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cwsoots
February 10th, 2026, 22:52
I've been struggling to get a certain effect to work, and I can't understand why it won't. I'm trying to automate Divine Fury for a 3rd level 5e 2024 Barbarian. Per the RAW, this is the effect that I would like to get working:
Divine Fury (Necrotic); IF: CUSTOM(Rage); DMG: [HBARBARIAN] + 1d6 necrotic

However, as written, the effect does not work because of the "DMG: 1 + 1d6 necrotic" portion. For example, if I remove the "1 +" and just leave the "1d6 necrotic", it correctly calculates the damage.

I thought it might be related to the spaces between the DMG expression, but if I remove the spaces or reverse the formula (i.e., "[HBARBARIAN]+1d6 necrotic" or "1d6 necrotic + [HBARBARIAN]") then the PC Tag HBARBARIAN doesn't convert to a number when the effect is added.

Surely this has to be a bug with the calculations. I've been playing at it for hours and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Advice welcome, please. :)

Moon Wizard
February 11th, 2026, 01:00
Try this:


Divine Fury (Necrotic); IF: CUSTOM(Rage); DMG: 1d6 [HBARBARIAN] necrotic


PC tags come after the initial dice bonus; and are always added to the dice/number modifier when applied.

Regards,
JPG

cwsoots
February 11th, 2026, 01:08
Try this:


Divine Fury (Necrotic); IF: CUSTOM(Rage); DMG: 1d6 [HBARBARIAN] necrotic


PC tags come after the initial dice bonus; and are always added to the dice/number modifier when applied.

Regards,
JPG

That was it! Thank you so much. I've been stumped over why it wasn't working. Notes taken on the syntax for the future...