Mar 3, 2022 2:39 pm
Custom characters sheets are going to see some new functionality soon.
This might be of interest to people who are thinking of starting a new game (even if it's one of the in-built GP systems).
For people who just don't care
Don't panic. Nobody is going to force these on your games. Nothing will change in games that you're already running. If you like your existing sheets then carry on using them. The only thing you'll notice different is that you'll now see the whole sheet when you select a custom character sheet under the rolls section.
For players
For players using the extended custom character sheet functionality, you'll be able to see and change bits of your custom character sheet directly from the posting pages without opening up a mess of BBCode.
With these new extended custom sheets we'll be able to support some of the rules calculations that the in-built character sheets don't currently have (e.g. in DnD 5e: expertise, jack of all trades, bonuses to saving throws, bonuses to spell DCs).
The DnD Beyond import Chrome extension has been updated to support these too (instructions to follow).
For GMs
Even if you're GMing a non-custom system, think about allowing custom character sheets in your games for players who want to use the new sheets.
For power users and geeks
If you know a system well, then you can help the GP community by developing custom character sheet templates.
This might be of interest to people who are thinking of starting a new game (even if it's one of the in-built GP systems).
For people who just don't care
Don't panic. Nobody is going to force these on your games. Nothing will change in games that you're already running. If you like your existing sheets then carry on using them. The only thing you'll notice different is that you'll now see the whole sheet when you select a custom character sheet under the rolls section.
For players
For players using the extended custom character sheet functionality, you'll be able to see and change bits of your custom character sheet directly from the posting pages without opening up a mess of BBCode.
With these new extended custom sheets we'll be able to support some of the rules calculations that the in-built character sheets don't currently have (e.g. in DnD 5e: expertise, jack of all trades, bonuses to saving throws, bonuses to spell DCs).
The DnD Beyond import Chrome extension has been updated to support these too (instructions to follow).
For GMs
Even if you're GMing a non-custom system, think about allowing custom character sheets in your games for players who want to use the new sheets.
For power users and geeks
If you know a system well, then you can help the GP community by developing custom character sheet templates.
Custom all the sheets!