Question. How come my homebrew race trait modifier doesn't work? I made some homebrew races off of a race from a book I like and one of the traits I gave it was a +2 to dexterity and a -2 to intkgence, but they aren't affecting my modifiers? How do I fix this? I'm not even sure if I did it right so does anyone know how to properly do it?
How did you try and set up the modifier? What was the specific modifier you applied? Take a snippet of the trait in the Edit menu, where we can see the choices made, and post it here.
Make sure that all of the racial traits are “granted” and not “replacement” or “additional” as those do something else entirely.
The correct modifier to use is: “Modifier: Bonus->Subtype: (Ability)->Fixed Value: X”
After you save any Modifiers, you MUST re-save the entire Homebrew using the main [SAVE CHANGES] button under Basic. If you don’t the system won’t pick up your changes.
After you [SAVE CHANGES] it can take up to 20 minutes for those changes to push through to the character sheets.
With Modifiers, just like everything else. Find something that does what you want, use it as a template to make some just to see how it works, and then delete it when you’re done.
Trollocs(Pronounced: TRAHL-lohk) are dangerous creatures and you should always be on your guard when fighting one or else you could find your self in our Trollocs cookpot as dinner.
— Riggerd the Adventurer(Said right before he was eaten by wild Trollocs)
Appearance
A large beastly race was created when society tried to play god and made a half-human/half-beast race as slaves but it backfired when they revolted and destroyed their society. The beasts that were used to make them consist of bears, wolves, bears, pigs, goats, horses, eagles, falcons (they can't fly), and on rare occasions LIzards. Because of the variety of beast that was used to make them most Trollocs all look different. Some look like bears others look like wolves, or goats, and so on. The eviler Trollocs stay away from society and the more humane ones are a part of it. The Lizard ones are almost never part of the evil Trolloc Society.
Feared Race
Trollocs are feared by many races — deformed, hairy monstrosities that never leave a body behind after attacks. They are feared by almost every race because they were single handly responsible for destroying an entire society. Since they are feared so much, they are one of the most discriminated races. While some Trollocs are evil creatures that will kill and eat you, most are humane and hate their evil counterparts for making the race look bad. They usually keep to themselves in society because of how feared they are, except for the LIzard ones because they are expected in society for their intlegence. but when interacting with others of their races they get super talkative and cheerful, and in a way, it's kinda adorable to watch.
Not The Brightest Bunch
When they’re not in battle or surviving in the wilderness, Trollocs tend to let others do talking for them because they aren't that smart except for the Lizard subrace. They may have really good survival and battle skills, but they aren't that good at anything that includes being smart. While they can speak other languages if they try they aren't good at reading and writing it except for their own language (Blood Speech), Abyssal, and Common.
While this may make them look dumb, they are experts at surviving in the wilderness.
Many Clans
Trollocs have many different clans usually a clan corresponding with what each Trolloc looks like. SInce Trolloc is a very hard language to learn most people just refer to the clan by what the Trolloc looks like, such as the Wolf Clan and the Bear Clan, but the Lizard subrace doesn't have clans since they are welcomed into society.
Don't Care Much For Gods
Most Trollocs don't worship Gods because they weren't created by one. However on rare occasions, some do, but mainly the eviler Trollocs are the ones that worship Gods.
Deep Care For Nature
Much like races such as Sayturs and Firbolgs, they care deeply for nature. Most will get angry one burns a forest, chops down more trees than needed, destroy the land for no reason, or other things like that. Trollocs do understand however that sometimes the land needs to be destroyed so a society can survive, but the eviler Trollocs don't believe that and will go out of their way to destroy villages and small settlements to restore what they think is the natural order.
Trolloc Traits
Your Trolloc Character has the following racial traits
Dark Vision
Can see into the dark for up to 60 feet, and it gets harder to see beyond that.
Tough Skin(Ability Score Increase)
Trollocs get a +2 to their Dexterity modifier because they are a very tough race.
Not the Sharpest Tool in the Shed(Ability Score Decrease)
Trollocs get a -2 on intelligence because they aren't that smart.
Natural Survival(Ability Score Increase)
Gets +1 on all Wisdom checks since they are good at survival.
Introverted(Ability Score Decrease)
The race is very introverted so they aren't that good at interacting with races other than their own, and because of this, they get a -1 Charisma.
STRONK(Ability Score Increase)
Trollocs get a +1 to Strength because they are naturally strong.
Age
Normal Trollocs live up to about 100 years with the average years being 90. Most spend the beginning of their life traveling and going on adventures, while the older ones will rest for the rest of their life, but some travel and adventure for their whole life.
Alignment
Trollocs are a mostly good race, with most of them either being Chaotic Good or Neutral Good. They value anyone that cares for nature and will protect them if they need help.
SIze
Trollocs are about 7.5-8ft tall
Languages
Trollocs can speak, write, and read Common, Abysall, and Blood Speech(Their own Language). Most Trollocs however struggle to learn other languages.
Lizard Trollocs
They were created by an ancient society to be slaves along with regular Trollocs to help further their technology and were quite successful until they revolted with regular Trollocs and destroyed their society. --History of Trollocs
Description
A subrace of the Trolloc race that instead of looking like birds or mammals they look like Lizards. They are smarter than regular Trollocs and are better at talking to other races too. Since they are smarter and have better communication skills, they are more accepted into society than regular Trollocs. They aren't as tall as regular Trollocs but are more the size of Humans.
Smarter than Average
Lizard Trollocs are smarter than their brethren. Since they are smarter they tend to be better spell casters and scholars than most Trollocs.
Not As Strong
Lizard Trollocs aren't as strong or tough as regular Trollocs and because of they tend to use their brain more than regular Trollocs to fight.
Lizard Trollocs are a lot smarter than regular Trollocs and because of this, they get a +2 to their intelligence modifier.
Weak Limbs(Ability Score Decrease)
Since LIzardd Trolocs are smarter, yet smaller, they have weaker limbs so they aren't as strong as regular Trollocs, and because of this get a -1 to their Strength modifier,
Acid Spit
Gain the ability to use Acid Spit (Acid Splash spell with a name change) 2 times per day and the slots can be replaced by a long rest. Players can spit out acid(Acid Splash) up to 15ft. If it hits the target they must make a 15 Dex saving throw or take 1d6 Acid Damage. Damage increases at the level of the player. 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6) and 17th level is the highest it can go.
Age
Lizard Trollocs can live up to 150 years with the average years being 110. Normal Trollocs live up to about 100 years with the average years being 90.
Alignment
Trollocs are a mostly good race, with most of them either being Chaotic Good or Neutral Good with Lizard Trollocs being almost always Lawful Good with rare cases of Chaotic Good and Neutral Good. They value anyone that cares for nature and will protect them if they need help.
Language
Lizard Trollocs can speak, write, and read Common, Abysall, and Blood Speech(Their own Language).
Breath Holding
Lizard Trollocs can hold their breath for up to 2 hours plus their Constitution modifier. +1 modifier equals 10 extra minutes, +2 equals 20 extra minutes, etc
Question. How come my homebrew race trait modifier doesn't work? I made some homebrew races off of a race from a book I like and one of the traits I gave it was a +2 to dexterity and a -2 to intkgence, but they aren't affecting my modifiers? How do I fix this? I'm not even sure if I did it right so does anyone know how to properly do it?
How did you try and set up the modifier? What was the specific modifier you applied? Take a snippet of the trait in the Edit menu, where we can see the choices made, and post it here.
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K thanks! Also, how would I give my race something like dark vision or resistances?
With Modifiers, just like everything else. Find something that does what you want, use it as a template to make some just to see how it works, and then delete it when you’re done.
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For x if I put 2 would it add 2 or do I need to put +2? Also, would I need to put -2 in order for it to minus it?
2 is +2, you do have to put the “-“ sign.
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Okay here's my race
Appearance
A large beastly race was created when society tried to play god and made a half-human/half-beast race as slaves but it backfired when they revolted and destroyed their society. The beasts that were used to make them consist of bears, wolves, bears, pigs, goats, horses, eagles, falcons (they can't fly), and on rare occasions LIzards. Because of the variety of beast that was used to make them most Trollocs all look different. Some look like bears others look like wolves, or goats, and so on. The eviler Trollocs stay away from society and the more humane ones are a part of it. The Lizard ones are almost never part of the evil Trolloc Society.
Feared Race
Trollocs are feared by many races — deformed, hairy monstrosities that never leave a body behind after attacks. They are feared by almost every race because they were single handly responsible for destroying an entire society. Since they are feared so much, they are one of the most discriminated races. While some Trollocs are evil creatures that will kill and eat you, most are humane and hate their evil counterparts for making the race look bad. They usually keep to themselves in society because of how feared they are, except for the LIzard ones because they are expected in society for their intlegence. but when interacting with others of their races they get super talkative and cheerful, and in a way, it's kinda adorable to watch.
Not The Brightest Bunch
When they’re not in battle or surviving in the wilderness, Trollocs tend to let others do talking for them because they aren't that smart except for the Lizard subrace. They may have really good survival and battle skills, but they aren't that good at anything that includes being smart. While they can speak other languages if they try they aren't good at reading and writing it except for their own language (Blood Speech), Abyssal, and Common.
While this may make them look dumb, they are experts at surviving in the wilderness.
Many Clans
Trollocs have many different clans usually a clan corresponding with what each Trolloc looks like. SInce Trolloc is a very hard language to learn most people just refer to the clan by what the Trolloc looks like, such as the Wolf Clan and the Bear Clan, but the Lizard subrace doesn't have clans since they are welcomed into society.
Don't Care Much For Gods
Most Trollocs don't worship Gods because they weren't created by one. However on rare occasions, some do, but mainly the eviler Trollocs are the ones that worship Gods.
Deep Care For Nature
Much like races such as Sayturs and Firbolgs, they care deeply for nature. Most will get angry one burns a forest, chops down more trees than needed, destroy the land for no reason, or other things like that. Trollocs do understand however that sometimes the land needs to be destroyed so a society can survive, but the eviler Trollocs don't believe that and will go out of their way to destroy villages and small settlements to restore what they think is the natural order.
Trolloc Traits
Your Trolloc Character has the following racial traits
Dark Vision
Can see into the dark for up to 60 feet, and it gets harder to see beyond that.
Tough Skin(Ability Score Increase)
Trollocs get a +2 to their Dexterity modifier because they are a very tough race.
Not the Sharpest Tool in the Shed(Ability Score Decrease)
Trollocs get a -2 on intelligence because they aren't that smart.
Natural Survival(Ability Score Increase)
Gets +1 on all Wisdom checks since they are good at survival.
Introverted(Ability Score Decrease)
The race is very introverted so they aren't that good at interacting with races other than their own, and because of this, they get a -1 Charisma.
STRONK(Ability Score Increase)
Trollocs get a +1 to Strength because they are naturally strong.
Age
Normal Trollocs live up to about 100 years with the average years being 90. Most spend the beginning of their life traveling and going on adventures, while the older ones will rest for the rest of their life, but some travel and adventure for their whole life.
Alignment
Trollocs are a mostly good race, with most of them either being Chaotic Good or Neutral Good. They value anyone that cares for nature and will protect them if they need help.
SIze
Trollocs are about 7.5-8ft tall
Languages
Trollocs can speak, write, and read Common, Abysall, and Blood Speech(Their own Language). Most Trollocs however struggle to learn other languages.
Lizard Trollocs
Description
A subrace of the Trolloc race that instead of looking like birds or mammals they look like Lizards. They are smarter than regular Trollocs and are better at talking to other races too. Since they are smarter and have better communication skills, they are more accepted into society than regular Trollocs. They aren't as tall as regular Trollocs but are more the size of Humans.
Smarter than Average
Lizard Trollocs are smarter than their brethren. Since they are smarter they tend to be better spell casters and scholars than most Trollocs.
Not As Strong
Lizard Trollocs aren't as strong or tough as regular Trollocs and because of they tend to use their brain more than regular Trollocs to fight.
Lizard Trolloc Names
Male: Rux, Jat, Grasz, Grukzo, Chakna, Voszruzk, Gaxashrux, Brikathruz, Jauszrazisz, Bhuarqaojux, Yaoxl, Zaosk, Jix, Grilli, and Utiusk
Female: Khex, Crass, Bex, Dhukraes, Ano, Zecc, Ocurzhu, Urokeh, Ottiruss, Ituka, Draz, Duss, Thesk, Kekzah, Crakloh, Acis, Ecogne, Choyure, Etlukex, and Atejuss
Scholar
Lizard Trollocs are a lot smarter than regular Trollocs and because of this, they get a +2 to their intelligence modifier.
Weak Limbs(Ability Score Decrease)
Since LIzardd Trolocs are smarter, yet smaller, they have weaker limbs so they aren't as strong as regular Trollocs, and because of this get a -1 to their Strength modifier,
Acid Spit
Gain the ability to use Acid Spit (Acid Splash spell with a name change) 2 times per day and the slots can be replaced by a long rest. Players can spit out acid(Acid Splash) up to 15ft. If it hits the target they must make a 15 Dex saving throw or take 1d6 Acid Damage. Damage increases at the level of the player. 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6) and 17th level is the highest it can go.
Age
Lizard Trollocs can live up to 150 years with the average years being 110. Normal Trollocs live up to about 100 years with the average years being 90.
Alignment
Trollocs are a mostly good race, with most of them either being Chaotic Good or Neutral Good with Lizard Trollocs being almost always Lawful Good with rare cases of Chaotic Good and Neutral Good. They value anyone that cares for nature and will protect them if they need help.
Language
Lizard Trollocs can speak, write, and read Common, Abysall, and Blood Speech(Their own Language).
Breath Holding
Lizard Trollocs can hold their breath for up to 2 hours plus their Constitution modifier. +1 modifier equals 10 extra minutes, +2 equals 20 extra minutes, etc
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