I hate to necropost, but what if I only want a bonus to the hit roll? Designing a Legendary weapon for a game I'm in, and it's supposed to have +2 to hit rolls and +3 radiant damage.
"Bonus -> Magic -> 2" is the only thing I have found that affects the DC/HIT of ONLY this weapon, and will fluctuate properly with attunement, but it still adds to my actual damage output, which I don't want.
"Damage -> Radiant -> 3" adds the 3 radiant damage as it should, but is ALWAYS there, even if attunement is off, which isn't what I'm wanting.
I hate to necropost, but what if I only want a bonus to the hit roll? Designing a Legendary weapon for a game I'm in, and it's supposed to have +2 to hit rolls and +3 radiant damage.
"Bonus -> Magic -> 2" is the only thing I have found that affects the DC/HIT of ONLY this weapon, and will fluctuate properly with attunement, but it still adds to my actual damage output, which I don't want.
"Damage -> Radiant -> 3" adds the 3 radiant damage as it should, but is ALWAYS there, even if attunement is off, which isn't what I'm wanting.
If you were going to necro anyway, you could have at least done a relevant topic. Technically, a thread is dead 6 months after its last post, so not necro, but still off topic.
This question has been asked a few times and the answer is you can't. There isn't a modifier for it. The modifiers were made for official content, and official content doesn't do this. Some day the homebrew tools will be improved.
I hate to necropost, but what if I only want a bonus to the hit roll? Designing a Legendary weapon for a game I'm in, and it's supposed to have +2 to hit rolls and +3 radiant damage.
"Bonus -> Magic -> 2" is the only thing I have found that affects the DC/HIT of ONLY this weapon, and will fluctuate properly with attunement, but it still adds to my actual damage output, which I don't want.
"Damage -> Radiant -> 3" adds the 3 radiant damage as it should, but is ALWAYS there, even if attunement is off, which isn't what I'm wanting.
Next time please just start a new thread instead of necroing. That said, what you are wanting isn’t possible. The homebrew tools are actually slightly prettied-up (and more limited) versons of the tools the developers use themselves to create official items, and as such only really have options/fields/formulas for mechanics that exist in official items. No official item offers différent attack and damage bonuses in 5e, so the tools are set up to accomodate doing so.
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It’s not “necroing” if the topic is relevant and the discussion is constructive. DDB does not kill old threads specifically so they can be brought back up in a constructive way.
Yup, exactly this! Just because it's a year old, doesn't mean it's not relevant!
To answer your question though, I would use one (or both) of the modifiers:
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To be honest, I doubt server space is really a concern for forum posts. It's more an issue of keeping discussions centralized and organized.
Most of my google searches for info pull up threads that are a year or so old. Leaving it in one thread would really help people find the info they're looking for.
I certainly appreciate the response, but there is an issue with this method. It changes the hit roll of *all* my melee weapons. I only want it to affect this individual weapon. It does work with the attunement how I want, however. Thank you for the idea!
You can give the weapon a magic bonus of +2 to hit and to damage.
Then give it a weapon damage penalty, Damage - <Weapon type> = -2
Slap the Radiant +3 on top of that. There doesn't seem to be a way to toggle which things only activate with attunement. *shrug*
The problem with this method is that the "Damage - <Weapon type> = -2" is also not affected by the Attunement, so it appears on the stat sheet even before Attunement, essentially subtracting from my strength bonus.
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I find myself in a similar situation. I just got a Greatsword with +2 bonus in a campaign I'm currently in, but it's no where near magical by any means. how do I add the bonus of the magical property +2 without it being magical in the first place?
I find myself in a similar situation. I just got a Greatsword with +2 bonus in a campaign I'm currently in, but it's no where near magical by any means. how do I add the bonus of the magical property +2 without it being magical in the first place?
We cannot Homebrew nonmagical equipment at this time. The easiest thing to do would be to add a normal Greatsword to your character sheet and “customize” it by adjusting the attack and damage bonuses by +2 and listing its peculiarity in the notes section.
I find myself in a similar situation. I just got a Greatsword with +2 bonus in a campaign I'm currently in, but it's no where near magical by any means. how do I add the bonus of the magical property +2 without it being magical in the first place?
We cannot Homebrew nonmagical equipment at this time. The easiest thing to do would be to add a normal Greatsword to your character sheet and “customize” it by adjusting the attack and damage bonuses by +2 and listing its peculiarity in the notes section.
Or, you can just add a Greatsword+2 to your sheet and make a note that it isn't magical.
I find myself in a similar situation. I just got a Greatsword with +2 bonus in a campaign I'm currently in, but it's no where near magical by any means. how do I add the bonus of the magical property +2 without it being magical in the first place?
We cannot Homebrew nonmagical equipment at this time. The easiest thing to do would be to add a normal Greatsword to your character sheet and “customize” it by adjusting the attack and damage bonuses by +2 and listing its peculiarity in the notes section.
Or, you can just add a Greatsword+2 to your sheet and make a note that it isn't magical.
True, but it will still count as a magic item and therefore won’t work with things like Artificer Infusions. I don’t know if that would matter in this case, but it is a thing.
I hate to necropost, but what if I only want a bonus to the hit roll? Designing a Legendary weapon for a game I'm in, and it's supposed to have +2 to hit rolls and +3 radiant damage.
"Bonus -> Magic -> 2" is the only thing I have found that affects the DC/HIT of ONLY this weapon, and will fluctuate properly with attunement, but it still adds to my actual damage output, which I don't want.
"Damage -> Radiant -> 3" adds the 3 radiant damage as it should, but is ALWAYS there, even if attunement is off, which isn't what I'm wanting.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/homebrew/creations/magic-items/1019008-sworn-cerberus-test/edit
If you were going to necro anyway, you could have at least done a relevant topic. Technically, a thread is dead 6 months after its last post, so not necro, but still off topic.
This question has been asked a few times and the answer is you can't. There isn't a modifier for it. The modifiers were made for official content, and official content doesn't do this. Some day the homebrew tools will be improved.
Next time please just start a new thread instead of necroing.
That said, what you are wanting isn’t possible. The homebrew tools are actually slightly prettied-up (and more limited) versons of the tools the developers use themselves to create official items, and as such only really have options/fields/formulas for mechanics that exist in official items. No official item offers différent attack and damage bonuses in 5e, so the tools are set up to accomodate doing so.
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It’s not just add modifier> bonus> melee attack? I mean 5e uses attack rolls they don’t say “to hit” anymore
It’s not “necroing” if the topic is relevant and the discussion is constructive. DDB does not kill old threads specifically so they can be brought back up in a constructive way. In my interpretation, asking for new information within an existing and related thread is precisely why old thread don’t get locked. (How related this topic is to this specific thread might be debatable however.)
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To answer your question though, I would use one (or both) of the modifiers:
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You can do this.
You can give the weapon a magic bonus of +2 to hit and to damage.
Then give it a weapon damage penalty, Damage - <Weapon type> = -2
Slap the Radiant +3 on top of that. There doesn't seem to be a way to toggle which things only activate with attunement. *shrug*
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Most of my google searches for info pull up threads that are a year or so old. Leaving it in one thread would really help people find the info they're looking for.
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HIT/DC on the Actions page. The problem with using Bonus > Melee Attack is that it does it to *all* your melee weapons.
I certainly appreciate the response, but there is an issue with this method. It changes the hit roll of *all* my melee weapons. I only want it to affect this individual weapon. It does work with the attunement how I want, however. Thank you for the idea!
The problem with this method is that the "Damage - <Weapon type> = -2" is also not affected by the Attunement, so it appears on the stat sheet even before Attunement, essentially subtracting from my strength bonus.
It shows as:
HIT: 9, 1d12 + 5 (STR mod), -2 Slashing, +3 Radiant.
After Attunement:
HIT: 11, 1d12 + 7, -2 Slashing, +3 Radiant.
Note: the -2 Slashing does NOT affect my other Slashing weapons the way Melee Weapons Attacks affected them.
Also, as a Bonus Action, this weapon can be changed from Slashing to Bludgeoning.
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I find myself in a similar situation. I just got a Greatsword with +2 bonus in a campaign I'm currently in, but it's no where near magical by any means. how do I add the bonus of the magical property +2 without it being magical in the first place?
We cannot Homebrew nonmagical equipment at this time. The easiest thing to do would be to add a normal Greatsword to your character sheet and “customize” it by adjusting the attack and damage bonuses by +2 and listing its peculiarity in the notes section.
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Or, you can just add a Greatsword+2 to your sheet and make a note that it isn't magical.
True, but it will still count as a magic item and therefore won’t work with things like Artificer Infusions. I don’t know if that would matter in this case, but it is a thing.
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