I've been a DM since 1993 and this app has really helped me transition from AD&D to 5e. Along this year's I've been running several parallel campaigns.
Unfortunately parallel campaigns could mean a character appearing in more than one campaign.
I started working out with the character creation, and was able to create one of the NPCs that appeared in most of my campaigns.
But I don't know how to copy that character to a campaign
If your total players are eleven or less, I recommend just grouping all parallel campaigns under one campaign in Beyond, and link to Google Docs or something for campaign specific information. Characters on Beyond can only join one campaign at a time, so having all parallel campaigns under one campaign saves you the hassle of transfering characters between campaigns, as well as preserving your Content Sharing ability for other groups of people if you GM more than one group.
For NPCs, I personally recommend using the homebrew tools to create a monster stat block rather than using the character builder to create a character sheet. Character sheets are unwieldy and highly restrictive with what you can do, and can slow down your computer if your computer is on the older side. With a monster stat block, it is far easier to navigate and you have no restrictions and can create whatever you want. The character builder is easier to use though, but the homebrew tools is not too bad either once you get used to it and it only looks intimidating at first.
Hi!
I've been a DM since 1993 and this app has really helped me transition from AD&D to 5e. Along this year's I've been running several parallel campaigns.
Unfortunately parallel campaigns could mean a character appearing in more than one campaign.
I started working out with the character creation, and was able to create one of the NPCs that appeared in most of my campaigns.
But I don't know how to copy that character to a campaign
Is there a way to do it?
Thanks in advance
El Master Errante
If your total players are eleven or less, I recommend just grouping all parallel campaigns under one campaign in Beyond, and link to Google Docs or something for campaign specific information. Characters on Beyond can only join one campaign at a time, so having all parallel campaigns under one campaign saves you the hassle of transfering characters between campaigns, as well as preserving your Content Sharing ability for other groups of people if you GM more than one group.
For NPCs, I personally recommend using the homebrew tools to create a monster stat block rather than using the character builder to create a character sheet. Character sheets are unwieldy and highly restrictive with what you can do, and can slow down your computer if your computer is on the older side. With a monster stat block, it is far easier to navigate and you have no restrictions and can create whatever you want. The character builder is easier to use though, but the homebrew tools is not too bad either once you get used to it and it only looks intimidating at first.
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