Hi! I'm about to start a new campaign as a DM and I don't want that any of my players to be able to see the race, class, lvl or anything but the player name.
I mean, D&D kinda assumes that once you progress past the first session, everyone has an idea of race and class of each other, and levels are consistent across the party. So hiding that information is somewhat moot.
You could have people join the campaign one at a time to build their characters and level up using your content, then leave.
I am pretty suire they can simply opt to not not make their characters public and then the rest of the party does not see it. in my campaign i ahve one player whose character i can't see, too
I am pretty suire they can simply opt to not not make their characters public and then the rest of the party does not see it. in my campaign i ahve one player whose character i can't see, too
That hides the character sheet, but doesn't hide the race/class/level on the front page of the campaign, which is what OP is asking about. It would be easy for DnD Beyond to hide this info when a character is flagged as private, but I imagine more people would complain about that than those that want it hidden.
I mean, D&D kinda assumes that once you progress past the first session, everyone has an idea of race and class of each other, and levels are consistent across the party. So hiding that information is somewhat moot.
Where is this documented or even implied? This seems to be a strange and arbitrary restriction to suggest is part of D&D itself, rather than a particular playstyle.
Because past the first session everyone has usually made introductions and had maybe a fight or two? It's not documented, hence why I said "kinda assumes", not "it's in the rules".
It's not a 'restriction', it's an assumed convention; most people generally don't play in games where you don't know the race or class of your other players.
This is so,ething I'd also like to see. For those of my players, and myself for that matter, that play changelings or masters of deception and disguise, it would be nice to have the ability to display the characters purported race instead of the actual race.
I am currently playing in a Descent into Avernus campaign and am playing a changling (Faceless background) who is passing himself off as a Tabaxi (Rakshasa) and would like to have kept that part secret as long as possible. Especially in a place like Baldure's Gate. :)
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Hi! I'm about to start a new campaign as a DM and I don't want that any of my players to be able to see the race, class, lvl or anything but the player name.
To be able to see all this, is a spoiler.
Thank you! Hope you change it
Your players just could, I don't know, not metagame?
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I mean, D&D kinda assumes that once you progress past the first session, everyone has an idea of race and class of each other, and levels are consistent across the party. So hiding that information is somewhat moot.
You could have people join the campaign one at a time to build their characters and level up using your content, then leave.
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I am pretty suire they can simply opt to not not make their characters public and then the rest of the party does not see it. in my campaign i ahve one player whose character i can't see, too
That hides the character sheet, but doesn't hide the race/class/level on the front page of the campaign, which is what OP is asking about. It would be easy for DnD Beyond to hide this info when a character is flagged as private, but I imagine more people would complain about that than those that want it hidden.
Where is this documented or even implied? This seems to be a strange and arbitrary restriction to suggest is part of D&D itself, rather than a particular playstyle.
Because past the first session everyone has usually made introductions and had maybe a fight or two? It's not documented, hence why I said "kinda assumes", not "it's in the rules".
It's not a 'restriction', it's an assumed convention; most people generally don't play in games where you don't know the race or class of your other players.
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This is so,ething I'd also like to see. For those of my players, and myself for that matter, that play changelings or masters of deception and disguise, it would be nice to have the ability to display the characters purported race instead of the actual race.
I am currently playing in a Descent into Avernus campaign and am playing a changling (Faceless background) who is passing himself off as a Tabaxi (Rakshasa) and would like to have kept that part secret as long as possible. Especially in a place like Baldure's Gate. :)
Watch your back, conserve your ammo,
and NEVER cut a deal with a dragon!