbook, so spells that are only in that book aren't available.
I know you said the character "is created under the 2014 Core rules". However, it's very common for people to mistakenly select a 2024 class instead of a 2014 one without realizing it. As far as D&D Beyond is concerned, these are two separate classes. It is also a common misconception that checking the "2014 Core Rules" box on the Home tab of the character builder means the character will automatically use 2014 character options. What this box does is allow 2014 character options to be used; you still need to actually select them to use them.
Probably the easiest way to verify this is to look at the character's class features and see if they have a Weapon Mastery feature granted at level 2. If so, that's the 2024 Ranger class, not the 2014 one. To fix this, remove the class entirely and select the 2014 one instead. You may need to scroll down to find it.
Unbeknownst to me, the character was created as a "2024 Ranger" (arrow and target icon). I didn't realize I had to scroll down to the "2014 Ranger" (swords and paw icon) even though the 2014 Rules were checked. (I didn't even realize the 2024 rules were already available when I created the Ranger for her).
Thank you so very much for your help!!
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Hi everyone,
I'm a DM for a campaign. I own a bunch of 2014 content, including the PHB. My campaign has Content Sharing enabled (I'm a Master Tier subscriber).
One of the Characters (played by my daughter) in the campaign is a Ranger, who just moved up to Level 2. However, I cannot find "Hail of Thorns" in the spell list. I've done some research on this forum and I think I've tried to check all of the following, but I still have the problem.
1) Her character is created under the 2014 Core rules.
2) I've made sure the PHB sourcebook is activated and shared on the campaign Content Sharing window.
3) I've downloaded the PHB on my daughter's account.
4) Her account is showing as "synced" when it comes to licenses.
5) I've tried to log her out and log her back in, but it doesn't change anything.
Can someone help me with this? Outside of the technical thing that I'd love to figure out, she REALLY wants to use Hail of Thorns, LOL.
Thanks!
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ModeratorJust to confirm: she's using the 2014 Ranger, with the swords and paw icon? Not the 2024 Ranger, with the arrow and target icon? The 2014 version of Hail of Thorns will appear only for a 2014 Ranger. To use that spell on a 2024 Ranger, she'd need access to the 2024 PHB.
She'll also need to have "2014 Core Rules" enabled for that character in order to select anything from the 2014 PHB.
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The issue may be that this character is using the 2024 version of the Ranger class, but neither of you have access to the 2024 Player's Handbook, so spells that are only in that book aren't available.
I know you said the character "is created under the 2014 Core rules". However, it's very common for people to mistakenly select a 2024 class instead of a 2014 one without realizing it. As far as D&D Beyond is concerned, these are two separate classes. It is also a common misconception that checking the "2014 Core Rules" box on the Home tab of the character builder means the character will automatically use 2014 character options. What this box does is allow 2014 character options to be used; you still need to actually select them to use them.
Probably the easiest way to verify this is to look at the character's class features and see if they have a Weapon Mastery feature granted at level 2. If so, that's the 2024 Ranger class, not the 2014 one. To fix this, remove the class entirely and select the 2014 one instead. You may need to scroll down to find it.
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You both are geniuses—and absolutely correct!
Unbeknownst to me, the character was created as a "2024 Ranger" (arrow and target icon). I didn't realize I had to scroll down to the "2014 Ranger" (swords and paw icon) even though the 2014 Rules were checked. (I didn't even realize the 2024 rules were already available when I created the Ranger for her).
Thank you so very much for your help!!