Hey guys; I assume most of you have heard of Hephaistos by now and if you haven't, what are you doing? Go check it out!
Anyway. Over the past few weeks you might have noticed a new option pop up on the website and in the release notes or you might have heard me mention it somewhere. Fantasy Grounds Unity is now one of the supported download options.
Hephaistos has been working on the implementation with some guidance provided by me. I didn't make any post about it yet because I wanted to wait until I'm happy with the current state of things, which is now the case. When you want to take a look at this and try it out, please keep in mind that this is still a work in progress and that some vital things are missing still. We are working on fixing those and we also have plans moving forward, more on that later.
First I would like to mention the benefits you can enjoy when using Hephaistos as a FG user.
- (Almost) all of the official content that Paizo ever released for Starfinder is in the SRD and therefore available on the Hephaistos website for free
- Homebrew functionallity is partially there and being worked on
- It's a web based service, which will allow you to access your character even if your GM doesn't have the time to load up their FG campaign
- On a similar note; it can transition seemless between mobile and desktop so you can take a look at your character on the go
- Due to other download options (PDF & JSON) you can store your character in Hephaistos and get the most recent version of it at any time, whether you are playing on good old Pen & Paper, FG, or another service
- Should be super useful for Society players that don't want to limit themselves to FG
Now back to the feature list. I'll go over things we are currently missing and possible workarounds:
- Race and Theme links are missing, this can cause issues when trying to open the link on the character sheet or leveling up to level 6, 12, 18 due to missing theme abilities
Workaround:
- Add the links for your characters Race and Theme to the XML before importing to FG
- Don't use the links and manually add the new Theme features when you would get them
- The weapon list in the Actions tab isn't getting populated
Workaround:
- Move any weapons to a different inventory (PS recommended) and then back into the characters inventory
- Add the weapon list section to the XML by hand before importing to FG
- Spell Actions are missing
Workaround:
- Re-parse spell actions after import (radial menu) or make new ones manually
- Add the spell actions to the XML by hand before importing to FG
Additionally to getting those things fixed we are planing to add a couple more features in the future including but not limited to:
- Handcrafted Spell Actions
- Handcrafted Class Abilities Effects Coding
- Handcrafted Feats Effects Coding
- Handcrafted Item Effects Coding
- NPC exports from Hephaistos
Feel free to use this thread for any feedback, questions, suggestions, bug reports, etc. that you might have.
