D&D 5E (2024) Character Sheet & Builder by Roll20

RPGeezer said: Are the Tasha’s Guide options of changing which stats your species increases and the ability to change background skills if already given by class on the roadmap to be implemented? I know we can customize a species, but my understanding is the Level Up feature is not available if you go this route… This isn't quite accurate anymore! In the past, customizing your species could only be done on the sheet itself, which would then lock you out of the builder because the builder couldn't see those post-builder changes. However, a few weeks ago we released custom species in the builder which will allow you to build your species exactly as you want. Backgrounds came a bit before that as well, so if you want to customize your backgrounds, you can add a custom one that has exactly what you want.

RPGeezer said: While I understand and appreciate that option, that means I have to copy/paste everything from the official species (or background) I want and make the changes. Ideally we could alter an existing species or background (which has support in the rules in Tasha’s Guide,) so I am curious if that support is on the roadmap or if it “ends” with rebuilding the whole thing with a few changes in custom… This is something we're looking at but don't have as part of an "official roadmap" update, just fitting it in where we can. So I don't have any timelines for you, but we do have a bit of this ready for work when we have time between our bigger features.

Mega said: I love the Ready-to-Play Character functionality, since I run little one-shots for randos every once in a while. I just wish that, y'know, there one of every class instead of three Bards and no Rogues or Druids or- you get the idea. I imagine whoever made them is quite busy, but is there any info on whether we're getting any more of these? Can we help in any way?  This is an unfortunate side effect of the devs being free to make the characters that appealed to them in the alpha. Having users submit pregens is a good idea that I'll toss to the team! Jay W. said: I'm not sure if this is known or if I found something new. When adding new features to both custom species and custom background, the "custom DC" modifier doesn't seem to be working properly. If you select "flat value," everything is fine, but if you select "detailed calculation," it seems that the "apply" button remains grayed out no matter what options you pick. It is possible, of course, that I'm overlooking something obvious! I'm not able to replicate this - can you give me more detail? Maybe there's something I'm missing?

RPGeezer  said: So after a little more experimentation it seems a 2014 Halfling (Monk, at least) cannot override species stat bonuses (whereas with other race/class combos I can.) The section to the left of where you input ability scores is just blank where other characters have the drop downs. Hey RPGeezer,         This is currently the case for species from some of the older 2014 books (i.e. PHB 2014) that, rules as written there, strictly get bonuses to specific ability scores, with no associated choice.  Some of the later books, such as MMoM for the pictured Air Genasi, already use the rules laid out in that book and Tasha's that you mentioned to provide a default +2/+1 or +1/+1/+1 to abilities of the user's choice.          As Nicole mentioned, we're planning on implementing a way for - as instructed by those later books - any 2014 species to get that optional override instead of whatever static bonuses they may get inherently, without having to recreate the species from scratch as custom. But in the meantime, yeah, any alternate bonuses will have to be applied manually for the earlier books.

Jay W. said: Huh...that's weird! From your screenshot, it looks like you're in the right place, but I'll walk through it step-by-step just to be safe. I create a character, select class (I've used bard, sorcerer, and warlock), and then select custom species. I give the species a name, speed, and size. From there, I scroll down to "features." I give the new feature a name and description, then click "+Add" under Modifiers. I select "Custom DC" at the very bottom of the "Choose Modifier" dropdown, which brings up a dropdown where you can choose Flat Value or Detailed Calculation. Flat Value works fine; when you give it a non-zero value, the "Apply" button becomes usable. Selecting Detailed Calculation brings up the choices shown in your screenshot. But--and here's where it gets interesting--when I select Add Ability Score, Add Character Level, or Add Proficiency Bonus (or any combination of them), the "Apply" button remains grayed out and unusable. When I select Add Flat Value and set it to a non-zero value, the button becomes usable just like if I had selected Flat Value from the initial dropdown. Interestingly, if I select Add Flat Value in addition to any (or all) of the other options, the "Apply" button becomes usable. The same thing happens in the custom background tab. From your screenshot, it looks like this is exactly what you're doing too, but I wanted to be as clear as possible just to be safe! I recently switched over to Firefox, so it occurred to me that the browser might be the issue. So I tried it on Chrome and got the exact same issue. I tried restarting my laptop and reloading everything, but that didn't help. I also tried it in two different games, both JumpGate. Both games have the Teleport, TokenMod, and Aura/Tint HealthColors API mods running. Now I'm *really* curious to see if you can reproduce the issue, or if anyone else has encountered it, or if it's just me! Ah, the more detail helped! This is specific to when the modifier builder is being used inside the builder before level 1, not the sheet. I've been able to identify the issue and make a ticket for it. In the meantime, I know this is annoying, but if you finish building the character, click Level Up to get back into the builder, and then build the custom DC it should work. A lot of custom DCs are something like 8 + wisdom or something similar, so if you include that flat value as part of your detailed calculation it should also work. Basically what happened here is that this form was originally built to be used sheet and it's marked as "complete and ready to save" when it has a value that evaluates to above 0. But the way we evaluate these values doesn't work until the values exist on the sheet. So, if your character hasn't been built once, its PB and ability scores and character level are all effectively 0, so adding any of those without a flat value means it evaluates to 0, which disables it. Building the character once will get those base ability scores/PB/level onto your sheet to avoid that issue, and adding a flat value means that it will always be above 0, so that also avoids that issue. JD said: ISSUE: I can't link a token bar to the hp attribute value without it automatically also linking to the hp_max value, which i do not want. This Works fine on 5e2014, but with 5e2024 even setting the hp value and then explicitly clearing the bar_max using token mod as shown below only lasts until the token is subsequently processed in any way. !token-mod {{ --set  bar3_link|hp bar3_max| }} This works just fine on 5e2014 - am I missing an opt-out checkbox for the 2024 feature? Or is this ' helpful ' code that needs a think, and then a rethink? This is the first time I've seen this use case - I'll look into it and see if we can get a version of HP that doesn't also include the max. The 2024 sheet isn't built like the 2014 sheet, so I can see token mod not doing what you'd expect here.

RPGeezer said: I am still unclear how to see the list of 2014 spells to prepare from for classes like Cleric, Druid, and Paladin, who can always prepare from the entire list. Do you have to drag them all to the sheet and then toggle the ones you want or is there an easier way? Edit: I see where you can select them in the builder, but do you really have to manually select all of them to create your list?… You have a few options on how to handle this, which is why we don't make that decision for you. I personally select every spell I might want in the builder, and then only show prepared spells in my regular gameplay. That way, it's easy to swap out when you need, but while you're playing you only see the one relevant to you. You could also drag them to the sheet if you'd prefer, but that feels slower than using the builder's checklist and means that you won't ever see them in the builder since the builder doesn't know you picked them. You could also choose to just choose the spells you want at that time using the builder's list, and then use the builder again at the start of each new day. There's no requirement to level up every time you enter the builder, so you could go back into it by clicking the level up button on the sheet, don't level up, change your spells, and then save there if you prefer the builder's spell display to the sheet's. With the various third party sourcebooks often available to people, 2014 and 2024 spells that share the same name but both may exist in your game, and preferences on how sheets work (a lot of people only want the spells they're using on their sheet), I don't think we can really make assumptions on you wanting every spell that's possibly available to you in the game on your sheet automatically, that's a choice you have to make yourself based on how you want to play.

Don said: Character Builder is adding gold during the level up process. I just took my 2024 Fighter from 3rd to 4th level using the Character Builder.  I stepped through all of the screens of the character builder, made all of my choices, and clicked the "Build Character" button on the final screen.  The Character Builder added 15 Gold Pieces to the PC's inventory for some reason. Before leveling up, the PC had 280 GP.  After leveling up, the character sheet showed 295 GP. As a test, I used the character builder to take the PC to level 5, and it added another 15 gold pieces (inventory showed 310 GP after finishing the builder). I posted about a similar issue a few weeks ago, but back then the Builder was adding the entire Starting Equipment Package that was not chosen during initial creation.  I have no idea where the builder is pulling the extra 15 GP from. Thanks for the report! This is in active work to get fixed.

Saul J. said: Monk issue: Hey Saul, Looking at our data, the missing dex portion of this bug appears to have been corrected in the last month for new monk characters.  Unfortunately, the updated data is not automatically applied to existing characters built before that point.  Unselecting Monk in the builder and re-selecting it,  or making a brand new character should result in a Deflect Attack roll in the Combat section (rather than Reactions section, but still marked as a Reaction for filtering purposes) that accurately includes both level and dexterity bonus on the d10 roll.  Drag and dropping the individual Deflect Attacks feature will also include the dex modifier, but will need manual updates to increase the level bonus, as it's disconnected from the builder's level updates. The above solutions (new monk or unselect/reselect monk in builder) should also improve our handling of the Deflect Energy 13th level improvement. Please let me know if there's anything missing in that new implementation, and I'll get it raised asap to our content team! Admittedly, this isn't a perfect fix, in that the only full solutions involve effectively rebuilding at least parts of any existing character sheets.  We're looking into a better way of allowing players to re-fetch updated sections of data without a full rebuild, or prompt important data corrections automatically, but there's some challenges implicit in that behavior when trying to account for possible manual fixes made by the user in the meantime.  

Mr. DM said: Hi Nicole.  I tried deleting the spell and adding it back from the compendium and it still does not upcast.  I even created a new character sheet just to try the upcast and even though it allows me the option , the damage output is still only 4d6.  Nicole B. said: Mr. DM  said: Attention Devs:  On the  2024 Jump Gate Character Sheet, upcasting a Guiding Bolt spell still only shows Level 1 damage.   I'm unable to replicate this - I just cast a level 2 Guiding Bolt and it rolled 5d6 damage when I clicked the Damage button in chat associated with the spell. Is that how you're rolling damage? Did you get the spell from the compendium? If so, do you know which source? How are you rolling damage, via the sheet or the damage button in chat? Do you know which source the spell is coming from? Are you adding it via builder or drag & drop?

Serge said: Hi, I would add a "cast a Spell property" to an ordinary item. I saw the "Add modifier" but didn't find anything that way. How can I to do that ? Thanks in advance This isn't something that can be set up manually right now. I recommend marking that spell as always prepared and attaching the resource to the item right now! Serge said: Serge said: Hi, I would add a "cast a Spell property" to an ordinary item. I saw the "Add modifier" but didn't find anything that way. How can I to do that ? Thanks in advance Hi, I think that the only possibility is to modify an existing Magical Item Sample:  Use a Wand of Magic Missiles and rename it as a Lyre of Magic Missiles+Add a Tool Data(Musical Intrument) property But WHY is it not possible to have a "ADD Spell Data" ? It would be then possible to select the Item in a Spell customization While this would be possible, we generally try to avoid the "you can only add one of this thing, not because of a technical limitation, but because we just decided to give you one button for some reason". When this comes, it very likely won't be in the form of a button that can just add one single spell, because the sheet supports the ability to put 10 spells on one item if you want and we'd rather give all that freedom than try to limit you for no reason. Which means we have to consider how things work now and how to allow for more customization without enforcing arbitrary limitations but also without someone opening the edit options and getting completely confused/overwhelmed. Balancing "I want to give you everything possible" with "everything possible confuses people" has been a real challenge. Don said: The "Heavy" Weapon Property is applied incorrectly to Ranged Weapons. For Ranged Weapons, the Heavy property is checking against the character's Strength Ability Score instead of Dexterity. In the 2024 Rules, a Heavy Melee Weapon requires a 13 Strength and a Heavy Ranged Weapon requires a 13 Dexterity. The result is that a PC with an 8 Strength and a 16 Dexterity is always rolling attacks with a Longbow at Disadvantage. When you look at the details of the attack, it states "Heavy Ranged Weapon Disadvantage". Conversely, a PC with a 16 Strength and an 8 Dexterity is rolling Longbow attacks normally, even though they should be at Disadvantage. Thank you for the report, this is something on our list to fix! Hopefully next week, but I can't promise it because of our release schedule. Tara said: I'm not sure if this is the right place to post bug reports for the 2024 sheet, but it looks like when you have an free action tied to a custom trait and you add a dice roll to it and have query turned on, it queries but when you hit roll it doesn't actually roll. I haven't tested it with action, bonus action etc., or with automatically generated traits. Also, a feature request: an option to query advantage when there are situational advantages/disadvantages available, and to just roll normally otherwise. Hm, we definitely had a fix out for this recently but maybe there was a regression. I'll check up on it on Monday. Your suggestion is a great idea - the appeal of query mode is for sure all those situational bonuses, like advantage against undead or disadvantage if your saving throw is against the person who charmed you, but I can see the appeal of "ask me what I want if there's something to ask, otherwise just do the thing". I'll bring this back to the team next week and see what everyone else thinks!