Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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I have been running a campaign utilizing the tools on this site, makes it easier for the players and their characters.
I only share 2014 material in the campaign, yet I noticed all the players characters contain a mix of 2014 and 2024.
My assumption was only material within the shared books can be used by players. Yet apparently the assumption is incorrect, making this site less useful when running with new players.
The issue may not be that players have purchased or been given access to the 2024 Player's Handbook. D&D Beyond makes a substantial selection of 2024 rules available for free.
Even when a campaign is intended to use the 2014 ruleset, the Character Builder allows players to select free 2024 material. This means players can inadvertently build characters using 2024 class features, subclasses, spells and other options without owning the 2024 PHB.
I want to know whether D&D Beyond provides a way for a DM to restrict character creation to 2014 material only, rather than relying on players to recognize and avoid 2024 options.
There are checkboxes in the source controls of the character builder to control that.
Yet I have all 2024 material blocked in the campaign (unchecked). Players are still able to add 2024 material. Yet three of the four players still have access to the free 2024 material available through their account. System only limits the sharedd material.
Unfortunately, I did not notice this before. We are starting our fifth session, so it would not be very nice to correct mid campaign. Below is what players have available and are using, Mori is a seasoned player so all good.
The four characters
Character
Potential explanation
Ace — Sorcerer
Free 2024 Draconic Sorcery and Sorcerer options
Zugot — Cleric
Free 2024 Life Domain and Cleric options
Mori — Warlock
2024 Free Rules spells may be available alongside 2014 options; his feats are not necessarily 2024 material
Imheth — Paladin
Free 2024 Oath of Devotion and Paladin options, plus 2024 spells
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ModeratorThey'll need to open their character settings and turn off any categories you don't want them using, like 5.5e Core Rules and 5.5e Expanded Rules.
Note that these toggles only control what can be newly added to the sheet; it won't affect anything they've added already. They'd need to manually remove those selections and choose their 5e counterparts instead.
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Thank you,
Suggestion would be to have that under DM control when setting up a campaign.
I do appreciate the reply, no need to reply again. It is just a suggestion ;)
They've said this is on the road map as part of the major redesign
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