I have a player creating a first level bard and when he goes to Features & Traits - All - Feats - Manage Feats he is able to add an unlimited number of feats at 1st level. This has to be a bug, right?
What your character is allowed to have is up to you and your DM. Again, the official progression is granted by the builder. The sheet offers a way to add bonus proficiencies and feats. If in your campaign you are not supposed to have bonus proficiencies and feats, don't add those.
Maybe I’m not wording it correctly. In my experience with Feats, you get them at different level progressions and the builder manages that. Here’s the link to his sheet, where at level 1 he’s managed to add almost half of them and could add more if he wanted. https://ddb.ac/characters/3813246/6Q56Jq
I’m just trying to make sure I understand why this is happening.
Some DMs grant a free feat to all characters at level one. Some campaigns allow downtime, during which time you may be able to work towards a bonus feat. Sometimes you may be awarded a feat as a reward outside the normal ASI progression.
Thank you very much everyone for the clarification, now I understand why this is happening. I agree that there should be a toggle switch for the DM to turn this on or off.
It's pretty much the same as a player with a paper character sheet could write down all the feats they want, or write down that they have +10 bonus to all attack roles.
The D&D Beyond character sheet allows players to do all of these things too, as there are campaigns where that's what people are playing and there were many requests to be able to add feats outside of normal progression.
To ensure you're following the standard D&D progression rules, here's a simple guideline:
Using the character builder = standard progression.
Adding through the character sheet = customisation outside of standard progression.
I have a player creating a first level bard and when he goes to Features & Traits - All - Feats - Manage Feats he is able to add an unlimited number of feats at 1st level. This has to be a bug, right?
No, this is intended.
The builder will keep the official progression, while the sheet has some ways to add bonus proficiencies and feats.
So at 1st level my bard player is allowed to add an unlimited number of Feats to his character?
That is not what I said.
What your character is allowed to have is up to you and your DM. Again, the official progression is granted by the builder. The sheet offers a way to add bonus proficiencies and feats. If in your campaign you are not supposed to have bonus proficiencies and feats, don't add those.
Maybe a toggle would be an appropriate solution to prevent confusion? Off by default for newly created characters?
Maybe I’m not wording it correctly. In my experience with Feats, you get them at different level progressions and the builder manages that. Here’s the link to his sheet, where at level 1 he’s managed to add almost half of them and could add more if he wanted. https://ddb.ac/characters/3813246/6Q56Jq
I’m just trying to make sure I understand why this is happening.
This is happening because, at some point in the campaign, the DM might grant bonus feats to characters.
Some DMs grant a free feat to all characters at level one. Some campaigns allow downtime, during which time you may be able to work towards a bonus feat. Sometimes you may be awarded a feat as a reward outside the normal ASI progression.
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Thank you very much everyone for the clarification, now I understand why this is happening. I agree that there should be a toggle switch for the DM to turn this on or off.
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D&D Beyond FoundersIt's pretty much the same as a player with a paper character sheet could write down all the feats they want, or write down that they have +10 bonus to all attack roles.
The D&D Beyond character sheet allows players to do all of these things too, as there are campaigns where that's what people are playing and there were many requests to be able to add feats outside of normal progression.
To ensure you're following the standard D&D progression rules, here's a simple guideline:
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