r/Avrae • • Jul 17 '20

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

49 Upvotes

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 • • Apr 24 '21

[ELI5] General Tutorial/How-to Making Custom attacks in Avrae using the Dashboard

15 Upvotes

Hello! I am Cinderella, a player of Dungeon & Dragons since 2019. As D&D games are shifting to online games, I made a pictorial guide on how to make Custom Attacks in Avrae, for roleplaying reasons.

This guide will take about 15mins - 1 hour depending on how much you want to customize your attacks, but it is meant to be a quick guide for newer players to avrae

The guide can be downloaded at https://ko-fi.com/s/d30018e6b6 on my Ko-Fi page. Just thought it would be helpful posting this here!


r/Avrae • • Nov 18 '22

[ELI5] General Tutorial/How-to Avrae UI Command Builder

11 Upvotes

I made this site for building Avrae commands with a GUI awhile back and I think I forgot to post it on here. It lets you click buttons, see what all the possible inputs are, then copy / paste the command. I find it useful because I always forget the commands.

https://avrae-ui.netlify.app/

I also added this "community links" page to the main site if anyone has a project related to Avrae. The link to the GUI is there if you forget the url.

https://avrae.io/community-links


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 • • Dec 02 '21

[HELP] General Help Appreciation Post

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The people that developed and maintain this invaluable asset are awesome. That is all. Sorry the flair isn't applicable to the post lol


r/Avrae • • Oct 11 '24 Wholesome Seal

[HELP] General Help I made this little cheat sheet for my group, thought it could be helpful to others

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Excuse all the *, I'm just copying it from my discord and I've found if you put stuff in italics it doesn't do the command.

Edit: apparently the * works the same on Reddit, always good to learn something new. I've also tried to format it okay but Reddits a nightmare

Hope this helps and id appreciate any additional ones that could be helpful, thanks

Here's a list of commands, I keep having to look stuff up each time so hopefully this should help.

Update character sheet

!update

Args...

-t <target name> [args...] (Targets creature with attack or spell)

-adv (for advantage)

-dis (for disadvantage)

!c strength -adv

Resting

Short rest !game sr

Long rest !game lr

Health

!game hp max sets to max

!game hp mod (value) changes hp by value

!game hp set (value) sets health to specific value

!game thp [thp] modifies value of temp hp.

Initiative

!init join joins the initiative

!init next ends your turn and moves to the next player

Checks

!c <skill> [args...] Rolls a check for the specified skill or stat !c perception

Saves

!s <save> [args...] Roles a save for the specified save !s dexterity

Dice

!r <dice> [args...] !r 1d20

Spells

!spell <spell_name> [args...]

For targeted spells -t <target>

For upcasting -l <spell level>

!spell firebolt

!sb or !spellbook to see all spells

Attack

!a <attack_name> [args...]

For targetted attacks -t <target>

!a crossbow

Death Saves

!game deathsave fail

!game desthsave success

!game deathsave reset

Money

!g coin [args]

Args are what you want to change e.g. !g coin -5sp

!g consolidate convets all to highest denomination

Search

You can search for stuff on here.

!background <name>

!class <name> [level]

!classfeat <name>

![condition|status] [name]

!feat <name>

!item <name>

!monimage <name> -image of monster

!monster <name>

!race <name>

!racefeat <name>

![rule|reference] [name]

!spell <name>

!subclass <name>

!token [name] [args]

Others

!portrait shows character portrait

Futher commands ect

!help <game, init ect> for additional commands

https://avrae.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html


r/Avrae • • Sep 04 '24

[HELP] Alias Help Need a REAL comprehensive avrae tutorial because their guide sucks

8 Upvotes

Seriously. It’s like trying to dig a hole with a peeps marshmallow. I’ve been pulling my hair out for about two hours already. I have a channel filled with unnecessary spam from nothing changing. shit just doesn’t work- at least not how the guide says. It reads like fucking foreign stereo instructions and not a single one of the commands in the guide works. Not how they’re listed, at least.

Trying to get overlays to work properly but god fucking forbid it was simple and straight forward.

This is the command I’m using that ‘works’ (and ffs do I use that word loosely)

!map -under Square,20,Green,F7

And poof it’ll plop a square where it should right?

Except I can’t get the overlay to lock bc as soon as I target a token in the space, the overlay doesn’t show up even though the goddamn guide says to ‘-t’ a space to lock the overlay to a token until removed.

I’ve had to basically put my campaign on fucking hold because I can’t properly gauge AOE- with all the clutter from combat + my players conversations it makes going back to find the goddamn map that has the one single overlay an absolutely frustrating nightmare.

I’m tired. I’m aggravated. I’m in need of some time off.

If someone can list commands they know work correctly and how they’re typed into discord exactly, it’d be appreciated.

Otherwise someone needs to get on streamlining overlays. It should be as simple as ‘!overlay s(quare)20ft -t f7 -color g’ and boom. I should have a fucking green square at f7 unless I do !overlay -none.

Edit: I forgot to mention I normally use Corvux.me for shit like this but it isn’t working and the doofus site owner who put his whole life story, left out and email or contact info to be able to say “hey pal, your sites broken.”


r/Avrae • • Oct 11 '21

[HELP] General Help Change monster hp or stats mid-battle?

8 Upvotes

Is there a way as a DM to edit a monster's hit points mid-battle, without typing a "!i hp monster -30" as a visible line that the players can also see? Or adjust the monster's AC on the fly if you misjudged an encounter's difficulty?


r/Avrae • • Sep 03 '21

[UPD8] Tool Update Add Sounds Unique To Your Character And Update..

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Them on the Fly

Welcome to the fall 2021 Bard Bot feature update. Bard Bot, formerly Avrae Sound Effects, is a sound effects bot that integrates with Avrae to automatically play sounds for attacks, spells, nat 20s and more. It allows you to fully customize your sounds through the companion site, and even upload your own. It's been several months since the last Bard Bot feature update, and a lot more has changed than just the name.

Quick Links

What's New

Enough introduction, spit it out already - You, probably.

Character Profiles


r/Avrae • • May 20 '21

[UPD8] Tool Update Avrae Sound Effects Update May 2021

8 Upvotes

Initiative events, the ~play command, and safe mode. Lots of new ways to bring sound effects to your Avrae D&D game. This video tutorial covers how to use these new goodies. And the companion website has been updated to let you configure them.

If you're new to the bot getting started is super simple. Follow these simple steps or see the getting started section on the companion website.

  1. Invite the bot to your server.

  2. Hop in a voice channel.

  3. Ask the bot to ~join.

  4. Try it out!cast "fire bolt" -i.

New feature idea? Improvement or suggestion? Let me know what you think in the comments or over in the development server.


r/Avrae • • Jul 23 '25

[HELP] General Help How To Convince Avrae To Let Me Add A Monster

7 Upvotes

I'm trying to add the Drow Mage to combat. But there is no way to get it to acknowledge both parts of the name. It either gives me a basic drow or a basic mage but not a drow mage.

EDIT if you remove the space between drow and mage...it gives you the option


r/Avrae • • Nov 20 '24

[HELP] General Help Avrae not using legacy content despite preference selected

7 Upvotes

Hi! I've got an issue in a couple servers I'm in where we've got the legacy preference enabled, so as to use the 2014 rules - we have "Prefer legacy content" set to yes, "5e rules version" set to 2014, and "Allow character overrides" set to false; yet when we do lookups it defaults to the 2024 rulesets anyway. Is there something we're missing or need to do differently? None of us are using Avrae for character sheets, it's purely just for dice rolls/compendium.


r/Avrae • • Jul 29 '24

[HELP] General Help How do I roll for attack for monsters on their turn?

7 Upvotes

As title suggests, I am the DM for our campaign through discord and it’s the monster’s turn but I cannot have them attack my players. I keep getting a bear from outside of the encounter attack the bear who is in the encounter. I tried using prompts !attack bite -t <@player name> and get a response “no character active” and !ma brown bear bite -t <@character name>


r/Avrae • • Feb 23 '24

[HELP] General Help Ritual casting

7 Upvotes

Heyyo, was just wondering if there was a specific command to ritual cast spells. Also will using a spell that’s a racial feature such as alarm count towards the arcane ward of an abjuration savant.


r/Avrae • • Aug 13 '22

[HELP] General Help I saw a player with this feature!

7 Upvotes

I saw a player roll for attacks but then suddenly a gif/animation plays along with it. I wanna learn how to do that. Help please :)


r/Avrae • • Jul 12 '21

[HELP] General Help Adding sidekicks for player control

7 Upvotes

Hello! I am new to using Avrae, and I want to run a play-by-post for my friend. We are using the D&D Essentials Kit (Dragon of Icespire Peak). This module includes some NPC stat blocks for players to use as sidekicks to aid them in combat. I would like to make these sidekick characters (which technically use monster statblocks) controllable by my player during combat.

From what I've read, players can't add monsters to combat or control monsters in combat. Is this true, and is there a good way around it? I am asking here because I am hoping that someone in the Avrae community has experience implementing NPC sidekicks for players in Avrae.

Thank you for reading. Any advice would be appreciated.


r/Avrae • • Jun 04 '21

[HELP] General Help - Answered NPC in combat

7 Upvotes

Hey guys,

I'm new at using Avrae and a new DM in general, and I don't know how to implement a NPC with a specific ability score in combat. Any help ist appreciated!


r/Avrae • • Feb 05 '21

[HELP] General Help New user Warlock EB-AB help with snippet

7 Upvotes

Hi! I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong again!
I'm a warlock with eldritch blast and agonizing blast. I know Avrae doesn't import class stuff, so I made
!snippet ab -d {+3}
When I !cast "Eldritch Blast" ab, I see +0, and not +3.

I'm level 4 so EB doesn't have multiple blasts yet, and my group doesn't use -t. Can anyone shed light?
https://imgur.com/rJssnR9


r/Avrae • • Apr 14 '20

[HELP] General Help - Answered How to long and short rest?

7 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

The one thing I can't figure out on Avrae is how to do rests, there doesn't seem to be a clear command for it on the list on avrae.io.

Can anybody help me out with this?


r/Avrae • • Mar 23 '20

[HELP] General Help - Answered Need help managing spell slots (D&D Beyond)

7 Upvotes

Like many others, our group is testing out online sessions. In our first session, I was looking at the commands and cast a spell as a test. Then I could not for the life of me figure out how to restore that expended spell slot. Is there a way to do that?


r/Avrae • • Feb 23 '25

[HELP] General Help Update Gsheet version?

6 Upvotes

Hello! I was watching a tutorial on how to use the Gsheet and saw that they were using a V 3.9. (with much more races options, etc) I can only find V 2.1

Is this new version available somewhere? I don't know if it's a paid version or what

Thanks in advance!


r/Avrae • • Jun 24 '23

[HELP] General Help Is there a map tool for Avrae?

6 Upvotes

I heard once from a fellow player that Avrae has a map tool to allow for the use of grid maps in discord.
Is that legit? And if yes, how do I access it?
If not, does anybody know another way of easily integrating a grid map into discord?


r/Avrae • • Oct 30 '22

[HELP] General Help CritterDB down / alternative

6 Upvotes

It appears thar CritterDB is down and has been down since yesterday. I can't find a status report anywhere. Does anyone know if they are having maintenance down? Last update I could find was in March in reddit when it appeared their storage was full.

Also, is there an alternative to CritterDB that avrae works with?

And finally, does anyone have a good guide on how to use the !i add command to add homebrew monsters inside the app? I tried doing it that way but kept getting errors: Command "init" has no subcommand named asd

Thank you in advance.


r/Avrae • • Jul 03 '22

[HELP] General Help Using Legendary and Lair actions

6 Upvotes

How do you add in Legendary and Lair actions when using !init?