I'm not sure if someone has already suggested it, but I'd love to see a Campaign Character quick reference for DM's. Things that could be included, Current HP, Passive Percption and other Passive Skills, AC, Spell slots and prepared spells. I'm sure lots more could be added, but I'm trying to think of a concise setup for quick glances. Maybe a card for each character so you could just have it on another tab/window and glance over when you want to check something without switching between PC sheets.
I'm not sure if someone has already suggested it, but I'd love to see a Campaign Character quick reference for DM's. Things that could be included, Current HP, Passive Percption and other Passive Skills, AC, Spell slots and prepared spells. I'm sure lots more could be added, but I'm trying to think of a concise setup for quick glances. Maybe a card for each character so you could just have it on another tab/window and glance over when you want to check something without switching between PC sheets.
While we're on the subject of (sub)races in the character builder, it would be nice if there was a short visual summary of some of the "standard" racial features without drilling into and pulling up a particular race/subrace. For example, if I was looking to do a Dexterity-focused build, I may want to focus on the races/subraces that feature Dexterity bonuses. Or maybe I have a build in mind that I want to pick a race that has darkvision, etc. Some kind of quick summary that shows up in the "title" card that you can click on to either expand a race or open the modal for the race/subrace that just shows what stat bonuses they offer and whether or not they have darkvision would be pretty handy for quickly narrowing down options. I'm sure one or two other traits could be good candidates for this summary too, but those two examples are the main ones I find myself wishing were there.
The ability score increases and racial trait names of the base race area already shown on the races page: https://www.dndbeyond.com/races
Though I don't think that information is shown on the race selection page (only on the confirmation popup or the subsequent screen). I suspect it would make the selection page a bit cluttered to have all that info on there...
I need the ability to create homebrew equipment (non-magical items). Right now, I can only make magic items, but I can't make nonmagical things like new types of weapons or crafting supplies or unique items for my world. It's very hard to workaround this limitation, and I end up doing a bunch of stuff in google docs that I would prefer to keep in dndbeyond
I know others have mentioned this already, but I wanted to +1 because it would be super awesome
Is there/can there be a forum attached to each campaign? It would be restricted to members of the campaign. This would allow players to continue the game, informally, between sessions. It is a good way to resolve minor interactions, roll play side trips (minor things your character does that add flavor but do not make substantive changes without DM approval), introduce new characters, post information from the town crier, and so on.
Is there/can there be a forum attached to each campaign? It would be restricted to members of the campaign. This would allow players to continue the game, informally, between sessions. It is a good way to resolve minor interactions, roll play side trips (minor things your character does that add flavor but do not make substantive changes without DM approval), introduce new characters, post information from the town crier, and so on.
Not that this isn't a fine suggestion, but in the meantime I'd recommend using Discord. With the Avrae bot now owned by dndbeyond you can even link your player's character sheets to their discord with the bot and use it's commands to roll different checks and attacks. Its very convenient for smaller "out of game session" type play.
I just went to make a subrace for the Hobgoblin and it won’t let me. Are there any plans to allow us to homebrew subraces for races not currently on the list?
I just went to make a subrace for the Hobgoblin and it won’t let me. Are there any plans to allow us to homebrew subraces for races not currently on the list?
The official hobgoblins don't have subraces to begin with. If you want to homebrew a variant with subraces, you can create it as a new race.
Are there plans to be able to add custom languages to the list available to players, also the ability to edit the languages at character creation, such as an elf that cannot speak Elvish.
While we're on the subject of (sub)races in the character builder, it would be nice if there was a short visual summary of some of the "standard" racial features without drilling into and pulling up a particular race/subrace. For example, if I was looking to do a Dexterity-focused build, I may want to focus on the races/subraces that feature Dexterity bonuses. Or maybe I have a build in mind that I want to pick a race that has darkvision, etc. Some kind of quick summary that shows up in the "title" card that you can click on to either expand a race or open the modal for the race/subrace that just shows what stat bonuses they offer and whether or not they have darkvision would be pretty handy for quickly narrowing down options. I'm sure one or two other traits could be good candidates for this summary too, but those two examples are the main ones I find myself wishing were there.
The ability score increases and racial trait names of the base race area already shown on the races page: https://www.dndbeyond.com/races
Though I don't think that information is shown on the race selection page (only on the confirmation popup or the subsequent screen). I suspect it would make the selection page a bit cluttered to have all that info on there...
Yeah, I specifically meant in the character builder race selection. There's a lot of white space on the clickable "cards" for the race/subrace selection, so I don't think it would be too hard to squeeze in at least the ability score modifiers to the right of the race name
There is a cute little chart in the first chapter of the PHB that does list out all the Ability bonuses, just FYI. Not that this isn't a good suggestion.
Hi, is there any plan to put Skills into the Homebrew section so that if I'm running a campaign I can have everyone have a specific extra skill without getting them to each add it individually?
I think it would be extremely handy if we could add notes to our digital copies of the adventures. For example, if we want to revise an encounter by adding or subtracting a monster or changing a magic item that is found, etc, we could add a note that only we see when we log in as a reminder.
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There is a cute little chart in the first chapter of the PHB that does list out all the Ability bonuses, just FYI. Not that this isn't a good suggestion.
Which is helpful if you're only using PHB races, but at this point there's so many other races available that the chart is only marginally useful. Heck, take that chart, add the other races to it, and make it an expandable section on the race selection page and it would solve the issue.
I'm not sure if someone has already suggested it, but I'd love to see a Campaign Character quick reference for DM's. Things that could be included, Current HP, Passive Percption and other Passive Skills, AC, Spell slots and prepared spells. I'm sure lots more could be added, but I'm trying to think of a concise setup for quick glances. Maybe a card for each character so you could just have it on another tab/window and glance over when you want to check something without switching between PC sheets.
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The ability score increases and racial trait names of the base race area already shown on the races page: https://www.dndbeyond.com/races
Though I don't think that information is shown on the race selection page (only on the confirmation popup or the subsequent screen). I suspect it would make the selection page a bit cluttered to have all that info on there...
I need the ability to create homebrew equipment (non-magical items). Right now, I can only make magic items, but I can't make nonmagical things like new types of weapons or crafting supplies or unique items for my world. It's very hard to workaround this limitation, and I end up doing a bunch of stuff in google docs that I would prefer to keep in dndbeyond
I know others have mentioned this already, but I wanted to +1 because it would be super awesome
Is there/can there be a forum attached to each campaign? It would be restricted to members of the campaign. This would allow players to continue the game, informally, between sessions. It is a good way to resolve minor interactions, roll play side trips (minor things your character does that add flavor but do not make substantive changes without DM approval), introduce new characters, post information from the town crier, and so on.
Not that this isn't a fine suggestion, but in the meantime I'd recommend using Discord. With the Avrae bot now owned by dndbeyond you can even link your player's character sheets to their discord with the bot and use it's commands to roll different checks and attacks. Its very convenient for smaller "out of game session" type play.
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I just went to make a subrace for the Hobgoblin and it won’t let me. Are there any plans to allow us to homebrew subraces for races not currently on the list?
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The official hobgoblins don't have subraces to begin with. If you want to homebrew a variant with subraces, you can create it as a new race.
Are there plans to be able to add custom languages to the list available to players, also the ability to edit the languages at character creation, such as an elf that cannot speak Elvish.
The ability to have a dark mode for character sheets would be cool, the white is sometimes a tad blinding
Dark mode is something they're acutely aware of the demand for. Due to the complicated formatting and design of the site, it's not a quick fix
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Yeah, I specifically meant in the character builder race selection. There's a lot of white space on the clickable "cards" for the race/subrace selection, so I don't think it would be too hard to squeeze in at least the ability score modifiers to the right of the race name
There is a cute little chart in the first chapter of the PHB that does list out all the Ability bonuses, just FYI. Not that this isn't a good suggestion.
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Elves speaking Elvish is a Racial Feature.
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Hi, is there any plan to put Skills into the Homebrew section so that if I'm running a campaign I can have everyone have a specific extra skill without getting them to each add it individually?
I think it would be extremely handy if we could add notes to our digital copies of the adventures. For example, if we want to revise an encounter by adding or subtracting a monster or changing a magic item that is found, etc, we could add a note that only we see when we log in as a reminder.
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Which is helpful if you're only using PHB races, but at this point there's so many other races available that the chart is only marginally useful. Heck, take that chart, add the other races to it, and make it an expandable section on the race selection page and it would solve the issue.
But in Eberron an elf from the Mror Holds would speak Dwarvish and might not know any Elvish words. It would be a nice feature.
I personally would like to see a feature that enables you to access content you have already purchased in physical book form.
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There's multiple threads talking about why this will not be a thing.