5E Character Wizard Beta

[LordEntrails]

Where do I find the download link?

There isn't one. You can switch your FG to the test channel. This will copy your campaign to a test version of FG. You should not plan on being able to move your campaign back and forth, at least not without things breaking (hence why it's in the test channel).

[TXCBoy36]

Thanks! I have the extension available for inserting back in if I have a need, otherwise I will just wait till they get it installed in late July.

[Rivanknight220]

That was the original intent, but it ended up removing selections that were duplicates (in all ways including data) and that caused some confusion. (I have this module loaded and 'race/class X' is not included) I am looking at remaking that but try to give the user more feedback on the filtered duplicates.

Something that I noticed when I was trying to create a Drow character was that depending on which of the multiple Drow buttons I clicked on (from different source books), it would apply different racial bonuses. One would provide just the Drow bonus, another would provide the Elf and Drow bonus, etc.

[Orsalak]

I saw a release note saying the Character Wizard is included in 5E automatically now. I downloaded the latest updates, how exactly do you access the Character Wizard?

[Eltrym]

I saw a release note saying the Character Wizard is included in 5E automatically now. I downloaded the latest updates, how exactly do you access the Character Wizard?

Just load a campaign, click on the "Character" tab, then click on the blue star on the bottom of the character window that pops up.

[Orsalak]

Just load a campaign, click on the "Character" tab, then click on the blue star on the bottom of the character window that pops up.

Found it, thanks!

[wyrdstick]

Just load a campaign, click on the "Character" tab, then click on the blue star on the bottom of the character window that pops up.

Like Orsalak, I was looking for this and excited to poke at the Character Wizard. But it's not showing up for me.

Then I realized ... I'm in FGC, I haven't tried out FGU yet. (I supported the Kickstarter but have been waiting for it to get past Beta before I migrate my campaigns.) I suppose it's only available for FGU? Any plans to implement it in FGC? (No, I didn't think so....)

[tcdo]

I've been creating a hill dwarf forge cleric for a new campaign we'll do in FGU, and I thought why not have a peek at the character creation wizard discussed briefly in today's Kickstarter update #32. (You get to it via the PC button; there's a star in the bottom border of the window. I had to hunt for it.)

I mostly write here to report two bugs I think I've found in the wizard's execution.

First: you can choose a racial bonus for Dwarf (+2 Con) or Hill Dwarf (+1 Wis), but it's either or. Hill Dwarf ought to include the Con bonus given to all Dwarves. At present it doesn't. I fear this may be true for more subrace-race categories than the one I checked.

Second: you can pick a Dwarf tool proficiency among the three provided, but Forge Cleric at level 1 ought to give you one of these separately (smith's tools), and I found no evidence that it does this.

(I could write with more requests for character-wizard features - if not "here's what this gives you" text for every choice, at least links everywhere to your reference library pages for race, subrace, class, etc., etc,, to aid in looking for fine details. Bundles for equipment given you by your choices, so you're not looking down lists of armor and weapons for items you've probably had to go research and list elsewhere before using this wizard. But I'll be happy to start with a tool that works.)

[Zacchaeus]

Like Orsalak, I was looking for this and excited to poke at the Character Wizard. But it's not showing up for me.

Then I realized ... I'm in FGC, I haven't tried out FGU yet. (I supported the Kickstarter but have been waiting for it to get past Beta before I migrate my campaigns.) I suppose it's only available for FGU? Any plans to implement it in FGC? (No, I didn't think so....)

It's part of the 5e ruleset so it's in both FGC and in Unity. However it is only in the test channel at the moment - not live. So if you want to see it you'll need to switch to test (You so that in settings)

[wyrdstick]

Ohhhhh. I interpreted today's FGU project update bulletin as meaning it was live. I think the wording was vague.

Thanks for clarifying!