It might be clear for an advanced user or someone who is familiar with the technology behind databases. But, I doubt the casual user understands the implications of what publishing means.
Here's what's not clear from the text associated with the 'submit' button: it is not clear from the text that you will be unable to delete the item if it is submitted and accepted. Please consider adding that warning. If I'd known that when I started experimenting with the system, I would not submitted the item.
There is a link to the full homebrew rules on that dialog with the submit button.
It's really one of those look before you leap situations.
The pop up makes it clear that you should be sure about what you are doing and links to the list of all the reasons why (a link is better than a multi paragraph warning box).
I only became an "advanced user" by reading pinned site rules.
I understand (and cheerfully agree) why items we submit belong the community if approved, but you are also telling us that us that once we submit an item, we can never unsubscribe from it ourselves? Does that mean if I subscribe to another user's content, that I can never unsubscribe from that item? I am now hesitant to subscribe to anything for fear that I will be stuck with an unwanted item for the life of my account.
If you add another user's homebrew to your collection, you can easily remove it. There used to be an issue with removing homebrew from your collection if it had been deleted from published homebrew. Homebrew is deleted by the moderators if it is reported as being a copyright violation or completely empty/unusable. I've reported homebrew for both of those things in the past, and they have been deleted. But until they addressed the issue (and it took a long time to do so), I was then stuck with these deleted (and unusable) homebrew in my collection. If I'd had them added to a sheet, it would have broken the sheet.'
The good news is that after you created Red Petra they added automated "checks" on homebrew, which prevent folks from publishing empty homebrew AND which make clear that one doesn't need to publish to share with your own campains.
Since you wanted it removed, and it is empty/unusable, I took the liberty of reporting Red Petra. Note: You can revise published homebrew; I only thought of that after I reported Red Petra; I should have asked which you wanted to do with it.
The problem with revising published homebrew is that anyone who finds your revised piece can dig through the version history on the item and choose at their own discretion to ignore your revisions and use whichever version they like the best. Which is kinda hornswoggle really, when Wizards is not held to the same standard. When Wizards revises something via errata or a new book release, all assets on the website are automatically updated and players are forced to use the latest revision, but homebrew editors who've made a dozen revisions and refinements to their original idea get to deal with people cherrypicking the version they want.
It's not cool, and it makes it extremely difficult to justify publishing any homebrew at all. Which in turn makes it very difficult to get any sort of feedback or community advice on homebrew you can only share within your campaigns without clicking that "Give to the Internet Forever" button.
The problem with revising published homebrew is that anyone who finds your revised piece can dig through the version history on the item and choose at their own discretion to ignore your revisions and use whichever version they like the best. Which is kinda hornswoggle really, when Wizards is not held to the same standard. When Wizards revises something via errata or a new book release, all assets on the website are automatically updated and players are forced to use the latest revision, but homebrew editors who've made a dozen revisions and refinements to their original idea get to deal with people cherrypicking the version they want.
It's not cool, and it makes it extremely difficult to justify publishing any homebrew at all. Which in turn makes it very difficult to get any sort of feedback or community advice on homebrew you can only share within your campaigns without clicking that "Give to the Internet Forever" button.
Agreed. I likely won't be publishing anything here until they get this updated into a real system, the current process is terrible. Sure you can adapt to it and "master" it, but I don't see any compelling reason to do so and it doesn't change the fact that it's weird and (compared to other things) underfeatured, unhelpful, and unwieldy.
Were you able to file a request somewhere or something? I need to get my 'Lantern Lich' pulled.
It seems that TPTB responded to my request in this thread. Perhaps they pulled it because it truly had no content? It was literally a name with no content.
Someone stole my homebrew on my affinity account, changed bits and posted it as his own then admitted to it, I have screen shots and all and I want that shit taken down
Someone stole my homebrew on my affinity account, changed bits and posted it as his own then admitted to it, I have screen shots and all and I want that shit taken down
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Firstly your URLs are all smushed together with no spaces which will make them a nightmare to follow. Maybe try editing your post and putting a line break between each one.
Speaking of editing, you can release updated versions of homebrew if there are mistakes. You just click "Create New Version", make your edits to that unpublished version and then publish it. It'll 'replace' your current version.
The moderators don't delete homebrew just because you don't want to have it any more. I would suggest using My Collections to track homebrew and accept that anything you've published is going to be in My Creations indefinitely, as that's what the system message warns you of when you publish.
I have some published homebrews that I've updated over ten times, especially when new official content or D&D Beyond features give me new tools. The only reason I would like to be able to remove them would be if I'd like to later compile them into a document for sale.
This explains why there is so much garbage on the Homebrew list. People create things and share them without any testing being performed. Without a way to withdraw the item the rest of the community is stuck sifting through the trash.
Why not allow people to create a copy of an item that comes from the community in their homebrew collection. This would allow them to keep the version they have. This should also allow others to add/modify the original content with updated or perhaps a variant of the original. Of course, you would keep the names of all the contributors in the file as it is saved/shared. This would create the option of a community build of any homebrew content and help clean up the duplicates and old versions.
Also, allow for offline storage of homebrew content.
Thank you for this reminder. Here's what's not clear from the text associated with the 'submit' button: it is not clear from the text that you will be unable to delete the item if it is submitted and accepted. Please consider adding that warning. If I'd known that when I started experimenting with the system, I would not submitted the item.
Here's the issue: the very first homebrew magic item I created was intended to be a draft, not a final version. Yes, I had to click 'submit', but the learning curve for this system can be significant AND I assumed that I would be able to delete an item that I was not happy with. For, for now, the item named 'Red Petra' is an item with only a name and no other attributes. It is obviously incomplete. I can not edit it. I can not delete it. Yes, if is my fault for creating it, but in my defense, I was merely experimenting with the system in the first days that I created my account. It has no subscriptions. It never will because it is nothing besides a title. It might as well say 'ham sandwich'. Do you really want that cluttering your list of items?
I understand (and cheerfully agree) why items we submit belong the community if approved, but you are also telling us that us that once we submit an item, we can never unsubscribe from it ourselves? Does that mean if I subscribe to another user's content, that I can never unsubscribe from that item? I am now hesitant to subscribe to anything for fear that I will be stuck with an unwanted item for the life of my account.
making a homebrew ham sandwich rn thanks for the idea ;)
Also When i made a half-warforged race i was unable to set the max str @ 19 give it a base AC of 14 and give it a 19 str when it starts out. If a mod could tell me how to fix that that would be great, i'd definitely like to overhaul it.
Until any such feature is implemented, publicly submitted homebrew will become content for the community. As Filcat mentioned, users can submit updated versions, but we will not be fielding reports to delete public items. The 'Private' homebrew feature allows for testing and editing, which players can join into campaigns to do. Once submitted to 'Public', it becomes community-owned as a final draft.
I'm curious about what is meant by community-owned. Supposing I were to wrap up a bunch of my published homebrews for distribution on DMs Guild or something like that, would I be running afoul of IP rights?
I have a question. I made a homebrew of grogs bloodaxe before it was official in the Wildemount book. Because it’s now an official item shouldn’t I be able to delete it because it’s a purchasable item on beyond now?
It might be clear for an advanced user or someone who is familiar with the technology behind databases. But, I doubt the casual user understands the implications of what publishing means.
There is a link to the full homebrew rules on that dialog with the submit button.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/homebrew-rules-guidelines
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It's really one of those look before you leap situations.
The pop up makes it clear that you should be sure about what you are doing and links to the list of all the reasons why (a link is better than a multi paragraph warning box).
I only became an "advanced user" by reading pinned site rules.
If you add another user's homebrew to your collection, you can easily remove it. There used to be an issue with removing homebrew from your collection if it had been deleted from published homebrew. Homebrew is deleted by the moderators if it is reported as being a copyright violation or completely empty/unusable. I've reported homebrew for both of those things in the past, and they have been deleted. But until they addressed the issue (and it took a long time to do so), I was then stuck with these deleted (and unusable) homebrew in my collection. If I'd had them added to a sheet, it would have broken the sheet.'
The good news is that after you created Red Petra they added automated "checks" on homebrew, which prevent folks from publishing empty homebrew AND which make clear that one doesn't need to publish to share with your own campains.
Since you wanted it removed, and it is empty/unusable, I took the liberty of reporting Red Petra. Note: You can revise published homebrew; I only thought of that after I reported Red Petra; I should have asked which you wanted to do with it.
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The problem with revising published homebrew is that anyone who finds your revised piece can dig through the version history on the item and choose at their own discretion to ignore your revisions and use whichever version they like the best. Which is kinda hornswoggle really, when Wizards is not held to the same standard. When Wizards revises something via errata or a new book release, all assets on the website are automatically updated and players are forced to use the latest revision, but homebrew editors who've made a dozen revisions and refinements to their original idea get to deal with people cherrypicking the version they want.
It's not cool, and it makes it extremely difficult to justify publishing any homebrew at all. Which in turn makes it very difficult to get any sort of feedback or community advice on homebrew you can only share within your campaigns without clicking that "Give to the Internet Forever" button.
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Agreed. I likely won't be publishing anything here until they get this updated into a real system, the current process is terrible. Sure you can adapt to it and "master" it, but I don't see any compelling reason to do so and it doesn't change the fact that it's weird and (compared to other things) underfeatured, unhelpful, and unwieldy.
A kind admin edited the status of my 'Red Petra' item and I can now edit it again!
Thank you for your responsiveness! I really appreciate it!
I will be more careful next time!
Were you able to file a request somewhere or something? I need to get my 'Lantern Lich' pulled.
It seems that TPTB responded to my request in this thread. Perhaps they pulled it because it truly had no content? It was literally a name with no content.
Someone stole my homebrew on my affinity account, changed bits and posted it as his own then admitted to it, I have screen shots and all and I want that shit taken down
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I need a few submitted homebrews deleted due to the nonrealism to the homebrew, and mistakes made in the creation.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/645548-true-insane
https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/660604-m1-abrams
https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/645488-lesser-insane
https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/645523-greater-insane
these are the ones that are just cluttering up the menu for my creations tab.
Firstly your URLs are all smushed together with no spaces which will make them a nightmare to follow. Maybe try editing your post and putting a line break between each one.
Speaking of editing, you can release updated versions of homebrew if there are mistakes. You just click "Create New Version", make your edits to that unpublished version and then publish it. It'll 'replace' your current version.
The moderators don't delete homebrew just because you don't want to have it any more. I would suggest using My Collections to track homebrew and accept that anything you've published is going to be in My Creations indefinitely, as that's what the system message warns you of when you publish.
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thanks for the tip
I have some published homebrews that I've updated over ten times, especially when new official content or D&D Beyond features give me new tools. The only reason I would like to be able to remove them would be if I'd like to later compile them into a document for sale.
This explains why there is so much garbage on the Homebrew list. People create things and share them without any testing being performed. Without a way to withdraw the item the rest of the community is stuck sifting through the trash.
Why not allow people to create a copy of an item that comes from the community in their homebrew collection. This would allow them to keep the version they have. This should also allow others to add/modify the original content with updated or perhaps a variant of the original. Of course, you would keep the names of all the contributors in the file as it is saved/shared. This would create the option of a community build of any homebrew content and help clean up the duplicates and old versions.
Also, allow for offline storage of homebrew content.
making a homebrew ham sandwich rn thanks for the idea ;)
If you want it... Ham Sandwich
https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/1961747-ham-sandwich
Also When i made a half-warforged race i was unable to set the max str @ 19 give it a base AC of 14 and give it a 19 str when it starts out. If a mod could tell me how to fix that that would be great, i'd definitely like to overhaul it.
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I'm curious about what is meant by community-owned. Supposing I were to wrap up a bunch of my published homebrews for distribution on DMs Guild or something like that, would I be running afoul of IP rights?
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I have a question. I made a homebrew of grogs bloodaxe before it was official in the Wildemount book. Because it’s now an official item shouldn’t I be able to delete it because it’s a purchasable item on beyond now?