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J Whitington

• November 20, 2017 05:57

Although not an important feature, I think it would be great (particularly) for compendium content if it was possible to share a paragraph of content with its headings from within its respected resource.

eg;

"Sometimes fate blesses or curses a combatant, causing the novice to hit and the veteran to miss.

If the d20 roll for an attack is a 20, the attack hits regardless of any modifiers or the target's AC. This is called a critical hit, which is explained later in this section.

If the d20 roll for an attack is a 1, the attack misses regardless of any modifiers or the target's AC."

Page ###, (Basic Rules / Combat / Making an Attack / Attack Rolls / Rolling 1 or 20)

I think this feature could be beneficial for DM's and players alike making it easier for DM's to highlight where a particular ruling comes from, or players wanting to ask their DM how a particular feature should work.

Obviously with this there is some fear of piracy or sharing of information to those who have not purchased the content. However in some cases it is enough to just share where in a book it can be found, either through a 'Chapter / Title / Subtitle' or page number format... Or preferably both.

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  J Whitington

  • November 21, 2017 00:54

  Also, I have already written a tool to do this for myself, but it unfortunately doesn't work properly all the time...

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  Sorce

  • November 21, 2017 00:57

  The sidebars on each of the compendium pages in D&D Beyond already have hyperlinks - if you click them and copy the URL, the link will direct the person that clicks it to the exact header/spot on the page.

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  J Whitington

  • November 21, 2017 02:04

  This is well and good, but if I want to share to a player who owns the hard copy of a book but doesn't use DnDBeyond, being able to quickly get where it can be found in a book would be immensely helpful.

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  Rich

  • November 21, 2017 14:31

  This is primarily why books are broken down into Chapters and Sub-sections within each chapter.

  These are the same in the hardback books and D&D Beyond, so you're safe telling your friend which section you're referring to.

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  J Whitington

  • November 22, 2017 23:27

  I agree Rich, this is primarily how I have been sharing it. However a quick reference button to copy the Chapter/Sub Section structure would be a much appreciated feature.

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  Chris Sanz-Agero

  • April 16, 2021 19:22

  Sure do wish page references got more upvotes.  Even a ballpark page number would be great to tell my players just to quickly get them within a page or two.  Apparently, there are only a few of us who own hardcopies and like to refer players to pages. 

   

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