This isn't so much a bug as just D&D Beyond deciding not to create duplicate 5.5e versions of 5e magic items that didn't have any changes in the new rules.
The only change with the Dragon Slayer in 5.5e is which weapons it applies to — the old one could only be swords, while the new one can be any weapon at all. They added 5.5e versions for the newly available non-sword weapons, but just kept the existing 5e versions of the sword weapons because their behavior is identical in 5.5e.
Now, I would say that means the 5e ones shouldn't be marked "Legacy", but they don't seem interested in changing that.
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Heya DDB Team,
Minor thing, but some sword variants of the new Dragon Slayer are missing and only showing the Legacy version.
- Greatsword
- Longsword
- Rapier
- Scimitar
- Shortword
Can confirm
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This isn't so much a bug as just D&D Beyond deciding not to create duplicate 5.5e versions of 5e magic items that didn't have any changes in the new rules.
The only change with the Dragon Slayer in 5.5e is which weapons it applies to — the old one could only be swords, while the new one can be any weapon at all. They added 5.5e versions for the newly available non-sword weapons, but just kept the existing 5e versions of the sword weapons because their behavior is identical in 5.5e.
Now, I would say that means the 5e ones shouldn't be marked "Legacy", but they don't seem interested in changing that.
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