All right. I wrote a homebrew Rogue subclass, and wanted to quickly build it in DDB, so I made a copy of the Thief so that I could just edit existing abilities (because I'm lazy). Now that I've finished, it says that I can't share it publicly because it's too similar to the Thief (which I can assure you, it isn't). How do I fix this so that I can share it?
Here's a link to the Docs version of the subclass, in case I need to edit some wording for some reason.
I've got the same problem with my Sympathist Arcanist homebrew...it is saying it's close to the Circle of Spores...but it's not in any way close. I'll try the above suggestion, but it was saying I couldn't share well before I added any modifiers.
As veterans on here have said many times before, you do NOT need to publish homebrew to share it, and I strongly discourage people from publishing their homebrew unless they are absolutely sure they know what they are doing. Since you are asking, then I do not recommend publishing it. As long as you are in a campaign, everyone in that campaign will have access to everyone's homebrew in that campaign.
The primary matter is that once you publish homebrew, it is a huge pain in the ass to edit things. Technically, you cannot even edit at all, and all you are doing is just releasing a new version, and the old version is probably still floating out there somewhere, and I believe the old version will still show up and clog up your drop down menus. Publishing something means that something is finalized, similar to how publishing a book in real life is; once a book gets published, it is out there and you cannot take it back. You can certainly errata things and release a new version of the book, but you cannot really take back the ones that have already been published and sold.
I mean you need to share it publicly? Is it something you want to put out to the community or just for you and your friends? If it's just for your campaign and your table or whatever just create a campaign in your home group can be shared within that. There's no need to publish it. If you look at the Homer section it's riddled with unnecessary Homebrew that didn't need to be published.
I was just trying to fix the problem he had, I check every homebrew section twice daily, and I know what your talking about, but I assumed he wanted to publish because he gave no pretense of campaign use, and must of already saw the thing that says theres no need to publish.
"If you look at the Homer section it's riddled with unnecessary Homebrew that didn't need to be published."
Your definition of unnecessary is likely wildly different than another person's. Even if the homebrew is a bit of a joke, or if it's their first try and it's poorly done, it may be necessary to many people, if not just the author. These "You know you really don't need to publish....why do you want to publish....there are so many unnecessary homebrews out there" are pretty cringy.
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All right. I wrote a homebrew Rogue subclass, and wanted to quickly build it in DDB, so I made a copy of the Thief so that I could just edit existing abilities (because I'm lazy). Now that I've finished, it says that I can't share it publicly because it's too similar to the Thief (which I can assure you, it isn't). How do I fix this so that I can share it?
Here's a link to the Docs version of the subclass, in case I need to edit some wording for some reason.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSHqK-d-8lq8M8jZLhXP_Fd-haQU6tG7EVnvTKj2q3y_CA8uzNojtY43fr6fD7jgNv81sGlmyawhnIQ/pub
Also, yeah, I asked a question like this before. DIfferent problem.
Edit any modfiers attached to the homebrew
then hit the save button. wait twenty minutes, then check it again.
My homebrew content: Monsters, subclasses, Magic items, Feats, spells, races, backgrounds
I've got the same problem with my Sympathist Arcanist homebrew...it is saying it's close to the Circle of Spores...but it's not in any way close. I'll try the above suggestion, but it was saying I couldn't share well before I added any modifiers.
As veterans on here have said many times before, you do NOT need to publish homebrew to share it, and I strongly discourage people from publishing their homebrew unless they are absolutely sure they know what they are doing. Since you are asking, then I do not recommend publishing it. As long as you are in a campaign, everyone in that campaign will have access to everyone's homebrew in that campaign.
The primary matter is that once you publish homebrew, it is a huge pain in the ass to edit things. Technically, you cannot even edit at all, and all you are doing is just releasing a new version, and the old version is probably still floating out there somewhere, and I believe the old version will still show up and clog up your drop down menus. Publishing something means that something is finalized, similar to how publishing a book in real life is; once a book gets published, it is out there and you cannot take it back. You can certainly errata things and release a new version of the book, but you cannot really take back the ones that have already been published and sold.
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I mean you need to share it publicly? Is it something you want to put out to the community or just for you and your friends? If it's just for your campaign and your table or whatever just create a campaign in your home group can be shared within that. There's no need to publish it. If you look at the Homer section it's riddled with unnecessary Homebrew that didn't need to be published.
I was just trying to fix the problem he had, I check every homebrew section twice daily, and I know what your talking about, but I assumed he wanted to publish because he gave no pretense of campaign use, and must of already saw the thing that says theres no need to publish.
My homebrew content: Monsters, subclasses, Magic items, Feats, spells, races, backgrounds
Your definition of unnecessary is likely wildly different than another person's. Even if the homebrew is a bit of a joke, or if it's their first try and it's poorly done, it may be necessary to many people, if not just the author. These "You know you really don't need to publish....why do you want to publish....there are so many unnecessary homebrews out there" are pretty cringy.