Description for necrotic shroud has the time limit in the wrong spot. It should be at the end of the paragraph instead of the middle. Makes the fear section more confusing.
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The frighten condition only lasts until the end of your next turn. The necrotic damage lasts for the full minute. To quote the full text from the actual race:
" The instant you transform, other creatures within 10 feet of you that can see you must each succeed on a Charisma saving throw (DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier) or become frightened of you until the end of your next turn.
Your transformation lasts for 1 minute or until you end it as a bonus action. During it, once on each of your turns, you can deal extra necrotic damage to one target when you deal damage to it with an attack or a spell. The extra necrotic damage equals your level. "
Here it reads fine. The fear effect is mentioned happening "The instant you transform" with it ending at the end of your next turn. There is no mention of the fear effect being a recurring effect, and if it's not written, it doesn't happen as far as all of Jeremy Crawford's rulings tend to go.
The 1 minute time limit on the damage is in a separate paragraph, referencing that during that time limit, there is extra necrotic damage. This is also fine.
In the small blurb, it's all one mess of text, and is missing words, which removes context. It says "This" instead of "Your transformation", which could be read as referencing the fear effect. It doesn't saying "during" or "for each of your turns" for the necrotic damage, so you could read it as you getting the necrotic damage for only one turn.
It's easy to make a mistake (which happened in my campaign). By moving "This lasts for 1 minute or until you end it as a bonus action." to the end and changing "once on your turn" to "once on each of your turns" in the blurb, it clears up the issue.
Description for necrotic shroud has the time limit in the wrong spot. It should be at the end of the paragraph instead of the middle. Makes the fear section more confusing.
I disagree, it makes perfect sense to me.
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The frighten condition only lasts until the end of your next turn. The necrotic damage lasts for the full minute. To quote the full text from the actual race:
" The instant you transform, other creatures within 10 feet of you that can see you must each succeed on a Charisma saving throw (DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier) or become frightened of you until the end of your next turn.
Your transformation lasts for 1 minute or until you end it as a bonus action. During it, once on each of your turns, you can deal extra necrotic damage to one target when you deal damage to it with an attack or a spell. The extra necrotic damage equals your level. "
Here it reads fine. The fear effect is mentioned happening "The instant you transform" with it ending at the end of your next turn. There is no mention of the fear effect being a recurring effect, and if it's not written, it doesn't happen as far as all of Jeremy Crawford's rulings tend to go.
The 1 minute time limit on the damage is in a separate paragraph, referencing that during that time limit, there is extra necrotic damage. This is also fine.
In the small blurb, it's all one mess of text, and is missing words, which removes context. It says "This" instead of "Your transformation", which could be read as referencing the fear effect. It doesn't saying "during" or "for each of your turns" for the necrotic damage, so you could read it as you getting the necrotic damage for only one turn.
It's easy to make a mistake (which happened in my campaign). By moving "This lasts for 1 minute or until you end it as a bonus action." to the end and changing "once on your turn" to "once on each of your turns" in the blurb, it clears up the issue.
What you see when looking at the Character Sheet are abridged for space. If you tap it, a sidebar will appear listing the exact RAW.
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I get that. But it's abridged in a way that changes how the ability can be interpreted. It's an easy fix. Hence why I'm reporting it.
It reads fine to me. Not confusing at all.