UA: How do I create a new Subclass?

[Gix]

I see I can duplicate a class, or create one from scratch... existing Classes have subclasses though, and I have no idea where to create those. Where are they stored so I can add one and link it to my class?

[Moon Wizard]

There are no classes that have subclasses in 5E; but many of them have archetypes or specializations.

Any specializations are listed at the bottom of the class record on the Other tab. You can add and remove specializations here. (For example, Barbarian has "Path of the Berserker" and "Path of the Totem Warrior")

At the level where a specialization choice is allowed, you create a new class feature stating that the player gets a specialization choice, and click the "Specialization Choice" check box in the details of that class feature. (For example, "Primal Path" for Barbarian).

For any class features that are specific to a specialization, add them as normal, but set the "Specialization Required" field for that feature to the name of the specialization required. (For example, "Frenzy" for Barbarian has "Path of the Berserker" as the Specialization Required.)

Regards,
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[Gix]

Nice! Thank you, I'd missed that!

[Nickademus]

There are no classes that have subclasses in 5E...
Subclass is one of the two official terms (https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/three-subclasses) WotC uses for archetypes, primal paths, conclaves, domains, etc.

[Zacchaeus]

See this video for all you class creation (https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?37112-New-Class-Creation-Video) needs.

[Varatta]

Anyone ever experimented with adding multiple specialisation choice branches to a class?

Like one at 3rd but another one at, say 15th?

Jokey example: bard takes College of Lore, but then Later has an end-game specialisation choice between, say “college of epic knowledge” or “college of universal truth”.

Just curious. Could make for some interesting home brew.

[Zacchaeus]

Whilst you can do that you can’t automate it since there isn’t the facility to have multiple specialisations.

[Varatta]

Whilst you can do that you can’t automate it since there isn’t the facility to have multiple specialisations.

So I just did an experiment with this and it appears to have worked. Here's what I did:

1) I duplicated the Cleric Class
2) I opened up the Divine Domain ability and copied the text
3) I created a new power with the same text for Divine Domain but set the ability to level 3 and called it "Secondary Domain". I changed any text references from before 3rd level to 3rd level, clicked the 'choice' button.
4) I created a character and gave it 1st level in cleric and chose the knowledge domain
5) I leveled the character up to 3rd and sure enough, got to choose a second domain, in this case, Life domain.
6) To test automation: I saw that Cleric specs (Domains) give powers at 6th level, so I leveled up the character to six. Sure enough, it got the 6th level abilities from both the Knowledge and Life domains.

=)

Anything I'm not thinking of here?

[Zacchaeus]

Sorry, I misread your post. I thought you meant that you wanted to have a specialisation within a specialisation. What you describe will work AFAIK.

[Varatta]

Sorry, I misread your post. I thought you meant that you wanted to have a specialisation within a specialisation. What you describe will work AFAIK.

Neat (cracks knuckles), time to hack some classes! 😜