November 2024 Development Update

Hello Adventurers!

October saw a massive number of updates to the DDB Importer to support both the 4.x version of the Foundry system and the 2024 rules.

I also had a week of family obligations this month, which somewhat slowed my progress. Although I couldn't do any development that week, I did get a brand new Documentation Site up and running. This should help people find answers to common questions more easily, as well as some quick tutorials for those who prefer the written word.

The first pass at the 2024 classes is almost complete and should be done by the end of the week.

November is also a jam-packed month! The 2024 DMG releases - stuffed with new items and maps, we also have a couple of adventures to catch-up on. A new version of the Foundry D&D System (4.1) will support the new Cast a Spell activity to finally allow items and features to cast spells! Whilst DDB Importer won't support this on release it will be quickly coming, and likely a hard requirement for an upcoming version of the DDB Importer.

The general priority list for the next couple of months is:

• Finish 2024 character importer fixes

• First pass at 2024 spell changes and adjustments

• DMG and Scions of Elemental Evil Adventure parsing

• 2024 Item parsing fixes

• First pass at supporting changes in the 2024 monster stats (things like Gear now being a separate section causes a lack of equipment on monsters)

• Tackle some big outstanding pieces like a new parsing engine for the 2024 Summon spells (currently, they can't parse out the summon actors)

• Add the Cast a Spell activity to items and possibly features

• Species and Feat importing

I'm not going to include a change log this month, but there were a lot of releases for DDB Importer.

Thanks for your continued support!

Jack/MrPrimate