Maybe I am missing something, but doing the hit points manually upon leveling up is rather confusing. I figured it out, but the process could really use some improvements to be more intuitive. Our group is debating purchasing the required books and a subscription for a campaign and have everyone use this for characters. However, manual hit point entry for level up has been a complaint from every member of the group.
Hi, sorry to revive a dead thread but is there a plan to improve this? Really want to use this service and willing to pay but this shows a bit of platform immaturity, no?
Hi, sorry to revive a dead thread but is there a plan to improve this? Really want to use this service and willing to pay but this shows a bit of platform immaturity, no?
From tests that the developers ran with people, the current system was preferred. There's always going to be a few people that don't like how something works unfortunately. I'm not saying they're wrong either, but it's down to personal preference.
Could the HP interface be improved? Possibly, but I feel only at the cost of making it more complicated.
You're welcome to use the character builder and character sheets without paying a penny/cent, to check that you like D&D Beyond. :)
Thanks for the quick reply. Perhaps it's because I'm fairly new to the game, so I don't know if levelling up gets much more complex once you're past the basic rules.
I'd be fascinated to know why they prefer the current system, do you have a link to that please? I'd assumed levelup was such a common D&D thing that it would be hand-held on D&D Beyond, which clearly it isn't.
In this case, confusingly the CON modifier gets added automatically when you give the level to a class, but there's nothing to tell you what you have to do then - turns out you have to go into "manage HP" and mess with it manually to add the rest! Compared to the other parts of D&D Beyond I've seen this just feels really raw and unpolished.
I'm really curious about why people wouldn't be keen on a little helper screen on levelup.
I guess I don't understand why the rolls for each level up can't be entered individually. That's what my players expected and were looking for. Instead, I have to direct them to the "total rolled" every time. Which is just non-intuitive to use.
"More complicated" and "more intuitive" aren't always mutually exclusive. In this case, I and my players feel that additional detail would make it far more intuitive.
Maybe I am missing something, but doing the hit points manually upon leveling up is rather confusing. I figured it out, but the process could really use some improvements to be more intuitive. Our group is debating purchasing the required books and a subscription for a campaign and have everyone use this for characters. However, manual hit point entry for level up has been a complaint from every member of the group.
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D&D Beyond FoundersIt should be significantly easier to manage when the character sheet revamp is completed, which should be really soon now.
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Thank you for the quick response!
Bringing this back up, because manual hit point entry has not changed in the new character sheet set-up. It's still confusing for new users.
Agree with this, was still just as difficult during our level-up on Saturday.
I agree. If possible, this needs to be improved. My players struggle with it every time.
Hi, sorry to revive a dead thread but is there a plan to improve this? Really want to use this service and willing to pay but this shows a bit of platform immaturity, no?
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D&D Beyond FoundersFrom tests that the developers ran with people, the current system was preferred. There's always going to be a few people that don't like how something works unfortunately. I'm not saying they're wrong either, but it's down to personal preference.
Could the HP interface be improved? Possibly, but I feel only at the cost of making it more complicated.
You're welcome to use the character builder and character sheets without paying a penny/cent, to check that you like D&D Beyond. :)
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Thanks for the quick reply. Perhaps it's because I'm fairly new to the game, so I don't know if levelling up gets much more complex once you're past the basic rules.
I'd be fascinated to know why they prefer the current system, do you have a link to that please? I'd assumed levelup was such a common D&D thing that it would be hand-held on D&D Beyond, which clearly it isn't.
In this case, confusingly the CON modifier gets added automatically when you give the level to a class, but there's nothing to tell you what you have to do then - turns out you have to go into "manage HP" and mess with it manually to add the rest! Compared to the other parts of D&D Beyond I've seen this just feels really raw and unpolished.
I'm really curious about why people wouldn't be keen on a little helper screen on levelup.
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D&D Beyond FoundersA "level up helper" sounds like a great idea to me and something that I've seen mentioned elsewhere too.
With regards a link - I don't have one. Iirc, it was in a discussion in a meeting with staff.
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I guess I don't understand why the rolls for each level up can't be entered individually. That's what my players expected and were looking for. Instead, I have to direct them to the "total rolled" every time. Which is just non-intuitive to use.
"More complicated" and "more intuitive" aren't always mutually exclusive. In this case, I and my players feel that additional detail would make it far more intuitive.