I'm trying to make a subclass based on the Artificer Battle Smith, but mixing in other parts from another homebrew I've come across, and it is going to include the Battle Smith Spells.  I've managed to get the spells themselves into the homebrew, but they won't show upscaled versions on the character sheet, like Heroism and Branding Smite, and everything I can find about making sure spells are upscalable doesn't show on the editing spell page.  How do I make the spells upscalable?

Secondly, I've tried viewing a copy of the Battle Smith in the homebrew maker and, while it shows all the written detail, it does not have any of the behind the scenes data put in, so I can't see how to do it that way.  Is there a way to view that information?  So I don't have to constantly ask here, I can just copy something to homebrew and view the details there?

The spells might not be showing as upcastable due to a setting on the character sheet itself. Under preferences there’s a toggle for that.

If you use the Battle Smith as a template in the homebrewer then you can see everything, there’s nothing hidden.

I have the level scaling preference set to on, and still don't see the upscaled spells.  Apparently, under the spell section of the class feature, there is supposed to be a check box about making each spell upscalable, but I don't see that checkbox.

I am looking at the battle smith template and there is nothing under the Battle Smith Spells, in the spells section, and yet the copy is still placing those spells and upscalable versions of them into the character sheet.  I want to be able to see how they are doing that, unless its so buried into the coding that I can't.  Should I just rebuild the subclass on that template and just go from there?

Ahh, the Battlesmith Spells feature is just a placeholder feature to display those spells in the description. To attach “always prepared” spells to a subclass for the Artificer, please see the Homebrew Subclasses & Races FAQ #13: (https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/dungeons-dragons-discussion/homebrew-house-rules/131411-a-homebrewers-how-to-faq).

Darn.  I was hoping I was just missing something when viewing a copied template in homebrew, so I wouldn't have to ask questions that have probably been asked many times already.

As for the prepared spells, I don't think that will work.  These spells are granted at different levels, not right off the bat.  I'll just have to remember that they can be upscaled

Trust me, it’ll work. That’s how all of the “always prepared” spells for every Artificer, Cleric, Druid, and Paladin subclass have been imputed. Trust me, it’ll work exactly the way it’s supposed to work.

As to avoiding questions asked in the past, go through that FAQ I linked for you in my last post. It’s all of the most frequently asked Homebrew questions I have answered for people over the past 3.5 years. I’m kinda the homebrew guru around here.

Okay, will do.

Edit: It worked.  Thank you for that.

Haha, yeah, figured that by how you are the one who has responded to nearly every question I've asked here.  Just figured that if I could learn from templates, that's one less question you have to answer.  And I've tried going through the FAQ, I really have, but maybe I just think in a different way, but half the time, the answer is staring me in the face and I don't understand what is being said.

I toldja it would work. 👍

You absolutely can learn from templates, that’s actually the best way to learn is to find something that works the way you want and use it as a template to see how it works. That’s how I learned more than half of what I know. The rest was a combination of experimentation and asking questions like you do. There’s no harm in asking questions.

I’m sorry the FAQ doesn’t work for you. Tell me, what are you still confused about? Maybe I can clear it up.

I see what I was missing in the Battles Smith subclass, so I was just looking in the wrong area, thinking that where I was looking was where it HAD to be, so I just need to look into everything when I can see it happening in the character sheet and can't figure it out in the homebrew.

Most of my issues stem from not knowing how the DnD community refers to terms.  ASI?  RAW?  Those confused me until I looked them up.  In the instant of your FAQ and these spells I was working on, I wouldn't call them always prepared spells in my head.  In my head, those are subclass granted spells.  Mostly just need to spend more time in the general community as opposed to just with my group of friends to learn the common naming for things.

Edit: I'm going to bookmark your FAQ now and try to figure out stuff from there

Yeah, the homebrewer is put together weird, don’t sweat it.

Ahh, yeah, not understanding the lingo can make things difficult at times. That’s totally understandable. Most of the terms come straight from the rule books though, like RAW/RAI/RAF as examples. Those are defined in the Basic Rules & PHB. And not every class that gets subclass granted spells automatically gives those spells to the character right off the bat, most notably the Warlock subclasses. However, the spells granted by subclasses for classes that actually prepare their spells (Artificer, Cleric, Druid, Paladin), commonly referred to as “prepared spellcasters,” automatically get their spells “always prepared” in their rules, hence why people refer to them as “always prepared spells.” Stuff like that.

I’m glad you find the FAQ at least somewhat helpful. And if you have any more questions don’t hesitate to ask. If I see them I’ll be happy to answer them for ya.