Dr Dhrolin’s Dictionary of Dinosaurs - Issues and Support Thread

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RELEASE NOTES

Dr Dhrolin’s Dictionary of Dinosaurs brings deep history and immersive real-world prehistoric environments to your games of D&D. It provides not only exciting and interesting prehistoric content for your games, but also a wealth of scientific information.

Syncing Entitlements

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ENABLING CONTENT FOR YOUR CHARACTER

To use content from Dr Dhrolin’s Dictionary of Dinosaurs in the character builder, you will need to set the character preferences to include Palaeo Games source category (see the .gif below).

RULE SET

This book has been updated to the 5.5e rule set.

NEW SUBCLASSES

This book features 3 new subclasses:

• Ranger: Big Game Hunter
• Fighter: Bonesmith
• Druid: Circle of Cycles

These subclasses are partially supported with the following callouts:

Fighter Subclass. The Bonesmith was originally an Artificer subclass in the printed version of the book, but has been adapted as a Fighter subclass for D&D Beyond.

NEW SPECIES

This book features 6 new species:

• Pluvenn
• Manyhorn
• Jeholrak
• Ankylier
• Limukin
• Children of Seth

These species are fully supported.

Languages. Each of the new species in this book have the Archosauric language by default in addition to Common and one other language of the player's choice. Players wanting to select two languages in addition to Common may do so by enabling "Customize Your Origin" within the character builder.

NEW BACKGROUNDS

This book features 3 new backgrounds:

• Time-Lost
• Geologist
• Palaeontologist

These backgrounds are fully supported.

Characteristic Tables and Bonus Features. While this book has been updated to the 5.5e ruleset, our friend at Palaeo Games felt it was important to maintain these aspects of the backgrounds. D&D Beyond has integrated these features and tables into both the compendium and character sheet.

NEW FEATS

This book features 8 new feats. These feats are fully supported.

NEW SPELLS

This book features 1 new spell. This spell is fully supported.

NEW MAGIC ITEMS

The book features 31 magic items with over 60 variations. These magic items are partially supported with the following callouts:

Actions on Magic Items. Some of the new magic items grant specific actions as part of their magic. D&D Beyond doesn’t currently support the ability to attach actions directly to magic items; we have included charges and associated spells where appropriate, but in the case that an item’s functionality is otherwise text-only, we recommend creating Custom Actions on the character sheet to represent those items.

Kriss of Haţeg. This magic weapon can be applicable to either a dagger or a knife. Knives are not a standard weapon on D&D Beyond. The listing for Kriss of Haţeg uses dagger as its base weapon.

NEW MUNDANE ITEMS

The book features 19 mundane items. These items are fully supported.

NEW MONSTERS

The book features 80 monster stat blocks with over 50 magical variations. These monsters are partially supported with the following callouts:

Design Philosophy. The creature stat blocks in this book have been designed to reflect their real world counterparts as accurately as possible. Due to this some of the cauclations for creature stats may vary from standard D&D rules.

Automaticlly Failed Saving Throws. Some creatures in this book have traits that cause them to automatically fail some saving throws. These are called out by an asterisk (*) in the compendium. D&D Beyond's monster listings are unable to support the asterisk in this location on the stat block, and a -20 has been added to represent the failed save.

Unsupported Dice. Some creatures in this book use dice that are not supported by D&D Beyond such as a d2 or d3. Our friends at Palaeo Games have selected new dice and adjsuted the calculations that best represent these creatures within the constraints of D&D Beyond.

Unsupported Sizes. Some creatures in this book have sizes that are not supported by D&D Beyond such as Miniscule and Colossal. Our friends at Palaeo Games have selected new sizes that best represent these creatures within the constraints of D&D Beyond.

NEW MAPS

The book features 6 new maps. These are fully supported.