Say you have 1 gold piece, and your DM tells you that food and a room at the local tavern costs 5 silver. The only way to deduct the 5 silver from the gold is to convert it all to silver and do the math mentally. As it is now, If i were to try and subtract 5 silver from the 1 gold i have it would do nothing and leave me with 1 gold still. For a simple transaction like that it's easy but it would be nice if D&D Beyond automatically did the math for you.
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So basically you cannot do simple 10 minus 5. Maths ? As for how the inventory works i agree it should be automated. But to say it doesnt work only means you never saved by hitting enter.
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I agree that it's not hard to mentally convert your gold to silver and perform simple math. It's more of a polishing issue for me and it should be a relatively simple thing to fix. My analogy was intended to be a simple example though. I've found that there are more "complex" scenarios where you're performing more than 1 conversion with various subtractions in between.
As far as hitting enter that's not the problem. I feel you've misunderstood the issue. I'll try and explain it a bit better though and try to make it a little more clear. If you deduct some number of a lesser coin, say silver or copper, from a larger coin, such as gold, it will not convert that gold coin into appropriate lesser coin values. If you have any amount of lesser coin values it reduces them to 0 and leaves the gold the same.
For instance. If I have 1 platinum, 11 gold, 4 silver, and 6 copper and deduct 1 gold, 7 silver and 8 copper I should come out with 1 platinum 9 gold, 6 silver, and 8 copper. Instead what will happen is DnD Beyond will make it so I have 1 platinum, 10 gold, 0 silver, and 0 copper.
Ah. I think I see the issue. DDB is requiring you to subtract each one individually before subtracting another currency or, else, it converts incorrectly. Yes? (...or does it do that regardless which currency you subtract even individually?)
If so, that's more like a bug than a suggestion/feedback, but the original post didn't come across that way.
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Yea, it's more of a bug. I guess I clicked the wrong section by accident. Didn't mean to post in feedback. I"ll remove it from here and repost I guess. Thanks for the heads up seeing as I didn't realize that.
Edit: Actually, a mod moved it from bugs to feedback.
Edit2: Eric, it basically require me to do the conversions and then the deduction or else it will just zero out w/e is in the lesser currency. So, even if I have 10 gold, it won't trickle down to silver or copper if i were to deduct from either of them.
Basically, you just have to manage inventory as if it was physical and not digital. You can't subtract 8 coins from 6. You will have to pay with a larger coin and get change.
I don't think that automating change is a bad idea, just an unnecessary one.
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Say you have 1 gold piece, and your DM tells you that food and a room at the local tavern costs 5 silver. The only way to deduct the 5 silver from the gold is to convert it all to silver and do the math mentally. As it is now, If i were to try and subtract 5 silver from the 1 gold i have it would do nothing and leave me with 1 gold still. For a simple transaction like that it's easy but it would be nice if D&D Beyond automatically did the math for you.
Sounds a little videogame-y.
Gold is not just a number that represents how much money you have it is inventory of how many of each coin you have.
I guess I am neutral about this suggestion, but 10-X doesn't take that much effort.
So basically you cannot do simple 10 minus 5. Maths ? As for how the inventory works i agree it should be automated. But to say it doesnt work only means you never saved by hitting enter.
DM of two gaming groups.
Likes to create stuff.
Check out my homebrew --> Monsters --> Magical Items --> Races --> Subclasses
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--> One Shot Adventure - House of Artwood (DM) (Completed)
I agree that it's not hard to mentally convert your gold to silver and perform simple math. It's more of a polishing issue for me and it should be a relatively simple thing to fix. My analogy was intended to be a simple example though. I've found that there are more "complex" scenarios where you're performing more than 1 conversion with various subtractions in between.
As far as hitting enter that's not the problem. I feel you've misunderstood the issue. I'll try and explain it a bit better though and try to make it a little more clear. If you deduct some number of a lesser coin, say silver or copper, from a larger coin, such as gold, it will not convert that gold coin into appropriate lesser coin values. If you have any amount of lesser coin values it reduces them to 0 and leaves the gold the same.
For instance. If I have 1 platinum, 11 gold, 4 silver, and 6 copper and deduct 1 gold, 7 silver and 8 copper I should come out with 1 platinum 9 gold, 6 silver, and 8 copper. Instead what will happen is DnD Beyond will make it so I have 1 platinum, 10 gold, 0 silver, and 0 copper.
Ah. I think I see the issue. DDB is requiring you to subtract each one individually before subtracting another currency or, else, it converts incorrectly. Yes? (...or does it do that regardless which currency you subtract even individually?)
If so, that's more like a bug than a suggestion/feedback, but the original post didn't come across that way.
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
Yea, it's more of a bug. I guess I clicked the wrong section by accident. Didn't mean to post in feedback. I"ll remove it from here and repost I guess. Thanks for the heads up seeing as I didn't realize that.
Edit: Actually, a mod moved it from bugs to feedback.
Edit2: Eric, it basically require me to do the conversions and then the deduction or else it will just zero out w/e is in the lesser currency. So, even if I have 10 gold, it won't trickle down to silver or copper if i were to deduct from either of them.
This was moved from bugs to suggestions by a mod
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Basically, you just have to manage inventory as if it was physical and not digital. You can't subtract 8 coins from 6. You will have to pay with a larger coin and get change.
I don't think that automating change is a bad idea, just an unnecessary one.