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Adam

May 8, 2022 10:41 am

This thread is for discussing the "Advanced Rules Definitions for GMs" and Dice roller guide.

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witchdoctor

May 8, 2022 2:10 pm

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Thank you for providing these guides! I e got a coupon games I'm planning on running and I'll admit I've been pretty lost on how to implement some of the features.

Qralloq

May 8, 2022 5:28 pm

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I'll provide some details for Feng Shui. I'm likely to run a game soon, so it's worth adding that to your excellent documentation.

Adam

May 8, 2022 6:25 pm

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witchdoctor says:

Thank you for providing these guides! I e got a coupon games I'm planning on running and I'll admit I've been pretty lost on how to implement some of the features.

Cheers. Any difficulties then add a thread to the Questions and Help forum. I hope that forum will become a sort of a knowledge base for implementing some of the more complex and niche functionality.

runekyndig

May 23, 2022 10:25 am

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I really enjoys the BBCode editor syntax colouring script

Adam

May 23, 2022 11:35 am

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runekyndig says:

I really enjoys the BBCode editor syntax colouring script

Yes, that's my favourite too. If you take a look at the script, you'll see there's surprisingly little code. It's all CSS and regexes.

Qralloq

May 23, 2022 5:43 pm

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Wow, that color coding really does enhance readability on code-intensive custom character sheets, as well as editing posts.

Adam

May 23, 2022 6:20 pm

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Qralloq says:

Wow, that color coding really does enhance readability on code-intensive custom character sheets, as well as editing posts.

Thanks. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out for a first version. The chaps helped with styling and testing.

I'm a little disappointed that the italics didn't work, but the bold more than made up for it (even if it is slightly fuzzy).

It seems a good point to evolve from anyway.

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Edit: It gets wicked slow on HUGE posts though (like this). I'll need to optimize it a bit.

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Adam

Jun 15, 2022 6:41 am

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I've added a new feature for people using the Homepage games highlighting script.

Here is my list of bookmarked games, highlighting those where I wasn't the last to post.

If I click the hourglass, then the highlighting stops until someone next posts in that thread.

Antiproduct

Jun 15, 2022 7:30 am

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Adam says:

I've added a new feature for people using the Homepage games highlighting script.

Here is my list of bookmarked games, highlighting those where I wasn't the last to post.

If I click the hourglass, then the highlighting stops until someone next posts in that thread.

https://c.tenor.com/rmBpvOXB_EEAAAAM/chubstr-bed.gif

runekyndig

Aug 30, 2022 8:36 am

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The DNDbeyond import script is flipping awesome @adam! I really look forward to playing around with it

Adam

Aug 30, 2022 8:52 am

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@runekyndig Cheers buddy. With the DnDB code copy/pasted to a tamper monkey script, I think the chrome extension is now deprecated and should be removed.

It's only code and I like to think people will find ways to improve it.

Any bug fixes/improvements to the script can be pushed to GitHub or distributed as your own script (and maybe get one of the admins to update the install script location).

Dr_B

Dec 11, 2022 1:53 pm

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Adam says:

Print helper

This script tidies up some of the full-thread printing and allows you to choose what to print.

1. Navigate to your thread and choose the "full page" option.

[ +- ] Screenshot

2. There will now be a "Print options" on the header bar.

[ +- ] Screenshot

3. Open that up and choose what you'd like included in the print and whether spoilers should be opened.

[ +- ] Screenshot

4. Print the page and save to PDF.

[ +- ] Screenshot

5. If you need to edit the PDF or convert it to MS Word then that's not my problem. Try Google.

📜 Install script

😵 Amazing tool set, thanks

Adam

Dec 14, 2022 7:51 pm

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Dr_B says:

😵 Amazing tool set, thanks

You're welcome.

I'd be interested to know in this thread if people try out the new cards script too.

Qralloq

Dec 14, 2022 8:15 pm

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@Adam, you mad genius you. I'm going to try the Tarot setup tonight.

Antiproduct

Dec 14, 2022 9:17 pm

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Aight, who's setting up an exploding kittens deck?

C1NDER

Dec 14, 2022 9:25 pm

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Makes me wonder if there's some way to get Harrow cards working with that system for Pathfinder games.

Adam

Dec 14, 2022 9:35 pm

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It was @Chalrytharendir's idea. I just scripted it.

Windyridge

Dec 14, 2022 9:53 pm

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Love the Tarot card feature.

Adam

Dec 14, 2022 10:05 pm

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Windyridge says:

Love the Tarot card feature.

It's any card decks. If you have images or just text, it should work for those too.

The major downside is, as a script, you'd need everyone in the game to use that script or it can't translate the [draw BBCode.

Verrain

Dec 15, 2022 2:00 am

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Is there a way to make it give the Tarot upright or reversed like with real cards?

Adam

Dec 15, 2022 6:29 am

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Verrain says:

Is there a way to make it give the Tarot upright or reversed like with real cards?

Not with that code.

I've just updated the code to support that. In doing so, I had to change the RNG - this means any cards you've already drawn will change. Hopefully, nobody was using it live yet!

[ +- ] Reversible deck JSON example

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Qralloq

Dec 16, 2022 3:24 am

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These look really great. I'm having fun envisioning how to use these. Oh, Ravenloft and Tarot... mwa haha

Knighthawke Inactive for 1 months

Dec 24, 2022 10:55 pm

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Adam says:

Verrain says:

Is there a way to make it give the Tarot upright or reversed like with real cards?

Not with that code.

(Snip images/spoiler)

I've just updated the code to support that. In doing so, I had to change the RNG - this means any cards you've already drawn will change. Hopefully, nobody was using it live yet!

Love the ability to create custom decks. :)

Where would I put the below in my game info to use it with the Decks script? I try just pasting it in the advanced rules definitions, and I get a message about it being invalid JSON...

[ +- ] SWADE Adventure Deck

Qralloq

Dec 24, 2022 11:59 pm

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You would need an extra curly bracket before and after.

Antiproduct

Dec 25, 2022 10:14 am

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@Knighthawke this is the code.

[ +- ] code

You need a comma "," at the last line if there's more code following. Likewise, your previous piece of code should have a comma before this follows.

[ +- ] before and after code should look like this

Knighthawke Inactive for 1 months

Dec 25, 2022 4:58 pm

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Qralloq, Antiproduct - Thank you both very much! It's working like a charm. :)

In case anyone else wants to use it, here's the code. Anyone running a SWADE game is welcome to use it.

[ +- ] SWADE Adventure Deck for the DECKS script

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Knighthawke Inactive for 1 months

Dec 29, 2022 10:58 pm

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Ok, quick question about the die roller:

I'm using the die code below in the test game.

[ +- ] Die Code in game

Any idea why it's doubling the contentAppend messages for each die?

Also, would these be valid rules?
{"rolled": "d","reason": "DC: ##","total": ">=##","contentAppend": "SUCCESS","highlight": "success bold"},
{"rolled": "d","reason": "DC: ##","total": ">=(##+4)","contentAppend": "RAISE","highlight": "info bold"},

Any help/advice would be appreciated. :)

Knighthawke Inactive for 1 months

Dec 30, 2022 1:30 am

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Ok, I got this working, somewhat.. The issue I have is it only displays success or failure if "DC: ##" is in the reason. If I try to do it without the reason, (just use default 4/8/12/16/20) and I include the DC, then I get double success/fail/etc…

Thoughts?

[ +- ] Savage Worlds Rules - DC in Reason

FlyingSucculent

Dec 31, 2022 10:36 am

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Knighthawke says:

Any idea why it's doubling the contentAppend messages for each die?

For your first rules, I think it's because you were rolling two dice in the same roll. If you roll them separately, the result messages don't get doubled.

[ +- ] These were my testing results

Must be an issue with how the code appends stuff. Which somehow gets fixed by having the reason?.. Maybe you can try to experiment with having an empty reason. Or just make sure to roll the Wild Die separately.

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Eyes

Mar 17, 2023 5:55 pm

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OK, I'm not sure if it's as easy as modifying the web address on one of the other scripts(Edit:Tried it, it wasn't) but would someone please make DDB import scripts for these?

https://www.dndbeyond.com/feats

https://www.dndbeyond.com/equipment

https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items

https://www.dndbeyond.com/vehicles

https://www.dndbeyond.com/backgrounds

https://www.dndbeyond.com/races

I'd be happy to learn how and go from there. But, I'd need someone to explain and show me how, then hold my hand through one, then double check the 3rd, 4th, etc. until I pull one off correctly with maybe a stupid mistake here and there.
Maybe the best way is give me a good book to get and learn from

PhoenixScientist

Jan 12, 2024 1:46 am

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Hey I'm looking for a way to do two things simultaneously.
Firstly I want to be able to say "roll #D#, And highlight all above #"
Aka 3D6 DC5, but not the DC as total, DC as each die.

And also set it up to reroll aces.

FlyingSucculent

Jan 12, 2024 5:35 pm

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@PhoenixScientist, for rerolling aces, go to your game settings, find "Advanced Rules Definitions" and mark off the checkmark under "Reroll aces by default". It will automatically add the correct code. You can also add it by hand: just add "diceDefaults": {"rerollAces": true} into the code.

For the DC highlights, unfortunately the code that checks singular dice doesn't seem to support expressions* (you need to use specific numbers), but if you don't have too many possible rolls you can do something like this:

"diceRules":[
{"rolled":"d","reason":"DC1","natural":">1","highlight": "bold success"},
{"rolled":"d","reason":"DC2","natural":">2","highlight": "bold success"},
{"rolled":"d","reason":"DC3","natural":">3","highlight": "bold success"},
{"rolled":"d","reason":"DC4","natural":">4","highlight": "bold success"},
{"rolled":"d","reason":"DC5","natural":">5","highlight": "bold success"}
]

*It says that "natural" does support expressions in the original guide, but none of my testing right now worked. If it did support them, this would be the code:
{"rolled": "d","reason": "DC##","natural": ">##","highlight": "bold success"}
It works if you use "total" instead of "natural", so seems to be a problem with "natural".

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PhoenixScientist

Jan 16, 2024 4:16 am

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@FlyingSucculent, I got this to work.

[ +- ] Spoiler

{"background": {"image": ""},
"diceRules": [
{"rolled": "D","autoSort":true},
{"rolled": "D", "natural":1,"highlight": "bold fail","countTotal": "=1"},
{"rolled": "D","reason": "DC2","natural": ">=2","highlight": "info bold","countTotal": ">=2"},
{"rolled": "D","reason": "DC3","natural": ">=3","highlight": "info bold","countTotal": ">=3"},
{"rolled": "D","reason": "DC4","natural": ">=4","highlight": "info bold","countTotal": ">=4"},
{"rolled": "D","reason": "DC5","natural": ">=5","highlight": "info bold","countTotal": ">=5"},
{"rolled": "D","reason": "DC6","natural": ">=6","highlight": "info bold","countTotal": ">=6"},
{"rolled": "D","reason": "DC7","natural": ">=7","highlight": "info bold","countTotal": ">=7"},
{"rolled": "D","reason": "DC8","natural": ">=8","highlight": "info bold","countTotal": ">=8"},
{"rolled": "D","reason": "DC9","natural": ">=9","highlight": "info bold","countTotal": ">=9"},
{"rolled": "D","reason": "DC10","natural": ">=10","highlight": "info bold","countTotal": ">=10"},
{"rolled": "D","reason": "DC11","natural": ">=11","highlight": "info bold","countTotal": ">=11"},
{"rolled": "D","reason": "DC12","natural": ">=12","highlight": "info bold","countTotal": ">=12"},
{"rolled": "D","reason": "DC13","natural": ">=13","highlight": "info bold","countTotal": ">=13"},
{"rolled": "D","reason": "DC14","natural": ">=14","highlight": "info bold","countTotal": ">=14"},
{"rolled": "D","reason": "DC15","natural": ">=15","highlight": "info bold","countTotal": ">=15"},
{"rolled": "D","reason": "DC16","natural": ">=16","highlight": "info bold","countTotal": ">=16"},
{"rolled": "D","reason": "DC17","natural": ">=17","highlight": "info bold","countTotal": ">=17"},
{"rolled": "D","reason": "DC18","natural": ">=18","highlight": "info bold","countTotal": ">=18"},
{"rolled": "D","reason": "DC19","natural": ">=19","highlight": "info bold","countTotal": ">=19"},
{"rolled": "D","reason": "DC20","natural": ">=20","highlight": "info bold","countTotal": ">=20"}
],
"characterSheetIntegration": {"gmSheets": []},
"diceDefaults": {"rerollAces": true}
}

FlyingSucculent

Jan 16, 2024 7:56 am

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@PhoenixScientist, glad you figured it out! :D

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