I did confirm with another team member (as well as testing it myself) and unfortunately the Creatures section doesn't support homebrew monsters. That being said - I'm gonna pass this request to the devs to take a look at and hopefully implement in a future update (though there's no ETA).
GPyromania,
I think you might have unfortunately been misinformed. The glitch that prevented Homebrew Creatures under Extras was patched a week ago.
This is definitely a weird one - but I think I have an idea of what's going on here.
For the homebrew feat you created - you did indeed add an Alchemical Homunculus - though it's not the one you created, it looks like it's the one that was with the first iteration of the Alchemist from Unearthed Arcana last year. For whatever reason, despite it being archived, it still appears in the list of monsters that can be selected (however it won't appear on the character sheet). It looks that way because you also have a homebrew monster called Alchemical Homunculus. On top of that, the Artificer character you provided doesn't have the feat that contains the test monster - else I imagine we'd achieve a similar result.
Although - please let me know if I'm offbase and you're able to use another homebrew creature with homebrew feats.
I did confirm with another team member (as well as testing it myself) and unfortunately the Creatures section doesn't support homebrew monsters. That being said - I'm gonna pass this request to the devs to take a look at and hopefully implement in a future update (though there's no ETA).
GPyromania,
I think you might have unfortunately been misinformed. The glitch that prevented Homebrew Creatures under Extras was patched a week ago.
This is definitely a weird one - but I think I have an idea of what's going on here.
For the homebrew feat you created - you did indeed add an Alchemical Homunculus - though it's not the one you created, it looks like it's the one that was with the first iteration of the Alchemist from Unearthed Arcana last year. For whatever reason, despite it being archived, it still appears in the list of monsters that can be selected (however it won't appear on the character sheet). It looks that way because you also have a homebrew monster called Alchemical Homunculus. On top of that, the Artificer character you provided doesn't have the feat that contains the test monster - else I imagine we'd achieve a similar result.
Although - please let me know if I'm offbase and you're able to use another homebrew creature with homebrew feats.
Okay, that makes sense. I thought that was “Alchemist’s Homunculus” If I had realized I would have used that as the name to avoid plagiarism. However, if you look again at that character and go to Features & Traits and look at the very bottom of the feats section you will see that there is indeed a feat called ¿Will it work? listed on the character, so.... 🤷♂️
I did confirm with another team member (as well as testing it myself) and unfortunately the Creatures section doesn't support homebrew monsters. That being said - I'm gonna pass this request to the devs to take a look at and hopefully implement in a future update (though there's no ETA).
GPyromania,
I think you might have unfortunately been misinformed. The glitch that prevented Homebrew Creatures under Extras was patched a week ago.
This is definitely a weird one - but I think I have an idea of what's going on here.
For the homebrew feat you created - you did indeed add an Alchemical Homunculus - though it's not the one you created, it looks like it's the one that was with the first iteration of the Alchemist from Unearthed Arcana last year. For whatever reason, despite it being archived, it still appears in the list of monsters that can be selected (however it won't appear on the character sheet). It looks that way because you also have a homebrew monster called Alchemical Homunculus. On top of that, the Artificer character you provided doesn't have the feat that contains the test monster - else I imagine we'd achieve a similar result.
Although - please let me know if I'm offbase and you're able to use another homebrew creature with homebrew feats.
Okay, that makes sense. I thought that was “Alchemist’s Homunculus” If I had realized I would have used that as the name for my homebrew to avoid plagiarism. However, if you look again at that character and go to Features & Traits and look at the very bottom of the feats section you will see that there is indeed a feat called ¿Will it work? listed on the character, so.... 🤷♂️
I did confirm with another team member (as well as testing it myself) and unfortunately the Creatures section doesn't support homebrew monsters. That being said - I'm gonna pass this request to the devs to take a look at and hopefully implement in a future update (though there's no ETA).
GPyromania,
I think you might have unfortunately been misinformed. The glitch that prevented Homebrew Creatures under Extras was patched a week ago.
This is definitely a weird one - but I think I have an idea of what's going on here.
For the homebrew feat you created - you did indeed add an Alchemical Homunculus - though it's not the one you created, it looks like it's the one that was with the first iteration of the Alchemist from Unearthed Arcana last year. For whatever reason, despite it being archived, it still appears in the list of monsters that can be selected (however it won't appear on the character sheet). It looks that way because you also have a homebrew monster called Alchemical Homunculus. On top of that, the Artificer character you provided doesn't have the feat that contains the test monster - else I imagine we'd achieve a similar result.
Although - please let me know if I'm offbase and you're able to use another homebrew creature with homebrew feats.
Okay, that makes sense. I thought that was “Alchemist’s Homunculus” If I had realized I would have used that as the name for my homebrew to avoid plagiarism. However, if you look again at that character and go to Features & Traits and look at the very bottom of the feats section you will see that there is indeed a feat called ¿Will it work? listed on the character, so.... 🤷♂️
I did confirm with another team member (as well as testing it myself) and unfortunately the Creatures section doesn't support homebrew monsters. That being said - I'm gonna pass this request to the devs to take a look at and hopefully implement in a future update (though there's no ETA).
GPyromania,
I think you might have unfortunately been misinformed. The glitch that prevented Homebrew Creatures under Extras was patched a week ago.
This is definitely a weird one - but I think I have an idea of what's going on here.
For the homebrew feat you created - you did indeed add an Alchemical Homunculus - though it's not the one you created, it looks like it's the one that was with the first iteration of the Alchemist from Unearthed Arcana last year. For whatever reason, despite it being archived, it still appears in the list of monsters that can be selected (however it won't appear on the character sheet). It looks that way because you also have a homebrew monster called Alchemical Homunculus. On top of that, the Artificer character you provided doesn't have the feat that contains the test monster - else I imagine we'd achieve a similar result.
Although - please let me know if I'm offbase and you're able to use another homebrew creature with homebrew feats.
Okay, that makes sense. I thought that was “Alchemist’s Homunculus” If I had realized I would have used that as the name for my homebrew to avoid plagiarism. However, if you look again at that character and go to Features & Traits and look at the very bottom of the feats section you will see that there is indeed a feat called ¿Will it work? listed on the character, so.... 🤷♂️
Ah - must have been cached on my side :P
Okay.
PS- I added a homebrewed monster to that character’s sheet using the normal method under Extras. If you look you will see a summoned Bone Golem. So clearly homebrew monsters can be placed in Extras. They just cannot be attached to a feat. Bummer.
I guess it’s similar to how a homebrewed feat cannot be attached to anything using the Feat Modifier. And that modifier won’t actually add a feat if used on a Magic Item.
I did confirm with another team member (as well as testing it myself) and unfortunately the Creatures section doesn't support homebrew monsters. That being said - I'm gonna pass this request to the devs to take a look at and hopefully implement in a future update (though there's no ETA).
GPyromania,
I think you might have unfortunately been misinformed. The glitch that prevented Homebrew Creatures under Extras was patched a week ago.
This is definitely a weird one - but I think I have an idea of what's going on here.
For the homebrew feat you created - you did indeed add an Alchemical Homunculus - though it's not the one you created, it looks like it's the one that was with the first iteration of the Alchemist from Unearthed Arcana last year. For whatever reason, despite it being archived, it still appears in the list of monsters that can be selected (however it won't appear on the character sheet). It looks that way because you also have a homebrew monster called Alchemical Homunculus. On top of that, the Artificer character you provided doesn't have the feat that contains the test monster - else I imagine we'd achieve a similar result.
Although - please let me know if I'm offbase and you're able to use another homebrew creature with homebrew feats.
Okay, that makes sense. I thought that was “Alchemist’s Homunculus” If I had realized I would have used that as the name for my homebrew to avoid plagiarism. However, if you look again at that character and go to Features & Traits and look at the very bottom of the feats section you will see that there is indeed a feat called ¿Will it work? listed on the character, so.... 🤷♂️
Ah - must have been cached on my side :P
Okay.
PS- I added a homebrewed monster to that character’s sheet using the normal method under Extras. If you look you will see a summoned Bone Golem. So clearly homebrew monsters can be placed in Extras. They just cannot be attached to a feat. Bummer.
I guess it’s similar to how a homebrewed feat cannot be attached to anything using the Feat Modifier. And that modifier won’t actually add a feat if used on a Magic Item.
I’m sorry to have caused all this fuss. My bad.
Nah - its all good. It was definitely a weird case and helped us find an obscure bug. :D
My apologies Quickleaf, it appears that a clerical error on my end led me to an incorrect conclusion. But at least you finally got an answer to your question, I’m just sorry it isn’t the one either of us wanted.
PS- I added a homebrewed monster to that character’s sheet using the normal method under Extras. If you look you will see a summoned Bone Golem. So clearly homebrew monsters can be placed in Extras. They just cannot be attached to a feat. Bummer.
I guess it’s similar to how a homebrewed feat cannot be attached to anything using the Feat Modifier. And that modifier won’t actually add a feat if used on a Magic Item.
I’m sorry to have caused all this fuss. My bad.
Nah - its all good. It was definitely a weird case and helped us find an obscure bug. :D
I did confirm with another team member (as well as testing it myself) and unfortunately the Creatures section doesn't support homebrew monsters. That being said - I'm gonna pass this request to the devs to take a look at and hopefully implement in a future update (though there's no ETA).
Thanks GPyromania for checking! I had a hunch this was the case, but wasn't sure. I imagine it's fairly low on the devs priorities, but I appreciate you passing along the feature request for feats supporting homebrew familiars.
My apologies Quickleaf, it appears that a clerical error on my end led me to an incorrect conclusion. But at least you finally got an answer to your question, I’m just sorry it isn’t the one either of us wanted.
No worries, completely understandable given the naming similarity. Thanks for your help! My player was able to manually edit his sheet and add the familiar, so we found a work-around.
Its been three years please I need this option for a campaign that I’m going to join
You can always load custom familiars into the Extras section of a character sheet without any feat, feature, trait, or spell doing anything mechanically. As long as your homebrewed monster is in “[Your] Homebrew Collection,” any players in the same DDB campaigns with you can open the Extras tab on their sheet and hit the [MANAGE EXTRAS] button, select “Familiar” from the dropdown, and they should be able to find your homebrewed monster to add to their sheet as a familiar.
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D&D Beyond StaffThis is definitely a weird one - but I think I have an idea of what's going on here.
For the homebrew feat you created - you did indeed add an Alchemical Homunculus - though it's not the one you created, it looks like it's the one that was with the first iteration of the Alchemist from Unearthed Arcana last year. For whatever reason, despite it being archived, it still appears in the list of monsters that can be selected (however it won't appear on the character sheet). It looks that way because you also have a homebrew monster called Alchemical Homunculus. On top of that, the Artificer character you provided doesn't have the feat that contains the test monster - else I imagine we'd achieve a similar result.
Although - please let me know if I'm offbase and you're able to use another homebrew creature with homebrew feats.
Okay, that makes sense. I thought that was “Alchemist’s Homunculus” If I had realized I would have used that as the name to avoid plagiarism. However, if you look again at that character and go to Features & Traits and look at the very bottom of the feats section you will see that there is indeed a feat called ¿Will it work? listed on the character, so.... 🤷♂️
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Okay, that makes sense. I thought that was “Alchemist’s Homunculus” If I had realized I would have used that as the name for my homebrew to avoid plagiarism. However, if you look again at that character and go to Features & Traits and look at the very bottom of the feats section you will see that there is indeed a feat called ¿Will it work? listed on the character, so.... 🤷♂️
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D&D Beyond StaffAh - must have been cached on my side :P
Okay.
PS- I added a homebrewed monster to that character’s sheet using the normal method under Extras. If you look you will see a summoned Bone Golem. So clearly homebrew monsters can be placed in Extras. They just cannot be attached to a feat. Bummer.
I guess it’s similar to how a homebrewed feat cannot be attached to anything using the Feat Modifier. And that modifier won’t actually add a feat if used on a Magic Item.
I’m sorry to have caused all this fuss. My bad.
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D&D Beyond StaffNah - its all good. It was definitely a weird case and helped us find an obscure bug. :D
My apologies Quickleaf, it appears that a clerical error on my end led me to an incorrect conclusion. But at least you finally got an answer to your question, I’m just sorry it isn’t the one either of us wanted.
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Well that’s helpful at least!
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Thanks GPyromania for checking! I had a hunch this was the case, but wasn't sure. I imagine it's fairly low on the devs priorities, but I appreciate you passing along the feature request for feats supporting homebrew familiars.
No worries, completely understandable given the naming similarity. Thanks for your help! My player was able to manually edit his sheet and add the familiar, so we found a work-around.
Its been three years please I need this option for a campaign that I’m going to join
You can always load custom familiars into the Extras section of a character sheet without any feat, feature, trait, or spell doing anything mechanically. As long as your homebrewed monster is in “[Your] Homebrew Collection,” any players in the same DDB campaigns with you can open the Extras tab on their sheet and hit the [MANAGE EXTRAS] button, select “Familiar” from the dropdown, and they should be able to find your homebrewed monster to add to their sheet as a familiar.
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