I’m currently playing a 2014 Life Cleric in a campaign and was going to update it to the 2024 version. But found that I lost a spell with the 2024 rules. The 2014 uses Spell Modifier + Character level, while the 2024 rules tells you how many spells you can learn from the chart, regardless of your ability modifier. Is there a way to allow your character to utilise both set of rules? Also, the Cure Wounds / Healing Word is better with the new rules, but if you’re playing a 2014 character (again a Life Cleric) you don’t get a choice of which version you want. Yes, you can use up a spell choice to get the better version, but as the spell is one of the ‘already prepared’, you’ll end up with 2 Cure Wounds / Healing Word spells, when you could have only one?
Players who only have access to the 2014 Player’s Handbook will maintain their character options, spells, and magical items in their character sheets. Players with access to the 2024 and 2014 digital Player’s Handbooks can select from both sources when creating new characters. Players will not need to rely on Homebrew to use their 2014 player options, including spells and magic items, as recommended in previous changelogs.
Please Note:
Players will continue to have access to their free, shared, and purchased items on D&D Beyond, with the ability to use previously acquired player options when creating characters and using character sheets.
We are not changing players’ current character sheets, except for relabeling and renaming. Examples include Races to Species, Inspiration to Heroic Inspiration, and Cast Spell to Magic.
I’m currently playing a 2014 Life Cleric in a campaign and was going to update it to the 2024 version. But found that I lost a spell with the 2024 rules. The 2014 uses Spell Modifier + Character level, while the 2024 rules tells you how many spells you can learn from the chart, regardless of your ability modifier. Is there a way to allow your character to utilise both set of rules? Also, the Cure Wounds / Healing Word is better with the new rules, but if you’re playing a 2014 character (again a Life Cleric) you don’t get a choice of which version you want. Yes, you can use up a spell choice to get the better version, but as the spell is one of the ‘already prepared’, you’ll end up with 2 Cure Wounds / Healing Word spells, when you could have only one?
There is an article about how DnD Beyond is updated for the 2024 Player's Handbook. Maybe it helps:
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Players who only have access to the 2014 Player’s Handbook will maintain their character options, spells, and magical items in their character sheets. Players with access to the 2024 and 2014 digital Player’s Handbooks can select from both sources when creating new characters. Players will not need to rely on Homebrew to use their 2014 player options, including spells and magic items, as recommended in previous changelogs.
Please Note:
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Thanks, that does help.