Levels Past 20 and Higher ability scores

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Castor520

• July 12, 2018 05:56

I run a high power campaign, this means that the players start with higher stats and we plan on playing past level 20 and I have some homebrew settings setup for this case, which can now be used due to the CS update. However one thing that stops us from being able to use D&D Beyond still is the fact that players are limited to 20th level and more so that AS's max out at 30 no matter how much you add additional modifiers.

My request:

• Allow characters to level past 20
• Allow characters to have ability scores higher than 30 max (18 on manual entry + misc mods/racial/ability score improvements, etc)

While I do not know the ins/outs of how the website works, I imagine that removing the limiter on AS's should not be too hard (but I understand that it would likely have to be a campaign option to allow higher scores). As for past level 20 I could see being more difficult due to scaling, etc. At which point I would not worry. People that are running high level campaigns with level 21+ will likely have their own homebrew rules for scaling, we just want the ability to make level 18 Warlock/15 Fighter characters.

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  BreadAssassin

  • July 12, 2018 14:51

  Giving this an upvote, as I'd also like to see levels past 20.

  Am also planning to soon run a high level campaign, and whilst having class levels of 20+ is not feasible, it would be nice for multiclass levels to be able to break the barrier.

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  Justin Swank

  • January 13, 2019 06:10

  I was wondering if Epic levels would be a thing.

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  Laurel Cook

  • June 23, 2019 17:15

  I'm planning on running my own campaign to at least level 40 so my players can max out two classes, and I was hoping this could be added as well. (I actually made a support account for this very reason)

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  Nicolás Barredo

  • September 11, 2019 03:01

  Yes please!!! I would love to see this!!!

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  FunionKnight

  • September 25, 2019 22:01

  This may not be planned, but I think DnDBeyond should reconsider. Maybe even a simple form of just letting us add more class levels beyond character level 20. (IE: Barbarian Level 20, Fighter Level 10 for a Level 30 Character)

   

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  Johan By Another Name

  • January 07, 2020 12:11

  This isn't a limitation of DDB - it's a limitation written into the official 5e rules. Just like DDB doesn't allow for half-levels, prestige classes, or changing what attributes exist. You could homebrew whatever rules you want - but these things, like levels beyond 20, simply don't exist in D&D 5e. I think it unlikely the official tool would allow you to create whatever game system you want. Not to mention the extremely complex coding required to do so.

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  Forest Colver

  • December 04, 2020 13:49
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  Levels above 20 would be great. Make it simple, let multiclassing fill in the additional levels.

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  Haravikk

  • March 22, 2021 09:22

  Was going to post the same thing, and disappointed that this still isn't available after three years.

  There should be no reason they can't just lift the caps on ability scores, as they're a calculated stat so while higher numbers could get ridiculous they don't prevent anything from working.

  As for levelling, the easiest way to would be to allow multi-classing to give a combined level above 20, i.e- once you hit level 20 in Fighter you start adding levels in Barbarian or whatever.

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