I have not gotten to use the app a TON in my current game (thanks covid....) however i have tinkered and thought about something.
What about a view that essentially shows you the sheet as you would see it printed? Just a simple PDF viewer would work almost, but not downloading the sheet just a viewer for it as it would look. This would make it more friendly strictly as a reference instead of a full on character manager. I know some DMs dont like the idea of technology at the table. Because lets face it, D&D is a "paper game" at its core. I personally love the app side of this and just feel for the DMs that would like the idea of using this more if it were just a sheet and not JUST a full manager as it sits right now.
And as a note a way i used D&D Beyond at my table.
I DMed a small 1-2 hour one shot for my friends. Something homebrew. The story is that a necromancer had once stolen the power of Mystra and in doing so removed magic from the land. Only the most powerful object retained any magic and of course, my band of misfits were the ones who held some of the most powerful. They were orphans, kids the previous adventuring party had adopted and swore to protect many years ago. They had received the most important mission of them all. Once their final foster parent had died, take the urn with their ashes to the place where Mystra had fallen and let their essence become one with hers by placing the urns at the center of the spell that killed her, which was a massive crater where magic was so dangerous attempting it while inside you would rebound the spell and suffer great consequences.
I gave each player a fairly decent item. Small things like a staff that could make plants grow but it was a +1 weapon, or an amulet that randomly changed the element of any spells you cast. Then once the players found out the plot and released the magic into the world. These items were utterly broken. One character could kill a Tarrasque in a single round. They transformed into the great powerful magical items that a level 20 party with decades of experience would have.
I will never forget when i asked the players to open D&D Beyond and find their upgraded items. The first "OH MY GOD!" was priceless.
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I have not gotten to use the app a TON in my current game (thanks covid....) however i have tinkered and thought about something.
What about a view that essentially shows you the sheet as you would see it printed? Just a simple PDF viewer would work almost, but not downloading the sheet just a viewer for it as it would look. This would make it more friendly strictly as a reference instead of a full on character manager. I know some DMs dont like the idea of technology at the table. Because lets face it, D&D is a "paper game" at its core. I personally love the app side of this and just feel for the DMs that would like the idea of using this more if it were just a sheet and not JUST a full manager as it sits right now.
And as a note a way i used D&D Beyond at my table.
I DMed a small 1-2 hour one shot for my friends. Something homebrew. The story is that a necromancer had once stolen the power of Mystra and in doing so removed magic from the land. Only the most powerful object retained any magic and of course, my band of misfits were the ones who held some of the most powerful. They were orphans, kids the previous adventuring party had adopted and swore to protect many years ago. They had received the most important mission of them all. Once their final foster parent had died, take the urn with their ashes to the place where Mystra had fallen and let their essence become one with hers by placing the urns at the center of the spell that killed her, which was a massive crater where magic was so dangerous attempting it while inside you would rebound the spell and suffer great consequences.
I gave each player a fairly decent item. Small things like a staff that could make plants grow but it was a +1 weapon, or an amulet that randomly changed the element of any spells you cast. Then once the players found out the plot and released the magic into the world. These items were utterly broken. One character could kill a Tarrasque in a single round. They transformed into the great powerful magical items that a level 20 party with decades of experience would have.
I will never forget when i asked the players to open D&D Beyond and find their upgraded items. The first "OH MY GOD!" was priceless.