Player’s Handbook - Issues and Support Thread

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What specifically do you want?

Because a frickton of invocations are either superseded by 2024 ones, are 3rd-party, have been absorbed into other invocations, or still need a 2024 rework.

Also, you can still make your characters. They won't just have that specific thing.

Funny how many single-issue low post count people come in here demanding something niche like the old Xanathar's version of Lifedrinker or 3rd-party invocations, or for Pact of the Talisman & its related invocations to be added at will despite their outdated formatting. VERY funny.

I'm frustrated that they haven't shifted priorities to getting the site working fully after Sigil bombed, too, but please, tell us which one it is so we can narrow down which single-issue complaint this is.

 Either 5.5 is backwards compatible or it isn't. Beyond should have the Warlock invocations that weren't updated available to 2024 Warlocks. It's been 8 months.

Ok, how do Talisman-centric ones work, then?

Talisman is not an invocation like 2024 Blade, Tome & Chain are now.

So those would require rewrites to 2024, with UA testing following.

Are you demanding a whole PDF devoted to Talisman-related invocations be worked on. UA'd & released?

You know what would also help?

Knowing which invocation(s) you all want so badly.

2024 D&D 5e is backwards compatible with 2014 D&D 5e - you just need pencil and paper.

I don't recall anyone claiming the DnD Beyond 2024 would be fully backwards compatible with DNDB 2014.

Having said that, it should be. So fix it, we are tired of waiting to use again products we paid good money for for the last decade.

A big issue with getting material fixed is manpower & technical skill, as well as unhealthy amounts of pressure.

More redundant complaints don't actually get things fixed sooner, despite what the common behavior is.

& If it hasn't been fixed yet, it's due to Hasbro's C-Suite gutting Beyond to make it a sales terminal & Sigil hub first & foremost.

The skeleton crew of devs are QUITE aware that things need to be fixed.

They aren't conspiring against fixing things or to personally slight users.

They just don't have the remaining manpower or familiarity with the site's particularly strange coding to fix everything, & Hasbro isn't hiring anyone to do so.

So PLEASE check to see that, if you're complaining, you use the tools that exist to check & see if it's been noted.

Because there has been a flood of spam-tier repetitive complaints who aren't bothering to check if something has already been said.

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Whenever I want to pick a Mystic Arcanum for my Warlock, I don't have the following options to choose from now, some of which are in the 2024 Player's Handbook, while others are from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything:

6th

• Arcane Gate
• Mental Prison
• Scatter
• Soul Cage
• Summon Fiend
• Tasha's Bubbling Cauldron
• Tasha's Otherworldly Guise

7th

• Crown of Stars
• Dream of the Blue Veil
• Power Word Pain

8th

• Maddening Darkness

9th

• Blade of Disaster
• Psychic Scream

Would really appreciate some help with this, thank you!

 This still appears to be an issue. Any update on any sort of progress?

Turn on 2014 content & Expanded Rules when making your character if you haven't already.

Then turn off Beyond 20 if you have it installed.

If those fixes fail, then it's a real problem.

Can confirm, the Mystic Arcanum thing isn't a problem any longer.

2024 Warlock only needs the Expanded Rules toggle selected to see all of those.

For 2014 Warlock to see the old version of Arcane Gate, they additionally need the 2014 Core Rules toggle selected. (Of course they also need Expanded Rules for anything in Tasha's.)

For the Patron Subclass under Warlock, the only Patron available is the Fiend. Where are the options for the "Great Old Ones" or the "Archfey" Patrons which are missing currently!

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For the Patron Subclass under Warlock, the only Patron available is the Fiend. Where are the options for the "Great Old Ones" or the "Archfey" Patrons which are missing currently!

 
Only Fiend is free. To see the others you need to have purchased the PHB or be making/editing the character inside a campaign where the book is being shared with you. You also need to ensure you are using the correct version of Warlock (when adding class, the Warlock under Core Rules is the 2024 version while the Warlock under 2014 Core Rules is the 2014 version).

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You can easily homebrew a new version of the specie in the homebrew tool ans point towards the right spell.

 I'm not paying a monthly subscription fee to homebrew Official Content (2024 OR 2014).

You don't need a subscription to make homebrew, not even to duplicate/modify published content.

 That was not my point.

I am paying for content. I expect that content to be useable and accurate.

 
It is. 

Only content from the 2024 books use the 2024 stuff. Things from 2014 books use 2014 content. This is accurate.

Genasi were not added to any 2024 book, so as 2014 content they will use 2014 content. If you want to update stuff yourself you're in homebrew territory.

 That's actually technically incorrect. Having a version that follows the 2014 rules is important for those who wish to play with the 2014 rules; however, if any part of the campaign group plays by 2024 rules, everything is supposed to be updated to the 2024 version. That includes racial spells. This is a result of poor coding and can be resolved a number of ways. (The cleanest, but probably more difficult to code and problematic for edge cases, would be to include a toggle for 2014 and 2024 to apply across the sheet. Easier would be to have a 2024 copy of any creatures with impacted abilities, such as genasi.)

 This is not a correct statement. They never promised to update all the 2014 stuff to 2024 5e. They said you'd be able to use it, and you can, but it will use the 2014 5e rules if they have not been updated. The new Eberron book coming out will update the five Eberron races and classes to 2024 5e, but you have to buy the book. Your request to have everything updated from 2014 5e to 2024 5e is unreasonable. There are some updates they need to correct, this is no one of them.

Try using a oathbreaker paladin, an undead warlock or something like that, an old warlock or paladin. All the spells offered by the subclass are not always prepared as they should be.

Even newer warlock and paladin from 3d party content that where published after the 2024 rules have this issue…

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Try using a oathbreaker paladin, an undead warlock or something like that, an old warlock or paladin. All the spells offered by the subclass are not always prepared as they should be.

Even newer warlock and paladin from 3d party content that where published after the 2024 rules have this issue…

 Literally nothing in that is a PHB issue. 

Fix your site I am unable to only have 2014 spells, while creating a character, again I don't care about the 2024 rules, I try to select spells and I get 2024 rules, I.e. SELECTING CANTRIPS it doesn't matter if i select only legacy or 2014 rules in the beginning I still get the 2024 rules, which means I either have to look up the rules grab my physical copy, or go to roll 20 at this point I am about to go back to roll 20, you have turned your site into crap please fix thank you

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Fix your site I am unable to only have 2014 spells, while creating a character, again I don't care about the 2024 rules, I try to select spells and I get 2024 rules, I.e. SELECTING CANTRIPS it doesn't matter if i select only legacy or 2014 rules in the beginning I still get the 2024 rules, which means I either have to look up the rules grab my physical copy, or go to roll 20 at this point I am about to go back to roll 20, you have turned your site into crap please fix thank you

 On the character sheet, under Spells, use the filters when selecting. Core Rules and 2014 Core Rules are different filters, and each are just a click away.

Adding those filters helped resolve much of this issue, you as the user just need to actually use them.

Hey, i don't know if this is the right place to ask but i hope i can still get hepl here.

I want to upgrade my dragonborns darkvision to blindsight but i don't see how i can customise traits and feats. i also want to give another character a dagger with an increased range and I can't seem to be able to change that either. How do i do more advanced editing of the sheet other than changing the name and notes?

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Hey, i don't know if this is the right place to ask but i hope i can still get hepl here.

I want to upgrade my dragonborns darkvision to blindsight but i don't see how i can customise traits and feats. i also want to give another character a dagger with an increased range and I can't seem to be able to change that either. How do i do more advanced editing of the sheet other than changing the name and notes?

 
You'll need to make homebrew copy of the dragonborn species and change the trait there.

For the dagger you can make a custom action and use that for rolls instead.

Correction and user error on this one, I selected the Wizard from the 2024 class not the 2014 Class rules so I never had the selections. thank you.

For upgrading your Darkvision (Assuming you have DM Permission to do so, or are yourself the DM), you can go to your character sheet and tap “senses”, basically where your passives are and where it lists Darkvision.  Click Customize and you should see a list of areas where you can input things like your distance from where you see.  Input the distance you want to be able to have “Blindsight” up to, and that should be it.

If you want to give a character Blindsight (beyond Homebrew or just going in and editing the sheet, like mechanically within RAW), your only option I’m aware of is the “Blind Fighting” Fighting Style Feat.

Far as your dagger request, I’m afraid I don’t have any ideas beyond home brewing a piece of equipment yourself using the Dagger as a basis if you can.