Request and Vote for New Features for DDB

When creating homebrew backgrounds, feats, etc every item is duplicated with no indication of which PHB version each one is from. For example, try to create a homebrew background and add a musical instrument proficiency. There's two of each instrument, with no legacy tag. It might not be a big problem for instruments, but it is for spells and other features or items

Quote from AmbroseHoneysuckle >>

I haven't purchased the 2024 Player's Handbook on DDB, but I'm still getting the free "Core Rules" in a privileged position at the top of every screen, and the 2014 legacy options I want to use shoved all the way down to the bottom, even below supplementary content from other sourcebooks. I'd like to request a drop-down with the options "Prefer 2024" (current order), "Prefer 2014" (place 2014 core legacy options at top, followed by sourcebooks, followed by 2024 core) and "2014 Only" (2014 core legacy options at top, followed by sourcebooks, no 2024 core). I don't plan to use the 2024 character creation rules, and trying to create a character using 2014 rules is an incredibly cumbersome process at the moment.

I'd just like to add to this that I'd prefer if this drop-down were on individual tabs in the character editor and not just on the home page. For instance, I might want to run a game that uses exclusively 2014 character options but uses the 2024 versions of spells rather than the 2014 versions. In this case, I'd want the 2014 legacy character options on the top of the class features, background and species tabs and the 2024 options either excluded or at the bottom, but on the spells tab, I'd want to be able to show 2024 spells and hide 2014 legacy spells.

I’m not interested in dnd 2024 at all. Could you guys create a feature where I don’t see any of this new trash? I just want my 5e stuff that I’ve paid for and not have to sort through all of this garbage.

You are now claiming that Maps is "everything you need in a VTT" except you have no tokens for furniture/items/spell effects and you don't let me upload any.

The character sheet in DND Beyond needs a toggle button where we can indicate whether a character is concentrating or not. Probably under Conditions would work best. I find that concentration is one thing that players (and DMs) frequently forget, so a visible reminder on the character sheet would be awesome! 

Just thought of another way to get all our money from us. Make 2e and 3e versions of dnd beyond. Toggle between all the rulesets. I know people that would drop money on that.

Add a grid toggle to the Maps

The Eldritch Invocation "Pact of the Tome" uses legacy spells.

Quote from DeMyztikX >>

Just thought of another way to get all our money from us. Make 2e and 3e versions of dnd beyond. Toggle between all the rulesets. I know people that would drop money on that.

Absolutely agree with this. Though I don't know how much work it would be. I know a lot of people who would love to see 2e, 3e, and 4e on DNDBeyond. WOTC could just repackage and sell old content with minimal fuss.

Quote from dazedjosh >>

Quote from DeMyztikX >>

Just thought of another way to get all our money from us. Make 2e and 3e versions of dnd beyond. Toggle between all the rulesets. I know people that would drop money on that.

 

Absolutely agree with this. Though I don't know how much work it would be. I know a lot of people who would love to see 2e, 3e, and 4e on DNDBeyond. WOTC could just repackage and sell old content with minimal fuss.

 Everyone was having fun until someone invited 4e to the party... ;)

REQUEST: More search fields for homebrew collection. E.g. (for spells) by spell school, by spell level... 

I've got hundreds of homebrew items. The current search fields are too limited. 

Homebrew non-magic items.

There needs to be a simple way to allow the creation of homebrew equipment, weapons, tools, and other items. Currently, they have to be common "magic" items. 

I want to request that when you click create character, right there and then should be a "do you want to make a 2024 character or a 2014 character?"

I agree, cause I just committed this atrocity to prove a point.

https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/133285390

I must say, I am a bit confused over the disdain for the 2024 rules.  First let me say, I absolutely agree that there should be an option to keep our characters in compliance with 2014+ rules.  Many of us are already in campaigns and can't reasonably switch midstream.  As well, some just prefer the old rules, I get that too. 

What I am not understanding is how anyone on DDB can be so unhappy with the new rulset when we literally shaped it.  All of us had the opportunity to read, playtest, and provide feedback.  This is the first time, that I am aware of, that a TTRPG has directly asked its customers to help with writing the rules.  

Wanting to have the option for your existing characters is perfectly fair and DDD is, again, dropping the ball on this, but all of this negativeity about the new rules is really silly since everyone here had been asked to help develop them.

DDB, if your listening, we still want to keep our 2014+ character options until we are ready to migrate.

There needs to be a way to toggle 2024 ruleset on and off in character creation.  Otherwise, DnD Beyond is useless to most of the people I know.  There's no reason to not have multiple ruleset options in a service designed to be an unnecessary convenience game aid.  Seriously, you guys know that we can play this game with pen and paper, right?  Like, we don't need you.  We like the convenience you offer when dealing with our character sheets.  We buy books on here that we already own just so we can use the content in them on those character sheets.  And you're going to say, you have to play the new version of the game if you're using our service?  You're putting the horse ahead of the cart.  You should be working to support our games and make how we play more convenient thus creating value for yourself.  what possible justification do you have for removing something that we were subscribing for?  I mean, jeez, add new options and rulesets all day if you want but don't take away the one thing we're here for and expect us to stick around.  

I just tried to create a warlock, something I've done a million times.  But now, I can't choose his otherworldly patron.  I'm being told to choose some new option I've never heard of and told to reference information in a book I don't even own or care to own.  So, have you decided you are a service only for people playing the new ruleset?  Those of us playing 2014 rules can take a hike?  Can I get my money back for all of the books I bought on here just for the character options for a ruleset you no longer want to be involved with?  

Quote from FoulHand >>

There needs to be a way to toggle 2024 ruleset on and off in character creation.  Otherwise, DnD Beyond is useless to most of the people I know.  There's no reason to not have multiple ruleset options in a service designed to be an unnecessary convenience game aid.  Seriously, you guys know that we can play this game with pen and paper, right?  Like, we don't need you.  We like the convenience you offer when dealing with our character sheets.  We buy books on here that we already own just so we can use the content in them on those character sheets.  And you're going to say, you have to play the new version of the game if you're using our service?  You're putting the horse ahead of the cart.  You should be working to support our games and make how we play more convenient thus creating value for yourself.  what possible justification do you have for removing something that we were subscribing for?  I mean, jeez, add new options and rulesets all day if you want but don't take away the one thing we're here for and expect us to stick around.  

I just tried to create a warlock, something I've done a million times.  But now, I can't choose his otherworldly patron.  I'm being told to choose some new option I've never heard of and told to reference information in a book I don't even own or care to own.  So, have you decided you are a service only for people playing the new ruleset?  Those of us playing 2014 rules can take a hike?  Can I get my money back for all of the books I bought on here just for the character options for a ruleset you no longer want to be involved with?  

 You can still use all the 2014 content you've bought if you've got Legacy Content turned on. However, i 100% agree they need to provide an toggle for the new ruleset if you own both. Right now the sheets for me and my players are cluttered with irrelevant information because we still playing our campaign under the 2014 ruleset.

It's especially bizarre it was implemented this way when they've done a toggle for Tasha's alternate rules in the past. I see no reason to not allow us to toggle off 2024 rulesets if we are expected to continue to use this site. I've already had to stop and explain to a newer/less-informed player a few times that no, the new thing on their weapon or character sheet isn't actually usable, because it's from a ruleset different than the one we're using. 

It's a convenient tool for sure and i own a majority of my DnD content here, but if the toolset it made sufficiently worse I feel less inclined to continue using it as a DM and player. 

FYI - I put in feedback via the support page and got a generic "this gets sent to internal teams" and a reference to the change log.  The change log states:

How do I differentiate between making a 2014 and a 2024 character? And how do I turn off viewing Legacy Content?

When you use the Character Builder to create a new character, you decide which sources will be used. The 2024 content will always be available, but you can choose to show or hide other sources in the Sources section. For example, 2014 content will be marked with a Legacy tag and will default to 'on.' If you do not want to see Legacy content, you can change the toggle to ‘off’ to hide those options. For more details, refer to “Marking Old Material with a Legacy Badge” and “Updates to the Character Builder and Character Sheet”.

They address the exact opposite of what we want.

I went back and looked at my order history and I've spent so much money, I'm embarrassed to say how much.  I just canceled my subscription and in the 'reason why' I said I'd come back if they do one of two things:

1. Give me a toggle for 2014/2024/both
2. Allow me to set global filters so I don't have to keep selecting my sources every single time I do a search

I bet losing that $50/yr sure will get their attention!  (sigh)

Quote from MJC >>

I must say, I am a bit confused over the disdain for the 2024 rules.  First let me say, I absolutely agree that there should be an option to keep our characters in compliance with 2014+ rules.  Many of us are already in campaigns and can't reasonably switch midstream.  As well, some just prefer the old rules, I get that too. 

What I am not understanding is how anyone on DDB can be so unhappy with the new rulset when we literally shaped it.  All of us had the opportunity to read, playtest, and provide feedback.  This is the first time, that I am aware of, that a TTRPG has directly asked its customers to help with writing the rules.  

Wanting to have the option for your existing characters is perfectly fair and DDD is, again, dropping the ball on this, but all of this negativeity about the new rules is really silly since everyone here had been asked to help develop them.

No single user shaped the rules. D&D 2024 is the ultimate "designed by committee" product, and the committee was made up of self-selecting people who had the patience to fill out surveys that could take one to two hours to complete. The changes we had to choose from were responses to a decade's worth of complaints from players who felt their PCs weren't powerful enough—something I personally do not think was true, especially after Tasha's—and we could only vote those changes up or down. I could enumerate all the different changes introduced in 2024 that make me want to scream, but ultimately I was outvoted by other survey respondents, and at this point it's all a fait accompli. The game is what it is now.

That being said, Jeremy Crawford touted in one of his hype videos that if we didn't like the 2024 changes, we could still play using 2014 rules, or using only those 2024 rules that we wanted to adopt. I can't speak for anyone else here, but for myself, I'm unhappy that DDB is pushing 2024 character features on us whether we want them or not, belying what Crawford said. We have an optional toggle to turn off 2014 options, but we don't have the same for 2024 options, and 2014 options are always pushed to the bottom. It's a false promise to say we can keep playing under 2014 rules when DDB is favoring 2024 by making it the easiest thing and disfavoring 2014 by making it a needless hassle.

Quote from AmbroseHoneysuckle >>

Quote from MJC >>

I must say, I am a bit confused over the disdain for the 2024 rules.  First let me say, I absolutely agree that there should be an option to keep our characters in compliance with 2014+ rules.  Many of us are already in campaigns and can't reasonably switch midstream.  As well, some just prefer the old rules, I get that too. 

What I am not understanding is how anyone on DDB can be so unhappy with the new rulset when we literally shaped it.  All of us had the opportunity to read, playtest, and provide feedback.  This is the first time, that I am aware of, that a TTRPG has directly asked its customers to help with writing the rules.  

Wanting to have the option for your existing characters is perfectly fair and DDD is, again, dropping the ball on this, but all of this negativeity about the new rules is really silly since everyone here had been asked to help develop them.

No single user shaped the rules. D&D 2024 is the ultimate "designed by committee" product, and the committee was made up of self-selecting people who had the patience to fill out surveys that could take one to two hours to complete. The changes we had to choose from were responses to a decade's worth of complaints from players who felt their PCs weren't powerful enough—something I personally do not think was true, especially after Tasha's—and we could only vote those changes up or down. I could enumerate all the different changes introduced in 2024 that make me want to scream, but ultimately I was outvoted by other survey respondents, and at this point it's all a fait accompli. The game is what it is now.

That being said, Jewelry Crawford touted in one of his hype videos that if we didn't like the 2024 changes, we could still play using 2014 rules, or using only those 2024 rules that we wanted to adopt. I can't speak for anyone else here, but for myself, I'm unhappy that DDB is pushing 2024 character features on us whether we want them or not, belying what Crawford said. We have an optional toggle to turn off 2014 options, but we don't have the same for 2024 options, and 2014 options are always pushed to the bottom. It's a false promise to say we can keep playing under 2014 rules when DDB is favoring 2024 by making it the easiest thing and disfavoring 2014 by making it a needless hassle.

I'm tempted to actually count how many clicks it takes to actually copy content just to see how much of a "hassle" this is.

Anyway.

A PROPER toggle between the 2 would be nice.