Will it be possible to make a duplicate of personal homebrew (or any if creator allows duplicates) any time like we can with official material? I am creating several variants of magical items that differ in small ways and a few races in such a manner. Being able to copy homebrew would be a wonderful thing.
I am wondering this myself, I found something someone posted in the homebrew but I want to make a copy and make some modifications but the base is what Im looking for.
As long as you're trying to copy a homebrew item you've made, if you go to Create a Homebrew Magic Item/Spell/Race etc, then in the "Use an existing [type] as a template:" section, enter the name of the item you've made, you'll see it in the list.
For example, these items are all ones I've made that I can copy:
Ahh, I see. thank you Damon. I was hoping there was a way to Copy a Homebrew item that was published from someone else so that I could tweak it in my own campaign (not to republish) is there a way to do that?
"As long as you're trying to copy a homebrew item you've made, if you go to Create a Homebrew Magic Item/Spell/Race etc, then in the "Use an existing [type] as a template:" section, enter the name of the item you've made, you'll see it in the list."
There appears to be no way to do this very cool template trick with homebrew races/subraces/variant races. Does it need to be published? Am I missing something here?
Thanks already for the tricks/tips
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While this topic concerns itself with copying your own homebrew magic item. How do you create a copy of your homebrew variant race?
I created the homebrew race by selecting from Create Homebrew Race => Create Variant => Select a race to create a new Variant for => Dwarf => CREATE FROM SCRATCH
I name the Variant MY_VARIANT_DWARF
I edited MY_VARIANT_DWARF and was happy with the outcome
I need to create a copy / backup of the MY_VARIANT_DWARF so I go to Create Homebrew Race => Create Variant => Select an existing Variant for => ????
MY_VARIANT_DWARF does not appear in the drop down
I looked into the issue, and created COPY_OF_Variant Human. Likewise, the COPY_OF_Variant Human does not appear in the template drop down. It appears that this functionality is not supported, nor is copying homebrew subraces.
Is this true? If so, is there a technical reason preventing using a homebrew variant or subrace as a template?
Thanks, and by-the-way, the tool set is quite powerful.
I want to give copies of my homebrew stuff to my DM. Do I have to publish or is there another way? The goal is to use my stuff, a player, in the campaign my DM is running.
I want to give copies of my homebrew stuff to my DM. Do I have to publish or is there another way? The goal is to use my stuff, a player, in the campaign my DM is running.
Hello there BradBeyond,
As long as the things you have homebrewed are in your homebrew collection (they do not have to be published to be in it), and content sharing has been enabled in your campaign, your DM and fellow players should have access to them.
I want to give copies of my homebrew stuff to my DM. Do I have to publish or is there another way? The goal is to use my stuff, a player, in the campaign my DM is running.
Hello there BradBeyond,
As long as the things you have homebrewed are in your homebrew collection (they do not have to be published to be in it), and content sharing has been enabled in your campaign, your DM and fellow players should have access to them.
It doesn’t even require content sharing for our homebrews.
Being able to modify published items would be so useful. So often I find something that is similar to what I'm already trying to make, and being able to switch one variable would be so much better than trying to figure out how to make it on my own.
Right now I'm in the process of remaking an entire homebrew subclass because somewhere it says "You also gain proficiency in the Performance or Persuasion skill (choose one)." but doesnt give the choice and needs to be edited manually on the character sheet, so now I'm making it all, just so there's a dropdown menu in character creator instead
Being able to modify published items would be so useful. So often I find something that is similar to what I'm already trying to make, and being able to switch one variable would be so much better than trying to figure out how to make it on my own.
Right now I'm in the process of remaking an entire homebrew subclass because somewhere it says "You also gain proficiency in the Performance or Persuasion skill (choose one)." but doesnt give the choice and needs to be edited manually on the character sheet, so now I'm making it all, just so there's a dropdown menu in character creator instead
Do you men published home-brew, or official items? Official items we can use as templates for home-brew and just tweak stuff like that. For Published home-brews I believe it's on the agenda.
Being able to modify published items would be so useful. So often I find something that is similar to what I'm already trying to make, and being able to switch one variable would be so much better than trying to figure out how to make it on my own.
Right now I'm in the process of remaking an entire homebrew subclass because somewhere it says "You also gain proficiency in the Performance or Persuasion skill (choose one)." but doesnt give the choice and needs to be edited manually on the character sheet, so now I'm making it all, just so there's a dropdown menu in character creator instead
Do you men published home-brew, or official items? Official items we can use as templates for home-brew and just tweak stuff like that. For Published home-brews I believe it's on the agenda.
There is a feature request for this over on the DnD Beyond zendesk. I'm not sure how much it would help voting for this feature there, but it can't hurt.
Will it be possible to make a duplicate of personal homebrew (or any if creator allows duplicates) any time like we can with official material? I am creating several variants of magical items that differ in small ways and a few races in such a manner. Being able to copy homebrew would be a wonderful thing.
I am wondering this myself, I found something someone posted in the homebrew but I want to make a copy and make some modifications but the base is what Im looking for.
Being able to make duplicates of homebrew items would save a lot of time
We can now make items based on homebrew items. Hooray.
How so?
As long as you're trying to copy a homebrew item you've made, if you go to Create a Homebrew Magic Item/Spell/Race etc, then in the "Use an existing [type] as a template:" section, enter the name of the item you've made, you'll see it in the list.
For example, these items are all ones I've made that I can copy:
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Ahh, I see. thank you Damon. I was hoping there was a way to Copy a Homebrew item that was published from someone else so that I could tweak it in my own campaign (not to republish) is there a way to do that?
You can't copy others homebrew, even if it's in your collection.
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"As long as you're trying to copy a homebrew item you've made, if you go to Create a Homebrew Magic Item/Spell/Race etc, then in the "Use an existing [type] as a template:" section, enter the name of the item you've made, you'll see it in the list."
There appears to be no way to do this very cool template trick with homebrew races/subraces/variant races. Does it need to be published? Am I missing something here?
Thanks already for the tricks/tips
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I believe it does need to be published.
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While this topic concerns itself with copying your own homebrew magic item. How do you create a copy of your homebrew variant race?
I looked into the issue, and created COPY_OF_Variant Human. Likewise, the COPY_OF_Variant Human does not appear in the template drop down. It appears that this functionality is not supported, nor is copying homebrew subraces.
Is this true? If so, is there a technical reason preventing using a homebrew variant or subrace as a template?
Thanks, and by-the-way, the tool set is quite powerful.
I want to give copies of my homebrew stuff to my DM. Do I have to publish or is there another way? The goal is to use my stuff, a player, in the campaign my DM is running.
Hello there BradBeyond,
As long as the things you have homebrewed are in your homebrew collection (they do not have to be published to be in it), and content sharing has been enabled in your campaign, your DM and fellow players should have access to them.
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It doesn’t even require content sharing for our homebrews.
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Being able to modify published items would be so useful. So often I find something that is similar to what I'm already trying to make, and being able to switch one variable would be so much better than trying to figure out how to make it on my own.
Right now I'm in the process of remaking an entire homebrew subclass because somewhere it says "You also gain proficiency in the Performance or Persuasion skill (choose one)." but doesnt give the choice and needs to be edited manually on the character sheet, so now I'm making it all, just so there's a dropdown menu in character creator instead
Do you men published home-brew, or official items? Official items we can use as templates for home-brew and just tweak stuff like that. For Published home-brews I believe it's on the agenda.
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other people's published
Bump for this. Hugely annoying that I can't modify someone else's homebrew to make my own.
There is a feature request for this over on the DnD Beyond zendesk. I'm not sure how much it would help voting for this feature there, but it can't hurt.
https://dndbeyond.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360044084033-Copy-Editing-other-s-homebrew-content-for-personal-use
This would create a renaissance of content, please allow homebrew copying!
It's like Twitter's retweet function
You would get so much more polished content
Darkest Dungeon-like DnD Insanity System
Let's put a meter to that foolish bravery, for both you and the NPCs.
(and help give the INT stat more uses)