This is deliberate behaviour and not a bug. The tables in the books are there to facilitate use of official content. If you want to make use of tables that feature homebrew monsters/items/etc then you need to create a new table.
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I don't believe you are correct. This facility is for customizing existing monsters, so for everything else it auto-fills the existing values, which you can then tweak. There is no argument where leaving this one specific trait unfilled is deliberate.
This site's first and primary purpose is to track character sheet changes via the Rules as Written. Other tools are added as secondary and homebrew is last.
The tables for monsters are not autogenerative - they are to display the content as detailed in the official sourcebooks. Homebrew will not add to these - no homebrew you create will be added to or change any official content from books.
This is why if you click on Species in game rules you don't see your homebrew. Same for classes. Same for Magic Items. Likewise when you view the loot tables in the dmg books it doesn't list homebrew items. Homebrew published by others will only be seen in the Homebrew listings. No homebrew will ever be detailed in the official tables or sources - because the entire point of those tables and source is to show the official rules as written content only.
If you want a table with homebrew put in it - you need to homebrew a new table.
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Pretty sure they’re referring to the monster’s treasure entry (which simply refers to tables in the DMG), rather than actual tables in the statblock itself.
May I suggest that in future you use correct terms and phrase things less confusingly? "Treasure Table" and "Treasure Entry" are very different things. A treasure table is a list of things to roll on. A treasure entry is the tag used to tell people which table in the DMG to use. "Autofilling a table" suggests automatically adding entries to the list of things to roll in a given table. What it now seems you mean is editing the treasure entry tag for a homebrew monster.
Can confirm you cannot edit the treasure entry tag for homebrew monsters, which seems like an oversight. Spandandtuna, are the devs aware of this? I know they only recently updated the tool for 2024 monsters to let us change the Gear entry, will they be doing the same for the Treasure entry?
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When you make a homebrew monster based on an existing one, it doesn't autofill the treasure tables of the source creature.
Correct.
This is deliberate behaviour and not a bug. The tables in the books are there to facilitate use of official content. If you want to make use of tables that feature homebrew monsters/items/etc then you need to create a new table.
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I don't believe you are correct. This facility is for customizing existing monsters, so for everything else it auto-fills the existing values, which you can then tweak. There is no argument where leaving this one specific trait unfilled is deliberate.
This site's first and primary purpose is to track character sheet changes via the Rules as Written. Other tools are added as secondary and homebrew is last.
The tables for monsters are not autogenerative - they are to display the content as detailed in the official sourcebooks. Homebrew will not add to these - no homebrew you create will be added to or change any official content from books.
This is why if you click on Species in game rules you don't see your homebrew. Same for classes. Same for Magic Items. Likewise when you view the loot tables in the dmg books it doesn't list homebrew items. Homebrew published by others will only be seen in the Homebrew listings. No homebrew will ever be detailed in the official tables or sources - because the entire point of those tables and source is to show the official rules as written content only.
If you want a table with homebrew put in it - you need to homebrew a new table.
Click ✨ HERE ✨ For My Youtube Videos featuring Guides, Tips & Tricks for using D&D Beyond.
Need help with Homebrew? Check out ✨ this FAQ/Guide thread ✨ by IamSposta.
Pretty sure they’re referring to the monster’s treasure entry (which simply refers to tables in the DMG), rather than actual tables in the statblock itself.
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That is correct.
Right, so apologies for confusion.
May I suggest that in future you use correct terms and phrase things less confusingly? "Treasure Table" and "Treasure Entry" are very different things. A treasure table is a list of things to roll on. A treasure entry is the tag used to tell people which table in the DMG to use. "Autofilling a table" suggests automatically adding entries to the list of things to roll in a given table. What it now seems you mean is editing the treasure entry tag for a homebrew monster.
Can confirm you cannot edit the treasure entry tag for homebrew monsters, which seems like an oversight. Spandandtuna, are the devs aware of this? I know they only recently updated the tool for 2024 monsters to let us change the Gear entry, will they be doing the same for the Treasure entry?
Click ✨ HERE ✨ For My Youtube Videos featuring Guides, Tips & Tricks for using D&D Beyond.
Need help with Homebrew? Check out ✨ this FAQ/Guide thread ✨ by IamSposta.