so I'm newish to a lot of d&d, only played a few one offs with friends a long time ago, like 2005-2007 range. I'm wanting to get back into it, but with my own class, but i have zero idea how to do it.
basic idea would be a class that is primarily sword based, like a paladin, fighter, or ranger, but with a selective/passive/subconsciously triggerable rage, I guess in a way similar to a berserkers rage, only its activatable under specific circumstances, such as a pc/npc saying certain name, referencing an event in the homebrew characters(hbc) past, or the hbc seeing an item that is of great importance to the hbc.
im wanting to have the hbc start as a basic lvl, im assuming anywhere between 1-5, but when the "rage" triggers, the hbc would gain a massive strength and dexterity boost, but drop everything else to almost zero till the hbc is either unconscious, dead, subdued, or noone is left to target, including allies.
im not sure if the ability would be set at a certain lvl and as the hbc gains lvls they slowly "gain control" of the rage, eventually being able to target only the enemy with it, or if it should scale with the hbc.
sorry i have alot ideas for this but no idea how to implement any of them nor what ones to remove.
For starters, you can't make classes on dndbeyond.
Second, I would recommend making a subclass or two (or 27 if your me), before a whole class.
Lastly, I would watch a video explaining the basics of homebrew, then one on classes, and lastly one on subclasses.
I've only made one whole class, for my advice here is limited, but if your end up making a subclass, or get to the subclass building stage, I can certainly help you their.
so I'm newish to a lot of d&d, only played a few one offs with friends a long time ago, like 2005-2007 range. I'm wanting to get back into it, but with my own class, but i have zero idea how to do it.
basic idea would be a class that is primarily sword based, like a paladin, fighter, or ranger, but with a selective/passive/subconsciously triggerable rage, I guess in a way similar to a berserkers rage, only its activatable under specific circumstances, such as a pc/npc saying certain name, referencing an event in the homebrew characters(hbc) past, or the hbc seeing an item that is of great importance to the hbc.
im wanting to have the hbc start as a basic lvl, im assuming anywhere between 1-5, but when the "rage" triggers, the hbc would gain a massive strength and dexterity boost, but drop everything else to almost zero till the hbc is either unconscious, dead, subdued, or noone is left to target, including allies.
im not sure if the ability would be set at a certain lvl and as the hbc gains lvls they slowly "gain control" of the rage, eventually being able to target only the enemy with it, or if it should scale with the hbc.
sorry i have alot ideas for this but no idea how to implement any of them nor what ones to remove.
For starters, you can't make classes on dndbeyond.
Second, I would recommend making a subclass or two (or 27 if your me), before a whole class.
Lastly, I would watch a video explaining the basics of homebrew, then one on classes, and lastly one on subclasses.
I've only made one whole class, for my advice here is limited, but if your end up making a subclass, or get to the subclass building stage, I can certainly help you their.
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