I created a feat that gives the option to add either dex or str. If you are able to get the feat it does let you choose str or dex, but it's not adding the selected point to the score you selected. https://www.dndbeyond.com/feats/737936-kobalds-dragonic-essence
then there is also an issue that's been going for a while. For some reason, if you limit the feat to a race, sometimes you cannot add the feat even if you are that race. (I have this limited to size because that was the only way I could have a kobold add it as a feat.
Please (as always) post a link to a character sheet with that feat attached so someone can look into it for you.
That wear does not mention any ASI being included. It is against the rules to publish Homebrew that does stuff not mentioned in the description.
Since there is no official Racial Feat for Kobolds, when DDB KOed the old Kobold and replaced them with the new version (that does not get -2 Str), they never updated that in the feat prerequisites. Only the races that have gotten official racial feats have working prerequisites for for feats.
here is a copy of the character sheet https://ddb.ac/characters/58584954/RwWo8C and his stats before this feat were 14, 19, 19, 14, 11, 12 He put the fourth level AI into Str and Dex, and 6th level took the piercer feat taking Dex as the bonus AI from that feat. So his original stat from level 1 were 13, 17, 14, 11, 12 he has the amulet of health that takes his con to 19. I created the custom feat "Kobold's Draconic Essence" to give multiple options and give all options 1 Dex AI bonus. The 1 Dex AI isn't being applied.
As for "Since there is no official Racial Feat for Kobolds, when DDB KOed the old Kobold and replaced them with the new version (that does not get -2 Str), they never updated that in the feat prerequisites. Only the races that have gotten official racial feats have working prerequisites for for feats."
It seems to me that is a bug that should have been fixed a long time ago when the Kobold race was changed. That has been months and months ago.
as for "That wear does not mention any ASI being included. It is against the rules to publish Homebrew that does stuff not mentioned in the description."
I did actually put that it added Dex in part of the description, but for some reason when I published the feat it only took the snippet for the feat and doesn't let us read the full details of the feat anymore which also seems to be a bug. It would be nice for homebrewers to know what will be visible to those looking at a feat and what wouldn't be.
essentially everything we need to know about making a feat isn't told to us until after the fact. Those numbered things I was given by "IamSposta" I didn't know until I posted this as a bug here because they are not listed anywhere else.
The contents of the “Description” field is what displays everywhere except the character sheet. The contents of the “Snippet” field under Basic Information is what displays on the character sheet under “Features & Traits,” the contents of the snippet field for any specific Actions is what displays on the “Actions” tab of the character sheet. That is the same for every homebrewed subclass, base/variant/subrace, and all feats. They all work the exact same way.
All Homebrew must disclose everything it does in the description. All Homebrews, everything. That is DDB’s policy.
The good news for you is that since yours doesn’t disclose everything, it is technically in violation of site policy and therefore if someone, say for instance, maybe even you were to [REPORT] it as being in violation of site guidelines, a Moderator would have just cause to reject it pending revision and resubmission. (That means it would get “unpublished” and you could fix it.)
This still means there is a bug linked to using kobold as a prerequisite race and that needs to be fixed.
Also, when creating an ability or feat all we get is "Start by entering descriptive information for your homebrew feat below. You will be able to provide more relevant details once it is created to take advantage of advanced search, filtering, and character builder / sheet features."
Nowhere in the creating of a feat does it tell us we need to explain everything the feat adds in the basic description. Why should we get in trouble for doing something when we were never told it was wrong until after the fact.
You need to tell us "Start by entering descriptive information for your homebrew feat below. You will be able to provide more relevant details once it is created to take advantage of advanced search, filtering, and character builder / sheet features. You should also include everything the feat grants to the player here."
Adding the line "You should also include everything the feat grants to the player here." would probably make it easier to understand.
Not “me,” “I” cannot do a darned thing, nor is it my responsibility. (I don’t work here, I just live here.)
In addition, they don’t state “this homebrew must adhere to this/these policies” for anything in the homebrewer because they stated what the policies are for any and all homebrews in a centralized location (https://www.dndbeyond.com/homebrew-rules-guidelines). I hose guidelines are one of the first things mentioned (including a hyperlink) in the very first post in a pinned thread specifically all about it he basic ins-and-outs of homebrewing on DDB (https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/dungeons-dragons-discussion/homebrew-house-rules/3625-everything-you-need-to-know-about-homebrew?comment=1), in the forum specifically set up for questions about the homebrewer (like this one). They expect that anyone who intends to publish their work would be responsible enough to look up any relevant guidelines for themselves priot to publishing, and be honorable enough to follow them. (Much like WotC expects people to comply with all of the permissions and restrictions stated in the SRD and associated article prior to publishing content for D&D. The difference is that DDB will just reject something intill it is in compliance, WotC and it’s parent company Hasbro will potentially sue people into destitution for violating their copyrighted IP.)
The Public Homebrew Content Rules & Guidelinesare also linked in the pop-up that appears when asking to confirm the publishing of your homebrew:
As for the reason why your choice of +1 to either Strength or Dexterity isn't functional, you need to add Fixed Value information to that modifier (Bonus > Choose Strength or Dexterity > Fixed Value: 1).
You should also be using Set > Innate Speed (Flying), rather than Set > Speed (Flying).
That link to the guide lines should be on the page before you start creating a feat and it isn't. It is still punishing people after the fact and not teaching them before they make a mistake. We should know those guidelines WHILE creating a feat not put in as a last thought after when we're done.
Thanks for the advice for the flying speed, but that is also something that we should be told during the creation of a feat and not told afterward. The tooltips just don't give us enough information about what each field should be or what they do.
Not “me,” “I” cannot do a darned thing, nor is it my responsibility. (I don’t work here, I just live here.)
In addition, they don’t state “this homebrew must adhere to this/these policies” for anything in the homebrewer because they stated what the policies are for any and all homebrews in a centralized location (https://www.dndbeyond.com/homebrew-rules-guidelines). I hose guidelines are one of the first things mentioned (including a hyperlink) in the very first post in a pinned thread specifically all about it he basic ins-and-outs of homebrewing on DDB (https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/dungeons-dragons-discussion/homebrew-house-rules/3625-everything-you-need-to-know-about-homebrew?comment=1), in the forum specifically set up for questions about the homebrewer (like this one). They expect that anyone who intends to publish their work would be responsible enough to look up any relevant guidelines for themselves priot to publishing, and be honorable enough to follow them. (Much like WotC expects people to comply with all of the permissions and restrictions stated in the SRD and associated article prior to publishing content for D&D. The difference is that DDB will just reject something intill it is in compliance, WotC and it’s parent company Hasbro will potentially sue people into destitution for violating their copyrighted IP.)
Those links you gave me should be available for anyone wanting to create a homebrew on the pages when they start creating a homebrew anything.
We are basically told the guideline after we are done made something not before. How can we be expected to follow rules if we don't have access to those links before we start making out homebrew? It's like putting the cart before the horse. We are not given the information we need to know in the order we need to know it.
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I created a feat that gives the option to add either dex or str. If you are able to get the feat it does let you choose str or dex, but it's not adding the selected point to the score you selected. https://www.dndbeyond.com/feats/737936-kobalds-dragonic-essence
then there is also an issue that's been going for a while. For some reason, if you limit the feat to a race, sometimes you cannot add the feat even if you are that race. (I have this limited to size because that was the only way I could have a kobold add it as a feat.
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here is a copy of the character sheet https://ddb.ac/characters/58584954/RwWo8C and his stats before this feat were 14, 19, 19, 14, 11, 12 He put the fourth level AI into Str and Dex, and 6th level took the piercer feat taking Dex as the bonus AI from that feat. So his original stat from level 1 were 13, 17, 14, 11, 12 he has the amulet of health that takes his con to 19. I created the custom feat "Kobold's Draconic Essence" to give multiple options and give all options 1 Dex AI bonus. The 1 Dex AI isn't being applied.
As for "Since there is no official Racial Feat for Kobolds, when DDB KOed the old Kobold and replaced them with the new version (that does not get -2 Str), they never updated that in the feat prerequisites. Only the races that have gotten official racial feats have working prerequisites for for feats."
It seems to me that is a bug that should have been fixed a long time ago when the Kobold race was changed. That has been months and months ago.
as for "That wear does not mention any ASI being included. It is against the rules to publish Homebrew that does stuff not mentioned in the description."
I did actually put that it added Dex in part of the description, but for some reason when I published the feat it only took the snippet for the feat and doesn't let us read the full details of the feat anymore which also seems to be a bug. It would be nice for homebrewers to know what will be visible to those looking at a feat and what wouldn't be.
the page that we are given for to look at for what is required for feats. https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/basic-rules/customization-options#Feats doesn't tell us what we need in our descriptions to make a feat.
essentially everything we need to know about making a feat isn't told to us until after the fact. Those numbered things I was given by "IamSposta" I didn't know until I posted this as a bug here because they are not listed anywhere else.
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The contents of the “Description” field is what displays everywhere except the character sheet. The contents of the “Snippet” field under Basic Information is what displays on the character sheet under “Features & Traits,” the contents of the snippet field for any specific Actions is what displays on the “Actions” tab of the character sheet. That is the same for every homebrewed subclass, base/variant/subrace, and all feats. They all work the exact same way.
All Homebrew must disclose everything it does in the description. All Homebrews, everything. That is DDB’s policy.
The good news for you is that since yours doesn’t disclose everything, it is technically in violation of site policy and therefore if someone, say for instance, maybe even you were to [REPORT] it as being in violation of site guidelines, a Moderator would have just cause to reject it pending revision and resubmission. (That means it would get “unpublished” and you could fix it.)
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This still means there is a bug linked to using kobold as a prerequisite race and that needs to be fixed.
Also, when creating an ability or feat all we get is "Start by entering descriptive information for your homebrew feat below. You will be able to provide more relevant details once it is created to take advantage of advanced search, filtering, and character builder / sheet features."
Nowhere in the creating of a feat does it tell us we need to explain everything the feat adds in the basic description. Why should we get in trouble for doing something when we were never told it was wrong until after the fact.
You need to tell us "Start by entering descriptive information for your homebrew feat below. You will be able to provide more relevant details once it is created to take advantage of advanced search, filtering, and character builder / sheet features. You should also include everything the feat grants to the player here."
Adding the line "You should also include everything the feat grants to the player here." would probably make it easier to understand.
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Not “me,” “I” cannot do a darned thing, nor is it my responsibility. (I don’t work here, I just live here.)
In addition, they don’t state “this homebrew must adhere to this/these policies” for anything in the homebrewer because they stated what the policies are for any and all homebrews in a centralized location (https://www.dndbeyond.com/homebrew-rules-guidelines). I hose guidelines are one of the first things mentioned (including a hyperlink) in the very first post in a pinned thread specifically all about it he basic ins-and-outs of homebrewing on DDB (https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/dungeons-dragons-discussion/homebrew-house-rules/3625-everything-you-need-to-know-about-homebrew?comment=1), in the forum specifically set up for questions about the homebrewer (like this one). They expect that anyone who intends to publish their work would be responsible enough to look up any relevant guidelines for themselves priot to publishing, and be honorable enough to follow them. (Much like WotC expects people to comply with all of the permissions and restrictions stated in the SRD and associated article prior to publishing content for D&D. The difference is that DDB will just reject something intill it is in compliance, WotC and it’s parent company Hasbro will potentially sue people into destitution for violating their copyrighted IP.)
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AlumniThe Public Homebrew Content Rules & Guidelines are also linked in the pop-up that appears when asking to confirm the publishing of your homebrew:
As for the reason why your choice of +1 to either Strength or Dexterity isn't functional, you need to add Fixed Value information to that modifier (Bonus > Choose Strength or Dexterity > Fixed Value: 1).
You should also be using Set > Innate Speed (Flying), rather than Set > Speed (Flying).
https://www.dndbeyond.com/homebrew/creations/create-feat
That link to the guide lines should be on the page before you start creating a feat and it isn't. It is still punishing people after the fact and not teaching them before they make a mistake. We should know those guidelines WHILE creating a feat not put in as a last thought after when we're done.
Thanks for the advice for the flying speed, but that is also something that we should be told during the creation of a feat and not told afterward. The tooltips just don't give us enough information about what each field should be or what they do.
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None of the links from this are where they should be on the very first page when you click create feat. https://www.dndbeyond.com/homebrew/creations/create-feat
Those links are not in the most important place they should be. They are not even here. https://www.dndbeyond.com/homebrew
Those links you gave me should be available for anyone wanting to create a homebrew on the pages when they start creating a homebrew anything.
We are basically told the guideline after we are done made something not before. How can we be expected to follow rules if we don't have access to those links before we start making out homebrew? It's like putting the cart before the horse. We are not given the information we need to know in the order we need to know it.
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