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Slow summer & poll for next big feature

🕑 Added 2021-08-31 21:07:24 +0000 UTC

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Moonbird

OK, thanks for your answer, I understand. I'll have to live with it :-)

MorePurpleMoreBetter

I'm sorry to hear that the RWTS-PDFWriter produces such unnecessary large files, I wasn't aware that would happen, I never tried it myself. Adding an option "Export to streamlined PDF" would only possible with a custom add-on that you'd have to install and for people who have the Pro version of Adobe Acrobat. I can't add something to the PDF as it is now, because the functionality is restricted by Adobe to (1) only be available in the paid versions of Adobe Acrobat and (2) not available to be called from within document-level JavaScript. However, people who have the paid version can already do exactly this with the Save As >> Optimized PDF command in the File menu. Thus, adding this feature is not only extremely hard, it would also be completely redundant. And even when added, it would only be available for people who have the paid version of Adobe, which is only a very limited number of people.

Moonbird

Hi there ! I tried to find a free pdf writer, nothing save RWTS-PDFWriter: it works, but the file generated (36 MB) is bigger than the original (28 MB). I then transferred the original to a Windows PC, used the built-in Microsoft Print to PDF printer, and it generated a 2,3 MB file, which is OK for what I want to do (send it by email, archive it). RWTS-PDFWriter is based on CUPS which apparently isn't very efficient in pdf creation. Would it be a lot of work for you to add an "Export to streamlined PDF" or "Save as flat no JS PDF" option somewhere ? Keep up the good work anyway :-) Paul-Henri

MorePurpleMoreBetter

On Mac it is a bit more work indeed. Apple blocks you from using the built-in save as PDF option when the current file is a PDF. To remedy this, you will have to use a 3rd party PDF printer, as I mentioned in my previous reply to you. A free one I found is RWTS-PDFwriter, but as I don't own a Mac, I can't attest to its functionality.

Moonbird

Thanks for your answer, now I remember I already tried that several months ago, but... I use a Mac, and Acrobat Reader on the Mac overrides the standard printer dialog which is where you can print to pdf normally (it's included in Mac OS since the beginning). So no way of doing it naturally, and why I was asking for an export feature. I guess I could transfer the files to a PC and do it like that, but well. Or try to look for a third party pdf printer on MacOS.

MorePurpleMoreBetter

Milestone levelling is a bit of a 'joke' option, as you can already ignore XP on the sheet if you want. You can increase the level number and the sheet will update the XP for your to that level. You don't need to touch the XP section ever, if you don't want to.

Mike P.

Thank you for all your work Purple. Your sheets are the best, I recommend them to everyone.

Stephen Kendall

Literally played last night and an another player had his phone run out of battery and I laughed and waved my paper sheet at him. I also voted on the discord for this feature MFR-72 thanks. :-)

Michael J Wynne-Feigin

Milestone leveling would be *amazing*. I would have checked AL doesn't matter to me at all, since it doesn't, but milestone leveling is *way* more important to me.

MorePurpleMoreBetter

Ability save DC is a more generic term for DC's that your character uses. Not everything is a spell after all! For example, a Battle Master Fighter also has a DC for its features, even though they aren't spells. The next step would be to link the DC's on the first page to those on the spell sheet. As it is now, you can have a magic item or some other ability that boosts your Spell Save DC. If so, the DC showed on the spell sheet will be increased, but the one on the first page won't. Adding an option to have these two linked is currently a feature request on Discord. If you would like to see this feature implemented, please vote for it on Discord!

MorePurpleMoreBetter

Hi Paul-Henri, what you are asking is already possible. You can simply print the file to PDF using a PDF printer. This works by printing as normal, but instead of a physical printer, you select a software printer that converts the print into a new PDF file. This PDF file will then only be what you printed, no fillable fields, no bookmarks, no automations, and will have a much smaller size, ideal for sending via email etc. Windows 10 has a built-in PDF printer you can use and if you're on Mac you can install one for free (e.g. RWTS-PDFwriter). See also the FAQ on my website about this: https://www.flapkan.com/faq#print-to-pdf Btw, I can make this an automated feature, but only for people who have Adobe Acrobat Pro (i.e. the expensive version of Adobe Acrobat), because Adobe has made it so that the functionality to do this is restricted in the free version of Adobe Acrobat (Adobe Acrobat Reader).

Stephen Kendall

Awesome, I always wondered what that spot was for (Ability save DC) By the way, I love your forms, they make it so much easier for levelling up a character. I laugh at all the players pissing about with their phones trying to look stuff up on their characters. I just print mine out on a MPMB paper sheets and its easy as to look stuff up. Plus the batteries never go flat on paper ;-)

BC

AL is pretty much all I play, but the current sheet works well enough with AL as is in my experience. So while I did vote for that, I won't be super annoyed if other features show up first :)

Moonbird

I'd like a technical feature added, unless there's a way to do it that I missed: I'd like to be able to export to pdf but strip all the Javascript and data in the sheet: just the end result, for a very light version of the character sheet (with nothing dynamic, to share by email or archive at each level)

MorePurpleMoreBetter

Hi Stephen, you can already add the Spell DC and Spell Attack to the first page. You can select the ability for the Ability Save DC and you can add any modifier to it as you wish using the Modifier fields. You can also select "Spell Attack" in the attack section to calculate a spell attack.

Stephen Kendall

I play a lot of AL, 2-3 games a week, so I like the sheet to be up to date with AL. I would love to see a way to add the Spell DC and Spell Attack on the first page, like how you can add Spell Slots to the first page :-)

Jethro Robbins-Dyer

I'd say milestone levelling is the lowest priority since the sheet handles it just fine by forcing the XP to match the level. I'd say it's not needed to be a separate feature at all. I also don't play AL, but I've put my vote in for getting AL functionality going since I don't need to be benefiting from every feature to vote for it.

David Talbert

Keep up the good work!

Kate McDonald

I am an AL dm and would absolutely be thrilled if it was updated with AL in mind.

Brittany Johnson

Thank you for your hard work!

Dylan ExoByte Mayo

I don't care about AL, and we do Milestone, but it's simple enough to do in the sheet as is, so i'm not super concerned about it getting in 'correctly'

Anna

This sheet remains a primary tool in my games; I don't know what I'd do without it. Thank you for all the hard work you do. And congrats to your gf for her thesis! Those are hell normally, and I can only imagine that having delivered recently it would have been an order of magnitude more difficult.

Kenneth Ross

I don't play AL, so it has zero priority for me, and that was my vote. However, milestone levelling seems to be an out of place option, as it may or may not have anything to do with AL (don't know), but it is definitely used by many outside of the AL. I don't think it should be the number one priority, which is why I didn't vote for it, but I would definitely like to see it in the near future.

Joshua Cooper

Would love to get an adventure league update as I run as a DM. But I understand if it isn't too important. Thanks for giving a guy a chance to vote for it!

Lincoln Kerber

Anything around Foundry VTT exporting and/or sync is what I most want at the moment.

Ken Livingston

They want to get rid of the old fuddy-duddies is all. AL rules seem to be about friendliness to newbies, but the problem is that new people to D&D see these rules and then expect other DMs they play with to have similar rules. That's also why they included the "shared campaign" crap in Xanather's (a lot of which they have thrown out of the window for AL now.)

Mark St. Thomas

I'm an AL DM. I would like to see the sheet updated to AL. I'm not too concerned about the Logsheet because everybody at my table has their own method of taking notes.

Ken Livingston

The sheet already supports leveling without XP

Mark St. Thomas

The milestone method can easily be solved with a simple checkbox next to the Level box. Checking that would automatically take you to the leveling window. As it stands now, you either have to type in a new level in the Level box or add xp enough in order to level.

bewmaynes

Just wanted to say thank you! These sheets are amazing—literal game changers

John J’s

What’s Adventure League? (kidding) Never played, not planning to. I recommend the work for every other aspect and the ability to add my own content. Love the work. Thank you for all you do. Looking forward to what comes next.

Noldere

The problem with AL at the moment is that it seems to be trying it's best to make people not like it / care about it.

MorePurpleMoreBetter

You can also just increase the level number and the sheet will update the XP for your to that level. You don't need to touch the XP section ever, if you don't want to. As is my tradition, there is 1 joke option and in this poll it is the milestone levelling, as it is something that people keep harping me about that is so essential, but I feel they are a bit overzealous about something so small.

MorePurpleMoreBetter

Honestly, I expected this to be different as well. That's why there are 3 options for AL things and only 1 real anti-AL option (the Milestone levelling is a bit of a joke option). Guess I overestimated AL's popularity.

armofjustice

While I don't use Adventure League, I know some do, so I don;t mean for none of this to get done, they need love too lol. Dropping a comment because I see that large number of percent of people not mattering to them, I included. Devil's advocate voivce I guess lol

Professionally Average

Little note for those who want milestone leveling, its solved by just giving xp when you're dm says you level up, not really something MPMB need to spend time making a script for.

MorePurpleMoreBetter

You are correct, the rules for the next season are to drop in the coming weeks. This poll is about the next season rules (sorry if that wasn't more clear). First I'll be finishing the content catchup and only after that will I focus on the next thing depending on this poll. The new AL season rules should be out by then.

Nathan Rule

True that... So far it's like 78% chose the don't care about adventures league at all option... And the other large percentage is just milestone leveling so thats something. All in all that's like 94% that only care about updates with current rules and milestone leveling

Noldere

Anyone voting for Adventure League anything should keep in mind that the next season (with whatever rules changes are likely coming) is due or close to due in two weeks. So, as much as I personally would like to have updates on that regard, it's probably better to focus on other stuff at least until those rules actually drop.