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When you're dedicated to make every aspect of tabletop gameplay better, there is bound to be something new that's been released or in the works! Find the latest development updates, feature releases, and bug fixes below!
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The Avatar Legends NEXUS and Pathfinder NEXUS Character Tools Open Betas are now open and ongoing - for more detailed update notes and to share feedback, visit the Character Tools Feedback subforum.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Hello everyone!
The Animist and Exemplar Playtest Classes are now available in the Pathfinder 2e Character Tools.
The war of immortals is coming… And Paizo has requested your help in preparing for it! These two playtest classes are in open playtest until October 2. You can create characters with these classes using the Pathfinder NEXUS character tools right now!
If you encounter any issues or bugs making or using these characters, please let us know in the forums.
All of the information you need to play these characters will be at your fingertips. Bespoke support for some of the unique features (like the Animist’s spirits, which have some similarities to Summoner eidolons) are not currently supported in their final form.
Avatar Legends
Resolved an issue in which Avatar Character Tools were not updating after the purchase of new content from within the Builder or Character Sheet.
Pathfinder 2e
Pathfinder NEXUS now supports creating and editing Custom Lore Skills and Custom Skills.
Custom Lore Skills appear when granted by a Character selection. These Custom Lore Skills can be edited while on your Character Sheet by clicking the name of the Custom Lore Skill.
Custom Skills are a method for users to implement and create their own custom skills and training. Custom Skills are added and edited in your Character Sheet.
Character Builder Updates
Resolved an issue where the Lorekeeper Shisk Heritage was not granting a custom Lore skill.
The Ardande Heritage now grants the correct Geniekin feats.
Players can now choose a deity for the Syncretism feat if it's added via the human Natural Ambition feat. The feat also now prompts you for a Domain.
Fixed an issue in which players were unable to increase the training of their Skills under certain conditions.
Character Sheet Updates
Characters with access to Spellbooks now have a “Spellbook” button in the top right of their Spells tab, which can be used to peruse spells even when all their spells are prepared.
Character sheets now prioritize displaying darkvision over low-light vision under Perception if the character has both.
Resolved an issue in which Signature Spells could have incorrect heightened spell damage.
The Monk Tiger Stance now deals correct damage, and makes your foes bleed!
Fixed Lizardfolk Claw attacks not respecting Unarmed Proficiency.
Resolved an issue in which the Additional Lore feat was granting 4 custom Lore Skills instead of only one that increases in training as you level up.
Background Updates
Nice and early for Halloween, the Haunted Background now lets you pick a secondary Skill to train. Watch out for ghosts!
Characters with the Historical Reenactor Background will be happy to know they are now able to choose Performance or Society as their additional Skill training.
Class Updates
Magus: Studious Spells no longer duplicate in the Spell tab.
Kineticist: The Level 3 Extract Elements feature now appears in the Sheet.
August 17, 2023
Hello everyone!
A new build went out yesterday - check out the update notes below!
Avatar Legends
Resolved an issue where text written in Hometown, Looks, and Demeanor could copy between pages in certain situations.
Resolved an issue where Character Sharing permissions were not saving for some users
Pathfinder 2e
Pathfinder NEXUS now supports creating and editing Custom Lore Skills and Custom Skills.
Custom Lore Skills appear when granted by a Character selection. These Custom Lore Skills can be edited while on your Character Sheet by clicking the name of the Custom Lore Skill.
Custom Skills are a method for users to implement and create their own custom skills and training. Custom Skills are added and edited in your Character Sheet.
Character Builder Updates
Resolved an issue where Variant Flaws reduced a Character’s ability score further than intended when users applied optional flaws to an Ancestry’s default Flaw stat.
Resolved an issue that kept pre-Beta characters from removing/replacing feat selections in the Builder.
Level 1 and Level 5 Heritage Feats from Rage of Elements should again be selectable in the Builder.
Character Sheet Updates
Made adjustments to Encumberance calculations. Thanks to all involved!
Resolved an issue where some users could not unhide actions that they hide.
Several Aeon Stone variants were added to the Pathfinder 2e Nexus (and Character Tools).
Background Updates
The Time Traveler Background now grants three custom lore selections.
Feat Updates
The Elf Atavism feat now allows Characters to select a Heritage.
Back with more next week - have a good weekend!
August 9, 2023
Hello everyone!
We’re back from Gen Con and cranking away! Quick note that now that we have character tools for more than one game in development, these update notes will be shared in the main Feedback forum instead of the individual game subforums, but please still share any feedback you have in the subforums.
Avatar Legends
Character Builder Updates
The Avatar Builder will now show a message when users save their characters.
Pathfinder 2e
Character Builder Updates
Filters have now been activated through the Pathfinder Character Builder.
Character Sheet Updates
We’ve added Container support in Pathfinder Character Sheets, which allows users to add and manage backpacks, bags of holding, etc.
To Create a Container:
Select the “Add Container” button
Choose a Container Type from the drop-down list.
Name the Container (default name is the Container type).
If you’d like, you can override the container’s Bulk Capacity and the amount of Bulk that is “ignored.”
As part of the Container support, you can select “Move Item” to move items between your Character’s containers and personal inventory.
Click the kebob menu on an item row to select the location of your new items.
We have rewritten and implemented our method of displaying damage resistances that increase over time (for example, Skeletal Resistance).
Resolved an issue where Armor Check Penalties were not applied to the relevant Strength- and Dexterity-based skill checks.
Resolved an issue where the hit point section on mobile character sheets disappeared when a Character was at 0 hit points.
Resolved an issue involving items granted to Characters as part of the Character Creation process.
Resolved an issue where certain equipment caused a Character Sheet crash.
Archetype Updates
Updated the Wellspring Mage archetype’s available spell slots in early levels.
The Universalist Wizard’s Hand of the Apprentice Feat once again grants the associated spell and increases the Wizard’s focus pool when appropriate.
Feat Updates
The Legendary Professional feat was not respecting its prerequisite, but it sure does now.
The Syncretism feat now allows Characters to select a second deity.
Back with more soon, thanks!
JULY 24, 2023
Hello everyone! A new build went out earlier today, and the update notes are below.
Platform Updates
We have released our first wave of dedicated Firefox Browser support for all Character tools. As we continue to make improvements, we would appreciate user feedback on our forums.
We resolved an issue related to saving characters while in areas with poor internet coverage/slower speed connections.
Hover-over tooltips should no longer bleed off the screen.
Character Builder Updates
We have implemented the “Voluntary Flaws” optional rule. When creating a character, you can toggle this optional rule on and off in the 'Preferences' menu.
Updated several instances of flavor text throughout the Character Builder.
Cleaned up several areas of the Builder in which “1 Selection” was displayed after making a single-choice decision instead of the actual choice made.
Character Sheet Updates
Following our efforts to implement support of Bulk, we now enable players to choose whether to apply the “Encumbered” condition to their Character based on the Character’s Bulk. The toggle to activate this feature is located in the Bulk drawer.
Custom Notes in Drawers should now save again.
Ancestry & Archetype Updates
Mummy Dedication: Death is only the beginning… of you being able to benefit from the Mummy’s terrain choices! Choosing a terrain now adds notes to the appropriate places in the Pathfinder Character Sheet. We have also updated several feats associated with your bound terrain (One With the Land, Grave Mummification, Storm Shroud, and Terrain Form).
Fixed an issue in which the Elf and Human ancestries were incorrectly getting Dwarven as a language.
Background Updates
Clockfighter has been added to the list of available backgrounds.
Scholar: We have resolved an issue keeping Scholar’s from being able to select a skill as part of the Scholar’s background selection. Making the skill selection will correctly secure the Assurance feat with that skill.
The Lifting Belt now also increases a character’s maximum Bulk as defined by its description.
Resolved an issue where Runes could not be added to an item.
July 6, 2023
Hello everyone!
We’ve got a short week in the office, but a new build just went out with the following.
Character Builder Updates
Users picking the “Psychic Dedication” feat can now pick their Spell granted by the feat.
Character Sheet Updates
The multi-attack penalty should now be correctly calculated for agile weapons.
We resolved an issue in which magic items were displaying incorrect proficiency training in the “Equipment” tab of the sheet.
You should no longer see a Bulk value of “NAN” for items that have a non-numeric Bulk value, such as “L”.
Characters with proficiency training in longbows and/or shortbows should now see the bonus apply to composite longbows and composite shortbows as well.
We resolved an issue in which the AC bonus of “O-Yoroi Armor” was not getting applied to AC calculations.
Ancestry Updates
Gnome: The “Unexpected Shift” ancestry feat now displays as a note in the “Resistance” drawer, not as a persistent Resistance bonus.
Poppet: The “Shiny Button Eyes” ancestry feat now correctly adds the “Canny Acumen” feat and upgrades training in Perception to “Expert” level.
Previously, ancestry feats that should grant dark vision, such as the Tiefling “Fiendish Eyes” feat, were not detecting that low-light vision had been granted by the ancestry or heritage. We’ve resolved this issue and the prerequisites should now display as met.
Class Updates
We resolved an issue in which we incorrectly displayed the Focus Spell tradition for Witch hexes, which impacted spell save DCs and proficiency bonuses.
June 28, 2023
See below for the latest updates to the Pathfinder Character Tools Open Beta.
Character Builder Updates
Today, we are releasing a significant backend update to Skills and Skill Training. This update touches on many aspects of our Skills system and fixes several issues discovered early in the Beta. A few examples of issues that have been resolved with this fix are below:
Several Character Options grant skill- or skill proficiency-related benefits. Nearly all of these benefits are now supported. Some examples are below:
The Human’s “Skilled” Heritage now upgrades the chosen skill from “Trained” to “Expert” at Level 5.
Archetypes that boost a Character’s skill to a given proficiency now work as expected. The most shared example of this would be the “Medic” Archetype, which now correctly increases a Character’s Medicine Proficiency to Expert.
Previously, changing a Character’s Class could cause inconsistencies in the number of skills that could be trained. This has been resolved.
Previously, users could increase or decrease any skill’s proficiency at any level where a Skill Increase benefit existed. Now, the Builder tracks which skill proficiencies were increased at each character option for easier tracking and tracing.
We resolved an issue where removing a feat that has been selected multiple times removed the wrong instance of the feat. This was reported most frequently when the “Assurance” feat was selected multiple times.
We have restructured how character options available to users are displayed across Pathfinder and all other games supported by Demiplane’s Character Builder. Specifically for Pathfinder, this means Ancestries, Backgrounds, and Class options are now sorted first by all user-accessible content and then alpha-numerically.
The Green Watch Initiate feat now correctly increases the Survival skill to Expert.
Work continues on multi-game support of both the Character Builder and Sheet.
Character Sheet Updates
The “Add Item” drawer should now stay open when adding items. Previously, this drawer would close after each item was selected.
We resolved an issue where level changes made in the Character Sheet’s “Manage XP” Drawer did not save across the character.
We have added a Bulk calculation in the Equipment section of your Character Sheet.
The Bulk calculation sits underneath the search bar. Clicking on the bulk calculation grants access to the Bulk drawer, which provides details on the mechanic.
As a result of this update, we have also been able to unblock several Feats that impact a character’s Bulk value or calculation.
An “Other Items” section has been added to the Equipment tab with free text for you to be able to list other possessions.
Ancestry Updates
The Ancient Ash Ghoran heritage now only offers a single skill selection and boosts the selected skill to “Expert” at 5th level.
Class Updates
Cleric
Resolved an issue where the Cleric Doctrine could not be changed once it was initially selected.
Oracle
Ashes Mystery for Oracle from “Blood Lords: A Taste of Ashes” is now available.
Wizard
Resolved an issue where a Wizard’s School selection could not be changed after initial selection.
June 13, 2023
Hello everyone!
A new build just went out with the following updates:
Character Builder Updates
We made significant advancements on multi-game support within our builder this past week.
Character Sheet Updates
Released the winning theme selection from our Community Character Sheet vote (Hand-Drawn Heroics)
We have added a “Quantity” Field for Items. You can modify quantities in the Item Drawer.
Items now default quantity when they are added to the Character Sheet.
We resolved an issue where Basic Actions (under Actions & Activities) did not display information when expanded.
Some Pathfinder feats, features, and spells use a “Higher Of Class DC or Spell DC”
Class Updates
Ranger
You are now able to select a Favored Terrain when you choose the Favored Terrain feat.
Sorcerer
Signature Spells no longer allow players to select a higher-level spell than they should have access to for that signature spell slot.
Thaumaturge
The Thaumaturge’s “Adept” boost for the Regalia class feature now only applies when a skill is trained to Master.
Feat Updates
Cleric Dedication: We resolved an issue where the Deities list did not paginate.
Spellmaster Dedication: We’ve added the Spellmaster’s bonus to the Identify Magic skill action(s).
The Spellmaster’s Resilience feat now prompts players to choose a Magical Tradition.
Vampire Dedication: Dominating Gaze now scales based on character level.
Happy gaming!
June 6, 2023
Hello everyone! Here's what we've been updating the past week. Take a look!
Character Builder Updates
Cleaned up the Swashbuckler’s class brief.
Heritage entitlements were broken and now properly require users to own content in order to use them in character creation. Characters that currently use unowned heritages will not be impacted unless the heritage is removed.
We have added Beta Language support to the Character Builder and Sheet.
Language Support can be found in the “Details” tab of the Character Sheet and will auto-populate with any granted languages selected during the character creation process.
Players can add to or overwrite these notes.
Additionally, we have added a number to indicate the total number of languages the Character should be able to speak.
We have resolved an issue where the second page of Heritage lists repeated Heritage options.
We resolved an issue where certain Heritages marked the character’s Class Task Count as “Complete”
We have adjusted the sorting order of Skill Feats for easier selection and navigation.
We have implemented a solution that significantly decreases the time between purchasing content from within the builder and having access to that content.
We pushed several updates to enhance Character Builder response times.
Resolved an issue blocking certain Character Avatars from being uploaded.
Resolved an issue where users could not Deselect the Default ability boost option in the Ancestry stage of the Character Builder.
Character Sheet Updates
Identified and applied a fix to issues tied to saving character sheet events.
Any Lore skills will now show the basic ‘Lore’ compendium entry when opening the drawer.
Added a Speed build-up in the Character Sheet speed drawer. Users can now see what components of speed are influencing their character.
Resolved an issue where heightened spells used in items did not show the correct impact of heightening.
We’re continuing to keep an eye on heightened spell damage and effects from magic items. Any additional support from users during their course of using the sheet is valued.
We implemented a system to display the impact of a heightened spell when a specific item or character option grants it.
We have added Weapon Traits to the Weapon drawers.
We have added Beta Character Languages support to the Character Builder and Sheet.
A Character’s Languages can be found in the “Details” tab of the Character Sheet and will auto-populate with any granted languages selected during the character creation process.
Players can add to or overwrite these notes.
Additionally, we have added a number to indicate the total number of languages the Character should be able to speak.
Based on early feedback, we have added a beta ‘Proficiency Display’ that lists a Character’s many Proficiencies. You can find this new Proficiency Display in the “Details” section of the Character Sheet.
We resolved an issue with Character Share links that impacted users who could not access a shared character.
A new theme - Divine Portents - is available for those that embrace the eternal struggle of light versus darkness.
Ancestry Updates
The Tiefling Heritage now grants low-light vision (or Darkvision) when selected.
The Dwarf Clan Pistol feat now replaces a Dwarf’s Clan Dagger with a Clan Pistol (instead of adding a Clan Pistol and still granting the Dagger).
Archetype Updates
Resolved an issue where “Expert Spellcasting”-type feats could not add multiple spell slots.
The Assassin feat ‘Assassinate’ now adds damage to the action row in the sheet
The Bastion feat ‘Disarming Block’ now adds a rollable Athletics field to the actions row
The Bastion feat ‘Drive Back’ now adds a rollable Athletics field to the action row
The Blessed One archetype now correctly adds a ‘Lay on Hands’ focus spell
The Bounty Hunter feat, ‘Opportunistic Grapple’, now includes a rollable Athletics field on the action row
The Bounty Hunter feat, ‘Tools of the Trade’, now scales proficiency for the granted weapons
The Celebrity feat, ‘Feeling Your Oats’, now adds a rollable Deception field to the action row
The Dandy feat, ‘Fabricated Connections’, now adds the relevant actions under the Deception skill.
The Dandy feat, ‘Gossip Lore’, now correctly scales with the Society proficiency.
The Dandy feat, ‘Distracting Flattery’, now adds a rollable Deception field to the action row
The Dragon Disciple feat, ‘Dragon Arcana’, now correctly adds the spells to the character’s spell list.
The Dragon Disciple feat, ‘Shape of the Dragon’, now appropriately scales Dragon Form. Also, the feat ‘Mighty Dragon Shape’ adds a note to that spell indicating updated usage.
The Horizon Walker’s Perpetual Scout adds the ‘Scout’ entry to its drawer.
Continued support of the Eldritch Archer Archetype. The following Eldritch Archer actions will now appear when available:
Enchanting Arrow
Magic Arrow
Precious Arrow
Arrow of Death (Damage + Action appears)
The Gladiator Archetype has received the following updates:
Play to the Crowd now includes a rollable Performance field
Fancy Moves now adds ‘Demoralize’ as a skill action under Performance
Performative Weapons Training scales proficiencies for the specified weapons
Living for the Applause now includes a rollable Performance field
Call Your Shot now adds a note to the ‘Play to the Crowd’ action row
Linguist
Linguist Dedication feat now adds the Multilingual feat twice. Previously, it was added only once.
The prerequisites for the Linguist Dedication feat are now triggering correctly.
The “Multilingual Cipher” feat now adds a circumstance bonus to Decipher Writing skill actions.
Loremaster
If a character has Bardic Lore, the Loremaster Dedication feat adds +1 to the Bardic Lore skill.
Loremaster Lore now scales with any of the Decipher Writing skills.
The additional feats granted by the Loremaster archetype now show as having met prereqs, even if the Character does not have the Enigma muse.
Orthographic Mastery adds the ‘Decipher Writing’ skill action under the Loremaster Lore skill.
The Quick Study feat now adds a trained Lore skill that the user can rename from the Drawer.
To rename this skill, visit the Quick Study Feat drawer or the relevant Lore skill drawer.
Greater Magical Edification now adds ‘Secret Page’, which scales to 1/2 character level.
Marshal
The Marshal Dedication feat now correctly displays if the Character meets the prereqs. Previously, we used the ‘*’ indicator as a placeholder.
The Marshal Dedication allows training up to ‘expert’ proficiency for Diplomacy/Intimidation
‘Devrin’s Cunning Stance’ adds a rollable Decption field to the action row.
‘Dread Marshal Stance’ adds a rollable Intimidation field to the action row.
‘Inspiring Marshal Stance’ adds a rollable Diplomacy field to the action row.
Some feats were missing from the list of available options. We’ve identified the responsible supervillain and have returned the feats to their proper location.
The dedication feat now appropriately shows up in the Feat search
Chronomancer’s Secrets can be selected multiple times
Class Updates
Champion
Resolved a crash when selecting Champion feats at Level 8
The Champion feat ‘Accelerating Touch’ now adds a note to the Lay On Hands spell drawer.
Magus
Selecting the “Standby Spell” feat results in Standby Spell-specific rows appearing on the character sheet.
These rows display the spells in the Character’s spellbook and automatically heightens the spell where appropriate.
Monk
Implemented additional work around the Monk’s ‘Incredible Movement’ feature.
Monks now appropriately benefit from the “Monastic Weaponry” feat.
Various Monk Stances have been updated to include their special attacks in the Attack groupings on the Character Sheet.
Sorcerer
Resolved an issue where the Phoenix Bloodline’s ‘Rejuvenating Flames’ focus spell was not added to the Character Sheet when it was selected from the “Add Spells” drawer.
Swashbuckler
The Buckler Expertise feat now correctly displays a +2 AC bonus (instead of the standard +1 bonus).
Item Updates
Scroll of Glitterdust now adds the Level 2 spell ‘Glitterdust’
Scroll of Illusory Disguise now adds the Level 1 spell ‘Illusory Disguise’
The Aeon Stone (Clear Spindle) now adds the Air Bubble spell appropriately.
Flame Tongue and Flame Tongue (Greater) now display the Produce Flame spell.
Thanks again for helping us test and the outstanding feedback across the board -- it truly makes a difference! We’ll be back with more updates later. Happy Pathfinding!
May 30, 2023
Hello everyone! A new build went out earlier today, and the update notes are below.
Ancestry Updates
Users who use the Ancient Elf heritage to select the Sorcerer Dedication can now select from the Sorcerer’s bloodlines.
Background Updates
The Trailblazer background feat (Terrain Expertise) no longer permanently modifies the Survival Skill modifier and has been replaced with a note.
Class Updates
Fighter
If you have already trained Athletics and Acrobatics, you can now select a new skill from within the Fighter’s granted skill choice (instead of having to move around and remove either Athletics or Acrobatics from the original source).
The “Point-Blank Shot” feat now adds a relevant note to all bow weapons.
Monk
The Monk’s Incredible Movement is now increasing their movement speed.
Psychic
Resolved an issue with the Psychic’s Level 14 “Conscious Spell Specialization” feat that was causing spell damage to heighten incorrectly.
The level 14 “Conscious Spell Specialization” feat now adds spell slots of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th levels to the Psychic’s spellcasting tab.
The character can use these spell slots to cast only a spell granted by their conscious mind.
At the 18th-level, the character will gain an additional 5th-level spell slot with the same restrictions.
Rogue
Eldritch Tricksters who select the Psychic dedication are now able to select their Key Ability Score and Ability Score Increase.
Rogues previously were blocked from selecting their ability boost until they selected a racket. We’ve set it so you can now apply the default ability boost without selecting a racket.
Feats & Features Updates
The Acrobat feat “Quick Spring” now adds a relevant note to the ‘Tumble Through’ skill action.
The Acrobat feat “Graceful Leaper” now adds the ‘High Jump’ and ‘Long Jump’ skill actions under the Acrobatics skill.
The Archer feat “Crossbow Terror” now adds a circumstance bonus to crossbows and increases simple crossbow die sizes.
The “Canny Acumen” feat now prompts the user to improve either a Saving Throw or Perception (and correctly increases the select option to Master proficiency at 17th level).
Other Updates
Spells with attack rolls that deal critical damage have had their damage drop-downs fixed and should work as intended.
Items with the Deadly and Fatal traits have had their damage drop-downs fixed and should now follow the rules.
It’s been a great first week of the beta, so thank you for all the help testing and continued support.
More to come! Cheers!
May 23, 2023
Official character tools for Pathfinder Second Edition are now in Open Beta on Demiplane's Pathfinder Nexus! See below for more details on what we've included in the initial launch, such as character sheet themes and support for more classes.
General Updates
New Demiplane homepage
New Pathfinder Nexus homepage
Character Builder Updates
Class choices for your character’s next available level automatically expand.
Updated the Character Builder’s “Preferences & Variant Rules” menu
Implemented new default styling for the Character Builder.
Implemented the “Free Archetype” Variant Rule. More variant rules will follow.
Character Sheet Updates
Implemented Character Sharing & Sharing Permissions
Implemented Visual Themes for the Character Sheet
Implemented in-sheet portrait upload
Completed several passes on items that grant spells to ensure the correct benefits are applied.
Enabled the ability for users to remove custom-added feats from their character sheet but not feats or class features granted through Character Creation.
A Character’s Heritage now appears in the “Feats & Feature” section of the Character Sheet.
You can now roll Attacks and Damages from within a drawer.
Added full support for Handwrap weapons.
Ancestry Updates
The Catfolk’s Aggravating Scratch feat now has Aggravating Scratch damage.
The Human’s “Skilled” Heritage now correctly grants only one Skill Training option.
The Fetchling’s “Deep Fetchling” Heritage now prompts users to choose between cold or negative resistance.
Human Characters with the L1 “Natural Ambition” feat can now choose feats with subchoices, such as the Cleric’s “Deity’s Domain” feat.
The Anadi Ancestry’s fang attack now appears on the Character sheet.
Androids now start with Low-light vision (and not Dark vision)
The Misbreath Azarketi’s speed was increased by +5 ft.
The Spined Azarketi’s “Spine” attack now correctly lists the range increment as 10 feet.
The Conrasu’s “Ceremony of the Evened Hand” feat now prompts for choice between unarmed attacks.
We resolved several issues with the Conrasu’s Rite of Reinforcement heritage (which grants Exoskeleton armor).
The Gnoll’s “Crunch” feat makes the ancestry’s Jaw attack crunchier.
The Fleshwarp’s “Living Weapon” feat now prompts users to choose an unarmed attack form.
The Ghoran’s “Flexible Form” feat now correctly grants training in Acrobatics.
Lizardfolk’s “Razor Claws” feat now upgrades their Claw attack to deal 1d6 damage.
The “Nagaji Lore” feat now asks the user to choose between Naga or Nagaji Lore. Choose carefully!
Sturdy Skeleton Heritage now receives their +10 Hit Points. Not only are they undead, but now they’re healthy!
The Vanara’s Climbing Tail feat grants +2 to Climb Checks
Many more ancestry updates.
Background Updates
The Martial Disciple background now allows the user to become trained in their skill choice (Acrobatics or Athletics) and grants the corresponding feat.
Class Updates
New Class Support
Implemented class support for the Gunslinger, Inventor, Magus, Psychic, Summoner, and Thaumaturge.
Note: Familiars and Companions remain in development. Class features that lean on Familiars and Companions will be impacted.
Cleric
Enabled the Warpriest’s benefits from the “Deadly Simplicity” feat
Gunslinger
The Gunslinger’s weapon proficiencies for Guns and Crossbows scale separately from other weapons.
Enabled support for the “Advanced Shooter” feat.
Inventor
Inventor class partially implemented: support for companions inbound. Base support for innovations implemented.
Magus
Magus class implemented.
Magus Spellcasting - and all supporting class features (Studios Spells, etc) - have been set up.
The “Arcane Fists” feat now correctly increases fist damage to 1d6 from 1d4.
Psychic
Psychic class implemented.
Psyhic Spellcasting and Psi-Amps are now supported.
Psychic Feat “Ancestral Mind” now replaces Ancestry or Heritage spells with the Psychic Class Spellcasting Modifier.
“Psi Burst,” “Violent Unleash”, “Mental Static”, “Psi Catastrophe”, and other Feature-or-feat driven damages scale with Player level.
Summoner
Summoner class partially implemented: support for Eidolons inbound.
Thaumaturge
Thaumaturge class implemented.
Esoteric Lore is based on Charisma, not Intelligence.
All implements supported as of Beta Launch.
Feats & Feature Updates
Enabled a whole cartload of Multiclass Archetype feats and class features.
Enabled the “-- Breadth” Archetype feats allowing archetype spellcasters to cast and prepare more spells.
The Assurance feat now clearly displays a Character’s Assurance bonus.
Added Support for the various “[Ancestry] Weapon Familiarity” feats
The “Incredible Initiative” feat now correctly adds +2 to Initiative Rolls.
FYI: We’ll be following up with a more refined Initiative system.
The “Toughness” feat now adds Hit Points equal to Character Level.
The “Untrained Improvisation” feat now updates Skill Bonuses.
We added a 1d8 slashing damage roll to the “Risky Surgery” feat because you know you wanted it. We won’t tell your victims…err… patients.
Spells
“Incendiary Ashes” now shows damage. Stay frosty.
“Nature’s Bounty” now includes +6 HP healing per Heightened Level
Many more spell updates.
Stay up-to-date here and on our weekly Dev Update streams. This is only the beginning!
May 11, 2023
A new build went out earlier today - the update notes are listed below.
We also wanted to briefly share some light data on the performance updates referenced in the notes for the builder. With this release, the work the team has done achieved the following:
We’ve got more performance optimization incoming, but we took some major strides in the last few weeks as we get ready for the incoming Open Beta!
Builder Updates
Various Performance Updates (30-50% improvement in load times)
Resolved an issue where creating a new character would adopt properties of prior characters when using a browser’s ‘Back’ button to navigate.
You should now be sent to the top of the list when you advance to a new page of feats or features.
Resolved an issue with some users being unable to apply Ability Boosts to Characters of Level 10 and higher.
KNOWN ISSUE: There are several known Firefox issues that we’re looking into.
Sheet Updates
Various Performance Updates (30-45% improvement in load times)
Connected Compendium Entries to various drawers that were missing them.
Add the ability for users to take notes in drawers where support was previously offered.
Additionally, we have re-enabled the ability for users to delete in-drawer notes. What notes giveth, they may also taketh.
Adding Spell Scrolls, Wands, and several other items (such as Spellstrike Ammunition) to your inventory will trigger a spell slot in your character’s “Spells” tab. You can use this to set the spell of the given scroll, wand, etc.
KNOWN ISSUE: We are aware of an issue where characters without a spellcasting feature are not seeing the spell slot of the given item.
Class Specific Updates
Barbarian
Resolved an issue where attacks granted by the Barbarian’s Animal Instinct items did not appear on the Character Sheet.
Bard
The Bardic Lore feat now correctly sets the proficiency of the granted Lore Skill.
Druid
Resolved an issue with the “Order Explorer” feat, which offers a player choice between multiple Druidic Orders.
The Fey Caller feat now adds a non-primal Spell list to the Druid’s list of choices.
Oracle
The Oracle’s Divine Access feat now grants a spell selection.
Rogue
Added guidance in the Rogue’s “Key Ability” empty state to inform users to select a Rogue’s Racket to set their Key Ability score.
Sorcerer
Resolved an issue where a Sorcerer’s Ability Modifier was not being used to calculate spell attack bonuses.
The Sorcerer’s Divine Evolution feat is now supported.
Swashbuckler
Resolved an issue regarding the “Stylish Tricks” class feature.
Witch
Several class features were updated (too much to go into too much detail on, but try things out with the witch now)
Wizard
The Abjuration Wizard’s focus spells are now added to the Spellcasting tab when the Abjuration school is selected.
Feat-Specific Updates
Martial Artist Dedication now increases the damage size of the character’s fists.
Shadowdancer Dedication now grants Darkvision.
Added notes to Feats or Features that grant low-light vision or dark vision trigger reminders/notes across your character sheet.
The Arcane Sense feat now adds the Detect Magic spell at level 1.
Dragon Disciple Dedication now prompts the user to make a Dragon Color choice.
Cantrip Expansion feats now appropriately add two more cantrips.
All Kobolds are now prompted to select their Draconic Exemplar.
The Archer Dedication now sets the correct proficiency when using Bows.
The Sentinel Dedication correctly updates Armor Proficiency.
The Mauler Dedication now grants and improves proficiency in 2-handed weapons.
We’ve completed a great deal of work surrounding spellcasting features and capabilities granted by Archetypes.
More incoming next week!
May 2, 2023
A new Closed Alpha build went out earlier today that had a variety of tweaks and updates. Learn more below!
Character Builder Updates
Resolved an issue with Deity pages not loading in correctly.
Known issue: Ancestry Details that share information about the Ancestry you already selected have been temporarily disabled.
Character Sheet Updates
Resolved a bug where Agile weapons with the Finesse weapon trait were not applying a reduced second and third attack penalty.
Resolved an issue causing a crash while modifying Total Character HP.
Known issue: We have received several reports of text entered into the Details page going missing after reloading the sheet. We have identified the issue and are working towards a resolution.
Feat & Feature Updates
The ‘Adapted Cantrip’ feat (Human Ancestry) appropriately checks to ensure the character has a spellcasting feature.
The Aasimar’s ‘Celestial Eyes’ feat prereqs have been updated.
The Swashbuckler Dedication now prompts users to choose their Swashbuckler Style.
The Acrobat no longer immediately makes the user have legendary proficiency rank in Acrobatics (unless the character selects the Dedication on or after 15th level).
The Bounty Hunter Archetype has been cleaned up.
Resolved an issue where the Assassin Archetype’s “Mark for Death” action drawer did not display its compendium entry.
The Fighter’s “Agile Grace” feat now reduces a character’s Multiple Attack Penalty.
The Universalist Wizard’s spells were not previously appearing in a spellbook.
Now they are.
Sorcerer’s Signature Spells have been reworked.
The Fighter’s “Disorienting Opening Feat” has been updated.
Added a call-to-action in the Rogue Key Ability Class Feature to guide class selection
There’s plenty more to come as we hurtle toward our inevitable destiny with the Open Beta - we’re excited to see the traction and progress.
APRIL 18, 2023
Update Notes from our latest Closed Alpha build. Editor’s note: This one is a doozy!
Performance Updates
Load times for higher level characters should be between 40-60% faster.
Builder Updates
We’ve replaced the “1 Selection” labels in the builder with your selection. That should reduce the guesswork of trying to recall what it was that 1 Selection represented.
Deity selection now impacts Champion character choices. Our next stop is Cleric (where you can currently select your Deity).
Each Class now has an “Initial Proficiencies” section that displays a Character’s proficiency ranks granted by the class at Level 1.
Updated the Deity text to include sub-bullet points about Deific Weapons and continued work on spells.
Sheet Updates
If you try to sneak a Character Sheet in without a name, we call you the “Nameless Wanderer.” Pretty badass for a character that didn’t have a name 5 seconds ago.
You can now track Currency on our Pathfinder 2e Character sheet.
To edit your currency pouch, select the currency component in the “Equipment” tab (or the “Add Item” drawer).
Ranged weapons now correctly use your Dexterity modifier to calculate attack roll (sorry about that).
Lore Skills granted by Backgrounds, Feats, Class Features, etc, now appear on your character sheet.
Note: We are continuing work on an issue where some feats grant a specific Lore skill, but the proficiency level is incorrect (or is not set at all).
Users can now edit Shield HP in the Shield Drawer.
Access the shield drawer by clicking the shield in your equipment tab or by selecting the Shield Icon in the “Armor Class” section after you equip your shield.
Class Updates
Bard
We resolved an issue keeping the Bard’s ‘Light Armor Expertise’ feature appearing at Level 13. You may now return to rushing headfirst into combat.
Bards now correctly gain three Level 8 Spell Rows at Level 16+.
Level 19 Bards now receive two spell rows to add their two Level 10 spells to their repertoire.
Champion
We separated the Champion’s “Deity and Cause” class feature into two character choices: Deity and - wait for it! - Cause.
The Antipaladin Cause’s “Destructive Vengeance” reaction also now appears in the Skills & Actions section.
The Desecrator Cause’s “Selfish Shield” reaction now correctly appears in the Skills & Actions section.
Druid
We have resolved an issue where choosing a Druid Order crashed the builder.
Druid’s inadvertently received Lightning Reflexes at both Level 5 and Level 11. We’ve corrected this.
We’ve added in the Druid’s Level 13 “Weapon Specialization” class feature.
The Druid’s Spell Layout has been cleaned up.
Oracle
The Oracle’s level 20 feat selection was coming back empty. This has been resolved.
Sorcerer
We resolved an issue where some Sorcerer’s spellcasting proficiency rank would never exceed ‘Trained’
Correctly balanced the Sorcerer’s Bloodline spells and the number of spell rows available for Spell Repertoire selection.
Swashbuckler
The Swashbuckler’s Level 7 Class Features - Evasion and Weapon Specialization - and Level 8 Feat Selection table have returned from Spring Break and are back in the builder.
Witch
Patron choices now register in the Class Options section.
Removed an errant option that allowed a user to choose which Patron skill to train (instead of selecting a Patron and gaining proficiency in that Patron’s specific skill).
Witches now correctly have Level 10 Spell Rows.
APRIL 14, 2023
A new Closed Alpha build went out earlier today that had a variety of tweaks and updates. Learn more below!
General Updates
Our initial responsive layout is now live for alpha feedback.
The release includes mobile, tablet, and laptop support.
Item thumbnails are now shown on the Equipment tab of the Character Sheet.
We have implemented the first wave of Heightened Spell support. In addition to reflecting heightened damages, heightened spells will also call out their unique effects in spell drawers. Additional support for Heightened Spell scenarios will follow.
Players can now track shield Hit Points in the shield drawer.
Resolved an issue where unarmored proficiency rank was not displayed correctly.
Continued visual styling polish updates throughout the digital character sheet (more incoming).
Class / Class Feature Updates
We resolved an issue where the Sorcerer’s spellcasting proficiency rank remained trained despite advancement.
We updated several Alchemist class features, including breaking out the benefits granted by the level 1 “Alchemy” feature and adding “Quick Alchemy” to the list of actions available on the character sheet.
While we can’t ever tell the future, we are starting to get into that “we feel within a couple of months” feel for the Open Beta, so that’s pretty much a home stretch in software development.
Thanks once again for all your help in the Closed Alpha…we wouldn’t be where we are without you!
APRIL 9, 2023
A new Closed Alpha build went out earlier today that had a variety of tweaks and updates. Details below!
Class / Class Feature Updates
We’ve aggregated all of the Class Feature-related choices tied to a Barbarian’s Instinct into a single row in the Feats & Features section of the Character Sheet.
The Ranger’s “Hunter’s Edge” Class Feature has now been consolidated into a single location on the Character Sheet.
Added Contextual Details about each Class Feature choice in the Character Builder
Enabled Witch Class’ Patron selection
Alchemist Class Proficiency is now added to the attack rolls for Alchemical Bombs.
Item-Related Updates
Bombs Away! Alchemical Bombs from the Core Rulebook now appear as Ranged Attack rolls when they are equipped.
Item Bonuses to Attack for alchemical items are calculated.
The multiple damage types of various Alchemical Items now display in the damage drop downs (Persistent Damage, Strike Damage, Splash Damage, etc.)
Spell-Related Updates
Resolved an issue with Spell Damages not appearing for some users
Implemented a first pass at heightening spells.
Cantrips should now scale according to Character Level.
Visual / Styling Updates
Completed the first pass of Character Sheet styling clean up and polish.
There’s plenty more to come as we hurtle toward our inevitable destiny with the Open Beta - we’re excited to see the traction and progress.
APRIL 4, 2023
A new Closed Alpha build went out earlier today that had a variety of tweaks and updates. Details below!
Class / Class Feature Updates
We’ve aggregated all of the Class Feature-related choices tied to a Barbarian’s Instinct into a single row in the Feats & Features section of the Character Sheet.
The Ranger’s “Hunter’s Edge” Class Feature has now been consolidated into a single location on the Character Sheet.
Added Contextual Details about each Class Feature choice in the Character Builder
Enabled Witch Class’ Patron selection
Alchemist Class Proficiency is now added to the attack rolls for Alchemical Bombs.
Item-Related Updates
Bombs Away! Alchemical Bombs from the Core Rulebook now appear as Ranged Attack rolls when they are equipped.
Item Bonuses to Attack for alchemical items are calculated.
The multiple damage types of various Alchemical Items now display in the damage drop downs (Persistent Damage, Strike Damage, Splash Damage, etc.)
Spell-Related Updates
Resolved an issue with Spell Damages not appearing for some users
Implemented a first pass at heightening spells.
Cantrips should now scale according to Character Level.
Visual / Styling Updates
Completed the first pass of Character Sheet styling clean up and polish.
There’s plenty more to come as we hurtle toward our inevitable destiny with the Open Beta - we’re excited to see the traction and progress.
Thanks again for all the feedback, participation, and support in the Closed Alpha - we wouldn’t be making the aforementioned progress without you!
MARCH 21, 2023
As we continue to work on mobile / tablet responsive layouts and additional styling polish, a new build went out earlier today with some minor updates, plus a couple of character data-related but not necessarily builder or sheet-related updates with two new listing types for the Game Compendium.
General:
Weapon Traits for Agile, Finesse, and Propulsive now apply bonuses for attacks and damages based on traits and some fixes to items not calculating correctly.
Notes added for Outwit Ranger class feature to the appropriate drawers
Bug Fixes:
Class Features or Feats that grant selection of a feat got an overhaul to provide correct refined options to select.
Shield Icon on sheet opens your shield, was opening minimal information before but is now a fully fledged drawer.
Game Compendium:
The Conditions Listing and the “Rules Index” Listing are now live.
These have not been added to the Game Rules menu yet, but they can be accessed at /conditions and /rules. The Rules Index is not comprehensive yet, but more rules / mechanics will be added throughout Early Access.
MARCH 16, 2023
A new build was released earlier today with a couple minor updates that you all will be able to notice, and much more that is classified as “under the hood” for now:
Resolved an issue where attack bonuses were double counted for weapon attack rolls utilizing the finesse trait.
The Agile Weapon Trait appropriately reduces the second and third item attack.
Work continues on responsive mobile and tablet layout for both the Character Sheet and Character Builder. This has been our primary effort this week, and we expect the first stages of that to go live next week.
MARCH 7, 2023
A new build went out just now with several updates to class features for the Fighter, Rogue, and Wizard, plus the all-important tracking of the alpha modal confirmation where you won’t have to see my smiling face every time you go to the builder.
General
Work continues on Mobile and Tablet display for Builder and Sheet. These are two projects and can be released independent of the other.
Resolved an issue impacting cantrips that dealt flat damage at low levels. These cantrips should no longer display an error message in the roller.
The Builder’s Alpha Modal that prompts acceptance remains closed once you’ve accepted it.
Notes have been reactivated for use. You are now able to type notes in drawers and hit ‘enter’ to save. We still need to reinsert the secondary menu (which allows for editing and removing the comment), but wanted to get this first pass out today.
Spell slots of a given level can now be filled with any spell that level or lower. We continue working on the damage calculation logic that ensures a spell selected utilizes the highest allowed heightened effect.
Weapon Attacks calculations are now broken out for display.
Fighter Class Support
Combat Flexibility now allows selection of feats in the Builder. If you’re on the character sheet, you can navigate to the Builder by selecting your portrait on the Sheet.
Weapon Legend now allows users to select which Weapon Group to improve.
Rogue Class Support
Initial Proficiencies appear as a feature.
Rogue Skill Feats are now appearing at every level.
Debilitating Strike and Master Strike now appears in the Actions & Activities panel as an attack (in addition to the Feats & Features tab).
The Rogue’s Skill Increase class feature now appears at every level after Level 2.
The Ruffian Racket no longer immediately grants Master level armor proficiencies.
Wizard Class Support
Initial Proficiencies appear as a class feature and are now applied correctly.
Resolved issues with the number of Level 3 spell slots duplicating.
Magical Fortitude correct sets the Fortitude Saving Throw proficiency level to Expert.
We’ll be back with more later this week. Thanks for your help and participation in the Closed Alpha!
MARCH 2, 2023
We released a small update yesterday as the team shifts into mobile display and addresses inconsistencies with various Class Features. Below are the items in our latest release:
Extended the “Current Hit Points” tracker to support 3 values in the Hit Points Drawer
Added a temporary note in the Perception Drawer for the Fighter’s “Battlefield Surveyor 1” class feature. We have a more full-featured solution ready when we circle back to update the Initiative button that current rests at the top of the Character Sheet.
Added support for the Fighter’s Weapon Mastery feature, which allows users to choose a weapon group to increase their proficiency.
Resolved an issue with the Feats & Features display not displaying properly.
More to come next week - hope everyone has a good weekend!
February 28, 2023
Hello everyone!
We’ve leveled up our widescreen drawer support (and more) in today’s Pathfinder 2e Character Tools update! Here’s what’s new:
No more bouncing back and forth - drawers will now stay in view as you scroll through a character’s details on widescreen monitors.
Each spell’s Spell Attack modifier and Saves are built up in their drawer, displaying each bonus (or penalty).
All Character Sheet Drawers and the Equipment Section now have empty states while loading content.
Characters are now limited to 3 Hero Points
Max Hit Points are no longer being overridden by hit points tied to the Character’s Class.
Finally - for all of our sword-and-board enthusiasts - we have released our first wave of Shield Mechanics support. Add and equip a shield in the Equipment section to toggle the new shield component.
Work continues on the Shield Mechanic drawer, which displays information about the specific shield equipped, as well as allows users to edit Shield HP.
The team is now working on Spell Heightening. While that work is taking place, we are also beginning to tackle Builder layout updates for smaller screens, tablets, and mobile devices.
Thanks!
February 22, 2023
Hello everyone!
We have another batch of updates and fixes for the Pathfinder 2e Character Tools on Demiplane that just went live. This includes a set of touch-ups for the recently-released Spells functionality, and another round of performance enhancements aimed at improving builder response times. We have also made several updates to class-related features.
General Updates
In response to popular demand, clicking on a character’s card in the “My Characters” section of Demiplane now directs you to the Character Sheet instead of the Character Builder.
You can still access the Character Builder through the kebob menu or by clicking on the Character Sheet portrait.
Further platform performance enhancements have been made to improve builder response times.
Fixed the Action symbol filters in the Character Sheet’s Action & Activities list.
Increased the number of results available in the Add Spells drawer, so all spells available for a given level and feature should now be displayed.
Updated Spell Display drawers to include Spell Attacks and Spell Saves.
Updated Innate Spellcasting attack and save calculations, with work continuing on innate spell-granting features and feats.
Resolved an issue where Armor Class was calculating correctly in the Armor Class drawers but not in the AC display on the sheet.
Updated the styling of the Hit Points drawer to match other drawers.
Resolved an issue where damage was reducing the character’s Hit Point pool despite having Temporary Hit Points.
Resolved an issue where page numbers were not appearing when selecting Backgrounds.
Class Updates
Alchemist
Chirurgeon is now available as an Alchemist class option.
Cleric
The Harm & Heal Divine Font class features can now be expanded without crashing the Builder.
Investigator
Resolved issues where Skill Increases were not appropriately increasing skill proficiencies
Sorcerer
Resolved issues with the Elemental, Genie, and Wyrmblessed Bloodlines crashing the Character Builder when selected.
Swashbuckler
Resolved issue with Stylish Tricks not being able to be unlocked.
Resolved issue with the Eternal Confidence class feature not displaying information.
Wizard
Arcane Schools are now available to be selected.
Selecting an Arcane School grants extra slots that are able to be filled with known spells of the selected school.
Moving forward, we are continuing our efforts by expanding into two new categories: implementing shield mechanics and mobile/tablet/responsive layouts for the Character Builder and Sheet, in addition to implementing various class feature mechanics.
Thanks for your help!
February 16, 2023
Hello everyone!
We have just released a few updates and enhancements to our Pathfinder 2e Spellcasting feature we released on Tuesday:
All focus spells granted by classes or class features should now be added directly onto a Character’s sheet.
We have identified an issue with Wizards and Clerics where this is not happening. We are working towards the solution!
There was an issue where spellbook users were not able to move prepared spells onto their sheet.
We’ll be back Tuesday with more, and as always, thanks for your help testing!
February 14, 2023
With a few extra days of development under our belt, we’re thrilled to announce that our Alpha Spellcasting Features are now available for you and your groupmates to explore!
Unlock the worlds of arcane, divine, occult, and primal possibilities with the new Spells section, accessible from the “Spells” tab on your Character Sheet. For characters with Spellcasting capabilities, you’ll find several rows where spells can be selected, grouped by the level of spells available to be cast. Plus, characters with prepopulated spells granted by features like the Sorcerer’s Bloodline or the Bard’s Muse will have them ready and available the moment they’re created.
Selecting an available row will open up your Add Spell drawer or Spellbook, where you’ll find a list of spells available to your character. We are working to ensure that these spells are immediately available on your sheet after creation - we’ll be updating class by class now that this foundational capability is out.
Finally, everyone knows the best part about rules involves breaking them! The Settings button at the top of the spells section assists you in bending the reality of your spellcasting situation further than Pathfinder’s system typically allows. Select the Settings button to override the number of spell slots you have for a given spellcasting feature. Or, throw all rules out the window and add spell slots entirely ungoverned by the rules – what good is a level 4 monk if they don’t have several fireball spells at their disposal, after all?
Thanks to everyone for being patient with us as we spent the past 5-6 days preparing this release. We’re looking forward to your feedback!
And here are some specifics, although this is a big update and there could be several minor things that aren’t included in the list below.
Enhancements
Added Spellcasting support for broad spellcasting features, including focus and ritual spells.
Began adding Spellcasting support for magic items.
Please note: support for items that add innate spells are following a basic ruleset of determining innate spellcasting attack rolls and save DCs (trained proficiency for both attacks and saves, plus CHA modifiers where applicable)
Added Spellbook Management for classes leveraging spellbook and spellbook-like features.
Heightened Spells are available for selection in higher-level spell slots. We are working on scaling damage accordingly.
The Cast button has been added to govern spell resources (primarily, spell slots) as they are consumed.
Updates
Preferences & Rules section should no longer result in an endless portal spinner in the center column.
Skill Feats granted by selecting a Background now displays the Feat’s information in the Character Builder.
Speed Penalties from having Armor and Shields are now applied and removed when the armor and/or shields are removed.
We’ve added a new capability that allows us to add text above certain character choices to help provide important context.
Areas of Future Focus
There are still Spellcasting feats and features (including Archetypes) that need additional work to bring across the finish line. This work will continue.
An example of this type of work include things like “Signature Spells” which delivers a special experience for a selected spell.
We’ve identified an issue with the “My Library” drawer delivering a poor experience. We’re exploring how best to improve this.
Some spells may be displaying damage as “NaN” - we’re actively hunting these spells down. If you see them, please let us know.
January 24, 2023
Hello everyone!
Seeing the increased amount of feedback has been exciting - we appreciate your participation in the alpha. Today’s release includes many updates and enhancements regarding the application of bonuses and penalties to characters across the Character Sheet. We’ve been working on our “bonus infrastructure” and are glad to see things shaping up so well.
Enhancements
Added over 500 different bonuses and penalties into the Character Sheet. For example, wearing the Hat of the Magi - which grants +1 to Arcana checks - now delivers that bonus onto the sheet.
Known Bugs: Two bugs are impacting equipping and unequipping armor. Equipping armor displays an inflated AC on the sheet (the correct AC displays in the drawer) and does not display a speed penalty until refreshed. Additionally, unequipping armor with a speed penalty does not remove the speed penalty until you refresh the character sheet.
Added 120+ notes to various items, feats, features, and spells (coming soon!). These notes are added to your character’s sheet as the character progresses or equips items.
Damage types now contain fancy little icons. Bonus internet points to the character who collects them all!
As characters advance, Pathfinder 2e becomes a game of big bonuses. To understand what character choices are influencing your bonuses, we have incorporated a bonus build-up list in popular areas of the character sheet. Below are the areas you can find the new bonus build-up lists:
Armor Class drawer
Saving Throws drawer
Perception drawer
Hit Points Drawer
Skill & Skill Action drawers
Updates
We were overzealous in applying a three boost / one flaw Ancestry Ability Boost option. We have removed this Ancestry Ability Boost option.
Note: If you have a character with the no-longer-present three boost / one flaw option selected, your character will break if you choose one of the remaining Ancestry Ability Boost options.
Another Note: We are receiving reports of Characters receiving +6 to ability scores when selecting an Ancestry Ability Boost option. We are having a difficult time replicating this issue - any outside assistance in reproducing this will be of great help!
Certain Actions, Feats, and Character Options were duplicated in the Character Builder and Sheet. We have resolved many of these issues. If you run into any others, please let us know!
January 19, 2023
Hello everyone! We’ve pushed several updates today that are detailed below.
Before we get into today’s release, behind the scenes, we have been hard at work on two major updates that you’ll see soon.
The two major ‘in-flight’ updates include…
Updates of 750+ Pathfinder 2e game elements. These updates include everything from granting bonuses in the right areas to our system providing notes to various areas of your character sheet so you remember that you have a bonus to saving throws against death effects. Many of these updates have been highlighted by the community - thank you!
Spellcasting, Spell Preparation, & Spell Resource Management. We’ve been working hard on spellcasting since returning from our holiday break and we’re pleased to say things are progressing well. An early view of the initial Spellcasting layout is below and progress is being made on a daily basis. We can’t wait for you to have it in your hands!
*Note: This update contains a major system change that may influence older characters (see "Errata Update: Ancestry Ability Boost Options below).
Archetype Feats are now available in the Character Builder. We have added archetype feats to the Character Builder as a first step deeper into Pathfinder 2e’s Archetype system. There is a longer road ahead with Archetypes and this is the next step!
Errata Update: Ancestry Ability Boost Options. We have implemented the new Ancestry Ability Boost process as defined by Paizo’s latest Errata. We are eager to collect your feedback on this update, which the Paizo team defines as an “optional - not variant” rule. Two important callouts on this update:
First, selecting a boost option on top of a previously built character will artificially increase the number of ability boosts available to pre-errata characters. To avoid the ire of your Game Master, we are happy to share with you that you can avoid falling into this trap by ignoring the additional choice needed to be made in the Ancestry section of the builder.
Second, we are aware of a bug associated with sibling choices not being removed when one of the siblings is changed. In this case, we are aware that changing your Ancestry Boost Option does not remove the boosts you may have selected using your past option. This is not intended and will be resolved in a later fix.
Resolved issues impacting the selection of a Barbarian’s Instinct. Previously, some instincts were crashing the builder based on prior Character choices.
Added Range to Ranged Weapon drawer information. Viewing a ranged weapon’s details in the Character Sheet will now accurately display that item’s range increment.
Updated feat sorting order. We’ve updated our feat sorting order and are interested in your thoughts. There are many, many feats in the game and we want to ensure we are balancing the desire to explore character options with speed to selection.
January 12, 2023
Hello everyone!
Another build for the Closed Alpha was released earlier today. Here are the update notes:
Resolved an issue where the number of open choices in the class section momentarily displayed the maximum number of potential choices for that class.
Resolved an issue regarding drawer navigation. Previously, navigating “back” in a drawer could break the drawer for future uses. This should no longer be the case.
Resolved an issue where characters that user’s marked as inactive would not stay inactive - just like that one NPC your Game Master keeps bringing back.
All actions now appear when a feat grants multiple actions.
We’ll keep chugging along. As always, thanks for the help kicking the tires!
January 10, 2023
Prior to our holiday break, we released a wave of Performance Enhancements implemented into our Pathfinder 2e Character Builder and Sheet. Now that we’re back in the office, we are release another wave of features and enhancements that we worked on throughout the break!
Major Updates
Our major update for this week involves bringing additional information closer to the player through our use of drawers across the Character Sheet. Users should now be able to click on nearly any available Game Element and see a wide variety of information - ranging from specific information detailing the specifics of an item, class feature, or ability score to more broadly applicable rules that articulate how different forms of light impact Perception.
This update involved work in nearly every aspect of the Character Sheet, so please let us know if things don’t look quite right now that it is live.
Additional Enhancements & Updates
You can search for both Skills and Skill Actions while in the Skill Panels.
Toggling the Action & Activity display settings to “Off” now turns off the respective Action or Activity.
Due to popular demand: updated click areas for Skills and the Action & Activities rows – clicking on the row now expands and collapses a row.
Clicking the name of the button will open the drawer.
Introduced the second wave of our Experience Point tracker. Select “Manage XP” to display how far your character is to global domination (or level 2, whichever comes first).
Introduced the first version of the “Armor Class” drawer.
We are aware of a display-related bug that is impacting AC calculation and are working on a resolution.
Updated Rules & Compendium information in the Perception drawer.
Updated Rules & Compendium information in the Ability Score drawers.
December 24, 2022
Hello everyone!
Seeing the increased amount of feedback has been exciting - we appreciate your participation in the alpha. Today’s release includes many updates and enhancements regarding the application of bonuses and penalties to characters across the Character Sheet. We’ve been working on our “bonus infrastructure” and are glad to see things shaping up so well.
Enhancements
Added over 500 different bonuses and penalties into the Character Sheet. For example, wearing the Hat of the Magi - which grants +1 to Arcana checks - now delivers that bonus onto the sheet.
Known Bugs: Two bugs are impacting equipping and unequipping armor. Equipping armor displays an inflated AC on the sheet (the correct AC displays in the drawer) and does not display a speed penalty until refreshed. Additionally, unequipping armor with a speed penalty does not remove the speed penalty until you refresh the character sheet.
Added 120+ notes to various items, feats, features, and spells (coming soon!). These notes are added to your character’s sheet as the character progresses or equips items.
Damage types now contain fancy little icons. Bonus internet points to the character who collects them all!
As characters advance, Pathfinder 2e becomes a game of big bonuses. To understand what character choices are influencing your bonuses, we have incorporated a bonus build-up list in popular areas of the character sheet. Below are the areas you can find the new bonus build-up lists:
Armor Class drawer
Saving Throws drawer
Perception drawer
Hit Points Drawer
Skill & Skill Action drawers
Updates
We were overzealous in applying a three boost / one flaw Ancestry Ability Boost option. We have removed this Ancestry Ability Boost option.
Note: If you have a character with the no-longer-present three boost / one flaw option selected, your character will break if you choose one of the remaining Ancestry Ability Boost options.
Another Note: We are receiving reports of Characters receiving +6 to ability scores when selecting an Ancestry Ability Boost option. We are having a difficult time replicating this issue - any outside assistance in reproducing this will be of great help!
Certain Actions, Feats, and Character Options were duplicated in the Character Builder and Sheet. We have resolved many of these issues. If you run into any others, please let us know!
December 22, 2022
Happy Holidays, everyone! Your participation and feedback in the Closed Alpha so far has been energizing to our team, so it is with this energy that we are pleased to share our last update of 2022. Don’t worry, we’ll be back in full force with much more to come in the new year!
Prior to diving into the specific updates and enhancements of this release, we should highlight it includes the first round of major performance enhancements. These performance improvements specifically revolve around response to selections throughout the builder and sheet. Examples of areas where you should see noticeable improvement includes things like choosing which abilities to boost or adding items to your character sheet. There are a few known issues that are a result of this update, and we’ve called those out below. Areas of specific feedback we are looking for with this first pass of performance enhancement include feats, features, skills, etc. that drive additional choices and are not being displayed in the builder. Examples of this include the Assurance feat, the Multilingual feat, and things like selecting customer lore skills.
And with that, you can find the update notes below. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and see you on the flip side!
Major Updates
App Performance: Wave One - Response to Selection – This first wave of performance enhancements specifically revolves around response to selections throughout the builder and sheet. This first wave touched many portions of the builder and sheet.
Character Sheet Drawers: Contextual Information – Users should now see information about every skill, skill action, feat, feature, item, and action when they open a drawer. This information includes details on the specific game element itself, as well as contextual Pathfinder 2e rules that help players and game masters make decisions about how to best use that game element. We believe having the right information in the right place helps learn new games (or remember forgotten tricks!). We’re interested in your feedback here.
Additional Fixes and Enhancements
Issues with Skill Training & Skill Proficiency labels were resolved. There are a few issues still needing to be ironed out, but please continue to highlight anything you may run into.
Identified and began resolving issues tied to class feature choices that lead to additional choices, like the Animal Instinct Barbarian and Draconic Sorcerer. We will continue to update these as they come in.
Resolved user reported issues with Hunter’s Edge and Wild Druid Order causing app crashes. Rangers and Druids get along much better now.
Barbarian Class has received an overhaul. You should now see feats, class options, skill training options, etc. appearing throughout the class.
Natural Ambition should now provide guidance on selecting a class feat when a class isn’t selected.
Resolved an issue where Dice Rolls from your other characters were appearing in your current character’s dice roll backlog.
Added a note that indicates what type of dice roll was made - skill roll, attack roll, damage roll, ability check, etc. - in the roller window.
It’s hard to believe we’re only two weeks in on the Closed Alpha. Thanks so much for the help - Pathfinder fans are the reason we do all of this and you are greatly appreciated. Please accept our entire team’s warmest holiday wishes heading into the new year!
December 20, 2022
Thanks once again to everyone for the great early feedback. Today’s release continues our efforts of getting the right information to users when they need it and where they need it! Additionally, we’ve been able to jump on several fixes originally identified by our alpha testers.
We will have one more release this week before taking a two week break. Notes on what has been included in this release below:
Major Updates
Added full compendium support for Skill, Skill Actions, and Item Drawers. Our intent with this support is to deliver relevant rules and game mechanics that help plan your next attack or determine how best to spend your next down time.
More compendium and rules support will follow as we progress through the alpha. Additional areas of focus include ability scores, armor class, actions (beyond skill actions), spells, feats, and class features.
We made the decision to push the compendium support today in a somewhat unpolished state, so the look and feel you’re seeing the drawer is close but not exactly what you’ll be seeing once things are styled in a later pass.
All items from enabled content are now available to be added to your Character Sheet. Previously, we limited item additions to only include items that leaned on features we wanted to stress test in alpha. Three cheers for bedrolls, chalk, and pocket stages! They’re back on the menu!
We are releasing the first pass of our Conditions drawer onto the Character Sheet. This drawer is intended to act as both a reference and tracker for Conditions impacting your character. We are eager for your feedback!
We are working through some display issues with the Persistent Damage condition and will get it updated by Thursday’s release.
Resolved an issue that was keeping Feats from appearing in the builder when users would navigate away and return. This also resolved a similar issue where feats were not loading past the first page of available feats.
We are continuing to hunt down an issue where some feats repeat on the last page.
Floating drawers that appear for widescreen support (1600px + resolution) will now scroll along with the rest of the character sheet.
Additional Enhancements
The dropdown menu that appears in each equipment row now allows users to both view items in their character’s inventory and remove them.
Resolved an issue with the Human Ancestry’s “Natural Ambition” feat not displaying feat options after a class had been selected.
Similarly, fixed a crash that occurred when selecting a feat leveraging the Human Ancestry’s Versatile Heritage.
Character Hit Points no longer reset to max each time the character sheet is opened.
Fixed an issue impacting Hold-Scarred Orcs from earning their hard-fought 12 hit points. You didn’t get all those tattoos for nothing!
Resolved an issue causing the Champion’s Level 3 Divine Allies selection to crash the character builder.
Resolved an issue where an empty search result caused continued issues after clearing the search.
Resolved an issue where a user was able to choose a record-setting seven ancestry feats (!!) in a single level.
The “Shield Block” action was not flowing through to the Actions & Activities panel. This has been resolved.
Magic Item Details now appear in their respective item drawers (last week’s release supported non-magical items).
December 15, 2022
Hello everyone!
Another build was released today for the character tools Close Alpha. Here are the update notes:
Major Updates
We have resolved the issues keeping users from changing their Ancestry, Background, or Class
We have resolved issues with Character Progression:
Gaining a level from XP no longer grants 2 levels
Users can add/remove character levels on the sheet and make updates in the builder.
We have started to populate item drawers with relevant information. You should see key information for basic weapons, armor, and shields populating when the items are in your character’s inventory.
We will be following up with Magic and more advanced items, as well as adding compendium information for all items
The Damage Drop-down menu is now fully interactable, which means characters now roll the correct alternative and critical damage
Additional Enhancements & Fixes
Updated Character Sheet drawer styling
Activated bottom buttons in Equipment section - the Add Container drawer will be activated at a later date.
Attempting to remove a level from your character now summons a modal making sure you really, really want that to happen
Second & Third attacks are now correctly rolling, including benefits from Agile weapons.
Only one armor can now be equipped at a time (Additional Armor updates coming)
A Character’s CURRENT HP field should now match Max HP at Character Creation. Previously, it would default to 0.
Removed many, many instances where [1] and undefined damage types appeared in the Actions & Activities drawer.
We expect at least one more build next week before we head into our team’s holiday break. Again, we encourage continued feedback throughout the end of the year as we’ll be tracking and parsing it all.
Thanks!
December 13, 2022
Hello everyone!
We had a new build go out earlier today. Here are the notes:
Added very basic Character Details drawer, allowing users to navigate back to the builder from a character sheet. Accessible by clicking on your Character’s portrait in the Character sheet.
Tooltips within drawers are now working
All Actions should now extend the full width of the drawer
Pressing BEGIN only requires one click to advance to the Ancestry screen
Performed a styling and readability pass on compendium and rule information in character sheet drawers.
Minor updates to the Armor Class drawer. Work continues.
Character choices in the Builder now display tooltips
Update to the Add Item drawer focused on ensuring items were are added consistently to the character sheet. More to come with Equipment.
Base Item information is now flowing into item details drawers. Work continues on Magic Items.
We expect another release Thursday, which will include a couple of the more crucial break fixes that will give the builder more stability to complete the creation process. Our goal is to get as much stability in place ahead of our holiday break as we can to allow tire-kicking over those couple of weeks to be as unimpeded as possible.
More Thursday, thanks again for participating in the Closed Alpha!
December 9, 2022
Hello everyone!
We really appreciate everyone that has jumped into the choppy waters of the alpha so far. I’ll keep saying it - we can’t make these tools all we want them to be without your feedback and support.
We have a new release that just went live. We will have many of these in the next several weeks. The patch notes for today are:
Update Notes 12/9/2022
Resolved an issue where Heritages were not displaying for selection in the Character Builder.
Heritages now sort based on the specific ancestry first, followed by Versatile Heritages. We will likely make this distinction clearer in a future update as well.
Resolved issue where certain Heritages’ resistances were not carried through to the Character Sheet correctly.
Clicking on options in the center column will no longer duplicate choices in the right column display.
Demiplane Members should not be prompted to delete characters after they have 7 or more.
Character Delete Confirmation correctly checks against character name
Added Class to container in Element Display section
I’ll share a few more reflections from our first day of the alpha:
Wait, I Thought That Was Working…
After we got all the code deployed into our production environment where all our alpha testers could access it for the first time (a massive effort that took a few days), there were some circumstances where things that were working in our development environments were not working properly in the Closed Alpha.
This would include things like:
Center Row selections are duplicating right display
Cannot Reverse Class Feature selections after they are made
‘Change Background’ missing from Background Options section
Cannot Change Ancestry/Background/Classes
Changing A/B/C while selections were previously made in A/B/C is causing major issues
No Details for Game Elements available on Sheet
Leveling Up grants two levels instead of one
Leveling Up on Sheet does not pass benefits of new level to Builder
No way to return to builder from Sheet
We’ll be focused on fixes for the list above in the next few days, as for the most part, those are things that already work in one of our environments but we need to get them properly set up and configured in the live environment. We’ll share updates as we have them on this list.
Yeah, We Know That’s Not Ready Yet…But We’re on It
We are (very) aware that the tools are not performant enough right now. Part of most development is “get it working, and then get it working right.” We’re still in the get it working part, so the getting it to work right will come in the near future. You’ll magically start to see those load times melt away until things are right where we need them to be. Feel free to save yourself the time to post if it involves things being slow right now. Once we are at a place where we feel like performance is in the right place, we’ll put out a call for feedback to confirm it is indeed there.
Additionally, we’re seeing posts along the lines of “I can’t select a deity for my cleric or champion” or “I can’t select a familiar or companion,” or “Option [X] is not available for me to select.”
Feel free to share those posts, but I will say again here that we both 1) are fully aware that options are missing throughout and 2) have adding all those options on our list. So, if you want to hold off on sharing any feedback along those lines for now, you can rest assured that we’re tracking it already. We will reach a point in the alpha phase where we will explicitly share “We believe we have all the options in there - let us know if we’re missing anything,” but we’re not there yet.
Noted - We’ll Review Alongside All the Feedback
We’re seeing feedback along the lines of “Button [X] should be centered instead of left-aligned” or “the spacing in this area and font sizes should be larger.” While I’ll reiterate that we have not done a styling polish pass as of yet (and much will tighten up in the next few weeks), I will confirm this type of feedback is still useful at this phase - so keep it coming.
I’ll also share that this kind of feedback is naturally subjective and often based on preferences. That doesn’t make it any less important to us, but I want to emphasize that we will be reviewing all of this feedback comprehensively across all our feedback inputs to make sure if and when we make changes that the outcome is the best for as many fans as possible. So don’t get too mad at us if we don’t change “the thing” you posted about that we should change.
Know that we are taking it all into consideration and are committed to making the moves that make the tools the best they can be!
Smells Like Potential
Lastly for today, I mention in our “welcome screen” that the type of feedback we care about most here in the first couple of weeks is related to overall impressions and general direction.
We are really pleased to see the initial response with impressions and overall “feel” feedback. It’s energizing for our team to hear the feedback that even though this is super-early and definitely not polished or finished yet, there is excitement over the potential for how it can end up once it is finished.
Getting this early impression feedback allows us to validate our approach in order to crank things into high gear to complete development on the character tools in the coming weeks. It’s tough to do that before when we’re wondering “Is anyone going to actually like using this?” We’ve got what we need now to forge ahead.
Thanks again for all the engagement and participation. Keep the feedback coming. Even if we don’t reply individually to everything you post, please know that we are tracking, reviewing, and considering it all as we move forward to get ready for the Open Beta.
We intend to convert rulebooks first, followed by the Lost Omens line, and then move into Adventures (Standalone, Paths, and Organized Play Scenarios).
Currently Available
Pathfinder 2E Primer (No Cost)
Pathfinder 2E Core Rulebook
Pathfinder 2E Advanced Player’s Guide
Pathfinder 2E Gamemastery Guide
Game Mechanics: State & Status
Our focus for Alpha is to ensure we have enough Game Content and Mechanics available for users to have fun in building and playing their characters, while also being able to provide feedback early about character creation and gameplay. Below is a broad snapshot of where we are regarding the many exciting Pathfinder 2e Game Mechanics!
Ancestries & Backgrounds: Ancestry and Background fundamentals are near complete. Support for particular unique or special Ancestry or Background abilities are not yet implemented. Examples include the Kobold’s “Draconic Exemplar” and the Scholar’s option of skills which then grant Assurance in that skill.
Classes: Classes from active sources are all available for selection. Several classes will have limited engagement due to core capabilities not yet being implemented. Examples include spellcasters (we’ll be adding alpha spellcasting capabilities next week) and classes with a heavy companion or familiar involvement (such as the Witch or Summoner).
Skills: All but one set of Skills and Skill Actions are in and available for training and gameplay. The Lore skill is the most dynamic skill when it comes to Character Management - we are spending more time on that skill specifically to ensure we get it right.
Feats: Feats from the above sources are available for selection. We will be spending time and attention on ensuring feats that grant additional Character choices (“Adopted Ancestry”, for example) are up to snuff over the next few weeks. Currently, those feats are selectable but do not necessarily grant their benefits as written.
Saving Throws, Hit Points, Resistances, and More: Saving Throws are in and ready to roll. The alpha version of our Hit Point tracking is ready to use with a few quality-of-life updates still needing to be made. The fundamentals are Resistances, Immunities, and Weaknesses are in.
Conditions: We have more work to do for Conditions, which should currently be considered a placeholder.
Equipment: Rudimentary Equipment Management is active and in. Players can equip weapons, armor, and items from throughout Golarion! We have many plans to build upon the equipment experience following collecting alpha feedback. Tell us what you think!
Note - there is a known issue where freshly equipped armor is not taking effect unless the sheet is refreshed.
Spells: Spells are not in today, but will be coming in a rudimentary way next week. Similar to equipment, we have many plans to build upon for Spells and are eager to collect feedback on the core structure and flow.
Formulas: Support for Formulas is not currently supported as of today’s launch, but will prior to Open Beta.
Crafting & Treasure: We have taken many passes to ensure that magic items are working. We are certain there are some that are not working as planned and will be actively working through the many magical items that make your character unique! Investing is not yet wired up, but support is en route.
Variant Rule Support: Variant Rule Support will absolutely be supported following the the collection of valuable pre-launch feedback.
Pathfinder Society Support: We are eager to support the many adventures of Pathfinder Society members. If you foresee pain points based on your initial passthrough of the alpha, please let us know. PFS support will be built upon the foundation of the Character Sheet and Builder.
Rarities & Traits: We are working to surface rarities and traits better.
Companions & Familiars: Companion and familiar support is planned prior to our Open Beta, so keep an eye out for updates.
Platform Capabilities
There is already so much to absorb, so we’ll come back and highlight some of the up-and-coming platform capabilities next week and beyond. Until then, here are a few of the team’s favorite things Demiplane is bringing to the table:
Flexible Builder Flow: Whether you pick your Ancestry first or last, Demiplane’s character builder highlights where your next choice awaits.
Contextual Insights: Can’t remember how Darkvision works? What does it mean to have a climb speed? We have already started building contextual information about Pathfinder throughout the Demiplane character sheet.
We will be regularly passing descriptions for items, feats, class features, spells, and more into drawers as the week continues.
Multiple Damage & Attack Options: While still in its early stages, we’re starting with support of multiple attacks and damage types for weapons at the start.
User and System Notes: Does your feat grant you a +2 circumstance bonus to having a great day, but only on Wednesday morning? We’ve got you covered. Demiplane leaves helpful notes in key areas based on the choices your character makes. Have something special that you want to remember for next time? Users can leave their own notes so they never forget their high-fantasy garage door code.
Homebrew: We would be amiss to not mention our Homebrew plans, which will be implemented following this initial pass of feedback gathering. Users will be able to modify their characters, items, spells, and more within the Demiplane sheet, as well as create entirely new game elements through our upcoming Homebrew system.
All the Gratitude
Congratulations if you read all the way to the end here! We are truly excited to get things started with NEXUS Character Tools, and we could not get where we need to be without all the Pathfinder fans out there providing your feedback and support.
Thanks so much for your participation in the Closed Alpha - upward and onward!
Added quick-access footer links to popular locations within each Nexus.
Added a 'My Sources' tab to the Source page to make it easier for folks to access unlocked sources.
Pathfinder Nexus listings (Creatures, Items, Spells) are available to all.
Implemented loading indicator feedback on all app screens.
Updated design of source cards due to popular demand. This one is definitely better.
You can now delete entire search terms from the listing search field.
Updated cart flow - the cart should no longer in the way of adding multiple items to from the source page.
Many more QOL and back-end fixes to facilitate the onboarding of future Nexus partners!
February 28, 2022
Updated the "Game Rules" section of the Pathfinder Nexus navigation bar to include quick access to Classes, Ancestries, and Heritages.
Launched Nexus Libraries - an at-a-glance method of learning more about Pathfinder 2e's Classes, Ancestries, Heritages, and Archetypes!
Launched Nexus Primers - a single source dedicated to Pathfinder 2e classes, ancestries, heritages, and archetypes. Each primer also contains Class-specific feats and spells.
Made Pathfinder 2e game element details available to all viewers.
Updated Pathfinder Society legality labels across Pathfinder Nexus.
Increased loading speed of Nexus menus.
Increased performance of image loading in Demiplane Reader.
Resolved issue causing a minor UI shift when activating voice or video chat.
Cleaned up a mouse- and hover-over rendering issues in the side navigation that caused issues with chapters and sections near the bottom of the side navigation.
Thumbnails should no longer by fuzzy on high resolution screens.
Checkout should now perform more smoothly when using pre-filled information.
Filtering 'Level -1' Pathfinder 2e creatures now works correctly - your players will never know what hit them. Literally.
Updated Pathfinder Nexus Feats listing filters.
Resolved issue causing Pathfinder Nexus' source page to shift to the right.
January 31, 2022
Pathfinder Game Element tables have been released, including Backgrounds, Creatures, Feats, Items, and Spells.
Added a new menu in the Pathfinder Nexus secondary navigation ("Game Rules"), which houses the above-mentioned features.
Add navigation on detail pages that guides users back to the relevant listing.
Major rework of reader features, including new tooltip and reader features for widescreen users and an updated in-reader navigation.
Resolved issue where users were being notified of happenings
January 5, 2022
Major update to search algorithms and introduced Pathfinder game elements to search.
Supporting information added to relevant tooltips (creature families, weapon and armor traits and specialization effects, etc).
Completed a pass on the logistics of passing images through the app.
Upgraded tooltip experience for site visitors who are not logged in.
Resolved issue where on-screen reader content was loading off-center.
December 1, 2021
Major upload of Pathfinder 2e game element tooltips (spells, feats, skills, backgrounds, and creatures all updated).
Tooltips are indicated by a dotted (......) underline. Clicking on these will open a sidebar drawer with full details on the relevant game element.
November 23, 2021
Foundations for game element tooltips, drawers, and detail pages implemented. We will be adding Pathfinder 2e game elements throughout the remainder of the early access period (and beyond).
Implemented new full-screen side navigation for our Source Reader.
Fixed a bug that inhibited the validation of international postal codes.
General quality-of-life improvements to our cart and checkout flows.
Forum feature updates.
November 9, 2021
Began optimizations of images across Demiplane's new Reader feature (accessible from top nav, and your Adventure Tools while in Video Chat).
Kicked off our latest round of optimizations of Pathfinder Nexus search
Fixed a bug causing repeated requests to turn on notifications (sorry about that!)
Update styling of various pages across the Nexus
Fixed a bug where the search toolbar was not available in certain areas of Demiplane.
November 2, 2021
Quality of Life improvements across the Platform
Widescreen Monitor Support: Adjusted the maximum width of the Demiplane Navigation top and bottom navigation menus, Nexus home screen, and Matchmaking home screen for easier viewing on wide screens.
Paizo Connect now correctly updates Pathfinder Nexus prices if you own 'Special Edition' copies of content. Please be certain to click "Refresh Account" in the 'Sync Account' menu drawer (located under 'Account Settings').
Cleaned up multiple visual issues in the Demiplane Reader - sources no longer overlap 'My Library' on iPhones, the white bar appearing on the bottom of the mobile reader no longer appears, and more.
October 26, 2021
BIG Release! Pathfinder Nexus Announcement (!!) alongside Platform-wide enhancements.
We are thrilled to announce Demiplane has partnered with Paizo to create Pathfinder Nexus - the official digital toolset for Pathfinder 2e! Check out the launch trailer here.
Integrated access to your Demiplane's across the application - you're now two clicks away from Adventure where ever you find yourself in Demiplane!
Launched Demiplane's Forums, which can be found here.
Launched "My Library" - the place for quick access to your favorite Nexus sources - and integrated the Library directly into Demiplane's Voice and Video chat.
September 9, 2021
Updates to Adventure Portals, Desktop Navigation, and Mobile Navigation
Removed bottom navigation menu for mobile and similar-sized screens
Redesigned top-navigation for mobile and desktop views
Users are now able to view and open their Adventure Portals from anywhere within Demiplane (without needing to go back to the Demiplane homepage).
Adventure Portal Governance has been reworked to accommodate players who accidentally leave an Adventure Portal.
Fixed an issue where voice and video buttons were appearing for users who had left a session.
August 25, 2021
Adventure Portal Updates
New Game Systems added.
"Pending Party" changed to "Lobby"
"Lobby" users are now ordered by the newest to oldest connection, with newest connection on top.
Various styling updates.
Fixed an issue with Adventure Portal descriptions reseting every 60 seconds.
Fixed a rare issue where auto-join would not allow matches with 0% match to join.
Cleaned up automated email address verification flow.
Various other fixes and updates.
July 27, 2021
Backend Updates
Released several backend updates.
July 16, 2021
Tweaks & Minor Updates
Released a series of tweaks and 'in the works' updates that should increase the overall responsiveness of the app.
July 7, 2021
Video Chat, Adventure Portal, and Scheduling Enhancements
Enabled "drag-and-drop" sharing of images into an Adventure Portal's chat windows.
New-created Adventure Portals are now equipped with a Game Master Journal by default.
Video chat quality remains consistent when entering and leaving Whispers between a Game Master and Player.
Chat notifications include the source user's avatar so you can better see who is too busy sending you multiple messages instead of taking their turn in combat.
Users who have joined an Active Adventure are now sorted to the top of the "My Party" list.
Fixed an issue where some episodes were not launching correctly after being scheduled multiple times.
June 24, 2021
Adventure Portal Enhancements & Updates
Added real-time filtering to the Search screen.
When using full-screen mode, users who are part of the active adventure move to the top.
Chat notifications will now pop when a user requests to join an Adventure Portal or a Game Master invites a connected user.
Text entry fields now expand along with long blocks of text.
Newline / "Return" characters now display correctly in the Adventure Details drawer and the Portal Details area. Line breaks across the world are celebrating!
Fixed an issue that displayed users as being marked "online" when they were not.
Fixed an issue where the "End Episode" button would get stuck if you decided against ending the episode after selecting it.
In-app icons should now fit better on smaller desktop screens
Tweaked a few things regarding share links that impacted performance when inviting users to Adventure Portals with a large number of players.
Grey text in the 'My Party' card now changes to white when in the hover over state.
June 8, 2021
Full-screen Video, Adventure Portal Updates, & More
Added a Full-Screen video option, including a quick access toolbar to help keep track of messages and chat.
Added new Hover-over functionality that highlights how you can interact with party members in your Adventure Portal. In mobile, this functionality is accomplished by pressing on the party member's name.
Moved the "Launch Adventure" and "End Adventure" buttons to the top navigation of each Adventure Portal. This adds more space for interacting with your party.
By popular request, launching voice or video chat now removes the application's top navigation until you disconnect from chat. Same as before, select "Disconnect" to leave voice or video chat.
Your character name is now displayed in Adventure Portal chat logs (instead of your Demiplane username).
Added your Adventurer's profile picture to be displayed while using audio-only mode.
Added a search bar to the beta dice roller to quickly find your favorited or saved rolls (looking at you, sneak attack).
Cleaned up linking issues throughout the app.
Scheduling your next adventure mid-session no longer ends the episode.
Clicking the "Mark as Read" button in notifications no longer refreshes the screen or closes your Adventure Portal.
May 20, 2021
New "My Bookmarks" Features & Updates
You can now save bookmarks to your favorite web apps, documents, class guides, and more from within Demiplane! In addition to this new feature, we have also redesigned the "Adventure Tools" drawer for easier navigation.
Users can now copy the link to their public profile directly from their in-app profile.
Visitors to your profile can now select your social media accounts to view them.
Added scroll arrows back into the "My Adventures" section (sorry about that!)
The Adventure Portal header was getting cramped in smaller windows. We've updated the spacing so that no longer happens.
The "Raise Hand / X Card" button now only appears for users in your Adventure Portal who have joined the active episode.
Added a placeholder for users who have no recommendations for their public profile but wish to display that they have no recommendations on their public profile. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Your profile will now auto-hide the "How I Play" card on a public profile when there is nothing to display.
Listing buttons in the markdown editor were causing weird line breaks - we've disabled them for now.
May 11, 2021
Major Profile Updates & New Features
Added ability for users to display social media accounts to their Demiplane profile.
Added the ability for non-Demiplane users to review Demiplane user accounts and learn more about the Adventure they are interested in. Non-Demiplane users will still need to create an account to request to join an adventure.
Added opt-in Public Profile pages where interested users can display Adventures seeking players.
Updated the "About Me" section in a profile to include markdown formatting.
Created Public/Private toggles for each section of a user's profile, allowing user control over what is displayed.
Implemented the ability for a user to select and display their pronouns
Introduced Game Master Recruiting settings, which allows users to set criteria in which they are interested in being recruited for players with groups of 3 or more.
Introduced the ability for users to list their favorite games and favorite digital gaming platforms (virtual tabletops).
Introduced the "How I Play" cards, which allows users to define further how they play
Introduced a method for selecting a user's "Highlight Adventure" on their public profile, in addition to the ability to sort the order of the Adventures a user has available for matchmaking.
Introduced a Recommendation system and the ability to manage these recommendations at the user level.
Journals can now be titled by the Game Master (and titles are updated across the party)
Updates / Fixes
Optimized the Player and Game Master recruitment engine
Mobile - optimized journal for a greater degree of mobile usability.
Optimized navigation via URLs to help share access to Adventure Portals
Added the ability for non-Demiplane users to review Demiplane user accounts and learn more about the Adventure they are interested in. Non-Demiplane users will still need to create an account to request to join an adventure.
Fixed a bug where players could not be removed once they set a profile picture.
Removed double scroll bars from appear on mobile devices
Added GM avatar to the post-adventure ratings flow.
Fixed a bug with rescheduling sessions on mobile.
Fixed an issue that caused adventures from not being able to be ended when previously canceled
March 31, 2021
New Features
Fight the horde of noise monsters by utilizing our 'Push to Talk' (PTT) feature, now live across all Adventure Portals. Press and hold Spacebar to activate PTT when you're focused on your video screen.
Released the first in a series of Profile-related updates by moving Account Settings and Payment Details into an improved user interface. You can now access this information without interrupting whatever monster-slaying you're currently involved with.
Updates / Fixes
Corrected a mobile issue that appeared when filtering based on Availability.
Recombobulated Notifications - event timestamps have been fixed; marking all notifications as read will now also clear notifications on Adventure Portal tokens (as intended); updated chat notifications.
Tweaked Journal searching to account for a few cases where searching journals would not result in the journal appearing.
March 17, 2021
New Features
Are you the rogue getting pushed to the front of the party while everyone follows 30 feet behind? Do you mumble "I check for traps" in your sleep and wake up in a cold sweat? We can't help with your night terrors, but you can now save your favorite dice rolls right from chat by typing: /save investigation: 1d20+11 or /save {name}: {roll command}
Users can now Roll Advantage or disadvantage from chat by adding “-a” or “-d” after the roll.
This works across all roll commands (/f {name} -a (or /fav, /fgm, /favgm, /r, /roll, /rgm, or /rollgm)
Added button in Portal Settings -> Theme Scores to "Set to my Theme Scores"
Updates / Fixes
Skeletons on home page and removal of spinner loader
Fixed URL navigation issues that were keeping users from joining very recently created adventures.
Tightened up styling across the app (tokens and messaging, primarily)
Resolved an issue with Legacy Journals and provided a minor enhancement to journal formatting abilities.
Fixed an issue resulting in some users being unable to update their address
Cleaned up "next session" scheduling area
Cleaned up mobile interactions with Adventure Tools
Share links will now navigate potential party members directly to a private chat with the GM.
Entering a whisper maintains the audio/video status you were in previously (instead of automatically activating video).
Fixed a bug that kept users from starting video in paid adventure portals while also having expired credit card info
March 2, 2021
New Features
Secret rolls to the Game Master
Watch your Party’s scribe taking notes in real-time with our updated Journal capabilities.
Updates
High octane performance boost that delivers major speed and responsiveness improvements.
February 9, 2021
New Features
Implemented Game Master screen sharing! As a GM, you can now easily share visuals with other members of your Adventure Portal, from maps to resource material and everything in-between!
Screen Sharing is now active across all Adventure Portals. To take advantage of this new feature, find the button in the lower-left portion of your Video or Audio chat screen
Who let the GIFs out? We did - and now you can, too! Select the "GIF" icon in your chat bar to unleash GIFs of your choosing upon your unsuspecting party members.
Added in the ability to Invite your friends while creating a new portal, instead of having to wait to do so afterwards.
Profile Avatars: You can now upload profile and character avatars within Demiplane! Update your character's avatar within a Portal's settings menu - each of your Portals can hold a unique image! Update your broader profile by selecting your current avatar in the top-right corner of the screen and then select the edit icon over your username (it looks like a pencil).
New Dice Commands: Live dangerously and roll dice directly from chat! Type'/r' before a dice command (/r 1d4) or '/f' before the name of a favorite roll (/f longsword) to use these commands. Check out our handy dice rolling guide to learn more.
Updates / Fixes
Users should no longer lose video connection when resizing their window too small.
Overall cleanup of the account creation flow.
A series of styling updates across the app to accommodate the wide-range of resolutions and screen dimensions.
January 19, 2021
New Features
Whisper: Whisper allows you to quickly pull aside one of your players into a private video chat where you can share secrets that only they would know! More than one successful Perception roll? Whisper also allows you to invite others to this secret portal. This new feature is enabled whenever a Game Master launches an Adventure and uses Demiplane's video or voice chat.
We've introduced our beta Dice Roller into Adventure Portals with this release. You can use the visual roller, or you can leverage the Command Prompt to enter specific commands. This marks the first step of this feature. Our Dice Command guide can be found here.
Voice & Video Indicators - see who is chatting in your Demiplane before you activate voice or video.
"Mark all as read" in the notifications drawer
Updates / Fixes
Notifications are now correctly marked as read. Sorry about that, folks.
Fixed several display issues related to displaying the number of Adventurers in an Adventure Portal.
Restored the ability for both Players and Game Masters to reorder Tasks.
Fixed a bug that triggered modals from appearing multiple times when creating a new Portal.
Fixed an issue in Journals that interrupted the saving process.
Added Game Systems to the list of possible systems.
January 5, 2021
Notifications: Updated notification toggles in profile.
Adventure Feedback & Ending Adventures: Added an email for Game Masters seeking to rate players following an Adventure. Minor tweaks to the in-app rating flow.
Matchmaking: Enabled the Portal settings button for pending users. Fixed an issue caused by a GM accidentally enabling matchmaking multiple times. Added the paid game banner in the mobile header of paid games. Additional minor tweaks.
Adventure Portal: Added scroll bar to party settings. Corrected the count of Pending Users. Additional minor tweaks to the Adventure Portal.
Backend: Several scheduled updates following the release of the Adventure Portal on 12/21.
December 24, 2020
We've pushed an update to Demiplane focused on incorporating early feedback and some clean-up following Monday's successful release. You will receive these features after pressing the "Reload" button that appears in the Demiplane app once you log in.
New Features & Tweaks
Added links to the Demiplane Support Center in the top navigation of the application and the login screen.
Players can now access Adventure Portal video at any time, with two exceptions: when waiting to confirm and join a paid episode or if they leave a paid Adventure before the session is over.
Character Limit removed from GM bio. Bring in your favorite reviews or song lyrics - whichever you prefer.
Fixes
"Chat with GM" button no longer falls off the bottom of the Adventure drawer.
Styling of Portal nav bar for users that have left a paid episode.
Price in the Ad Details drawer no longer displays Price as the number of pennies.
Updated alert messaging related to using Invite links and joining new Adventure Portals.
Fixed a Mobile chat notification routing issue that was not taking mobile users to the intended message.
Players interested in joining a Quick Match now "Claim a Seat" instead of "Chat with GM."
Updated styling of the drawer that displays Adventures to users.
Typos and Text cleanup.
December 22, 2020
We are pleased to announce Demiplane’s Adventure Portal is now live!
In addition to our great matchmaking service, users can now also summon their own portal and keep everything great about Adventuring in one place.
Each Adventure Portal allows for voice, video, and text chat - all new features to Demiplane.
We’ve carried over our shared Journals and task-tracking Adventure Tools so they can be immediately accessed within the Portal.
All Matchmaking features - including the ability to recruit interested players - take place within your Adventure Portal.
Outside of the new Adventure Portal, we’ve enhanced our Adventure Discovery capabilities by displaying joinable Adventures based both by your indicated interests and certain categories (newest/most recent, free to play, and almost closed).
