I've been writing a homebrew race for quite some time now and just finished polishing it a few days ago. I tried making a test character to see if all things are fine, except for a visual bug (I think) for two racial traits that keep showing on the sheet that is not intended for most of the subraces. I know how the features showed up there in the first place and deleted the features with the "Replacement" feature type. I thought that was it and continued on with my editing and polishing until I ran across the problem a few days ago. I don't plan on publishing the homebrew anytime soon but seeing the features on the wrong subrace will I think cause confusion on the table at some point.
Are the traits attached to the base race? If so, they will always show as attached to all subraces as well because subraces don’t “replace” racial traits, they add to them. What you probably want for those are not Subraces but instead Variant Races as those have traits that replace other traits. Don’t make the traits “Replacement” traits however, make them Granted and designate which base racial traits they are to replace.
For the Variants that use “Relentless Personality" and "Charging Instinct,” create two Variant Races for your race (not subraces), make those as “Granted” features and then designate “Special Features” as the “Replace Base Racial Trait.”
Okay, I've read through the part you linked. I still have no idea how "Wake Up" the character but I did what was instructed... and the features are still there after numerous attempts. It's getting late on my end, so as a test I added in a new racial trait, feature type is also a replacement like the previous two and saved in the main page for the subrace. I'll check again once I have time again since I'll be out most likely the entire day tomorrow. If the RP and CI are still there AND that new trait is mixed in... then I'll just redo the entire thing.
Anyways, thanks for the help IamSposta. I'll let you know if anything changes next time.
As usual, I’m happy to help. Please do let me know how it turns out, I’m interested. I spend a lot of time in the homebrewer and like to know what’s working and what’s not if things go glitchy. Sleep well!
I’ve seen a second report of something similar with homebrewed races. (https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/bugs-support/154186-homebrew-race-descriptions-not-updatingis the other.) I know they’re tinkering around with the content creator, so this is probably a side effect of that. We use the same system that the Devs use, we just only have restricted access. One thing you can do to help is post the URLs for your race. The Mods & Devs can even view unpublished homebrews, so DON’T PUBLISH IT!! (Publishing makes it harder to fix stuff.) Those links can help the Mods & Devs figure out whatever has gone funky on them.
Okay, so quick update. The race hasn't been updated yet both on the character sheet and on the details page. I guess I'll add in the link of the homebrew race (Lycanids) here so the mods and devs can lookit while I wait for the text racial trait to show itself naturally. When it does show up on its own, I'll let you know again. thanks again for the help.
I've been writing a homebrew race for quite some time now and just finished polishing it a few days ago. I tried making a test character to see if all things are fine, except for a visual bug (I think) for two racial traits that keep showing on the sheet that is not intended for most of the subraces. I know how the features showed up there in the first place and deleted the features with the "Replacement" feature type. I thought that was it and continued on with my editing and polishing until I ran across the problem a few days ago. I don't plan on publishing the homebrew anytime soon but seeing the features on the wrong subrace will I think cause confusion on the table at some point.
Are the traits attached to the base race? If so, they will always show as attached to all subraces as well because subraces don’t “replace” racial traits, they add to them. What you probably want for those are not Subraces but instead Variant Races as those have traits that replace other traits. Don’t make the traits “Replacement” traits however, make them Granted and designate which base racial traits they are to replace.
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No, they are not. Here's the process of what I did.
If needed, I can add in pictures to properly show my problem.
Ahh. Your character sheet is stuck on an old cache. Please see the General FAQ #6-B: (https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/dungeons-dragons-discussion/homebrew-house-rules/131411-a-homebrewers-how-to-faq).
For the Variants that use “Relentless Personality" and "Charging Instinct,” create two Variant Races for your race (not subraces), make those as “Granted” features and then designate “Special Features” as the “Replace Base Racial Trait.”
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Okay, I've read through the part you linked. I still have no idea how "Wake Up" the character but I did what was instructed... and the features are still there after numerous attempts. It's getting late on my end, so as a test I added in a new racial trait, feature type is also a replacement like the previous two and saved in the main page for the subrace. I'll check again once I have time again since I'll be out most likely the entire day tomorrow. If the RP and CI are still there AND that new trait is mixed in... then I'll just redo the entire thing.
Anyways, thanks for the help IamSposta. I'll let you know if anything changes next time.
As usual, I’m happy to help. Please do let me know how it turns out, I’m interested. I spend a lot of time in the homebrewer and like to know what’s working and what’s not if things go glitchy. Sleep well!
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I’ve seen a second report of something similar with homebrewed races. (https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/bugs-support/154186-homebrew-race-descriptions-not-updatingis the other.) I know they’re tinkering around with the content creator, so this is probably a side effect of that. We use the same system that the Devs use, we just only have restricted access. One thing you can do to help is post the URLs for your race. The Mods & Devs can even view unpublished homebrews, so DON’T PUBLISH IT!! (Publishing makes it harder to fix stuff.) Those links can help the Mods & Devs figure out whatever has gone funky on them.
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Okay, so quick update. The race hasn't been updated yet both on the character sheet and on the details page. I guess I'll add in the link of the homebrew race (Lycanids) here so the mods and devs can lookit while I wait for the text racial trait to show itself naturally. When it does show up on its own, I'll let you know again. thanks again for the help.