I've homebrewed an expanded Totem Warrior Primal Path for Barbarian, including all the original totems, but then adding three others: Boar, Badger, and Dragon (still working on serpent). I've borrowed some of these ideas from other sources but tweaked them to fit the campaign we're currently in. Either way, I keep getting the de facto "your creation is too similar" warning. I understand that I have built upon the original Totem Warrior path, but I would think that since I've added three more totems, each with unique abilities and bonuses, that it would be acceptable as an "expanded" homebrew. It doesn't hurt our campaign any, as the DM has already ruled it acceptable at his table, but I'd love to get feedback and expand others' options/tools. I guess I'd at least like the option to share the homebrew, once I work out all the kinks and make sure to credit the folks who inspired me. Thank you.
But if you just wrote it, may I make a suggestion? Don’t publish it right away. Take a few months to playtest each of the totems, fix all of your spelling mistakes, edit your wording to make sure it says what you mean and not what you accidentally wrote, and adjust the coding of your actions to work a little better, and rework the snippets to be more efficient, etc.... Double, triple checking all of those little things takes time. Do yourself a favor, take the time.
Publishing it makes it permanent. You will no longer be able to edit it without creating a new version and republishing it and that will leave ghosts of the old versions that will haunt your future homebrew attempts forever. There are many, many other good reasons to wait until it’s 1,000% perfect before publishing it. This way, in two weeks when you find a bug and come back to these forums you can post “how do I fix...?” instead of “How do I edit a published homebrew?”
Thank you for the tip. I was planning to play test, but now I will make doubly sure to test and tweak to the fullest, before publishing. Again, thank you! ^_^
Thank you for the tip. I was planning to play test, but now I will make doubly sure to test and tweak to the fullest, before publishing. Again, thank you! ^_^
Also please note that if you're expanding on the existing subclass, the message is correct and your homebrew shouldn't be published, as the basis for it is not your own work.
I've homebrewed an expanded Totem Warrior Primal Path for Barbarian, including all the original totems, but then adding three others: Boar, Badger, and Dragon (still working on serpent). I've borrowed some of these ideas from other sources but tweaked them to fit the campaign we're currently in. Either way, I keep getting the de facto "your creation is too similar" warning. I understand that I have built upon the original Totem Warrior path, but I would think that since I've added three more totems, each with unique abilities and bonuses, that it would be acceptable as an "expanded" homebrew. It doesn't hurt our campaign any, as the DM has already ruled it acceptable at his table, but I'd love to get feedback and expand others' options/tools. I guess I'd at least like the option to share the homebrew, once I work out all the kinks and make sure to credit the folks who inspired me. Thank you.
Re-save the whole subclass.
But if you just wrote it, may I make a suggestion? Don’t publish it right away. Take a few months to playtest each of the totems, fix all of your spelling mistakes, edit your wording to make sure it says what you mean and not what you accidentally wrote, and adjust the coding of your actions to work a little better, and rework the snippets to be more efficient, etc.... Double, triple checking all of those little things takes time. Do yourself a favor, take the time.
Publishing it makes it permanent. You will no longer be able to edit it without creating a new version and republishing it and that will leave ghosts of the old versions that will haunt your future homebrew attempts forever. There are many, many other good reasons to wait until it’s 1,000% perfect before publishing it. This way, in two weeks when you find a bug and come back to these forums you can post “how do I fix...?” instead of “How do I edit a published homebrew?”
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Thank you for the tip. I was planning to play test, but now I will make doubly sure to test and tweak to the fullest, before publishing. Again, thank you! ^_^
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