Without some level of actual backward compatibility for spells, the D&D Beyond interface becomes unusable for anyone playing 5e other than experienced players that know most of the spells by memory.
Now every caster needs to compare every spell in their arsenal (by default, the new version content) against the 5e stats and wording of the same spell. ANNNND, if they find any substantive differences, they need to homebrew the 5e spell to be able to use it from the interface. Since most homebrew-capable users are DMs, this will almost all fall to the DM of every table. I'm guessing that the publishing of these 5e spells will be disallowed, which will require EVERY 5e DM to homebrew all of the changed spells their table could use.
Will the homebrew publishing restrictions be relaxed for 5e content? And will there be a list of substantively changed spells published somewhere? Or is there a possibility DDB might try to create backwardly compatible spells, to achieve real backward compatibility?
I'm considering other alternatives now, despite the fact that I and my players really love using DDB.
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Without some level of actual backward compatibility for spells, the D&D Beyond interface becomes unusable for anyone playing 5e other than experienced players that know most of the spells by memory.
Now every caster needs to compare every spell in their arsenal (by default, the new version content) against the 5e stats and wording of the same spell. ANNNND, if they find any substantive differences, they need to homebrew the 5e spell to be able to use it from the interface. Since most homebrew-capable users are DMs, this will almost all fall to the DM of every table. I'm guessing that the publishing of these 5e spells will be disallowed, which will require EVERY 5e DM to homebrew all of the changed spells their table could use.
Will the homebrew publishing restrictions be relaxed for 5e content? And will there be a list of substantively changed spells published somewhere? Or is there a possibility DDB might try to create backwardly compatible spells, to achieve real backward compatibility?
I'm considering other alternatives now, despite the fact that I and my players really love using DDB.