Yup exactly the same. It’s been reported by a few people and they keep pretending it’s a user error issue or an account formation issue when it’s clearly a back end problem.
it’s actually really annoying as it renders the combat tracker next to useless
I am curious so I tried to test it. I got MTOF through the Legendary Bundle as well, and the bug seems to only affect certain monsters. Strangely, Amnizu and Drow Inquisitor do not show up correctly and tells me to go buy them, but Amnizu (Summoner Variant) and Drow Inquisitor (Summoner Variant) do show up correctly. None of the Abishai show up correctly either.
The monsters in red are the ones that do not show up correctly and tells me to go buy them in the market place. The only pattern I notice is that only monsters that are listed as from MTOF are highly likely to be affected by the bug, but the bug does not ever affect the (Summoner Variant) ones.
Sacred Statue Shadow Dancer Sibriex Skulk Skull Lord Soul Monger Spirit Troll Spring Eladrin Star Spawn Grue Star Spawn Hulk Star Spawn Larva Mage Star Spawn Mangler Star Spawn Seer Steel Predator Stone Cursed Stone Defender Summer Eladrin Sword Wraith Commander Sword Wraith Warrior
The Angry The Hungry The Lonely The Lost The Wretched Titivilus Tortle Tortle Druid
Vampiric Mist Venom Troll
Wastrilith Water Elemental Myrmidon White Abishai Winter Eladrin
Yagnoloth Yeenoghu Young Kruthik
Zaratan Zariel Zuggtmoy
Edit: I clicked through all monsters again to test things out. All monsters listed in orange also no longer work anymore. Basically, any monster that is tagged to be from MTOF no longer works, and the only exception to that rule are summoner variants.
Because all I’ve done is exactly the same things I’m suggesting to you lot.
Hey Sposta, can you try selecting any of the Abishai, Eladrin, Star Spawns, or any of the monsters I highlighted in red, and see if they pop up for you?
Since nobody mentioned Allip not showing up, I think Allip is probably fine for everyone. However, if you selected Eladrin and it does not show up for you, then the bug might affect people who bought MTOF by itself too, and not just those who got it as part of a bundle.
Monsters from Tome of Foes are showing that I don't own them in the ancounter builder even though I own the book. Specifically looking at the Drow Inquisitor.
@IamSposta. That's actually not the problem. All that does is make sure you can select them.
I can select and add them but I get "To see and search this monster's full stats, unlock the Red Abishai by purchasing Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes on D&D Beyond or purchasing this monster individually."
I own Moredenkainen's Tome of Foes, and can actually look up the monster just fine and see it's statblock via search, but it isn't showing up on the encounter builder. In my case it's the various Abishai that I get the message on.
Do you guys have the same issue with the same monsters that I do? If everyone that got MTOF through a bundle has issue with the same set of monsters, maybe that will help the team figure out what the issue is.
If everyone has issues with different sets of monsters, then I am not sure, but hopefully that will still help the team narrow down what the issue is.
I do not use the encounter builder, I bought the legendary bundle in early 2019.
While I have not tried all of the monsters in red from XXXGammaRay's post above I have tried about 10 of them randomly and they all seem to work for me, I am able to click and get the description/stat block, and add them to the encounter.
Again I do not use this tool however I am happy to test other things and report back.
Because all I’ve done is exactly the same things I’m suggesting to you lot.
Hey Sposta, can you try selecting any of the Abishai, Eladrin, Star Spawns, or any of the monsters I highlighted in red, and see if they pop up for you?
Since nobody mentioned Allip not showing up, I think Allip is probably fine for everyone. However, if you selected Eladrin and it does not show up for you, then the bug might affect people who bought MTOF by itself too, and not just those who got it as part of a bundle.
Hunh. Well wadaya know. I had originally tested with a handful of random monsters from Mordenkeinen’s Tome, and those all worked just fine. But now that I’ve specifically tried it with the black abishai and autumn eladrin, I’m observing the same problem too. So it doesn’t seem to matter if Mordenkeinen’s Tome was purchased individually, or as part of a bundle. So there goes that theory. And I know I’ve done all of the appropriate troubleshooting stuff, and I know I’m on the right account. So it’s most definitely on DDB’s end. But it’s weird that it’s only selecting some monsters from that book and not all of them. Very, very weird indeed.
@kayak - the bug isn’t that we can’t select it. It’s that when we do select it, it says we can add the monster but have to purchase the content to see it. It does work if you open monster stat page on a separate window but then it won’t work on the combat tracker.
So i tried the black abishai and autumn eladrin that IamSposta found not to work, and as far as I can tell they both work form me in the combat tracker I have one of each and 4 players in a combat tracker where I can set initiative and adjust hit points on all of them.
I can not see their stat blocks in the combat tracker, I do get the must purchase to see stat block.
So it appears I am experiencing the same issue.
I do want to remind ya'll I do not use these tools and may be missing the point, I am however happy to test.
That helped, I get the top scenario with the paywall, I am a legendary bundle owner and that is how MtoF was purchased.
I went back and retried the other monsters and find the paywall for stats on them all.
I also noted that if you click the down arrow next to the add button in the encounter builder you hit the paywall, but if you click on the monsters name it opens a new tab and shows the stats. this is before I open the combat tracker.
Volo's seems to work at least with the monsters I have tried.
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Looks like I am having the same issue and I bought the bundle. The same monsters for me. I know I used some of these monsters a few months ago. Like Bael. Glad to know we're not crazy and this is an issue.
I got MToF as part of the bundle and am having the same problem. Opened a ticket but don't expect much over the holidays (or from dndbeyond generally these days). Since purchased by HASBEEN they've only added new content without any investment in the product itself which will be mothballed next year anyway and be replaced by their Next Big Thing which I'm sure will be cheaper and better ;-) .... can't wait.
I've come to rely too heavily on dndbeyond for a number of years now running more than 10 games a week professionally (well, for money anyway) as my sole income and in the early days it vastly improved the experience. Lately though, not so much and more games are returning to pen & paper so we'll see how this latest hiccup fares.
But wait a minute, what's that over there? D e m i p l a n e .... tbc M C D M ..... tbc P2e..... tbc
I would like to add, perhaps a little cynically considering what HASBEEN has been (nice palilogia there) up to lately, that this is an attempt to steer consumers to purchase the latest content. I don't own MPMotM as I already own physical and digital copies of MToF and VgtM so deem that MPMotM is not great value for money in my circumstance. I wonder if the problem occurring with MToF in the encounter builder is also occurring with MPMotM? (my bet is, that it isn't). So, will I buy MPMotM to fix the problem myself? Maybe yes, in the short-term, because I now rely on dndbeyond and its encounter builder to run my business. But.... in the longer term I have decided to look elsewhere for the support I need to run my business with more confidence and reliability.
I have exactly the same problem and I'm very impressed with your attention to detail in listing all affected monsters. HASBEEN should employ and put you on the dndbeyond team as QA advisor. Oh, I forgot, HASBEEN doesn't recruit these days, only unrecruits! (a vote this for a new word).
Yes. I opened a ticket but only received an automated response. No progress. I'm not particularly surprised. I no longer use the encounter builder, it has less value than paper and books.
I have decided to transition all of my 12 running campaigns (60+ players) and resources away from dndbeyond and hope to be able to unsubscribed just in time to avoid D&D 5.5 (or 6th or even the ridiculous "ONE"). My players are all on board with this decision we made together. In fact a significant proportion of them want to return to paper character sheets and use the physical books we already purchased. I'm impressed, particularly since they are all under 30 years old.
A moderator suggested reporting back on this "known issue". Not sure if that moderator is still employed by Hasbro/WoTC/dndbeyond but I have checked back every day since 6th January and the issue still exists. I'm not hopeful so I've stopped using the encounter builder and have adopted another system. I will now start the transition away from dndbeyond completely.
Dude I get that you’re not happy with the absolutely abysmal support, lack of communication and not being to use content that we paid for in all the ways we paid to use it: I’m annoyed too.
However your walls of salty posting ain’t helping either.
Like support ain’t reading this thread (obviously) so all your “I’m not using dnd beyond anymore” is falling on deaf ears because they ain’t here.
best practice is to just send them another email asking for a response but know every-time you do that, it sadly puts your ticket to the back of the queue (which is not ideal).
I’m with you on the frustration mate, I just don’t think it’s helping you being angry at a company that clearly doesn’t care.
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Yup exactly the same. It’s been reported by a few people and they keep pretending it’s a user error issue or an account formation issue when it’s clearly a back end problem.
it’s actually really annoying as it renders the combat tracker next to useless
I am curious so I tried to test it. I got MTOF through the Legendary Bundle as well, and the bug seems to only affect certain monsters. Strangely, Amnizu and Drow Inquisitor do not show up correctly and tells me to go buy them, but Amnizu (Summoner Variant) and Drow Inquisitor (Summoner Variant) do show up correctly. None of the Abishai show up correctly either.
The monsters in red are the ones that do not show up correctly and tells me to go buy them in the market place. The only pattern I notice is that only monsters that are listed as from MTOF are highly likely to be affected by the bug, but the bug does not ever affect the (Summoner Variant) ones.
Abyssal Wretch
Adult Kruthik
Adult Oblex
Air Elemenal Myrmidon
Alkilith
Allip
Amnizu
Amnizu (Sumoner Variant)
Armanite
Astral Dreadnought
Autumn Eladrin
Bael
Balhannoth
Baphomet
Berbalang
Black Abishai
Blue Abishai
Bone Claw
Bronze Scout
Bulezau
Cadaver Collector
Canoloth
Choker
Corpse Flower
Deathlock
Deathlock Mastermind
Deathlock Wight
Demogorgon
Derro
Derro Servant
Dhergoloth
Dire Troll
Drow Arachnomancer
Drow Favored Consort
Drow House Captain
Drow Inquisitor
Drow Inquisitor (Summoner Variant)
Drow Matron Mother
Drow Shadowblade
Drow Shadowblade (Summoner Variant)
Duergar Despot
Duergar Hammerer
Duergar Kalvarachni
Duergar Mind Master
Duergar Screamer
Duergar Soulblade
Duergar Stone Guard
Duergar Warlord
Duergar Xarrorn
Dybbuk
Earth Elemental Myrmidon
Eidolon
Elder Oblex
Elder Tempest
Female Steeder
Fire Elemental Myrmidon
Fraz-Urb'luu
Frost Salamander
Geryon
Geryon (Summoner Variant)
Githyanki Gish
Githyanki Kith'rak
Githyanki Supreme Commander
Githzerai Anarch
Githzerai Enlightened
Gloom Weaver
Gray Render
Graz'zt
Green Abishai
Hellfire Engine
Howler
Hutijin
Hydroloth
Iron Cobra
Juiblex
Kruthik Hivelord
Leviathan
Male Steeder
Marut
Maurezhi
Meazel
Merregon
Merrenoloth
Moloch
Molydeus
Molydeus (Summoner Variant)
Nabassu
Nagpa
Narzugon
Nighwalker
Nupperibo
Oaken Bolter
Oblex Spawn
Ogre Battering Ram
Ogre Bolt Launcher
Ogre Chain Brute
Ogre Howdah
Oinoloth
Orcus
Orthon
Phoenix
Red Abishai
Retriever
Rot Troll
Rutterkin
Sacred Statue
Shadow Dancer
Sibriex
Skulk
Skull Lord
Soul Monger
Spirit Troll
Spring Eladrin
Star Spawn Grue
Star Spawn Hulk
Star Spawn Larva Mage
Star Spawn Mangler
Star Spawn Seer
Steel Predator
Stone Cursed
Stone Defender
Summer Eladrin
Sword Wraith Commander
Sword Wraith Warrior
The Angry
The Hungry
The Lonely
The Lost
The Wretched
Titivilus
Tortle
Tortle Druid
Vampiric Mist
Venom Troll
Wastrilith
Water Elemental Myrmidon
White Abishai
Winter Eladrin
Yagnoloth
Yeenoghu
Young Kruthik
Zaratan
Zariel
Zuggtmoy
Edit: I clicked through all monsters again to test things out. All monsters listed in orange also no longer work anymore. Basically, any monster that is tagged to be from MTOF no longer works, and the only exception to that rule are summoner variants.
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Hey Sposta, can you try selecting any of the Abishai, Eladrin, Star Spawns, or any of the monsters I highlighted in red, and see if they pop up for you?
Since nobody mentioned Allip not showing up, I think Allip is probably fine for everyone. However, if you selected Eladrin and it does not show up for you, then the bug might affect people who bought MTOF by itself too, and not just those who got it as part of a bundle.
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Do you guys have the same issue with the same monsters that I do? If everyone that got MTOF through a bundle has issue with the same set of monsters, maybe that will help the team figure out what the issue is.
If everyone has issues with different sets of monsters, then I am not sure, but hopefully that will still help the team narrow down what the issue is.
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I do not use the encounter builder, I bought the legendary bundle in early 2019.
While I have not tried all of the monsters in red from XXXGammaRay's post above I have tried about 10 of them randomly and they all seem to work for me, I am able to click and get the description/stat block, and add them to the encounter.
Again I do not use this tool however I am happy to test other things and report back.
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Hunh. Well wadaya know. I had originally tested with a handful of random monsters from Mordenkeinen’s Tome, and those all worked just fine. But now that I’ve specifically tried it with the black abishai and autumn eladrin, I’m observing the same problem too. So it doesn’t seem to matter if Mordenkeinen’s Tome was purchased individually, or as part of a bundle. So there goes that theory. And I know I’ve done all of the appropriate troubleshooting stuff, and I know I’m on the right account. So it’s most definitely on DDB’s end. But it’s weird that it’s only selecting some monsters from that book and not all of them. Very, very weird indeed.
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Both the black abishai and autumn eladrin work for me as far as seeing the stat blocks/description and adding to the tool.
The stat block/description opens a new tab.
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oh crap so it’s affecting you too, sposta? Damn.
So it’s not a bundle bug, it’s an everyone bug.
@kayak - the bug isn’t that we can’t select it. It’s that when we do select it, it says we can add the monster but have to purchase the content to see it. It does work if you open monster stat page on a separate window but then it won’t work on the combat tracker.
So i tried the black abishai and autumn eladrin that IamSposta found not to work, and as far as I can tell they both work form me in the combat tracker I have one of each and 4 players in a combat tracker where I can set initiative and adjust hit points on all of them.
I can not see their stat blocks in the combat tracker, I do get the must purchase to see stat block.
So it appears I am experiencing the same issue.
I do want to remind ya'll I do not use these tools and may be missing the point, I am however happy to test.
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So i think this might explain it better:
https://imgur.com/a/TaSuVqH
The top image is what the toome of foes, autumn eladrin sheet looks like on the combat tracker.
The bottom image is what the monsters of the multiverse autumn eladrin sheet looks like on combat tracker.
They both should be viewable in the way the bottom one is, but the top one isnt for some reason
That helped, I get the top scenario with the paywall, I am a legendary bundle owner and that is how MtoF was purchased.
I went back and retried the other monsters and find the paywall for stats on them all.
I also noted that if you click the down arrow next to the add button in the encounter builder you hit the paywall, but if you click on the monsters name it opens a new tab and shows the stats. this is before I open the combat tracker.
Volo's seems to work at least with the monsters I have tried.
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aye volo is fine. i tested all the monsters and theyre all working properly.
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Looks like I am having the same issue and I bought the bundle. The same monsters for me. I know I used some of these monsters a few months ago. Like Bael. Glad to know we're not crazy and this is an issue.
I got MToF as part of the bundle and am having the same problem. Opened a ticket but don't expect much over the holidays (or from dndbeyond generally these days). Since purchased by HASBEEN they've only added new content without any investment in the product itself which will be mothballed next year anyway and be replaced by their Next Big Thing which I'm sure will be cheaper and better ;-) .... can't wait.
I've come to rely too heavily on dndbeyond for a number of years now running more than 10 games a week professionally (well, for money anyway) as my sole income and in the early days it vastly improved the experience. Lately though, not so much and more games are returning to pen & paper so we'll see how this latest hiccup fares.
But wait a minute, what's that over there? D e m i p l a n e .... tbc M C D M ..... tbc P2e..... tbc
I would like to add, perhaps a little cynically considering what HASBEEN has been (nice palilogia there) up to lately, that this is an attempt to steer consumers to purchase the latest content. I don't own MPMotM as I already own physical and digital copies of MToF and VgtM so deem that MPMotM is not great value for money in my circumstance. I wonder if the problem occurring with MToF in the encounter builder is also occurring with MPMotM? (my bet is, that it isn't). So, will I buy MPMotM to fix the problem myself? Maybe yes, in the short-term, because I now rely on dndbeyond and its encounter builder to run my business. But.... in the longer term I have decided to look elsewhere for the support I need to run my business with more confidence and reliability.
I have exactly the same problem and I'm very impressed with your attention to detail in listing all affected monsters. HASBEEN should employ and put you on the dndbeyond team as QA advisor. Oh, I forgot, HASBEEN doesn't recruit these days, only unrecruits! (a vote this for a new word).
Is anyone else still having this problem?
Yes. I opened a ticket but only received an automated response. No progress. I'm not particularly surprised. I no longer use the encounter builder, it has less value than paper and books.
I have decided to transition all of my 12 running campaigns (60+ players) and resources away from dndbeyond and hope to be able to unsubscribed just in time to avoid D&D 5.5 (or 6th or even the ridiculous "ONE"). My players are all on board with this decision we made together. In fact a significant proportion of them want to return to paper character sheets and use the physical books we already purchased. I'm impressed, particularly since they are all under 30 years old.
A moderator suggested reporting back on this "known issue". Not sure if that moderator is still employed by Hasbro/WoTC/dndbeyond but I have checked back every day since 6th January and the issue still exists. I'm not hopeful so I've stopped using the encounter builder and have adopted another system. I will now start the transition away from dndbeyond completely.
Dude I get that you’re not happy with the absolutely abysmal support, lack of communication and not being to use content that we paid for in all the ways we paid to use it: I’m annoyed too.
However your walls of salty posting ain’t helping either.
Like support ain’t reading this thread (obviously) so all your “I’m not using dnd beyond anymore” is falling on deaf ears because they ain’t here.
best practice is to just send them another email asking for a response but know every-time you do that, it sadly puts your ticket to the back of the queue (which is not ideal).
I’m with you on the frustration mate, I just don’t think it’s helping you being angry at a company that clearly doesn’t care.