I think the main thing I would want for dnd beyond is a folder in the "my characters" section of the site. As a DM, I like to make character sheets for NPCs and It's hard to scroll through all of them since I don't delete them until the campaign doesn't need them anymore or it's over. Having a place to store character sheets in the meantime while unused would be really helpful
Better search, or rather, more accurate, would be a start (for I tried but could not find earlier mentions of these suggestions though I imagine there must be).
Anyways: I'd love to be able to apply more filters and have better search options for the monsters. Filters like "Can cast spells" or "Has Spellcasting feature", and an option to search in the description text of monsters.
-Ala carte back - Marketplace Filter by "what you own" back - Let us better customize our Magic Items, Classes, Feats. - Hell let us homebrew a whole class, NOT just a subclass - Wishful thinking but a way to view the Compendium offline, I get y'all won't give us PDFs. But sometimes I want to look up something when I am at work, and have no Data Signal and the App wont load the content I bought for me to view.
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"Not getting cut into bloody littles slices, That's the key to a sound plan."
-Ala carte back - Marketplace Filter by "what you own" back - Let us better customize our Magic Items, Classes, Feats. - Hell let us homebrew a whole class, NOT just a subclass - Wishful thinking but a way to view the Compendium offline, I get y'all won't give us PDFs. But sometimes I want to look up something when I am at work, and have no Data Signal and the App wont load the content I bought for me to view.
Reinforcing #5, I've bought books, but if the site is down for maintenance, my DOWNLOADED APP COPY is unreadable. I downloaded an offline copy for ... when the server is offline.
-Ala carte back - Marketplace Filter by "what you own" back - Let us better customize our Magic Items, Classes, Feats. - Hell let us homebrew a whole class, NOT just a subclass - Wishful thinking but a way to view the Compendium offline, I get y'all won't give us PDFs. But sometimes I want to look up something when I am at work, and have no Data Signal and the App wont load the content I bought for me to view.
1 and 2 are a definite need. I used to buy piece meal as needed then at some point by the entire book when I had a little extra money.
The ability to snap tokens and objects to the grid in Maps.
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Why? Why do the fools fly? Better to burn sooner than late, for burn we must. Go back to your bonfire! And I? I will go now to my pyre. To my pyre! No tomb for Denethor and Faramir. No tomb! No long slow sleep of death embalmed. We will burn like heathen kings before ever a ship sailed hither from the West. The West has failed. Go back and burn!
Reiterating something that I’ve wanted for years: pre-built encounters included with campaigns/adventures.
Basically, something as simple as a link when an encounter is reached that takes you to the encounter builder with the monsters already there, ready to go. All you need to do is add the PC’s, roll initiative and go.
Even if the links couldn’t be imbedded in the actual document, add an Appendix with the links (labeled of course so they’re easy to find.)
I’ve paid full-price for digital versions and having them integrated with DnD Beyond is an incentive. But it just feels like - similar to including maps for the map builder - ready made encounters should also be included.
If nothing else there are probably people who have already created these encounters in DnD Beyond when they run the campaigns and still have them saved. It would just be a matter of collecting them and making them accessible.
Sorry I meant like being able to make a stat block for an NPC, and being able to choose them for encounters and so on!
Have you tried creating them as a custom monster? You could create a copy of a commoner, adjust it a bit, give it a name and a picture, and he would be searchable and ready to insert into your encounter. I do this for various NPCs.
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Isn't that what ChatGPT is for? [REDACTED]
Sorry I meant like being able to make a stat block for an NPC, and being able to choose them for encounters and so on!
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The humanoid statblocks already exist:
And all the others under the Humanoid tag.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/mm-2024/monster-lists#Humanoid
I think the main thing I would want for dnd beyond is a folder in the "my characters" section of the site. As a DM, I like to make character sheets for NPCs and It's hard to scroll through all of them since I don't delete them until the campaign doesn't need them anymore or it's over. Having a place to store character sheets in the meantime while unused would be really helpful
Agreed. I have a bunch of NPCs and a few current that it would be nice to separate out. Sure you do a search, but folders would be easier and faster.
The Griffon's Saddlebag: Book One. We have bookm2 why not book 1
Better search, or rather, more accurate, would be a start (for I tried but could not find earlier mentions of these suggestions though I imagine there must be).
Anyways: I'd love to be able to apply more filters and have better search options for the monsters. Filters like "Can cast spells" or "Has Spellcasting feature", and an option to search in the description text of monsters.
Time for my yearly repost:
-Ala carte back
- Marketplace Filter by "what you own" back
- Let us better customize our Magic Items, Classes, Feats.
- Hell let us homebrew a whole class, NOT just a subclass
- Wishful thinking but a way to view the Compendium offline, I get y'all won't give us PDFs. But sometimes I want to look up something when I am at work, and have no Data Signal and the App wont load the content I bought for me to view.
"Not getting cut into bloody littles slices, That's the key to a sound plan."
Reinforcing #5, I've bought books, but if the site is down for maintenance, my DOWNLOADED APP COPY is unreadable. I downloaded an offline copy for ... when the server is offline.
1 and 2 are a definite need. I used to buy piece meal as needed then at some point by the entire book when I had a little extra money.
It would be really great if players within a campaign could have a give to other player when moving items so custom items didn't need to get rewritten
Personally, I'd like to see DMs have the ability to post notes and links on maps that players can't see.
The ability to snap tokens and objects to the grid in Maps.
Why? Why do the fools fly? Better to burn sooner than late, for burn we must. Go back to your bonfire! And I? I will go now to my pyre. To my pyre! No tomb for Denethor and Faramir. No tomb! No long slow sleep of death embalmed. We will burn like heathen kings before ever a ship sailed hither from the West. The West has failed. Go back and burn!
Reiterating something that I’ve wanted for years: pre-built encounters included with campaigns/adventures.
Basically, something as simple as a link when an encounter is reached that takes you to the encounter builder with the monsters already there, ready to go. All you need to do is add the PC’s, roll initiative and go.
Even if the links couldn’t be imbedded in the actual document, add an Appendix with the links (labeled of course so they’re easy to find.)
I’ve paid full-price for digital versions and having them integrated with DnD Beyond is an incentive. But it just feels like - similar to including maps for the map builder - ready made encounters should also be included.
If nothing else there are probably people who have already created these encounters in DnD Beyond when they run the campaigns and still have them saved. It would just be a matter of collecting them and making them accessible.
Have you tried creating them as a custom monster? You could create a copy of a commoner, adjust it a bit, give it a name and a picture, and he would be searchable and ready to insert into your encounter. I do this for various NPCs.