How can we test this in our current games if we can't even reproduce our current characters in it? I love the idea of this product, but can't get past the feat step of creating my variant human. What's the point of testing if we can't test it??
How can we test this in our current games if we can't even reproduce our current characters in it? I love the idea of this product, but can't get past the feat step of creating my variant human. What's the point of testing if we can't test it??
We need to test the proper operation of the features presented.
If you are referring to backgrounds, races and other things that there are not in here yet:
For the beta, only the rules and options provided in the D&D 5th edition SRD, D&D 5th edition Basic Rules, Elemental Evil Companion are available in Beyond. Once the full platform launches later this summer, the core rule books and others will be available for purchase, and the content within will be available for those that purchase, or have access through a DM's subscription.
How can we test this in our current games if we can't even reproduce our current characters in it? I love the idea of this product, but can't get past the feat step of creating my variant human. What's the point of testing if we can't test it??
The point of testing is to work through the system framework and find inconsistencies or bugs. Only Basic Rules/SRD content is available, as WOTC publications are LICENSED. This published content cannot be distributed freely across D&D Beyond.
It is unfortunate to hear that your current campaign character cannot be fully reproduced with the Basic Rules/SRD, but this does not negate the "point of testing". Please find other alterations of current/past characters to continue testing the framework of this service. The concern should not be about the available content during beta, but verifying that the functionality works. This will help ensure that you have no problems using the tool to craft your current character when the content IS available upon launch.
Another thing I've found is that I can't add a homebrew item I made, I'm not sure if I have to publish it to use it, cause my homebrew spell isn't publised and I was able to use that.
I'd mention about the portraits not being there, but I'm sure that's a future thing.
Them are all I found to improve the sheet.
I'm having the same problem. Can't really seem to add any home brown gear (mine or otherwise) I've got published (approved) material and unpublished ones. Character check box for homebrew items is ok, tried turning it on and off but that didn't work either.
Hi, Sorry if this has been reported already, but I was just trying to make my level 3 Warlock character that I've been playing pen and paper, and I cant seems to find how to select a Pact. Is this a feature that hasn't been launched yet, is it a bug, or am I just not looking hard enough?
Besides this, I am loving the new site! Cannot wait for the app, even if it does work great on my phones browser.
One suggestion that I can think of off the top of my head right now though is that I wish we could upload our own art/photos for our character icons. My wife (who is also my DM) is an amazing artist and always draws our characters for us, and I'd love to be able to use it here. Thanks!
Edit: One other thing I wasn't sure about. For my aforementioned Warlock, I opted to manually imput his HP (since I've already rolled for it irl when leveling up, but I can't seem to be able to adjust his max HP. As before, please let me know if I'm just not looking hard enough on this.
Hi, Sorry if this has been reported already, but I was just trying to make my level 3 Warlock character that I've been playing pen and paper, and I cant seems to find how to select a Pact. Is this a feature that hasn't been launched yet, is it a bug, or am I just not looking hard enough?
Besides this, I am loving the new site! Cannot wait for the app, even if it does work great on my phones browser.
One suggestion that I can think of off the top of my head right now though is that I wish we could upload our own art/photos for our character icons. My wife (who is also my DM) is an amazing artist and always draws our characters for us, and I'd love to be able to use it here. Thanks!
if you are referring to the other Pacts other than the Fiend:
For the beta, only the rules and options provided in the D&D 5th edition SRD, D&D 5th edition Basic Rules, Elemental Evil Companion are available in Beyond. Once the full platform launches later this summer, the core rule books and others will be available for purchase, and the content within will be available for those that purchase, or have access through a DM's subscription.
Ah! Sorry about that! Thanks for clearing that up. Only other problem I've encountered thus far is having someone else's characters show up in my character selection tab. (Happened a few times, haven't tried opening them to see what happens, but will do it next time).
Hi, Sorry if this has been reported already, but I was just trying to make my level 3 Warlock character that I've been playing pen and paper, and I cant seems to find how to select a Pact. Is this a feature that hasn't been launched yet, is it a bug, or am I just not looking hard enough?
Besides this, I am loving the new site! Cannot wait for the app, even if it does work great on my phones browser.
One suggestion that I can think of off the top of my head right now though is that I wish we could upload our own art/photos for our character icons. My wife (who is also my DM) is an amazing artist and always draws our characters for us, and I'd love to be able to use it here. Thanks!
if you are referring to the other Pacts other than the Fiend:
For the beta, only the rules and options provided in the D&D 5th edition SRD, D&D 5th edition Basic Rules, Elemental Evil Companion are available in Beyond. Once the full platform launches later this summer, the core rule books and others will be available for purchase, and the content within will be available for those that purchase, or have access through a DM's subscription.
No, sorry. (Luckily) my warlock is actually bound to a Fiend, so that wasn't a problem (at least for me). I'm referring to the Pact you choose at level 3; Pact of the Chain, Pact of the Blade, or Pact of the Tome. I chose Pact of the Tome and was hoping to reflect that, and all the spells and things that go along with it, on his Character Sheet. If this is something that's going to be added later on after the full platform launches then its no problem. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't overlooking it.
Also, I added on and edit to my original comment, but I think it was after you had replied. If this, and the option to add your own art, too are features that will be added on later, then please let me know. Thanks.
Ah! Sorry about that! Thanks for clearing that up. Only other problem I've encountered thus far is having someone else's characters show up in my character selection tab. (Happened a few times, haven't tried opening them to see what happens, but will do it next time).
I've seen this once or twice as well, but I just assumed they were like Sample characters being shown. I didn't try opening them either
Ah ok, sorry the misunderstandig. You can select the pact boon. Go in the edit section and then in the class window. In the middle, there is class features and there you can select the class level. Set that on 3 and the class feature will be updated. You can then select the pact boon.
I've seen a couple posts about it, but another issue is that the character builder let's you go over the limit for ability points when choosing level up ability points.
Ah ok, sorry the misunderstandig. You can select the pact boon. Go in the edit section and then in the class window. In the middle, there is class features and there you can select the class level. Set that on 3 and the class feature will be updated. You can then select the pact boon.
Oh, ok, perfect! I found it! Thanks so much!
Do you know anything about the other two features I mentioned?
Ah ok, sorry the misunderstandig. You can select the pact boon. Go in the edit section and then in the class window. In the middle, there is class features and there you can select the class level. Set that on 3 and the class feature will be updated. You can then select the pact boon.
Oh, ok, perfect! I found it! Thanks so much!
Do you know anything about the other two features I mentioned?
The pictures feature has been mentioned several times, and it will be added in the future. The HP problem should be something the devs are checking these days.
Ah ok, sorry the misunderstandig. You can select the pact boon. Go in the edit section and then in the class window. In the middle, there is class features and there you can select the class level. Set that on 3 and the class feature will be updated. You can then select the pact boon.
Oh, ok, perfect! I found it! Thanks so much!
Do you know anything about the other two features I mentioned?
The pictures feature has been mentioned several times, and it will be added in the future. The HP problem should be something the devs are checking these days.
Building a Characters feels good, I saw a few options missing like in the feats etc, but I guess you will be adding them soon. When selecting spells or equipment, I feel there is a lack on information. Ex : If I don't know the spell, i either need to look it up on another tab or on your mobile spell app, which in not that bad, but would be quicker if it was implemented here. Also it would be great if the Character sheet would be more interactive. You can already do most of the things you need, but adding attacks doesn't seem to be there. Lvl'ing up doesn't alert you on some changes on your class like add new Hit dice, new spells, new feat, etc. You need to think about it and go back to the builder to update some info. Im not 100% up to date with this project, so it might already been covered. Anyway, keep up the good work, im already using it to find informations on rules, items, etc. But when the Character builder and Sheet is finished and polished to be used in a quick, intuitive and easy way. Im switching paper to this :). Thank you very much for this tool. I like it very much.
Hey Filcat, sorry. I was able to find the class level, and even select my Pact Boon and Eldritch Invocations, but I still don't seem to be able to select the additional 3 cantrips that I should be able to choose. It says I only have 2, when I should have 5.
In addition to this, there seems to be some missing 1st level spells (Hex, Armor of Agathys) and cantrips (Blade Ward) that I can't find on the spell lists. Have these spells simply not been added to the lists yet? (sorry if this is the wrong thread to ask on)
Hi there! So far I am enjoying a lot everything that's been released here so far and I can't wait until all options are available; however, I think that the Equipment step in the Character Builder could use some more polishing. For instance, when selecting the Starting Equipment option, the fact that the list of options is obscured by the selection menu makes the user go back and forth to see what are the options available to him or her. If you could either limit the options in the menu to just the ones available through the Starting Equipment list or make it easier to keep track of the list of equipment eligible while browsing the menu, that would speed up the process and make it clearer.
Without a way to either export to PDF, or some other format, or at least the ability to share with others, this is not very useful to me. I was hoping to start to use it right away :(
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How can we test this in our current games if we can't even reproduce our current characters in it? I love the idea of this product, but can't get past the feat step of creating my variant human. What's the point of testing if we can't test it??
Ok thanks! Ill try it out!
Adding homebrew to characters is not yet in the beta. That functionality will come a little bit later.
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Hi, Sorry if this has been reported already, but I was just trying to make my level 3 Warlock character that I've been playing pen and paper, and I cant seems to find how to select a Pact. Is this a feature that hasn't been launched yet, is it a bug, or am I just not looking hard enough?
Besides this, I am loving the new site! Cannot wait for the app, even if it does work great on my phones browser.
One suggestion that I can think of off the top of my head right now though is that I wish we could upload our own art/photos for our character icons. My wife (who is also my DM) is an amazing artist and always draws our characters for us, and I'd love to be able to use it here. Thanks!
Edit: One other thing I wasn't sure about. For my aforementioned Warlock, I opted to manually imput his HP (since I've already rolled for it irl when leveling up, but I can't seem to be able to adjust his max HP. As before, please let me know if I'm just not looking hard enough on this.
Ah! Sorry about that! Thanks for clearing that up.
Only other problem I've encountered thus far is having someone else's characters show up in my character selection tab. (Happened a few times, haven't tried opening them to see what happens, but will do it next time).
Ah ok, sorry the misunderstandig. You can select the pact boon. Go in the edit section and then in the class window. In the middle, there is class features and there you can select the class level. Set that on 3 and the class feature will be updated. You can then select the pact boon.
I've seen a couple posts about it, but another issue is that the character builder let's you go over the limit for ability points when choosing level up ability points.
Building a Characters feels good, I saw a few options missing like in the feats etc, but I guess you will be adding them soon. When selecting spells or equipment, I feel there is a lack on information. Ex : If I don't know the spell, i either need to look it up on another tab or on your mobile spell app, which in not that bad, but would be quicker if it was implemented here. Also it would be great if the Character sheet would be more interactive. You can already do most of the things you need, but adding attacks doesn't seem to be there. Lvl'ing up doesn't alert you on some changes on your class like add new Hit dice, new spells, new feat, etc. You need to think about it and go back to the builder to update some info. Im not 100% up to date with this project, so it might already been covered. Anyway, keep up the good work, im already using it to find informations on rules, items, etc. But when the Character builder and Sheet is finished and polished to be used in a quick, intuitive and easy way. Im switching paper to this :). Thank you very much for this tool. I like it very much.
Hey Filcat, sorry. I was able to find the class level, and even select my Pact Boon and Eldritch Invocations, but I still don't seem to be able to select the additional 3 cantrips that I should be able to choose. It says I only have 2, when I should have 5.
In addition to this, there seems to be some missing 1st level spells (Hex, Armor of Agathys) and cantrips (Blade Ward) that I can't find on the spell lists. Have these spells simply not been added to the lists yet? (sorry if this is the wrong thread to ask on)
Hi there! So far I am enjoying a lot everything that's been released here so far and I can't wait until all options are available; however, I think that the Equipment step in the Character Builder could use some more polishing. For instance, when selecting the Starting Equipment option, the fact that the list of options is obscured by the selection menu makes the user go back and forth to see what are the options available to him or her. If you could either limit the options in the menu to just the ones available through the Starting Equipment list or make it easier to keep track of the list of equipment eligible while browsing the menu, that would speed up the process and make it clearer.
Without a way to either export to PDF, or some other format, or at least the ability to share with others, this is not very useful to me. I was hoping to start to use it right away :(