(Apologies if this isn't posted in the right place)
Is there a way to search and get a list of all monsters where a particular keyword appears, like in the 4e compendium? If not, I'd like to add it to your (probably already sky-high) list of requested features.
For example, in the 4e online compendium I can search the word "web" and it brings up things like the Phaseweb Spider, but also the Drider Assassin because it has an attack called Web, and also the Ettercap Vermin Handler because it has the "Web Walker" trait.
I could not find a similar way to search all the monsters that have "Web Sense" in their monster traits. There aren't a lot right now, but the monster list is growing all the time.
Ok, one follow up. What's missing from this is the ability to sort search results by CR or any of the other functions of the Monster Listing. So in an ideal world I'd still like it to work in the Monster Listing list rather than just the Search Everything.
Might be worth noting that if you wanted to search monsters for some particular keyword, your natural instinct is to go the monster section to search. Not to put in a search for the whole site and then filter by monsters. So I'd suggest adding a keyword search in the advanced filters.
I'll note that Mike Mearls just ran into this problem wanting to search for prone in the monster text during his Happy Fun Hour. He just gave up and remembered that wolf had it.
I'll also note that when I do a sitewide search for prone and then filter on Monster, that wolf, for some reason, doesn't come up. Which seems like an error.
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(Apologies if this isn't posted in the right place)
Is there a way to search and get a list of all monsters where a particular keyword appears, like in the 4e compendium? If not, I'd like to add it to your (probably already sky-high) list of requested features.
For example, in the 4e online compendium I can search the word "web" and it brings up things like the Phaseweb Spider, but also the Drider Assassin because it has an attack called Web, and also the Ettercap Vermin Handler because it has the "Web Walker" trait.
I could not find a similar way to search all the monsters that have "Web Sense" in their monster traits. There aren't a lot right now, but the monster list is growing all the time.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/search?q=web&f=monsters&c=monsters
Does that provide what you're asking for?
If so, to replicate, go to /search, click on the Monster image to scope the search to just monsters, and then enter "web" as the search term.
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This does, thanks so much! I was looking for that function in the Monster Listings advanced search, but this is close enough.
Ok, one follow up. What's missing from this is the ability to sort search results by CR or any of the other functions of the Monster Listing. So in an ideal world I'd still like it to work in the Monster Listing list rather than just the Search Everything.
Might be worth noting that if you wanted to search monsters for some particular keyword, your natural instinct is to go the monster section to search. Not to put in a search for the whole site and then filter by monsters. So I'd suggest adding a keyword search in the advanced filters.
I'll note that Mike Mearls just ran into this problem wanting to search for prone in the monster text during his Happy Fun Hour. He just gave up and remembered that wolf had it.
I'll also note that when I do a sitewide search for prone and then filter on Monster, that wolf, for some reason, doesn't come up. Which seems like an error.
AD