The situation is: I've homebrewed the new Primal Companion beastmaster feature from Tasha's Cauldron of everything into a private copy of the subclass that I use for one of my games. I would *like* to use the new feature for a different game, but the homebrewed version I use has additional modifications that I don't want to use in this second game.
What I'd like to do is make a copy of my homebrewed subclass and then remove all the additional bits that I don't want to use in the second game. The reason for this is that the process of creating the Primal Companion feature was a huge pain in the ass and I do not want to have to just do it from scratch a second time. But, when I go to create a new subclass from a template, my homebrewed version doesn't show up in the dropdown list.
Yes. Easily, just create a new subclass and when it asks which one to base it on, select the one you home brewed.
As I said, it's not available as an option. Only the official subclasses show up in the drop-down menu. Is there some check I need to enable somewhere?
Short answer: No. They haven't set up a "duplicate" option for subclasses and homebrew like they did for character building. That would be AMAZING if they did, and even for class features/options/actions, etc. as it would save a TREMENDOUS amount of time.
So way you're describing what you're looking for, no. You're going to have to create a new subclass from scratch. The only slight exception would be if you published a subclass (not recommended if you're just keeping it homebrewed and it's not a refined subclass) and from there you "create a new version" from it. It will then make a copy for you to revise instead. Again, I do not advise publishing because it will make the incomplete homebrew permanently available to the community.
Well not a good thing but a workaround would be to add a * at the beginning of the name causing it to fail being submitted 5+ minutes later in those 5 minutes create another version making 2 cause the * is against the rules for submitted material. Its nice to have these things we can use to do what we need, but we wouldn't HAVE to do this if there was like a mandatory waiting period so that we could take it down for any reason before its officially submitted. Its an easy simple addition too! and probably prevent many new versions from being created just to fix an error that was missed. I mean technically our deleted home brew isn't even actually deleted, they just go to another spot with the tag deleted!(Ive got deleted home brew that's over 4 years old in there!) how about a after 1 year it gets cleared?
I just figured out a way to hack this and make it work.
Apparently their system can copy any subclass (including homebrew), they just don't list them. What you can do, though, is add your subclass as an option in the underlying dropdown list (<select> element) and then choose it.
Open up your browser tools (F12) and find the <select> - the easiest way I've found is to use the select element tool (Ctrl + Shift + C in Chrome) and click the dropdown list. Note that this element you're selecting isn't the real <select>, it's the element created by the select2 script, so look down a little further until you find the <select id="field-subClass".
You then edit the HTML and add an option for your homebrew subclass, using the ID of your subclass as the value (you can get this ID from the URL of your subclass).
Your option should then show up in the list and you can select and copy it.
I'm guessing, but haven't yet tested, that you can do the same thing to create copies of the homebrew creations of other users.
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The situation is: I've homebrewed the new Primal Companion beastmaster feature from Tasha's Cauldron of everything into a private copy of the subclass that I use for one of my games. I would *like* to use the new feature for a different game, but the homebrewed version I use has additional modifications that I don't want to use in this second game.
What I'd like to do is make a copy of my homebrewed subclass and then remove all the additional bits that I don't want to use in the second game. The reason for this is that the process of creating the Primal Companion feature was a huge pain in the ass and I do not want to have to just do it from scratch a second time. But, when I go to create a new subclass from a template, my homebrewed version doesn't show up in the dropdown list.
Is there any way to get what I want?
Yes. Easily, just create a new subclass and when it asks which one to base it on, select the one you home brewed.
As I said, it's not available as an option. Only the official subclasses show up in the drop-down menu. Is there some check I need to enable somewhere?
Short answer: No.
They haven't set up a "duplicate" option for subclasses and homebrew like they did for character building. That would be AMAZING if they did, and even for class features/options/actions, etc. as it would save a TREMENDOUS amount of time.
So way you're describing what you're looking for, no. You're going to have to create a new subclass from scratch. The only slight exception would be if you published a subclass (not recommended if you're just keeping it homebrewed and it's not a refined subclass) and from there you "create a new version" from it. It will then make a copy for you to revise instead. Again, I do not advise publishing because it will make the incomplete homebrew permanently available to the community.
Well not a good thing but a workaround would be to add a * at the beginning of the name causing it to fail being submitted 5+ minutes later in those 5 minutes create another version making 2 cause the * is against the rules for submitted material. Its nice to have these things we can use to do what we need, but we wouldn't HAVE to do this if there was like a mandatory waiting period so that we could take it down for any reason before its officially submitted. Its an easy simple addition too! and probably prevent many new versions from being created just to fix an error that was missed. I mean technically our deleted home brew isn't even actually deleted, they just go to another spot with the tag deleted!(Ive got deleted home brew that's over 4 years old in there!) how about a after 1 year it gets cleared?
I just figured out a way to hack this and make it work.
Apparently their system can copy any subclass (including homebrew), they just don't list them. What you can do, though, is add your subclass as an option in the underlying dropdown list (
<select>
element) and then choose it.Open up your browser tools (F12) and find the
<select>
- the easiest way I've found is to use the select element tool (Ctrl + Shift + C in Chrome) and click the dropdown list. Note that this element you're selecting isn't the real<select>
, it's the element created by the select2 script, so look down a little further until you find the<select id="field-subClass"
.You then edit the HTML and add an option for your homebrew subclass, using the ID of your subclass as the value (you can get this ID from the URL of your subclass).
Your option should then show up in the list and you can select and copy it.
I'm guessing, but haven't yet tested, that you can do the same thing to create copies of the homebrew creations of other users.