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In V12, using Regions to teleport is really easy and efficient. However, I still use MATT quite a lot if I want noises or animations playing when they teleport - much easier to stack "effects", and better control for things like doors/switches

Ah pants Thank you for letting me know - I obviously migrated them incorrectly. I'll get that fixed. I know I've also missing a lot of "flavour" items that I will be adding in later - the kind of weird trash players like to pick up and take with them. Currently I have a player who's collected some severed fingers, remains of a Strix, etc... Weirdo, but he has a purpose to it.

It lost out of the vote for V13 features, but I'm sure a stand-alone client will be coming in the future. But yes, you're stuck with browser for the players currently.

It did seem a little twitchy on that - I got a couple of sounds "stuck on" when I was playing with it, or the preview hover didn't preview a few times. Probably because I was jumping from 1 to another pretty fast and not giving it time to work out what the hells was going on 🙃

You too, my friend.

No workaround. I'm sure you have a good reason for remaining on V10, but no mods that are actively worked on are V10 compatible, that I know of.

There's a number of ways to do this, but I'd probably create a Feature that can be added to a character, just like other Class or Background Features. I need to do a video on creating home-brew features/Feats/Spells. Do you have an example, and I could use that to demonstrate it?

@ thanks for the quick reply, and all this amazing content! I think I’ll need 3 practical concepts to make my vision work (but might be too complex for one video maybe haha): 1)) Make sure that any homebrew features, spells, and items added to their character are not deleted with a fresh DDB import/level up. 2)) Add a custom condition of “Empowered” that can be applied to characters (They must kill 3 enemies within 1 fight to become empowered. Being empowered lasts for 3 rounds and does [proficiency x extra damage die] extra damage on every hit while empowered. I could apply this condition manually with a macro and an image overlay, but would be really nice if automated tracking took care of playing the macro). 3)) Going with your advice, I’ll have several available “alt-state” feats to choose from that they can swap out during a short rest, but these feats can only be activated while the Empowered condition is active on their character. Let’s just use this example for one of them: Six-Shooter Super: bonus action to activate the feat on self, concentration 1 minute. You have a spell available called Golden Six-Shooter to do 1d8 + [proficiency x d8 fire damage] on a hit. The empowered damage should also continue appropriately if it’s still up. After the 6th use of this spell, the feat will end. Alternative spell: Fan the Hammer - Fire 2 rounds at once, and after 3 uses, the feat will end. Whew! 😅 Once I know how to do these, I can definitely create the other feat options

​@@Wake64 There's some really complex stuff in there that re-writes the basic rules in some cases. You'd need a whole new mechanic for the Empowered part, that charges on a kill - that'll need to be custom scripted, but would act like any other "uses per day" pool. You've got a lot of multi-round checking going on too, which can be complex. You might want to consider changing those "Feats" like 6-Shooter to being an actual Spell with limited uses, so you can clone something like WitchBolt that operates over multiple rounds? I think you're going to have to manage most of this out of Foundry, or find one of the amazing Devs that wants to take on the challenge of writing this specifically for you - but it's a BIG job, so they'd likely only be interested if there was a fee involved, and even then, most are busy with converting existing mods to D&D4.x and the upcoming V13.

@@clay_golem yeah that’s what I was afraid of. Good to know before I got too lost in the sauce haha. Big vision, but I might need to walk it back a bit and thanks again for the advice!

Oh how I wish there was a full 2014 PHB, DMG and MM for Foundry. But there isn't and won't be. A vast majority of the 2014 features all work through Foundry on the 3.3.1 game engine, but they're scattered among the mods like Midi-QoL, DAE, CPR, MISC, GPS, etc. This is the main reason I'm migrating to the 2024 rules. To be fair, the PHB and DMG for 2024 are far superior in their writing and content - but some of the rules tweeks will take some getting use to. Or just use the 2014 version of a particular rule if you prefer. As long as it's consistent, it doesn't matter which rules you use, or if you fudge a middle-ground.

First, check that you are running a compatible version of Foundry and the D&D game engine - I was on Foundry V12, and the 3.x D&D game. If that's not the issue, you may have to contact Beneos directly - they have a Discord channel which is probably the best place to post your issue. Other people may be able to help there, if they've had the same problem.

I think it's particularly useful that the players can use it too. And yes, I can see 3 monitors are more useful that 1 huge one.

You'd need a macro that fires the Shove action as part of your custom ability. Totally do-able, but not simple.

Same, same but different. And I agree that combat has got more.... complex? Detailed? But could well take longer, with more to track. Over the coming months we'll keep an eye on mods and things that will make that stuff easier. Midi-QoL is available, but it's a beta test, so not game-ready. But on it's way! And yes, we can dig into "activities".

@@clay_golem I actually haven't found any others that have adopted 2024 rules, I'm sure there are, but I feel a bit like an island. There are some changes that I REALLY like--stealth changes, exhaustion changes, and some others. A few I really don't like, and I realize that I may be in a minority here, but I feel like 'surprising' an enemy is basically impossible now, and removes a core and really fun mechanic. Like "You sneak up on the sleeping villain and silently bring your dagger to his throat, ...then....he sits up and attacks YOU because you rolled a 7 even with your +5 and he rolled an 18. It just doesn't make any rational sense to me, and diminishes steal takedown tactics--like if they're trying to take down scouts quietly without setting off an alarm, now it's a good chance the enemy actually attacks first. But, then, does this prevent players from readying an action and attacking the moment he awakes? I'm not sure. So I'm running this interesting campaign where my places, as a gift from their gods, have received the spirit of an ancient warrior, and can actually play one of two classes that they decide upon per long rest. They players can't swap any inventory or gold between these ancient heroes, but they get to play two classes essentially--so its really fun for them, and for me its fun too. What I noticed is that their upgrade 2024 versions are not always the same and sometimes impossible to have the same starting stats. I did get the beta of MidiQOL, but it doesn't work in the slightest for me for some reason, so I've disabled it--hopefully soon! And yeah, hoping to see an activities video! I've always wanted a weapon with a bleeding proc (like there's a 10% chance to do 1d4 damage for 3 rounds/stackable), but never quite could get it working. I feel like the best way to understand it is to reverse engineer existing equipment--especially for us non-coders who don't find it intuitive. Anyway! Cheers! Looking forward to the next video.

I'm going to transition my group over the 2024 rules, so I can then bring them over to the 4.x game engine in Foundry. Just makes life so much easier, although I'll loose a lot of automation for a while. But I suspect I'll stick with a few 2014 rules - if you don't like the new Surprise rules, just use the old ones, or make up something that works for your group. Perhaps, if they accidently wake the guard, they loose surprise, but get a +5 on initiative. But if other members of the party have held-actions, they go first, before the enemy gets to roll initiative. Makes more narrative sense. "If that git wakes up, my arrows going straight into his guts" would absolutely get my player first attack.

What you need is a descent search function... and there isn't one... or is there? Up next, because it's a common problem.

I am planning a video regarding Bastions. Probably in a couple of weeks.

I didn't hear the issues in the edit, which is annoying. And I have Blue Yeti - it's not the mic. It happens only sometimes, and only if Discord is running - I generally try to remember to turn Discord off before recording, but was chatting with Ripper while I was doing prep and just forgot.

Oh, and merry Christmas to you, sir.

Horrah! Thank you. There was no way I was going pluck that out my head without looking it up.

@clay_golem You can thank Starz and Spartacus for that one. I wouldn't have had a chance otherwise.

It is indeed quite incredible. So very well thought out and stitched together. Genuinely the best put together module I've seen on Foundry.

Damn it! I didn't notice it in the edit, but I wasn't at normal speed. And typically it would be one this video, the one that is now a formal video on the Foundry site :lol:

Someone already requested this, and we'll be doing some 😀

We're all learning buddy, and contributions from people like yourself are invaluable 🙂

@@JohnWeland well that's just awesome. Thank you. Pinned for others to see.

I think with the changes to D&D2024 rules and the updated game engine, it will be worth re-looking at customising items. We've done quite a lot in 3.1.1, but it's all a bit different in 4.x

@@clay_golem Thank you, I can't wait to see how it all looks and works.

There is a Midi-QoL setting that allows you to set the default behaviour in those cases. Generally half-damage on a save is used, because it's the most common. But each spell/item also has a Midi-QoL tab! And on that tab you can choose to override those system settings. Thus making a specific spell do zero damage on a save, or whatever you choose.

@@clay_golem Thank you sooo much! I looked at this menu several times and didn't notice it😄

Hi @neepers Thank you. Glad you enjoy my stuff. 1 - That's a TON of work. If you're planning to move to D&D2024 and the D&D4.x game engine, character making in Foundry is MUCH easier and quicker. D&DBeyond is nice and easy, but then you need to port them over and that is a pain in the butt. Personally I only make characters that I'm about to play, as I start from backstory and work in, so pre-gens don't really hit the spot for me. But we could do a bunch of pre-gen Level 1 and Level 3 characters to quick-start new players. 2 - It's very likely you've jumped beyond where your D&D game engine is. You'll want to manually install this one if you're one D&D3.3.1 (which is the stable automation version currently): gitlab.com/tposney/dae/-/raw/dndv3/src/module.json

It's a big challenge for a 1st time DM! Good luck. Take your time and don't rush it 😊 I've made this as compatible as I can, and it was built in D&D v3.3.1, so you should have no issues with compatibility. But shout if you have a problem and I can probably help. I'm still working on the rest of it, but it's coming!

You're right you can do a majority of this with base Foundry/Game Engine now, but this is nice and slick. But an updated video on the base functions in the area is not a bad idea...

Yeah, these days base Foundry + D&D engine does indeed to a majority of this. I was a little confused why it was requested for me to cover this, but it does have a few nice little extras and is quite clean in the way it works. Definitely not a need-to-have, but if you do a lot of map pins, it could add that little extra.

I think this really depends on the adventure, and if you know your players really well. I agree that it's a little over-kill, but there is a valid point here. As part of "session zero" (or pre-game general chat) the DM absolutely should be telling the players what type of adventure this is going to be - if only so the players can consider appropriate backgrounds and characters. If it's going to include sexual content, the players really need to know that. If it includes horror themes, they should know that. If it's an entire adventure around spiders, give the poor arachnophobes an chance to bow-out gracefully. When I started CoS I sent me players a message something like: We're going to be doing Curse of Strahd - a gothic horror adventure. It's a grim, dark world where life is cheap (and tasty). There's a fair bit of neglect, kidnap, servitude and mild torture, including of children. Nothing too graphic. No sexual content. Any concerns, drop me a message. For inspiration, you may want to read or watch Bram Stokers Dracula, or Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. Your characters need to fit into that sort of setting. Drop me your ideas and we can thrash out any issues to make them fit. That's it. Just a heads up, and everyone's happy. No need to go overboard. This group includes people I don't know. But also a couple of players I've know for decades - if it was just them two, my intro would have been more like "Gothic horror. You're going to get eaten and molested by werewolves. Standard-Array - GO!"😆

Are you referring to One Page Parser? It's 2 years out of date and not compatible anymore 🙁

It's pretty dang cool.

Yeah, ousted by core function.

figured it out! All i had to do was read the wiki, durp. Add a new effect, select ATL.light.animation, override, and type "{type: "torch", speed: 2, intensity: 2}" (without quotes outside brackets) and you're done.

@@WarlordMegatron You could also use a Sequencer animation if you wanted to do something funky: th-cam.com/video/X9kVYmYZBqo/w-d-xo.html

Better than that - you can download the whole thing as a module (not finished) which will give you everything ready to go. Or you can pull out the images if you want to re-use. github.com/ClayGolemDM/cg-Curse-of-Strahd/releases/download/0.2.4/module.json

If you're using the D&D system, there's a few ways to do that - DAE mod can allow you to add effects/scripts to an item. Or clone one of Gambits' (GPS) Bullseye Lanterns and change to suit your needs - they work perfectly. Outside of D&D, not sure what's available, but I suspect there are solutions.