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Hi for somereason when I try to publish a homebrew I made, the website says its too similar to circle of spores despite it nothing like circle of spores, could I get some help pls

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Hi for somereason when I try to publish a homebrew I made, the website says its too similar to circle of spores despite it nothing like circle of spores, could I get some help pls

 

Usually this happens because one of your description or snippet fields is blank (or very short). For some reason, Circle of Spores is the one that gets called out as being "too similar" to something that's blank.

Also, I'll mention this just because a lot of people seem to not be aware of it: publishing is only necessary if you want strangers to be able to use it. You (and anyone in your campaigns) can use it without publishing it.

thank u :D

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Hi for somereason when I try to publish a homebrew I made, the website says its too similar to circle of spores despite it nothing like circle of spores, could I get some help pls

 

Usually this happens because one of your description or snippet fields is blank (or very short). For some reason, Circle of Spores is the one that gets called out as being "too similar" to something that's blank.

Also, I'll mention this just because a lot of people seem to not be aware of it: publishing is only necessary if you want strangers to be able to use it. You (and anyone in your campaigns) can use it without publishing it.

 

 Adding onto this, it would seem that when you're making a new subclass and do not click "save" on the main Subclass screen (as in only saving each feature individually and not the main page of the subclass), then the subclass will also display as "too similar to Circle of Spores".

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Hi for somereason when I try to publish a homebrew I made, the website says its too similar to circle of spores despite it nothing like circle of spores, could I get some help pls

 

Usually this happens because one of your description or snippet fields is blank (or very short). For some reason, Circle of Spores is the one that gets called out as being "too similar" to something that's blank.

Also, I'll mention this just because a lot of people seem to not be aware of it: publishing is only necessary if you want strangers to be able to use it. You (and anyone in your campaigns) can use it without publishing it.

 

 Adding onto this, it would seem that when you're making a new subclass and do not click "save" on the main Subclass screen (as in only saving each feature individually and not the main page of the subclass), then the subclass will also display as "too similar to Circle of Spores".

Yeah, what's happening there is that the process that checks whether it's too similar to other stuff doesn't run again until you click that main Save button, even if you've been clicking save on the individual features or other ancillary things. It'd be nice if that were documented somewhere on that screen, but it has been officially confirmed that that's how it works.

 So I'm trying to make a couple of new home brew monsters, but when I go to make a new monster, and use my previous one as a template to build from, it ends up overriding it as a new version rather than saving it as a new creature entirely. I want to make it clear that I am using the "create new monster" button and not "create new version".

Any tips on avoiding this rather than building it again from scratch (without using the pre-existing monster as a template)?

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 So I'm trying to make a couple of new home brew monsters, but when I go to make a new monster, and use my previous one as a template to build from, it ends up overriding it as a new version rather than saving it as a new creature entirely. I want to make it clear that I am using the "create new monster" button and not "create new version".

Any tips on avoiding this rather than building it again from scratch (without using the pre-existing monster as a template)?

 
You must be making a mistake because the system doesn't work that way. Create new monster will create a new monster, even if you use a template of a homebrew, every time 

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 So I'm trying to make a couple of new home brew monsters, but when I go to make a new monster, and use my previous one as a template to build from, it ends up overriding it as a new version rather than saving it as a new creature entirely. I want to make it clear that I am using the "create new monster" button and not "create new version".

Any tips on avoiding this rather than building it again from scratch (without using the pre-existing monster as a template)?

 
You must be making a mistake because the system doesn't work that way. Create new monster will create a new monster, even if you use a template of a homebrew, every time 

Only thing I can think of that would be causing it is that I'm using "Create new monster" from within the statblock rather that going out to My-creations first, but I just tested that and it worked correctly... :/

Could I get some help with an ice-based blood hunter subclass built around Frozen Armor that gives you overhealth.

Did the system recently break/change the Replace Weapon Ability modifier?

Nothing I do seems to get it to work, and while I know I've gotten it to work before... It's just not right now. Any help?

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2. How do I create a temporary/activated effect that only applies to the character sheet when turned on, and only until turned off again?

This Is accomplished by creating two different features at the same level with the exact same name. One of the features only has a description and is designated to “hide in sheet,” the other includes the relevant snippet, a single selectable Option, and is designated to “hide in builder.” Since the feature with the Option is hidden in the builder and only visible on the character sheet, when players click/tap the feature and when the sidebar slides out they can select their Option there to activate the effect, and deselect it when finished. Options attached to subclass features and species traits can have Actions, Spells, and Modifiers just like base features/traits. Unfortunately both features will display on the details page for your subclass.

— Answer provided by corvaxl1

 
If anyone is struggling with this I made a video guide.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvHbGfFmsWk

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Is it possible to grant a bonus to JUST ranged attack and damage rolls, or exclude melee attack and damage from a bonus?

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Is it possible to grant a bonus to JUST ranged attack and damage rolls, or exclude melee attack and damage from a bonus?

Do you mean for a specific weapon/spell, or just in general?

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Is it possible to grant a bonus to JUST ranged attack and damage rolls, or exclude melee attack and damage from a bonus?

Do you mean for a specific weapon/spell, or just in general?

 Just in general, working on an item that would ideally give the bonus to all ranged attacks and damage across the character sheet, spell or not

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I'm working on an item that ideally would grant a +2 bonus to any ranged attack or damage roll, spell or not.

There's a way to do that for ranged weapon attacks, but not for all ranged attacks (and not for damage). 

Unfortunately I think the best you can do is customize the attacks manually on the character sheet.

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There's a way to do that for ranged weapon attacks, but not for all ranged attacks (and not for damage). 

Unfortunately I think the best you can do is customize the attacks manually on the character sheet.

 Ah, so it would only work if the magic item was a weapon? or does the Ranged Spell Attacks modifier subtype not work?

Hello,

I'm experimenting with homebrew content for the first time and I'm creating a species with 4 options.
But I don't know how I can get it to show up like Genasi for example bc each time I try the options only show up in the character creator and not the main species at all.

I want it to look like

 and not like this


What do I have to add to the main species or change about the options?

Thanks a lot :) <3

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Hello,

I'm experimenting with homebrew content for the first time and I'm creating a species with 4 options.
But I don't know how I can get it to show up like Genasi for example bc each time I try the options only show up in the character creator and not the main species at all.

I want it to look like

 and not like this


What do I have to add to the main species or change about the options?

Thanks a lot :) <3

 My advice would be to create a race that is generic and covers all of the homebrew races, and then list the already existing homebrew races as subraces of the generic race. For example, if you wanted to make different kinds of fiendish races but have them all under one banner, you could put Fiend as a race and then have the subraces be like Demon, Devil, etc.

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Hello,

I'm experimenting with homebrew content for the first time and I'm creating a species with 4 options.
But I don't know how I can get it to show up like Genasi for example bc each time I try the options only show up in the character creator and not the main species at all.

I want it to look like

 and not like this


What do I have to add to the main species or change about the options?

Thanks a lot :) <3

 My advice would be to create a race that is generic and covers all of the homebrew races, and then list the already existing homebrew races as subraces of the generic race. For example, if you wanted to make different kinds of fiendish races but have them all under one banner, you could put Fiend as a race and then have the subraces be like Demon, Devil, etc.

 Thank you for your reply ut how do I mark them as a subspecies? :)

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Hello,

I'm experimenting with homebrew content for the first time and I'm creating a species with 4 options.
But I don't know how I can get it to show up like Genasi for example bc each time I try the options only show up in the character creator and not the main species at all.

I want it to look like

 and not like this


What do I have to add to the main species or change about the options?

Thanks a lot :) <3

 My advice would be to create a race that is generic and covers all of the homebrew races, and then list the already existing homebrew races as subraces of the generic race. For example, if you wanted to make different kinds of fiendish races but have them all under one banner, you could put Fiend as a race and then have the subraces be like Demon, Devil, etc.

 Thank you for your reply ut how do I mark them as a subspecies? :)

 I'm not actually quite sure. Try checking if the generic race will allow you to give it subspecies that are species you have already created. The way homebrewing works, it is equally like to work as to require you to remake your races. I'm not a professional homebrewer.