I encountered a potential error with the 2024 Champion Fighter's Heroic Warrior feature as it's implemented on D&D Beyond.
The feature's published text for the 2024 rules states:
"The thrill of battle drives you toward victory. During combat, you can give yourself Heroic Inspiration whenever you start your turn without it."
This text does not specify any action cost. However, the player's digital character sheet on D&D Beyond lists the feature as requiring an Action to use.
This creates a significant discrepancy in the feature's power level. The removal of an action cost would allow a fighter to use it freely without sacrificing their attack routine.
Could this be a bug or a data-entry oversight on D&D Beyond? The feature's description seems intentionally streamlined compared to other abilities that explicitly state an action cost.
Has anyone else noticed this or found an official clarification? I'm curious how other tables are interpreting this rule.
D&D Beyond lists is an online tool. It is not a rules arbitrator. Everything you read in D&D Beyond list is the output of a database. So there are slight discrepancies as you have to to be able to convert a database with simple input/output into your online list. To convert that data, in a format that meets all of the similar type options across all classes you get that discrepancy.
I believe I read, the book trumps the online D&D Beyond lists if a discrepancy occurs.
I encountered a potential error with the 2024 Champion Fighter's Heroic Warrior feature as it's implemented on D&D Beyond.
The feature's published text for the 2024 rules states:
"The thrill of battle drives you toward victory. During combat, you can give yourself Heroic Inspiration whenever you start your turn without it."
This text does not specify any action cost. However, the player's digital character sheet on D&D Beyond lists the feature as requiring an Action to use.
This creates a significant discrepancy in the feature's power level. The removal of an action cost would allow a fighter to use it freely without sacrificing their attack routine.
Could this be a bug or a data-entry oversight on D&D Beyond? The feature's description seems intentionally streamlined compared to other abilities that explicitly state an action cost.
Has anyone else noticed this or found an official clarification? I'm curious how other tables are interpreting this rule.
There is no action cost because the rules do not say there is an action cost.
D&D Beyond is not the rules; it's an implementation of the rules, and an imperfect one. It's in error here.
I encountered a potential error with the 2024 Champion Fighter's Heroic Warrior feature as it's implemented on D&D Beyond.
The feature's published text for the 2024 rules states:
"The thrill of battle drives you toward victory. During combat, you can give yourself Heroic Inspiration whenever you start your turn without it."
This text does not specify any action cost. However, the player's digital character sheet on D&D Beyond lists the feature as requiring an Action to use.
This creates a significant discrepancy in the feature's power level. The removal of an action cost would allow a fighter to use it freely without sacrificing their attack routine.
Could this be a bug or a data-entry oversight on D&D Beyond? The feature's description seems intentionally streamlined compared to other abilities that explicitly state an action cost.
Has anyone else noticed this or found an official clarification? I'm curious how other tables are interpreting this rule.
-Drew
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D&D Beyond lists is an online tool. It is not a rules arbitrator. Everything you read in D&D Beyond list is the output of a database. So there are slight discrepancies as you have to to be able to convert a database with simple input/output into your online list. To convert that data, in a format that meets all of the similar type options across all classes you get that discrepancy.
I believe I read, the book trumps the online D&D Beyond lists if a discrepancy occurs.
There is no action cost because the rules do not say there is an action cost.
D&D Beyond is not the rules; it's an implementation of the rules, and an imperfect one. It's in error here.
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Why must there be an action cost? Champion Fighters don't have a load of other features to use.
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