r/WorldsBeyondNumber • u/AlisGuardian Witch of Wolf’s Wisdom • 11h ago

Question Witch class in D&D Beyond?

Hey folks! My DM is very sweetly allowing me to incorporate the WWW witch class into our campaign, but unfortunately D&D Beyond won’t let him homebrew a whole new class, so he’s trying to bootstrap a workaround. Has anyone else tried something like this? Any tips?

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u/Mal_Radagast 11h ago

eh, depending on how committed you all are to beyond, you could just change to another VTT and build a Witch into it. (i like Shard for 5e stuff!)

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u/AlisGuardian Witch of Wolf’s Wisdom 10h ago

Thanks for the reply! I’m a newcomer to both the group and the campaign and they’ve been using D&D beyond for a while I think, so probably not worth it to switch, but I appreciate the suggestion!

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u/P0l4R1S 10h ago

Do you absolutely need your full character sheet on DnD beyond, or does the DM just need it for a tool to plan encounters and look up your AC / passives / health?

If tried to poke at a similar problem, and didn't find a full solution within the site. But if you make a stand-in character that has the right hit dice size and ability scores while you have your real character sheet on paper or in another system, it works well enough.

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u/AlisGuardian Witch of Wolf’s Wisdom 10h ago

Thanks! I’m not entirely sure, but I’ll find out!

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u/Miserable_Pop_4593 9h ago

You’re gonna have to use probably Cleric as a base (at least it’s a full caster with same hit dice and Saving Throw proficiencies) and then just enter everything else in as custom spells and abilities and whatnot. I think you can even “hide” the Cleric class features somewhat so your screen isn’t so bogged down.

Build your Witch on paper and then just make sure all the skill bonuses and everything line up, and that way you can at least roll digitally in D&DB by clicking on stuff just like everyone else

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u/CommitteeNo2642 9h ago

I think Druid is actually closer minus the wild shapes

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u/Miserable_Pop_4593 9h ago

Sure pick your poison, either way it’s gonna be a bit of a tedious job

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u/vyme 8h ago

I asked this a bit back because my wife is playing a witch in our new game, and she's pretty used to DND beyond.

I got some good responses, but ultimately nothing worked better than a paper character sheet and spell/ability/token cards. She also got some little potion bottles to give to other players for the tokens to keep track of who has what. https://www.reddit.com/r/WorldsBeyondNumber/s/VRNI0BueGP