With OneD&D material not being directly supported just yet, the major burden for making the playtest material available on this platform falls to individual groups.
With races, the process is relatively straightforward, if tedious.
If Beyond could facilitate homebrew tools by creating empty near-featureless non-caster, half-caster, and full caster classes (possibly with a Spellcasting/Pact Magic option?), base users can do the rest of the work as new playtest material gets released.
People have been asking for homebrew classes for years without success, and UA hasn't been supported by DDB for a while. This is not going to happen, unfortunately.
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Leaving OGL 1.0(a) untouched and making SRD 5.1 CC-BY-4.0 is a great first step. The next is a promise to do the same for future editions. Here's a discussion thread on that.
I feel like this might be the circumstances that drive this.
We're just entering a playtest period that will b the better part of a year and Beyond's new parent company is actively seeking to avoid killing the golden goose.
Expecting Beyond to build every playable option won't be reasonable, but giving obsessed players ad DMs the opportunity to stay hooked on the toolset by lightly abusing the toolset allows them to disengage while still keeping fans engaged.
I feel like this might be the circumstances that drive this.
We're just entering a playtest period that will b the better part of a year and Beyond's new parent company is actively seeking to avoid killing the golden goose.
Expecting Beyond to build every playable option won't be reasonable, but giving obsessed players ad DMs the opportunity to stay hooked on the toolset by lightly abusing the toolset allows them to disengage while still keeping fans engaged.
D&D is in a perpetual playtest period through UA which D&D Beyond stopped supporting over a year ago. One D&D Material is clearly labeled "UA". Your ask could pretty much be applied to any and all UA WotC has pointed out.
It's sorta a pre-ordained double negative ask. D&D Beyond has never seriously entertained custom class builders, and they no longer support UA. This ask is asking them to say yes to both.
I wonder how many people watching the One D&D promo videos saw how much paper and pencil work they showed vs DDB usage. Dunno if it was intentional, but I think it shows that they're going into this playtest of mechanics with a pencil and paper mindset.
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Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
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With OneD&D material not being directly supported just yet, the major burden for making the playtest material available on this platform falls to individual groups.
With races, the process is relatively straightforward, if tedious.
If Beyond could facilitate homebrew tools by creating empty near-featureless non-caster, half-caster, and full caster classes (possibly with a Spellcasting/Pact Magic option?), base users can do the rest of the work as new playtest material gets released.
People have been asking for homebrew classes for years without success, and UA hasn't been supported by DDB for a while. This is not going to happen, unfortunately.
Leaving OGL 1.0(a) untouched and making SRD 5.1 CC-BY-4.0 is a great first step. The next is a promise to do the same for future editions. Here's a discussion thread on that.
#OpenDnD
DDB is great, but it could be better. Here are some things I think could improve DDB
I feel like this might be the circumstances that drive this.
We're just entering a playtest period that will b the better part of a year and Beyond's new parent company is actively seeking to avoid killing the golden goose.
Expecting Beyond to build every playable option won't be reasonable, but giving obsessed players ad DMs the opportunity to stay hooked on the toolset by lightly abusing the toolset allows them to disengage while still keeping fans engaged.
D&D is in a perpetual playtest period through UA which D&D Beyond stopped supporting over a year ago. One D&D Material is clearly labeled "UA". Your ask could pretty much be applied to any and all UA WotC has pointed out.
It's sorta a pre-ordained double negative ask. D&D Beyond has never seriously entertained custom class builders, and they no longer support UA. This ask is asking them to say yes to both.
I wonder how many people watching the One D&D promo videos saw how much paper and pencil work they showed vs DDB usage. Dunno if it was intentional, but I think it shows that they're going into this playtest of mechanics with a pencil and paper mindset.
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.