Open Legend RPG Tools

Thanks to feedback from a survey taker, you can now import your character creations as NPCs inside Encounters.

Due to the needs of the above feature, this call now has some duplicate data, organized similar to the /npc endpoint. This is a non-breaking addition.

Thanks to Tim Rice there is now an Esperanto translation of the character sheet.

Thanks to a volunteer (last month!) there is now a Russian (Русский) translation of the character sheet.

The Battlefield Punisher feat will now prompt for a bane to inflict and add that to the Feat's title.

Thanks again to the awesome community, the character builder is now available in Chinese (Traditional).

Both the Character Builder and the Extraordinary Item Builder now have a new icon when logged in and viewing a save you do not own. This bookmark icon allows you to add that save to your My Creations page without having to Save a new copy.

There is now also the ability to bookmark an item from the My Creations page by providing the URL or tag for that character/item (new button visible).

As a GM for my local game, I realized I wanted to keep a copy of my player's characters... but as they level, my copy was out-of-date. This new feature allows me to track the character sheet that they overwrite when they level, keeping me up-to-date as well.

Thanks to volunteers there is now a Dutch (Nederlands) translation of the character sheet.

You can now set your account level language preference through the HeroMuster Account page. If set, when logged in and visiting the character builder (new or saved character), it will automatically use your preferred language (if available).

Language selection design has been… redesigned. Now cleanly across the top of the page (better for mobile visitors).

Coming Soon: Setting your preferred language in your HeroMuster account which will automatically change the character sheet on load.

Tags are now sorted alphabetically on page load (created tags will not be placed in the correct order).

Mobile users now have an icon to scroll between their character list, item list, and the bottom of the page.

When selecting the Longshot feat you will now be prompted to select the specialization (weapon or attack type).

The Description and Special text areas now support a limited subset of Markdown (see below). That means you can add some styling to your item text.

REMEMBER, just because you can doesn't mean you should.

Overwrite Save rather than create a new save is now available (with a bunch of restrictions) via a Recycle icon ():

When choosing the Damage or Weapon property and the Other choice, the item properties shown on the left are now editable, meaning you can click in and manually type in what Other represents.

A new landing page for My Creations shows if you are not currently logged in. Previously it redirected you. Now you get a preview of the page in the background and a simple message instructing you to login.

My Creations link now visible on all pages of the site.

Logged in users now have more functionality on My Creations including:

• The ability to remove characters/items from the page (with an undo, just in case).
• A button to import characters from a particular player name.
• The list is automatically sorted with the most recent at the top.

TODO: I'm planning to add a feature for logged in players to have a new button on the builders to overwrite the existing save rather than the default behaviour (save a new version). Done!

You can now retrieve saved Extraordinary Items via the API.

You can now retrieve a list of recently saved Extraordinary Items via the API.

You can now save your work and share those links with others. The builder should also continue to work if you wish to revise a shared item.

Special thanks to @Brycelor once again for the first of these pregens.

You can now choose to sort filtered feats by cost, then alphabetically (low to high). A new dropdown is now available in the Filtered Feats… section. The default behaviour is unchanged: Alphabetical sorting.

Previously, if you were to request a character with a character name and thus an id similar to namehere123, if that character save was deleted but the link to that character still existed somewhere, anyone clicking that link would be redirected to a blank sheet.

Now, the system will try to find the most recent similar character save (based on character name) and redirect you to that instead. This will lead to false positives, but most of the time it will result in a better user experience rather than dead links.

Just like Banes and Boons, you can now filter Feats based on your Attributes. Be advised that it will not exclude Feats based on feat prerequisites (they will be returned).

When filtering Banes or Boons, Attributes where greyed out if they were not applicable (based on the filter). This effect is now also applied to Power Levels. Note: If a Feat or Weapon enables you to make the attack at a higher power level, this is not taken into account.

The meta data (title/description when sharing the link) for saved characters now reflects that character rather than being generic (to match the custom image/screenshot of the character sheet).

Attribute descriptions are now part of the translations. Currently only English and French are available.

Battlefield Reflexes prerequisite filter renamed to Battlefield Retribution to match the core rules update.

Updated the tooltips for Logic and Learning per this thread.

Updated references in Multi-Attack Specialist of Projectile to now use Ranged per core changes.

Added additional calls based on the HeroMuster data that powers the lists used in the character builder, now available through the API.

Special thanks to @Brycelor on Discord again.

Minor QoL (Quality of Life) improvement: submitting a request to /api/banes or /api/boons without providing attribute scores will be treated as 9s for all attributes, showing all possible options.

Using the NPC quick build rules, you can now retrieve a full NPC of levels 1-20, including Name, Description, HP, Attributes, Defenses, Attacks, Initiative, Boons, Banes, and even Feats!

A future update will outline some of the extra features built-in to increase the chance of a viable NPC being generated.

Special thanks to @Brycelor on Discord, there is now a full deck of 5 Western genre pregen characters. Initial character design goes to him; I only cleaned up, filled out, and standardized.

Layout has been tweaked for better flow and more space:

• Equipment moved to the bottom.
• Preferred boons now follows Actions in the main column.
• Weapons and armor now in the left column.
• Additional Action row added!
• Overall design still leaves room for longer descriptions without overflowing page 1.

Character level is now highlighted as part of the list without having to click-through to the character sheet.

You can now view all characters created with the same Player Name, so use that field if you want to quickly find them again!

Sample character list.

You can now save your characters, creating a custom link that is displayed upon saving. This is an easy way to create a pre-gen or showoff your character to others.

Tip: The custom link uses some or all of the character name, so make sure to add one!

• Perks and Flaws now have a combobox (dropdown or write your own) for selection.
• Stylesheet implementation now beats browser caching (no more manual hard reloads).
• Improved XP logic to effect level, feat points, and attribute points properly.
• Armor and Shield dropdowns and logic added (will highlight if Might score does not support that item)
• Swift is now calculated loosely; it's based on the highest swift score from either melee dropdown as well as the the first ranged weapon dropdown. You can manually correct the field as usual.
• Feat select added. Guide updated to reflect that feat benefits (e.g. armor or speed bonus) are currently not automatically calcuated.
• Boon selection logic completed.
• Tabbing extended through the entire sheet.

Next Feature Goal: Save your character sheet (custom link).

• There is now a guided tour to help you get started!
• Adjusted feat box layout to better match style used throughout sheet.
• Added tabindex for moving through the sheet in a more orderly fashion, starting with the Player's Name.
• Autofill active for: level, xp, attributes, wealth, speed, initiative, and defenses.
  Includes color warnings when out-of-bounds (e.g. Attribute score higher than level allows).
• Added more editable content (defenses), since the builder isn't perfect (yet).

• Added Hit Point formula to sheet.
• Resized Actions for larger Name, smaller Special (and removed some excess padding).
• Shrunk the text size for spent/total points in Attributes and Feats

Styles and classes added to streamline printing. Tested on Chrome and Firefox.

Features include: Hiding unnecessary web-only page elements, sizing, page-breaks, and auto-expanded cards.

You can now filter Feat cards based on your character's attributes and any prerequisite feats. The shortcut link is a bit longer, but just as functional!

You can now filter the Bane or Boon cards based on your character's attributes. There is also an easy to copy link to bookmark or share!

A reference card was added to the front of the feats listing for clarification and to match the banes/boons styling.

By using static file caching, HTML minifying, and gzip compression, the page load is 50% smaller and 30% faster.

Typical loading time is < 1 second in North America and < 2 seconds internationally.

All pages receive the following scores (out of 100):

• A 71 mobile, 89 desktop, and 100 user experience score from Google Page Insights.
• A 97 [A] score from Pingdom speed tests.

When expanding the details of any card on a non-mobile screen, a new box at the bottom offers 1-click copy-to-clipboard of the direct link to that card, such as the Berserker feat.

Anchor links will expand the card automatically on both mobile and non-mobile layouts. On non-mobile layouts it will also highlight temporarily to draw the visitors attention.