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Charactermancer issues - recent group has had some

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So I have been playing with a group who often uses charactermancer for 5th edition, however we have been noticing some glaring issues that need to be addressed in my mind.  These make it rather tough to do some level up stuff for some of my fellow players, there is a few issues I know of and I will add them, more to come as I get feedback. 1) Spells via class/subclass are making it not possible to select a new spell at level up, barring the process which means some people are incapable of being at their actual level. 2) Options being added to sheet like say bless global modifier when the option is not ticked after using it. 3) Not properly applying subclass or background even though it was selected, and forcing someone to go through it from the start again just to fix the issue.  I have personally encountered this. 4) Adding in optional class features even if the player did not want them, they showed up without asking if the person wanted it on their sheet. 5) Really a side note, but the people I play with we use a non-traditional stat.  Now under house rules sorcerers are supposed to use it, and it cannot even be added.  Could you please add an option for house rules edits to even stats without too much work on the players end? 6) Duplication issues, some things are duplicating on sheets after level ups or after creation.  That is also a common issue with us, and we have no idea what to do about it.  This is a great option for making characters, but it still feels like it needs some work, and does not work reliably 100% of the time.  Is it possible if I could get feedback from people on how to work around?  Unless there is improvements in the works, I was hoping these could get addressed as they the first two have been more common than most for my group.  Thank your for input or looking at this report, if you can fix anything it would be most appreciated.
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Gauss
Forum Champion
#1, #3, and #6 are long standing issues with the charactermancer or character sheet. Number 4 may also be a known issue, I am not sure about that one.  My suggestion is to file a bug report with the Devs via the Help Center as the forums are primarily for users helping users.  With that said, I haven't seen #2 before. Could you provide screenshots of when this happens?  Could you elaborate on #5, what it is, how you use it, etc? I may be able to help you find a workaround for it. 
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So for #2 yes, and I will try to catch it asap for next time we play. As for number 5, we have a custom stat that by house rules sorcerers use called Willpower instead of charisma.  There is no way to add it to sheet so it cannot calculate my spell DC's and to hit's properly.  Is there any way to just use a standard sheet on one of the sheets provided for the group I play with, and have this stat or would we need a custom sheet for our community?  If there is a workaround I would like to know, I have looked up for options found none. Update: Asked people for screen caps of number 2, and posted to help desk.  Will have to update it asap once visual proof is in.
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Gauss
Forum Champion
I suggest adding the difference between Willpower and Charisma to the "Global Magic Attack Modifier" and "Spell Save DC Mod" fields.  These fields can be found at the top left of the settings tab in the character sheet.  Additionally, you can enable the "Sanity" attribute if you would like a 7th attribute to represent the Willpower attribute. It will not affect the spells so the above method is still required but it will at least provide a visual record of the Willpower for the user.  If you would like to use Sanity please let me know if the entire group uses Willpower or only one person. If only one person it is a bit trickier but doable. 
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Oh ok thank you very much that seems simple, why did I not think of it?  You have been quite helpful, thank you very much.  I will keep in touch if so, this is a house rule for one class but the class is not too common.  So I will let ya know. Update: That is perfect, now just to wait on a result from helpdesk on the other issues and we are golden.  Keep up the reliable and knowledgeable help!