I'm trying to enter a subclass, spells, and favored terrain from Xanathar's lost notes for my Ranger and nothing is translating to my character sheet. I'm obviously missing something, is there a guide on how to enter this so it works correctly for my character?
You may not be using snippets, those little boxes at the top of the page are what translates on to the character sheet. This changelog entry will have more information on snippets.
As a friendly reminder, don't publish the subclass as it is from Xanathar's Lost Notes. The system might not flag it, but do be aware that it will be taken down and you do not need to publish it to share it within a campaign.
"The relevant equation is: Knowledge = power = energy = matter = mass; a good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read." - Terry Pratchett
Yeah, I know I can't publish it or I'd be dragging my feet hoping someone who knows what they're doing will publish it correctly so I can use it since I am obviously a mess.
I have text in the snippet box, it was the only way to get the text from the features to come up on the sheet, but nothing in the features for the subclass relate to the options available from the syntax. The spells still won't come up on my spell list, if I've keyed them in it seems they should otherwise there is no point in that step at all. They're existing spells, just available to this particular ranger based on the subclass.
"The relevant equation is: Knowledge = power = energy = matter = mass; a good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read." - Terry Pratchett
And you've added the spells to the ranger feature? I'm confused what the problem is, perhaps you can share a screen shot of the features tab?
The feature opens at level 3 and I get a spell at 5 designated levels that don't count toward known spells. I've added the first spell to try to get it to work and increased my level well past that point on the character and its not appearing. The features tab lists the explorer magic but there are no options there. I've just finally gotten a spell to appear on the spell page but it won't allow me to add it to known spells, its incorrectly counting against my known spells despite me having it set to not count against total spells and always being available. Perhaps i need to be drunk, it might make more sense because my brain does not think like this is programmed to work. ugh!
And you've added the spells to the ranger feature? I'm confused what the problem is, perhaps you can share a screen shot of the features tab?
The feature opens at level 3 and I get a spell at 5 designated levels that don't count toward known spells. I've added the first spell to try to get it to work and increased my level well past that point on the character and its not appearing. The features tab lists the explorer magic but there are no options there. I've just finally gotten a spell to appear on the spell page but it won't allow me to add it to known spells, its incorrectly counting against my known spells despite me having it set to not count against total spells and always being available. Perhaps i need to be drunk, it might make more sense because my brain does not think like this is programmed to work. ugh!
Can you take some screenshots of some of these pages so we can see where there may be an entry error? For example get screenshots of the place where you enter all the info for one spell, so we can see which boxes may be fixable.
If you feel better PMing it, you're welcome to fire a PM to my box.
From what I can see, you want a 1/long rest class ability, not an additional spell the Ranger could choose to cast. Therefore, my solution is as follows:
Eliminate the following fields: Spell levels, spell class, always prepared, ability score, casting time/activation type.
You have this as a once per long rest use, not a spell being added to the spell-list. I believe by doing this you should see Find Familiar adding to the spell list as a "USE" option.
Here's the reasoning for the changes, if that helps with understanding why I think this should fix your problem:
You do not need to enter the spell level, as its using the base level of the spell.
You do not need to enter the spell class. You just don't.
You do not need it to be always prepared, because you're not adding to the spell list, you are making it a class feature ability.
You do not need to list ability score, it will automatically derive your class' ability score, which is WIS for Ranger.
You do not need a casting time, because you haven't changed it from the spell. You only need this field if you're changing the spell, such as with your added range, which you definitely should keep.
I hope that fixes it. Please let me know if it doesn't and I'll do my best to further assist you.
That seems to have worked, thank you! Seems I am my own problem. When it didn't work initially I kept adding more detail when I should have been removing it.
Am I missing how to add favored terrain on the subclass? This one also adds Urban terrain but I also can't sort out if and where I can add that
You are not able to change existing class features at this time, unfortunately.
If you wanted you could make an option granted at 3rd level that is optional to choose, if the player wants Urban. I'd probably just C+P the feature text, and then have solely Urban listed as an option, and then have text reading "Whenever you choose an additional favored terrain, you may choose Urban instead of a terrain provided by the Ranger class".
I'm trying to enter a subclass, spells, and favored terrain from Xanathar's lost notes for my Ranger and nothing is translating to my character sheet. I'm obviously missing something, is there a guide on how to enter this so it works correctly for my character?
You may not be using snippets, those little boxes at the top of the page are what translates on to the character sheet. This changelog entry will have more information on snippets.
As a friendly reminder, don't publish the subclass as it is from Xanathar's Lost Notes. The system might not flag it, but do be aware that it will be taken down and you do not need to publish it to share it within a campaign.
Tooltips | Snippet Code | How to Homebrew on D&D Beyond | Subclass Guide | Feature Roadmap
Astromancer's Homebrew Assembly
"The relevant equation is: Knowledge = power = energy = matter = mass; a good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read." - Terry Pratchett
Yeah, I know I can't publish it or I'd be dragging my feet hoping someone who knows what they're doing will publish it correctly so I can use it since I am obviously a mess.
I have text in the snippet box, it was the only way to get the text from the features to come up on the sheet, but nothing in the features for the subclass relate to the options available from the syntax. The spells still won't come up on my spell list, if I've keyed them in it seems they should otherwise there is no point in that step at all. They're existing spells, just available to this particular ranger based on the subclass.
And you've added the spells to the ranger feature? I'm confused what the problem is, perhaps you can share a screen shot of the features tab?
Tooltips | Snippet Code | How to Homebrew on D&D Beyond | Subclass Guide | Feature Roadmap
Astromancer's Homebrew Assembly
"The relevant equation is: Knowledge = power = energy = matter = mass; a good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read." - Terry Pratchett
The feature opens at level 3 and I get a spell at 5 designated levels that don't count toward known spells. I've added the first spell to try to get it to work and increased my level well past that point on the character and its not appearing. The features tab lists the explorer magic but there are no options there. I've just finally gotten a spell to appear on the spell page but it won't allow me to add it to known spells, its incorrectly counting against my known spells despite me having it set to not count against total spells and always being available. Perhaps i need to be drunk, it might make more sense because my brain does not think like this is programmed to work. ugh!
Can you take some screenshots of some of these pages so we can see where there may be an entry error? For example get screenshots of the place where you enter all the info for one spell, so we can see which boxes may be fixable.
If you feel better PMing it, you're welcome to fire a PM to my box.
This is the spell entry. I really find no options on the other screen to do anything with spells.
From what I can see, you want a 1/long rest class ability, not an additional spell the Ranger could choose to cast. Therefore, my solution is as follows:
Eliminate the following fields: Spell levels, spell class, always prepared, ability score, casting time/activation type.
You have this as a once per long rest use, not a spell being added to the spell-list. I believe by doing this you should see Find Familiar adding to the spell list as a "USE" option.
Here's the reasoning for the changes, if that helps with understanding why I think this should fix your problem:
I hope that fixes it. Please let me know if it doesn't and I'll do my best to further assist you.
That seems to have worked, thank you! Seems I am my own problem. When it didn't work initially I kept adding more detail when I should have been removing it.
Am I missing how to add favored terrain on the subclass? This one also adds Urban terrain but I also can't sort out if and where I can add that
Yay! Happy it worked!
You are not able to change existing class features at this time, unfortunately.
If you wanted you could make an option granted at 3rd level that is optional to choose, if the player wants Urban. I'd probably just C+P the feature text, and then have solely Urban listed as an option, and then have text reading "Whenever you choose an additional favored terrain, you may choose Urban instead of a terrain provided by the Ranger class".
Lovely, thanks for the suggestion. On the bright side my other half is the DM so he won't dare give me any grief over it haha