Heliana's Guide to Monster Hunting: Part 2 - Issues and Support Thread

Does the Ferocious Strike Cantrip work with the Warlock's Parasite Appendage attack? Ferocious Strike is available to Warlocks but Parasite Subclass's Appendage Attack specifies that it's a Melee Spell Attack whereas Ferocious Strike specifies a weapon attack.

Any clarification would be fantastic.

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Does the Ferocious Strike Cantrip work with the Warlock's Parasite Appendage attack? Ferocious Strike is available to Warlocks but Parasite Subclass's Appendage Attack specifies that it's a Melee Spell Attack whereas Ferocious Strike specifies a weapon attack.

 

Any clarification would be fantastic.

 If Ferocious Strike requires a weapon attack and the Parasite's Appendage attack is a spell then they don't work together

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warlock parasite subclass expanded spells don't appear on spell list

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The parasite subclass for warlock, the expanded spell list spells are not showing up in the character sheet.

 Fixed!

If this subclass is to be 2024 compatible, the expanded spell list should automatically be added to spells known, not just added to the warlock spell list.

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warlock parasite subclass expanded spells don't appear on spell list

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The parasite subclass for warlock, the expanded spell list spells are not showing up in the character sheet.

 Fixed!

 

If this subclass is to be 2024 compatible, the expanded spell list should automatically be added to spells known, not just added to the warlock spell list.

 Wrong. That's not a general rule behind the 2024 Warlock, it's a design guideline being used for official subclasses. However, other official subclasses that haven't yet been revised don't automatically add (or shouldn't, by the text, at least) their subclass spells to spells known. An example I tested: Genie patron, from Tasha's. The spells are available but not automatically known because that's how the subclass is written.

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warlock parasite subclass expanded spells don't appear on spell list

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The parasite subclass for warlock, the expanded spell list spells are not showing up in the character sheet.

 Fixed!

 

If this subclass is to be 2024 compatible, the expanded spell list should automatically be added to spells known, not just added to the warlock spell list.

 Wrong. That's not a general rule behind the 2024 Warlock, it's a design guideline being used for official subclasses. However, other official subclasses that haven't yet been revised don't automatically add (or shouldn't, by the text, at least) their subclass spells to spells known. An example I tested: Genie patron, from Tasha's. The spells are available but not automatically known because that's how the subclass is written.

 The difference there is that there is no 2024 version of the Genie patron, only a 2014 version that can still be used by a 2024 warlock. The Parasite patron does have a legacy 2014 version, which you're correct, should only have spells added to the available spells. However, they made an effort to convert it to a 2024 version with updated spell links, feature levels, and so on. However, it remains the _only_ 2024 subclass for warlock that only adds spells to available, not to spells known. If they're redesigning the subclass anyway, they need to give it feature parity to other subclasses, or just remove the 2024 version and only allow the 2014 version to be used.

Regarding the Lotol species, selecting the shocking grasp cantrip for your Adaptive Polymorphism only adds it as a reaction on the character sheet, not as an action. Is it not meant to be available to cast normally?

So one of my players was creating an Oozekin. Oozekin gives a +2 to Con and +1 to Str. While creating his character and decides to change his background to Beast Hunter from Grim Hollow and chose the +1/1/1 stat boost but when he got to his ability page, it removes the Oozekin stat boost and just leaves the Beast Hunter one. Unsure what’s causing this issue. 

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So one of my players was creating an Oozekin. Oozekin gives a +2 to Con and +1 to Str. While creating his character and decides to change his background to Beast Hunter from Grim Hollow and chose the +1/1/1 stat boost but when he got to his ability page, it removes the Oozekin stat boost and just leaves the Beast Hunter one. Unsure what’s causing this issue. 

 It's an automatic override that assumes you're prioritizing 5.5e because you used a 5.5e background.

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So one of my players was creating an Oozekin. Oozekin gives a +2 to Con and +1 to Str. While creating his character and decides to change his background to Beast Hunter from Grim Hollow and chose the +1/1/1 stat boost but when he got to his ability page, it removes the Oozekin stat boost and just leaves the Beast Hunter one. Unsure what’s causing this issue. 

 5.5e draws ability stats from Backgrounds.  If you have a 5.5e character, even if they're using a 5e Race, the stats come from the Background, not the Species.  You don't get to double dip.

In the Classes chapter, with the College of Cuisine description, it is written - can see within60 feet of you - instead of - can see within 60 feet of you -

One feature for college of cuisine bard is not working on DnD Beyond. At level 6, players can choose a specialization as part of the subclass. The fast food option allows for two attacks in one turn, but it is not appearing in the online character sheet (still shows just one attack).  

For Bone Cage, it is indicated in the description of the spell that the "radius of this spell increases by 10 feet for each slot level above 5th". However, on the sheet, the spell only has "Self (20 ft)" written on it, no matter what level the spell is cast with.

Also for the Lotol species, Adaptive Polymorphism "Gecko Cling" says, "...you have advantage on ability checks and saving throws made to maintain grapples..." I believe that, in 5.5e, you don't make ability checks or saving throws to maintain grapples. The enemy makes a saving throw to avoid the grapple, and then a check later to break the grapple.

https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/phb-2024/rules-glossary#UnarmedStrike

Trying to make a Mycelian and ran into two issues already. Symbotic Assimilation only allows you to choose one adaptation from your corpse species instead of two, and bizarrely, if you select the "Choose an Option" section twice under the Size category, it disables the Small and Medium options from showing up entirely, and you're left with the "Choose an Option" box that doesn't add options to choose from. I had to change species and then change back for it to allow me to choose my size again, and if you select "Choose an Option" after having selected Small or Medium, the options disappear again, and I had to change species and change species back again for it to re-enable me to Choose a Size option. If it matters I have chosen Tiefling as my corpse species and "RESISTANCE (CTHONIC ONLY)" as my one available adaptation, when, as I said, there should be two choices available.

not to be that guy, but the entire page in heliana’s part 2 for parasite warlock is written as if it’s 2014 version, saying the spells are available to pick from first level- when 2014 version would pick their patron/subclass.
Not to mention with every other subclass introduced with 2024 rules during the times of 2024 rules all warlock subclasses introduced have had all spells granted barring the predator patron from humblewood tales, and the many patron from griffins saddlebag book two. Which may have been overlooked in the transitions between 5e and 5.5e.

All patrons from 5e expanded still run on the expanded spell-list system, however as we see from undead patron, the subclasses are being changed to known-spell-lists gradually as they are being balanced and re-released in newer content.