Anyway, if Roll20 is able to work with WoTC to flesh out missing text for their customers without getting sued, why is D&DB so uncomfortable doing the same?
The existence of homebrew rule violating items does not disprove the homebrew rules. It simply proves that when the automoderation tools let something through, it takes time for the human moderators to find it. People make a lot of homebrew
The amusing thing is that it was actually WOTC that screwed the pooch - DNDBeyond was faithful to the source material, which is all they can be expected to do. The magic items are not handled in the publishing of Curse of Strahd: Appendix C: Treasures.
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The amusing thing is that it was actually WOTC that screwed the pooch - DNDBeyond was faithful to the source material, which is all they can be expected to do. The magic items are not handled in the publishing of Curse of Strahd: Appendix C: Treasures.
The problem is that Campaign was written a long time ago and back the the rules were different back then which meant those magic items were considered more powerful than they are in 5e. For example, all sentient items are either Legendary or Artifact level this edition, but that sword is nowhere near that powerful.
So the problem is that If they had given the items the rarity level that they had under the old rules people would complain that they aren’t powerful enough and that they were cheated. If they had made the items more powerful to match their rarities that would unbalance the campaign. If they had given the items rarities to match their power level they wouldn’t fit with everything else of the same rarity. So WotC did the only thing they felt safe doing, they did not list a rarity for those items. But without a rarity those items couldn’t be put on the official list, and since they weren’t on the list DDB didn’t include them.
But even if DDB is legally allowed to include them, they can’t anyway because Rarity is a required field and the system wouldn’t let them add the items even if they tried.
Have you been able to add any of them to a character sheet? I bought CoS a while ago and can see the full item description in the magic item game rules section, but none of them show when when I try to add them to a character sheet. I turned on all the allow settings for the character, so I don't see a reason why it wouldn't show up.
I'm upset that clearly D&D beyond had the ability to add "magical" items that don't have proper names or rarity, but refused to since there was insufficient information. They finally made the minor items like the "Shield of the Silver Dragon" that didn't have a name or rarity 3 years after this thread started...
Whatever, tome of Strahd still isn't an adventuring gear, even tho you can just flavor a spell scroll (cantrip) homebrew. Guess paying for full book access isn't really full access when you have to still manually make items through homebrew.
I'm upset that clearly D&D beyond had the ability to add "magical" items that don't have proper names or rarity, but refused to since there was insufficient information. They finally made the minor items like the "Shield of the Silver Dragon" that didn't have a name or rarity 3 years after this thread started...
Whatever, tome of Strahd still isn't an adventuring gear, even tho you can just flavor a spell scroll (cantrip) homebrew. Guess paying for full book access isn't really full access when you have to still manually make items through homebrew.
DDB wasn’t allowed by contract with WotC to makeup stuff like that to fill in those holes for information their system was designed to require. Once WotC bought the website, they could do anything they pleased in that regard. The Tome of Strahd doesn’t need to be a thing a PC can add to inventory like that. They can just add a book to their inventory and customize it directly on the sheet by changing the name and a simple copy/paste to add the brief bit of text.
A year?
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If nobody is profiting from the home brew, there should be no problem with using text from the published materials. Here is another version of the shield that hasn't been taken down: https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/25136-order-of-the-silver-dragon-shield
Anyway, if Roll20 is able to work with WoTC to flesh out missing text for their customers without getting sued, why is D&DB so uncomfortable doing the same?
The existence of homebrew rule violating items does not disprove the homebrew rules. It simply proves that when the automoderation tools let something through, it takes time for the human moderators to find it. People make a lot of homebrew
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The amusing thing is that it was actually WOTC that screwed the pooch - DNDBeyond was faithful to the source material, which is all they can be expected to do. The magic items are not handled in the publishing of Curse of Strahd: Appendix C: Treasures.
Halsen - Human Monk - Winter Splendor
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's Blade Bizarre
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Betrayal at Devilsfall
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Hidden War" (Doom Portals Part 4A)
Aradurk - Half-Orc Fighter - Barty's "The Whispered Word (Doom Portals Part 5)
Garu - Tabaxi Paladin - Barty's "Beyond Twilight" (Rikirta Part 3)
The problem is that Campaign was written a long time ago and back the the rules were different back then which meant those magic items were considered more powerful than they are in 5e. For example, all sentient items are either Legendary or Artifact level this edition, but that sword is nowhere near that powerful.
So the problem is that If they had given the items the rarity level that they had under the old rules people would complain that they aren’t powerful enough and that they were cheated. If they had made the items more powerful to match their rarities that would unbalance the campaign. If they had given the items rarities to match their power level they wouldn’t fit with everything else of the same rarity. So WotC did the only thing they felt safe doing, they did not list a rarity for those items. But without a rarity those items couldn’t be put on the official list, and since they weren’t on the list DDB didn’t include them.
But even if DDB is legally allowed to include them, they can’t anyway because Rarity is a required field and the system wouldn’t let them add the items even if they tried.
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It's been 2 years and it still hasn't been added... Shows what you all think of your customer base...
They’ve been implemented: shield of the silver dragon, crusader’s shortsword, Yester Hill axe.
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Have you been able to add any of them to a character sheet? I bought CoS a while ago and can see the full item description in the magic item game rules section, but none of them show when when I try to add them to a character sheet. I turned on all the allow settings for the character, so I don't see a reason why it wouldn't show up.
I've been able to add all of them and they work.
I'm upset that clearly D&D beyond had the ability to add "magical" items that don't have proper names or rarity, but refused to since there was insufficient information. They finally made the minor items like the "Shield of the Silver Dragon" that didn't have a name or rarity 3 years after this thread started...
Whatever, tome of Strahd still isn't an adventuring gear, even tho you can just flavor a spell scroll (cantrip) homebrew. Guess paying for full book access isn't really full access when you have to still manually make items through homebrew.
DDB wasn’t allowed by contract with WotC to makeup stuff like that to fill in those holes for information their system was designed to require. Once WotC bought the website, they could do anything they pleased in that regard. The Tome of Strahd doesn’t need to be a thing a PC can add to inventory like that. They can just add a book to their inventory and customize it directly on the sheet by changing the name and a simple copy/paste to add the brief bit of text.
Creating Epic Boons on DDB
DDB Buyers' Guide
Hardcovers, DDB & You
Content Troubleshooting