Do you all WANT DND Beyond's already crappy homebrew to just become Dnd Wiki?
Because homebrew class will lead to that garbage pile repeating, because people can & do misuse the Reddit-style voting system here. Even if granted, a lot of things people think will be allowed...won't("Fixed" official classes by any name, copyrighted references, uncompensated 3rd-party content, evading purchasing material on-site...these all come to mind & are already rampant despite being against site policy).
Sure, why not. With the way the system is set up right now, you can just choose not to add the stuff you don't like.
What people are asking for is choice and option befitting of the hobby.
You obviously need to have a conversation with your dm and your table before introducing homebrew anyway, so whether it is something you dream up yourself or something you subscribe through through the homebrew catalog of varying quality, it still needs to fit your game.
There are so many cool things being created in this hobby, and being able to actually provide something that helps expand it, is the way every community grows. And if anything, if custom homebrew classes were available in the beyond tools, you would probably see a rise in quality of the submission, because you would actually be able to use the class on par with official material.
If you are worried about slop that is fine and probably warranted, but letting other people have the choice and option to create something for themselves will not impact your specific game in any significant or measurable way.
(As for copyrighted material, there are already over-zealous copyright checkers implemented in the homebrew tool, and you would not be able to publish it to a wider audience.)
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Sure, why not. With the way the system is set up right now, you can just choose not to add the stuff you don't like.
What people are asking for is choice and option befitting of the hobby.
You obviously need to have a conversation with your dm and your table before introducing homebrew anyway, so whether it is something you dream up yourself or something you subscribe through through the homebrew catalog of varying quality, it still needs to fit your game.
There are so many cool things being created in this hobby, and being able to actually provide something that helps expand it, is the way every community grows. And if anything, if custom homebrew classes were available in the beyond tools, you would probably see a rise in quality of the submission, because you would actually be able to use the class on par with official material.
If you are worried about slop that is fine and probably warranted, but letting other people have the choice and option to create something for themselves will not impact your specific game in any significant or measurable way.
(As for copyrighted material, there are already over-zealous copyright checkers implemented in the homebrew tool, and you would not be able to publish it to a wider audience.)