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Grod_The_Giant
2019-02-04, 09:56 AM
I'm in the process of uploading some of my 'brew to the Homebrewery, and one thing is giving me trouble: monsters. I cannot figure out how to get their example stat block to look right (https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/ByPQf7CBN4)when I start adding in things like innate spellcasting. Does anyone know of some better templates or style guides I could use?

(On the subject, did anyone upload all of the free official art somewhere it can be easily accessed, or do I have to download and re-host it myself?)

Unavenger
2019-02-04, 01:12 PM
Homebrewery is notorious for failing to display correctly - I prefer GMbinder for that reason. My instinct is that there's no way of using Homebrewery to make something that will always display the way you want it.

Grod_The_Giant
2019-02-04, 01:35 PM
It's not great, but I was planning on using the PDF export tool in the end, so... fingers crossed? I'd really like to get my stuff formatted nicely and put up on DMs Guild, but I have no graphic design skills and can't even find a good Word template, so this seemed like the easiest option...

sandmote
2019-02-04, 02:54 PM
To make sure I understand, the issue is the color of the text and lack of italicization for headers in that part of the stat block?

Grod_The_Giant
2019-02-04, 03:34 PM
I can't figure out how to get the spellcasting bits formatted properly.

sandmote
2019-02-04, 09:46 PM
I can't figure out how to get the spellcasting bits formatted properly.
I wanted to check I understand what the issue with the formatting is.

Your example (https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/ByPQf7CBN4)
Based on the way they are formatted, it looks like you have two sets of asterisks around each of "Skills," "Damage Resistances," "Damage Immunities," "Condition Immunities," "Senses," "Languages," and "Challenge."

Meanwhile, it looks like you have three sets of asterisks around each of "Multiattack.," and "Light Ray."

The current formatting for "Illumination.," Magic Resistance.," and "Spellcasting." matches the formatting for the preceding text. It should instead match the formatting for the following text. As seen here (https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/archmage).
If I'm understanding the issue correctly, try adding a third set of asterisks around the header for the spellcasting bit. There should already be two sets around that part of the text.