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DndMonsterAttack does not support macros in attack modifier
The \DndMonsterAttack macro breaks if macros such as \emph are used in the attack modifier.
I encountered this issue with an attack modifier that is dependent on a spell being active, in this case shillelagh. I tried to insert the following text:
+2 (+6 with shillelagh) to hit
using the following code:
\documentclass[letterpaper,twocolumn,openany,nodeprecatedcode]{dndbook}
\begin{document}
\DndMonsterAttack[
name=Club,
mod=+2 (+6 with shillelagh),
reach=5,
dmg=\DndDice{1d4},
dmg-type=bludgeoning,
or-dmg=\DndDice{1d8+4},
or-dmg-when=with \emph{shillelagh},
]
\end{document}
This breaks if you try to set shillelagh in cursive text using \emph{shillelagh} or \textit{shillelagh} in the mod parameter. If you try {\itshape shillelagh}, the latex code is set verbatim into the attack modifier (which surprised me quite a lot). Wrapping the text in braces does not help. As you can see, it does work fine in the or-dmg-when parameter.
Error messages:
.../dndmonster-mwe.tex:12: Argument of \reserved@a has an extra }.
<inserted text>
\par
l.12 ]
Runaway argument?
{\unexpanded {shillelagh}}\ifx \reserved@a \@empty \let \check@icl \@empty \ETC.
.../dndmonster-mwe.tex:12: Paragraph ended before \reserved@a was complete.
<to be read again>
\par
l.12 ]
.../dndmonster-mwe.tex:12: Undefined control sequence.
\reserved@a ->\@nil
l.12 ]
.../dndmonster-mwe.tex:12: Undefined control sequence.
\reserved@a ->\@nil
l.12 ]
.../dndmonster-mwe.tex:12: Undefined control sequence.
\reserved@a ->\@nil
l.12 ]
.../dndmonster-mwe.tex:12: Undefined control sequence.
\reserved@a ->\@nil
l.12 ]
.../dndmonster-mwe.tex:12: Undefined control sequence.
\reserved@a ->\@nil
l.12 ]
.../dndmonster-mwe.tex:12: Undefined control sequence.
\reserved@a ->\@nil
l.12 ]
.../dndmonster-mwe.tex:12: Undefined control sequence.
\reserved@a ->\@nil
l.12 ]
.../dndmonster-mwe.tex:12: Undefined control sequence.
\reserved@a ->\@nil
l.12 ]
This is my first time opening an issue, so apologies if I did anything wrong.
Try surrounding the entirety of the argument (everything after "mod=") in curly braces. If that doesn't work, please post an MWE.
