Monster Manual Official Bug Thread

Loren S. said:

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Yeah, I saw the top post on that (see above), but this seems different. I'm seeing both an SRD entry and a MM1 entry, and the SRD entry links to an error page. If that is part of this fix then great, but just wanted the devs to be aware in case this was a different issue.

Jyro X said:

That is very odd. Does this also occur in a fresh (new) game as well? I'm guessing you've done the usual troubleshooting (cleared cache, etc).

Kristin C. said:

In the SRD, we had a single entry for both succubus and incubus. In the MM, we have a nice graphic for both creatures. While they're the same beastie, we decided to split their entries so you could have a token featuring an incubus or a succubus. When we first began work on the MM, we did a hard copy of the SRD to start as the base, so that "Succubus (Incubus)" page got carried over to the MM, but isn't in use. We probably need to refresh the index so that now defunct page is no longer showing up in Category:Monsters.

Kristin C. said:

I'm doing a little more investigation on that as that's likely a manual entry correction I need to sweep through the entire MM.

I'll let you know when I'm further along, Kryx.

Kristin C. said:

Kryx, I've manually combed through the list that Miodziek supplied and all those creatures should import as desired. The only exceptions appears to be the innate spell casting for the faerie dragon (which uses an unconventional format for it) and the Githyanki/Githzerai entries that have innate spellcasting. I'm uncertain what is special about the Gith since I compared the HTML input of both the Marid and the Gith and can't tell what is different between the two that doesn't list their spells in the At Will, 3 per day,1 per day format.

Kristin C. said:

Kryx, I've manually combed through the list that Miodziek supplied and all those creatures should import as desired.

Bite: Melee Weapon Attack: +0 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 1 (1d1) piercing damage. 

Bite: Melee Weapon Attack: +0 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 1 piercing damage.

Kryx said:

Hi Kristin,

Miodziek and I found another issue with the content. Creatures that only do 1 damage on an attack (Bat for example) have syntax that does not align with the Monster Manual.

Bat from the Roll20 Monster Manual:

Bite: Melee Weapon Attack: +0 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 1 (1d1) piercing damage. 

Bat from the Actual Monster Manual, the WotC SRD, and the roll20 SRD:

Bite: Melee Weapon Attack: +0 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 1 piercing damage.

Can the Roll20 Monster Manual match the format provided elsewhere?

Thanks
-Mark

Variants: Vampire Warriors and Spellcaster

Robert D. said:

The Hyena entry in the monster manual is bugged. It often does not place when you drag it onto the map, and if you do manage to get it onto the map, if you place multiple Hyenas the tokens are all linked. As in, if you take HP away from one of them, they all lose HP.

For some users, the token generation can take an undesired long time. We're currently looking into this. As for the linked HP. Are you certain you're changing the HP and not the AC? The only thing that the tokens link to is the sheet's AC, which really shouldn't ever need to altered. The central bubble when you click on a token is the HP. In the hyena's case, the value is "5". The Hyena's AC is the bubble on the right with a value of "11".

I'm sure. It's the HP. Speaking of AC, btw, that function doesnt work properly either. Any time I set the bar to display "ac", the number it displays is 10 + the Dex modifier. It does not display the number that is actually in the AC box on the npc sheet. 

For example: The drow NPC Sarith Kzekarit has a Dex bonus of 2. So when he's naked, his AC is 12. But he's wearing studded leather. So on his character sheet, I have "14" written into the Armor Class spot. But when I tell the bar to display AC, it still returns 12 instead of whatever number is written in the Armor Class spot.

Beemer said:

While working with the Monster Manual, I have found the following issues:

- Drag & drop functionality is not working for Acolyte. No token is dropped on screen, no NPC sheet created.
- Drag & drop functionality is not working for Blood Hawk. No token is dropped on screen, no NPC sheet created.
- Drag & drop functionality is not working for Dire Wolf. No token is dropped on screen, no NPC sheet created.
- Drag & drop functionality is not working for Giant Elk. No token is dropped on screen, no NPC sheet created.
- Drag & drop functionality is not working for Goblin. No token is dropped on screen, no NPC sheet created.
- Drag & drop functionality is not working for Goblin Boss. No token is dropped on screen, no NPC sheet created.
- Drag & drop functionality is not working for Hobgoblin. No token is dropped on screen, no NPC sheet created.
- Drag & drop functionality is not working for Orc. No token is dropped on screen, no NPC sheet created.

so far, these are the only issues I have found with regard to animals. I am using Chrome,  version 56.0.2924.87

Kristin C. said:

Beemer and Robert, what character sheet are you two using?

Kristin C. said:

Kryx said:

Kristin C. said:

Beemer and Robert, what character sheet are you two using?

Shaped is setup to handle both so it shouldn't be that.

Any insight into the (1d1) issue I raised above?

We have to fix an issue with the 5E OGL Sheet first before 1 DMG creatures can be adjusted to match the SRD. They're like they are now in Volo's and the MM currently, because a dice roll is expected.

Kristin C. said:

Kryx said:

Thanks for the update. Any timeframe on that? If it's longer than next week I'll parse it out of content for my sheet.

Probably longer than a week I'm thinking. We're currently working out the issue where sometimes a token doesn't drop down or takes a really long time to drop down on the tabletop for some users.

Oh! Something that's also been fixed. The SRD "Succubus (Incubus)" page can now be brought up instead of a deleted entry in the MM.

Daniel F. said:

Can't drag and drop Night Hag.
All other hags works

SkyCaptainXIII said:

Dragging a monster from the Compendium creates a sheet and a token, but the token is not inheriting the default game settings I set on the campaign settings page.

SkyCaptainXIII said:

Dragging a monster from the Compendium creates a sheet and a token, but the token is not inheriting the default game settings I set on the campaign settings page.

Steve K. said:

SkyCaptainXIII said:

Dragging a monster from the Compendium creates a sheet and a token, but the token is not inheriting the default game settings I set on the campaign settings page.

The character sheet determines the default token setup of compendium drops. We did this to allow sheet authors to link specific attributes to bars, which is something that cannot be done outside of the game at the moment.

The next version of the OGL5E sheet will have customization options to adjust compendium drop token's setup to your personal preference.

Sydney A. said:

If this isn't a bug, let me know. I don't see a more obvious place to put it.

When using the Monster Manual, I can't find a working way to add monster tokens to the turn order tracker. "Add Turn" adds them, but with a zero value.

SkyCaptainXIII said:

Sydney A. said:

If this isn't a bug, let me know. I don't see a more obvious place to put it.

When using the Monster Manual, I can't find a working way to add monster tokens to the turn order tracker. "Add Turn" adds them, but with a zero value.

That's all that Add Turn does. It adds the token to the turn order tracker. You actually have to roll initiative to get the number in the tracker. On the OGL NPC sheet, you can do so by selecting the token and then clicking the name of the NPC/Monster on the character sheet. To make this faster... I suggest going to your Collections tab in the game and creating a macro named NPCInitiative and then use the following in the macro:

%{selected|npc_init} or %{target|npc_init}

That will let you select a token and run their initiative macro on their character sheet without having to open up the sheet and it will work for any token created as an npc using the OGL character sheet.

Sydney A. said:

SkyCaptainXIII said:

Sydney A. said:

If this isn't a bug, let me know. I don't see a more obvious place to put it.

When using the Monster Manual, I can't find a working way to add monster tokens to the turn order tracker. "Add Turn" adds them, but with a zero value.

That's all that Add Turn does. It adds the token to the turn order tracker. You actually have to roll initiative to get the number in the tracker. On the OGL NPC sheet, you can do so by selecting the token and then clicking the name of the NPC/Monster on the character sheet. To make this faster... I suggest going to your Collections tab in the game and creating a macro named NPCInitiative and then use the following in the macro:

%{selected|npc_init} or %{target|npc_init}

That will let you select a token and run their initiative macro on their character sheet without having to open up the sheet and it will work for any token created as an npc using the OGL character sheet.

Thanks! My players and I were stumped trying to sort this out, and I wound up just clicking on Dex so we could get on with it.

Just to throw out there as an alternative, if you are subscribed at a level that will give you access to the API, the Group Initiative script is amazing - you can select a large group of tokens on the table and roll initiative for all of them at once. It is one of the one-click installs, so is very easy to use.

Tom Martin N. said:

I have an issue of tokens not appearing on map when i try to drag and drop in an existing adventure. Tokens appear correct with the MM behind in "i" right side panel  - i get the white drag box, but token do not appear on map and the popup window do not appear. It seems to be a set number of monsters, out of the 7 i tried so far i found 3 that do not drop as tokens onto map. Giant Toad, Giant Centiped, Xorn.
I Have tried in both Firefox and Chrome (both updated and cache cleared)
If i create a new blank game and drag and drop it works.

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