#ADD A CUSTOM CLASS TO D AND D BEYOND FOR FREE#
#ADD A CUSTOM CLASS TO D AND D BEYOND HOW TO#

Pretty simple really, but given that it took me a few attempts, I thought I’d document here. The only thing I haven’t found a way to account for is the extra 1d8 against undead and fiends… for now I’ll add a reminder in the Notes section for the spell. I chose to use ‘Spell Level’ scaling to specify the increased damage die when cast at 2nd, 3rd, and 4th level. Higher Levels Scaling – With these settings, the character sheet will take care of Divine Strike’s scaling damage when cast with higher level spell slots. At first I thought I would have to customize my subclass (my Oath) to add the custom spell, but this is way easier. If you add subclasses here, the spell will be added to the character sheet as an ‘always prepared’ spell. Turns out this is how Oath Spells are specified. Then I read the fine print in the tooltip. First, I want to point out two critical elements that make it work.Īvailable for Class(as) – I was originally going to just set this to ‘Paladin’ as Divine Smite should be usable by all paladins.

#ADD A CUSTOM CLASS TO D AND D BEYOND HOW TO#

This should be simple but it took me a few iterations with the homebrew tools so I’ll include the full homebrew item write-up below. Todd Kenreck and Lauren Urban take a look at how to build a Homebrew Subclass on D&D Beyond.Check out the Phoenix Domain on D&D Beyond. I want Divine Smite to work in the same way… not taking up any room in my ‘prepared spells’ list, but still burning spell slots when I use it. Any content not included in the Basic Rules will only be available to use on your character sheet if you have access to it on D&D beyond.

#ADD A CUSTOM CLASS TO D AND D BEYOND FOR FREE#

Our digital character sheets include many options for free for users to create characters using materials available in the Basic Rules. This actually feels like a pretty natural solution for the paladin as they already get ‘always prepared’ Oath Spells. Additional Content on the Character Sheet.

The goal is to capture the effect of the divine smite class feature in a homebrew spell. I played with a few things and this is the one I landed on. I asked the question to the community for confirmation (as have others) and got a number of great recommended workarounds. I’m sure it is in the devs’ backlog, but divine smite only shows up on the sheet as a class feature description, not a roll-able feature. There’s probably more to say on that… but for now, I wanted to post the workaround I needed to make that dice roller work in one more edge case – the paladin’s divine smite. Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) Fifth Edition (5e) Homebrew Backgrounds, Homebrew Magic Items, Homebrew Monsters, and Homebrew Spells. View Homebrew Subclasses Create Homebrew Subclasses. Being able to click on just about any number of the character sheet to roll some dice is just soooo convenient. View the homebrew subclasses that users around the world have created and shared, or create your own. Especially with the addition of the dice roller and game log. If your friends also use D&D Beyond and are in the same Campaign with you, they already have access to everything in Your Homebrew Collection in the character builder and on their character sheets. I’ve also come to really like the online character sheet… frankly more than I thought I would. For the past few months, I’ve been using the D&D Beyond character sheet to run my Aasimar paladin in a friend’s online campaign.

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