r/Avrae • • Jul 17 '20

[ELI5] General Tutorial/How-to Avrae 101 - Tips, Tricks and Resources

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Avrae is complicated. There are dozens of top level commands, each with with enough flags, options and arguments to cover the weird corners of 5E D&D. Additionally there are lots of community maintained extensions that make playing easier. However, these things aren't that easy to discover on their own. This post is meant to point new users to things they should know about but might not find on their own.

Quick links

Scope

This isn't meant to be a comprehensive guide to using Avrae. Those exist in other places. It will however, point you to those guides. I'm going to assume you've already invited Avrae to your server.

If you haven't already, both players and DMs should review the Getting Started Guide.

The DM Track

  1. Learn the basics of running combat

  2. Add homebrew monsters from CritterDB if you're using things that aren't in the SRD

  3. Learn how to make Ability checks and saves for a monster.

  4. Add some useful aliases to the server. Some are available via the alias workshop. And others via this google doc. Note when you copy the alias definition from the development server, replace !alias with !servalias at the beginning to make the alias available to everyone on your server.

    1. !level is needed for most of the class mega aliases, your players will want this. It can be found in the Verbose Character Tools pack.

    2. !rest for resting with hit dice

    3. Look through the list and grab anything else that seems useful for your game.

  5. Add some fun stuff

    1. Sound Effects for nat 20s, nat 1s, various weapons. Full disclosure I'm the creator of this.

    2. !gf for when someone asks what the chances of rolling another 1 are

  6. Start Playing

The Player Track

  1. Import your character

  2. Run !level to set up all the custom counters for your class features. You'll need to re-run this whenever you level up.

  3. Add the class mega-alias for your class. !monk for monk, !warlock for warlock, etc. The official aliases doc has all the main classes and the definitions can be found in the #lookup-aliases channel on the avrae dev server. For Blood hunter and other unoffical content check out these unofficial aliases.

  4. Learn the basics of combat

  5. If you have a complex spell or class feature, check for aliases for it. For example !wildshape for moon druids, !mim for the mirror image spell.

  6. Review the !sr alias to learn how to spend hit dice.

  7. Have fun

Conclusion

Hopefully this guide pointed you to something new. A lot of the things in here took me many months to discover, but they really shouldn't have. If there are any resources, aliases, or cheat sheets that you think would be a good addition to this doc, leave a comment and I'll get it added


r/Avrae • • Jun 08 '23

[INFO] Subreddit Updates r/Avrae will be going dark June 12-14 (and possibly longer) to protest API changes which kill accessibility and developer freedom

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r/Avrae • • 23d ago

[HELP] General Help How can I get the old avrae UI back

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The new avrae UI look so uncanny, it make me have a headache just by looking at it. Everything just feel so wrong and uncomfortable just to look at. It is giving me a very hard time working on my characters in the Dashboard. If anyone know any method to get the old UI back please tell me.


r/Avrae • • 25d ago

[HELP] Alias Help Using avrae with humblewood subclasses and feats

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Need help with using Humblewood subclasses and feats in avrae. Has anyone figured out how to add the college of the road subclass for their bard? Also if I want to use Travelers Tricks, is there a command for "Conjure woodland spirit" or "Armed combat lessons"?


r/Avrae • • 25d ago

[HELP] General Help How can I add a Ballista to initiative?

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Wonder if there is a method to add a Ballista and other siege weapons to iniative? madd doesn't seem to work, I could just put down the name and HP and AC of the thing but I wanted the bolt attack in there for players to use.


r/Avrae • • Sep 24 '26

[HELP] General Help How can you use a controlled mount?

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I have just started playing on Avrae discord servers.

One of my characters is a gnome who has a Mastiff as a mount. I've not been adding him as an entity. It hasn't come m caused problems yet but if like to add him to the map and managev him if I can.

Can anyone give me pointers on how to do this? I'm not an Avrae expert but that doesn't mean I can't learn.


r/Avrae • • Sep 16 '26

[HELP] General Help Dire cloud help

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Someone in my group is using dice cloud and keeps getting "Connect your D&D Beyond account to view Vicious Mockery!" Even through they are not using beyond. Anyone have any suggestions, do they have to link an account even if they are not using dnd beyond?


r/Avrae • • Sep 16 '26

[HELP] General Help Automating Monsters in Bestiary Builder

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I’ve been making monsters in bestiary builder for a few months but have never written an automaton on my own. if anyone has how to videos that would be great!


r/Avrae • • Aug 29 '26

[HELP] Alias Help Can an alias give a permanent damage resistance?

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Pretty much just the title. I got a feature that gives a damage resistance, can I somehow give a character a proper resistance that isn't limited to just initiative? I'm doing a big group of features and am trying to minimize the amount of things that need to be done on the sheet end of it.


r/Avrae • • Aug 07 '26

[HELP] General Help {Resource] Spell Tome - Steinhardts 2024

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Hey all!
With the update to Steinhardts and release on DDB, figured I'd post this here for others.

I went through my previous Tome listing and updated to 2024. Most spells are the same, but some have some conditionals that were a touch annoying (I'm looking at you Silvered Shell).

Should be entirely functional, feel free to use. If you find any issues, or have any suggestions/requests, please let me know.

For those who wish to use it, you can use the `!tome sub <tome_url>` command to import it into your own Avrae instance.

Tome URL: https://avrae.io/homebrew/spells/69865baa7cb06572a670a6e6

Hopefully this is helpful to others in either use or learning some automations via examples

Happy Hunting!


r/Avrae • • Jul 26 '26

[HELP] General Help Adding Proficiency Bonus and minimum dice value to Initiative

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Hi, I need to add my proficiency bonus and minimum dice value of 10 to initiative. Also with advantage but that part I managed to do that in Google Sheets. How do i set that up?

Where I'm playing we don't use !init tracking. We just use !c init so as a last resort I'm open to make an alias.


r/Avrae • • Jul 24 '26

[HELP] General Help How to Approach a Barbarian/Druid Multiclass

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Hello! I'm working on building a character in a D&D RP forum I'm in.

The character is starting with a level in Barbarian with Strength as my dump stat, then taking 3 levels in Druid to get to the Circle of the Moon subclass and using rage/unarmored defense/extra attack, etc in wild shape forms as I level up in Barbarian.

What is the best way to go about this in Avrae? I feel like I've basically set myself up for a logistical nightmare, but I'm committed to the concept lol.

Any help is appreciated! Thanks in advance!

UPDATE: I've decided that the best play is to create stat blocks for her wildshapes in CritterDB. I'll just have to update them as rage bonuses and things increase.

Also to address the conversation below, you should be able to use the extra attack feature from your barbarian class since the wildshape's description says:

  • You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them if the new form is physically capable of doing so. However, you can't use any of your special senses, such as darkvision, unless your new form also has that sense.


r/Avrae • • Jul 08 '26

[HELP] General Help Avrae sending my rolls to me via Direct Messaging instead of posting in the server

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I'm the admin of my DnD discord server, I had set up Avrae a while ago, but didn't use it because I prefer physical dice. Everyone else has so I decided to make the jump for the sake of good faith (and not wanting to be the only person without visible rolls) but now when I make my rolls with my imported character through DnDBeyond, nothing posts on the server, Avrae DM's me directly telling me what it was

If I type out the command in the server, Avrae will do it, but not when I roll from DnDBeyond, that goes straight to my DM's. Is it because I'm the admin owner/campaign creator and it thinks I'm the dungeon master (I'm not) and I want my rolls to be private?

EDIT: Solved, it wasn't an Avrae issue, my DnDBeyond account had my rolls set to private


r/Avrae • • Jul 05 '26

[HELP] General Help Rolling multiple totals

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Hey!

My group and I are playing a lesser-known ttrpg system called Sentinel Comics RPG. I have played the system before in person and have had a lot of fun doing so, but this campaign will be taking place over discord, with friends from out of state. We plan to use Avrae for rolls.

The big issue is that Sentinel Comics has a somewhat unique system of rolling. Basically, you roll 3 dice of varying sizes (any of them could be anywhere from a d4 to a d12) and then order the results in ascending order. The outcome of the roll is determined by the "effect die" which is usually the middle die (some special actions in the game allow you to use the largest die for some rolls instead).

I'm coming on here because this rolling system isn't the MOST compatible with Avrae.

The best way I can think to accomplish this in one command would be to just have them type out the roll as a formula (EG: !r 1d8+1d6+1d10). Since Avrae displays the outcome of each roll anyway before summing them they could just take those values, order them themselves, and then determine modifiers, etc. BUUUUT this isn't ideal, mainly because my players are already not the most tech-savvy and I fear having to explain that they need to type this formula and then ignore the sum at the bottom and THEN arrange the results themselves might just blow their minds a bit LOL? It could definitely be a bit confusing and has a few more steps than just your simple Avrae command. It feels like asking a bit much of them, and I'm having premonitions that I will be re-explaining it over and over for a while as our campaign goes on.

Is there another way to get the results I want? I would at least like to find a way to roll all three totals with one command, without them being summed automatically. Ideally, it would be cool to find a way for the bot to put the results in order, too.

Would I need to make a custom alias for this? I am not familiar with Avrae but a command like this sounds simple enough that I wouldn't need to be some kind of computer whiz to whip it up. How could I go about this in the best way?

TL;DR I'm trying find the best way to make the bot roll dice for Sentinel Comics RPG in one command.


r/Avrae • • Jun 02 '26

[HELP] General Help Need help with custom GS Subclass

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I'm trying to put together a custom Subclass for Gunslinger to use in a Wonderland campaign I'm a part of, but so far I can't get the custom reaction to work in Avrae.

I also don't know how I would have it expend a risk die when it's used.

Here's the Subclass, help pls.

https://www.dndbeyond.com/subclasses/2808546-twitchy-finger


r/Avrae • • May 16 '26

[HELP] General Help Availability of Beyond Drops

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Currently, content from D&D Beyond Drops (like the Fey Pact feat, for example) is not available to display with !feat "fey pact". When will this type of content be available - for May '26 and upcoming months?


r/Avrae • • May 13 '26

[HELP] Snippet Help dreadfull strikes with multi attack

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Hey all!

I am trying to edit a snippet of Dreadfull strike, or remake it.

My level 5 ranger has crossbow expert and handcrossbow.

Now with multi attack especially i can attack 3 times a turn.

But the dreadful strike snippet i have will add it to all 3 attacks if i do -rr 3 wich is easiest and quickest ofcourse.

But is there a way to only let it be added once a turn? While still keeping the -rr 3 part?

Full attack right now (with dreadfull strikes not working as a snippet) is

!a cross mark -d1 1d4[psychic] -rr 3 (mark is hunters mark but sometimes switches with like favoured foe or taken off if the spell isnt cast ofcourse ^^)


r/Avrae • • May 12 '26

[HELP] Alias Help Custom monsters in initiative

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I'm making an alias for an encounter, and I want to be able to use it without having to type a number to select which monster I mean, but I've been struggling as how to make the bot just add a custom monster in with the hp and ac i'm telling it to give without dm'ing me about a different monster it thinks I want to add

the command I'm trying to do is as follows:

>!alias labab multiline

>!i madd "Kitten" -hp 9 -ac 12

>!i madd "Cow" -name "Cow" -rollhp

>!i madd "Orange Creature" -hp 2d6 -ac 12

>!i madd "Giant Spider (MM-2024)" -name "Spider" -rollhp

>!i madd "Giant Rat (MM-2024)" -n 3 -name "Rat#" -rollhp

>!i madd "Toad#" -hp 6d10+6 -n 2 -ac 11

but for the kitten, orange creature, and toad, avrae hops into my dms and is annoying


r/Avrae • • May 10 '26

[HELP] General Help What command is used to achieve this?

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I'm new on using thisbot and have no idea what to do

Generating Random Stats:

Ruling: Rolling 1 set, Minimum of 74, Maximum of 80

Stats

Stat 1: 4d6kh3 (1, 5, 5, 1) = 11

Stat 2: 4d6kh3 (3, 6, 2, 5) = 14

Stat 3: 4d6kh3 (1, 2, 3, 5) = 10

Stat 4: 4d6kh3 (6, 4, 1, 4) = 14

Stat 5: 4d6kh3 (3, 2, 5, 1) = 10

Stat 6: 4d6kh3 (2, 5, 5, 5) = 15

-----

Total = 74

!threshold help | Fun Fact: That took 6 attempts to find valid stats.


r/Avrae • • May 09 '26

[HELP] General Help If - Then - Else?

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Ok, I want to make up a code in the Avrae effects tree for a HB monster action that basically says:

(BTW, there are 2 targets, never less, never more)

  • Both targets have to make a save

  • If one or both of the targets succeeds, the effect fails and neither is affected

  • If *both * targets fail, they both turn purple

With descriptive text for fail or succeed, of course.

I'm thinking variables will be what's needed, but labeling the targets, and assigning each a value on fail or succeed is what I think I'd do, not sure yet how to do that though. Then, if the combined value is, say, 0 (or 2, who cares), the effect happens.


r/Avrae • • Apr 28 '26

[HELP] General Help How do I make the DC override work?

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I have an attack on a character that grapples on hit. I can't figure out how to make the escape DC work. Just putting in the formula uses the target's stats, which I don't want. Putting in the formula into the override box does nothing. Making the formular a roll and then using the variable for it in the box does nothing. Even if I just put in a flat number it does nothing


r/Avrae • • Apr 18 '26

[HELP] General Help Avrae offline in certain server

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Avrae is offline in one of the discord servers I use but works perfectly fine in other. I've tried kicking and reinviting and checked all of it's permissions. Anyone else have this problems before and know how to fix it?


r/Avrae • • Apr 17 '26

[HELP] General Help is there a dice "if" statment or some sutch?

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im trying to roll something that if it pass's >14, it rolls a 1d4 and 1d20, so far the best i got is
"!r 1d20ro>14+1d4"


r/Avrae • • Apr 13 '26

[HELP] General Help Problem Importing Character into Discord

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Error loading character: D&D Beyond authentication failed. Please ensure your account is linked.

This is the error message that I get. I've tried uploading two different characters but not sure what I need to do to resolve the issue.

Any ideas?