Greetings Adventurers, and a happy new year to you all!
This month's visible work has focused on some quality-of-life improvements for DDB Importer, bug fixes, and Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen.
DDB Importer can now select a small number of adventure scenes to import when running - I know a number of you have been after this for a while, especially for some of the bigger books.
Dragonlance processing is now complete, and the adventure should now process all the wal...
2023-01-01 23:41:31 +0000 UTC
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Hello Adventures,
I hope this update finds you well in the run up to Hogswatch Night. Me? What have I been up to? How nice of you to ask!
Early this month was focused on Active Auras. I'm now able to contribute directly and release new fixes for Active Auras. If you're using Foundry v10, you can now import adventures into an Adventure type compendium (a new type in v10).
A Dragonlance adventure has been released and is now supported, but map adjustments still need to be comp...
2022-12-01 18:36:44 +0000 UTC
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Wild Magic Surge! This month has been focusing on improving integration with "Items with Spells DnD5e" and "5e Custom Abilities & Skills" allowing for the long-requested Custom Skills to come in from DDB, as well as an alternative to the Magic Items module.
In addition, a new feature in DDB Importer and Adventure Muncher allows the linking of notes to Journal Page headers - this might not mean much to you, but the short version is less Journal entries need to be imported in v10, sav...
2022-11-02 20:38:21 +0000 UTC
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Hello Adventurers!
Autumn is creeping in here in the UK, and the days are getting shorter. Last month had a big focus on Adventure Muncher, and evolving support for v10 of Foundry.
If you use a lot of Effects in foundry, v10 is not quite ready - we are still waiting on a couple of modules to be fixed up. You can use the Module Compatibility Checker https://foundryvtt.com/packages/mcc to check your world be...
2022-10-02 08:29:24 +0000 UTC
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Hello Adventurers!
This month has just flown by for me! It's been the summer holidays and heat waves here in the UK. Most of my development effort this month has been focused on adding more support for v10 of Foundry, which was released yesterday.
If you've not been through a major upgrade of Foundry before, my advice is to wait a while.
You can use the Module Compatibility Checker https://foundryvtt.com...
2022-09-01 20:41:51 +0000 UTC
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Hello Undying and God tier!
There is finally enough working parts in v10 to release a Beta for DDB Importer.
What is this?
There is a new version of Foundry coming out August-ish (v10). There are some fairly major changes to the scheme which has required a fairly extensive rewrite of DDB Importer.
Should I install this?
Absolutely not. Certainly don't install v10 onto any worlds where you care about the data.
Why re...
2022-08-07 09:08:18 +0000 UTC
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Greetings Adventures,
Welcome once again to this month's summary of activities. As we all know, the Kobolds work tirelessly to add new features, improve the modules, and provide essential frontline support. Let's see what their toils have bought us this month...
What have the interns been up to?
This month, much energy has been placed into Vehicle Munching in anticipation of new vehicles in the upcoming Spelljammer release (Aug 16th).
It's currently in...
2022-08-02 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Hello God tier!
There is finally enough working parts in v10 to release an Alpha for DDB Importer.
What is this?
There is a new version of Foundry coming out August-ish (v10). There are some fairly major changes to the scheme which has required a fairly extensive rewrite of DDB Importer.
Should I install this?
Absolutely not. Certainly don't install v10 onto any worlds where you care about the data.
Why release this...
2022-07-16 18:58:17 +0000 UTC
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Greetings Adventures,
Welcome once again to this month's summary of activities. As we all know, the Kobolds work tirelessly to add new features, improve the modules, and provide essential frontline support. Let's see what their toils have bought us this month...
What have the interns been up to?
This month, much energy has been placed into Tokenizer, bringing some great features and enhancements.
- Tokenizer will load the frames provided ...
2022-07-02 09:13:38 +0000 UTC
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Greetings Adventures,
Welcome once again to this month's summary of activities. As we all know, the Kobolds work tirelessly to add new features, improve the modules, and provide essential frontline support. Let's see what their toils have bought us this month...
What have the interns been up to?
- D&D 5e system v1.6 has introduced some new advancement features, and this month saw the continuing expansion of those during import.
- Scale Values:...
2022-06-01 15:39:28 +0000 UTC
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Greetings Adventures,
Welcome once again to this month’s summary of kobold activities.
This month has been quieter on the releases front, but many cogs have turned behind the scenes.
This month, the big news is that D&D Beyond was purchased by Wizards of the Coast. There’s no immediate impact on this module. I know a few folks at DDB, and they all seem incredibly pleased by the move. I think it’s positive for D&...
2022-05-01 18:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Greetings Adventurers!
Welcome once again to this month’s summary of kobold activities.
This month the Kobolds have been very busy indeed.
What have the interns been up to?
Last month we ran a poll to figure out what you all wanted most. More effects stood out loud and clear (see the results post here). A good chunk of work this month has been on adding new effects and finding bugs in the associated software.
If you have any requests for spells/features/etc t...
2022-04-04 07:37:34 +0000 UTC
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Hello Adventurers!
The Poll results are in. The results are overwhelming! Over a 1000 of you voted in the end!
49% Effects: continue expanding automation for more spells and class features
14% Tokenizer: auto token ring - i.e. apply a token ring automatically during import.
9% Support for Containers with the Item Containers/Item Collection module
9% A tool to build homebrew monster formatted acti...
2022-03-17 21:56:11 +0000 UTC
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As of a few days ago I joined the pilot program to allow billing for patrons to take place on the day they join - this has no impact on existing patrons, only for for new members. (i.e. if you join today, you will no longer be charged again on the 1st, but on the 10th every month).
With this in mind I'll also be slowly transitioning away from providing a key every month (although I will for the next 1 or two). If you don't want to connect to Patreon within the settings (or struggle for...
2022-03-11 21:11:06 +0000 UTC
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Hello lovely Patreons, yes, every last one of you!
Thank you for supporting me in develop this software. It's been a long time since the last poll and many of the features on it have now been implemented. I've taken a bit of time to gather my thoughts this month and think about the next things to work on.
You get one vote, so please use it wisely.
Update: Please vote even if your favourite is not winning - it helps be...
2022-03-08 09:34:46 +0000 UTC
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Greetings Adventurers!
This is my monthly update to let you know what I've been up to.
DDB Importer
- WebP mode. This will convert all images when loaded through muncher or characters into webp files. What is webp? It's an image storage format that makes them very small. (If you turn this on and update monsters/spells/items it won't remove the old images - you'll have to do that manually. Consider changing the upload directories for images (characters an...
2022-03-02 18:48:44 +0000 UTC
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Greetings Adventurers!
This is my monthly update to update you on what's been happening with DDB Importer and friends this month.
What have I been up to?
DDB Importer
Spell Effects
DDB Importer now includes numerous spell effects and macros and a mechanism for easily delivering more. These are compatible with v9 of Foundry. This month, this has been my primary focus, and adding more effects for featu...
2022-02-01 18:55:38 +0000 UTC
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Greetings Adventurers!
I hope the holiday season is treating you well, and I wish you all the best for 2022.
What have I been up to?
DDB Importer
Plenty of big changes this month. Let's have a recap:
Support for enhancing 3rd party scenes with DDB Data
A lot of creators make amazing maps - especially for those modules with less than stellar art - this adds the finishing tou...
2022-01-01 12:09:03 +0000 UTC
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Hello Adventures!
Yesterday I released a module update with an exciting new feature - the ability to place monsters and pins from Adventure Muncher onto third party scenes.
What does this mean? Well a lot of creators make amazing maps - especially for those modules with less than stella art - this adds the finishing touches to these maps adding information pins and monsters.
We have two adventures out of the box:
- Steve's Scenes "House of Lament" (2021-12-13 07:48:08 +0000 UTC
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Greetings Adventurers!
What have I been up to?
DDB Importer
* Support for Link Item and Resource DnD5e module https://foundryvtt.com/packages/link-item-resource-5e
* A number of improvements to background importing (mostly consolidating features into a single Background feature.)
* Better error handling around missing compendium...
2021-12-02 18:20:45 +0000 UTC
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Hello Undying tier!
The Active Update feature to sync changes back to D&D Beyond is now available in BETA.
What is this?
When changes are made to characters, they are synced back to D&D Beyond where possible. These are the same changes as the current character update feature.
How?
* You need to turn this on in the "Dynamic DDB Update Setup" section - when you save this, it will reload Foundry.
* Now ena...
2021-11-09 21:27:42 +0000 UTC
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Greetings Adventurers!
What have I been up to?
DDB Importer
* Updates to support the D&D 5 v1.5 system updates
* Improvements to character imports and updates to D&D Beyond
* Improved support for DnD5e Helpers module
* New tutorial/overview video!
* A handful of minor bugs
* Improvements to the backend to support some upcoming new features and quality of life for folks using the Patre...
2021-11-02 20:39:05 +0000 UTC
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Hello God tier!
This month I have been working on improving syncing changes back to D&D Beyond. Dynamically. As they happen.
What is this?
When changes are made to characters, they are synced back to D&D Beyond where possible. These are the same changes as the current character update feature.
How?
* Install the Alpha version of the module from 2021-10-23 21:14:00 +0000 UTC
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Greetings Adventurers!
TL;DR
An exciting month, a new adventure released and some new functionality.
What have I been up to?
DDB Importer
* Artificer Infusions now import as effects and actions where possible. This is the first step towards better infusion support. It was released to Undying and God Tier this month, and by the time you read this should be available to everyone.
* Encounter Muncher ...
2021-10-02 08:53:05 +0000 UTC
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Hello Undying and God tier!
I have recently released the v2.5 version of DDB Importer that includes Artificer Infusion support. Your tiers grant you access to this ability in the beta period. It will come to everyone when I'm happy that it's stable.
How can you use it?
1) Update to the latest version of DDB Importer
2) Import an artificer!
What does it do?
When you import an Artificer, DDB Importer wil...
2021-09-11 17:54:36 +0000 UTC
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Greetings Adventurers!
Fun Statistics!
This month marked the 200th release of a DDB Importer module! Wowza! Thank you all for making this happen! So what is happening? Well, there are about 18000 character requests processed a week.
Now, I don't really check these statistics very muc...
2021-09-02 19:31:36 +0000 UTC
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Hello Undying tier!
I have just pushed out an update to the DDB Importer (v2.3.6) with a new feature that's in beta for Undying Tier - Encounter Muncher.
This tool can quickly and easily import encounters from the D&D Beyond Encounter Builder tool as well as importing any saved state on the D&D Beyond Combat Tracker.
With a click it will import any missing PC's an...
2021-08-14 22:58:03 +0000 UTC
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Hello God Mode tier!
I have just pushed out an update to the DDB Importer (v2.3.0) with a new feature that's in alpha for God Mode Tier - Encounter Muncher.
This tool can quickly and easily import encounters from the D&D Beyond Encounter Builder tool as well as importing any saved state on the D&D Beyond Combat Tracker.
With a click it will import any missing PC's...
2021-08-08 16:47:57 +0000 UTC
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Greetings Adventurers!
What have I been up to?
• Improvements to table parsing in adventure muncher and a way to override/fix generated table names.
• Scenes are now versioned, and a popup will display a list of changed scenes when you reimport and adventure.
• Improved journal linking in generated adventures.
• A bunch of enhancements and fixes for spells and features.
• Character updates now keep any automation animations on fea...
2021-08-02 18:33:42 +0000 UTC
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Greetings Adventurers!
What have I been up to?
- Working out some bugs with 0.8.* versions and logging upstream issues.
- Adventure Muncher is now in beta for everyone! You can find it here if you've not yet checked it out. It's slowly improving and on Foundry 0.8.8 you can now import all adventures, and scenes and good progress is being made to add alignments, wa...
2021-07-02 19:28:52 +0000 UTC
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