Announcement

What’s new on ERA for Against the Darkmaster

Announcement

2023-06-06

  • New features
    • Added skill glossaries, to include description and common situational modifiers.
    • Added button when editing a skill in the character sheet module, which opens a dialog with the corresponding skill glossary entry.
    • Redesign of the maneuver resolution dialog, which now offers a manual roll modifier, lists all modifiers affecting the roll, and displays the skill glossary entry.
    • Made skills in the character status module clickable, to open a dialog with the corresponding skill glossary entry.
    • Modified loading of all packages to allow reporting conflicting files. Conflicts can be resolved by manually prefixing the package files with a number indicating loading priority.
    • Added link to allow receiving PayPal donations.
  • Improvements/corrections
    • Corrected Assassination to be a Static Maneuver instead of a Special Maneuver, so it can be rolled in the Adventuring module.
    • Character profile attacks, maneuvers and spell lists in the Adventuring module will once again be shown after adding/removing them.
    • Combat skills marked as favorite without a clumsy range will default to 2, so they can be shown on the printable character sheet.
    • Aborting a level up will now correctly refresh the inventory tab to the items declared before the level up was started.

Also, an update to the Core package is required to include the skill descriptions, and correct the maneuver type of the Assassination skill.

Support new ERA features and the online server

Announcement

I have started working on an ERA online service. This will allow GMs and players to access it without the need to host it locally, anywhere, at any time, with the latest features and fixes.

Doing this requires not only a lot of development time but also additional monthly costs to set up and maintain the cloud server on which it would run.

Instead of developing the service first and then trying to recover the cost and keep it running, I’m launching a crowdfunding/kickstarter/donation campaign using the simplest form possible: PayPal.

You can use the button below to contribute a one-time payment or set up a monthly donation. There is no minimum value here; every penny helps.

If all goes well, once the development of the online service is ready, it will be offered at a fixed monthly price, likely between 3 and 5 USD. Those who contribute before that will have their contributions considered as advance payment for the service at twice the value. For example, if you donate 3 USD now, and the service is established at 3 USD/month, your first two months will already be covered once we launch.

I can’t make any promises other than starting work on it. Refunds are not possible, so in case the project cannot be completed, the contributions will be used for additional development time of new ERA features.

If you’re not interested in using the online server but would still like to support the development of new ERA features, you can use the same button to contribute. User funding is always appreciated.

Having an account for the online server does not include the book packages available for ERA. You will still need to purchase the corresponding content via DTRPG, which will then be connected to the online server.

Thank you for your contribution!

Contribute 🙂

What’s new on ERA for Navigator RPG

Announcement

2023-04-22

  • Added total carried weight, weight penalty and casting penalties to the inventory tab of the Character Sheet module.
  • Character profile maneuvers and spells are now listed alphabetically.
  • Total movement is listed next to the movement modification in the Character Sheet module.
  • Maneuvers, attacks and criticals can now be queried from the Treasure module as static tables.
  • Modified load and save buttons in the Character Sheet module to make them easier to use.
  • Creature templates now include a category, which is used in available packages to indicate its origin (Creatures, Shadow World, etc.)
  • Added category and level filters when choosing creatures to add in the Adventuring module.
  • Show/Hide status of the How to Use in the Character Creation module will now be remembered for new characters.
  • Added maximum result and critical columns to favorite attacks in the printable character sheet.
  • In the printable character sheet, a favorite attack with +0 item bonus will now be shown as an empty string. When all favorite attacks have +0 item bonus the column will not be shown.
  • New server dialog
  • Added option to create an attack skill based on any existing skill in the Character Sheet module.
  • Added a tooltip detailing the result related to the numbers shown when inspecting a spell in the Character Status module.
  • Improved skill update dialog in the Character Sheet module.
  • All character skills are now available as binding options.
  • Creatures templates can now indicate fixed resistance bonuses.
  • Creature attacks can optionally indicate maximum table result and fixed critical type.
  • Added REST API allowing query of attack tables, available on port 8888 by default, configurable using option “restAPIListeningPort”
  • Added sizeAdjustment option for creature attacks to the creature XML format.
  • New option offerConferenceFeatures in settings to enable/disable the Jitsi Meet button on the Adventuring and Character Status modules.
  • Added server option “directory” to specify a different ruleset location, which allows tracking different campaigns with the same ruleset. Must be a directory next to the original ruleset directories provided, the name can’t contain spaces or special characters. For example in Windows run: cmd /C Server\ERA-Server.exe Server\ERA-Server.dat launchpad start –settings-file=Server\ERA-Settings.ini ERA –ruleset=RMU –directory=AnotherUnified
  • Fixed: accepting the adventure loading/continue dialogs without choosing any adventure will now show an alert.
  • Fixed: filtering new ranks during level up after purchasing ranks in a category will now show the expected result.
  • Fixed: Movement of creatures in rulesets that use meters will be correctly displayed and considered.
  • Fixed: Defensive modifications with negative values will now be offered in the attack dialog.
  • Fixed: Negative quickness will now correctly result in a negative DB.
  • Fixed: Starting a new round when creatures and NPCs are involved is working again.

What’s new on ERA for Rolemaster

Announcement

2023-04-22

  • New features
    • Added total carried weight, weight penalty and casting penalties to the inventory tab of the Character Sheet module.
    • Total movement is listed next to the movement modification in the Character Sheet module.
    • Added REST API allowing query of attack tables, available on port 8888 by default, configurable using option “restAPIListeningPort”
    • Added sizeAdjustment option for creature attacks to the creature XML format.
    • New option offerConferenceFeatures in settings to enable/disable the Jitsi Meet button on the Adventuring and Character Status modules.
    • Maneuvers, attacks and criticals can now be queried from the Treasure module as static tables.
    • Added category and level filters when choosing creatures to add in the Adventuring module.
    • RMU Variant professions will now show the professional skill options during character creation.
    • RMU Professional knack and bonus to spellcasting categories now indicate they only apply to spell mastery.
  • Improvements/corrections
    • Show/Hide status of the How to Use in the Character Creation module will now be remembered for new characters.nus the column will not be shown.
    • Modified load and save buttons in the Character Sheet module to make them easier to use.
    • Defensive modifications with negative values will now be offered in the attack dialog.
    • Negative quickness will now correctly result in a negative DB.

What’s new on ERA for Against the Darkmaster

Announcement

2023-04-22

  • New features
    • Added total carried weight, weight penalty and casting penalties to the inventory tab of the Character Sheet module.
    • Total movement is listed next to the movement modification in the Character Sheet module.
    • Added REST API allowing query of attack tables, available on port 8888 by default, configurable using option “restAPIListeningPort”
    • Added sizeAdjustment option for creature attacks to the creature XML format.
    • New option offerConferenceFeatures in settings to enable/disable the Jitsi Meet button on the Adventuring and Character Status modules.
    • Maneuvers, attacks and criticals can now be queried from the Treasure module as static tables.
    • Added category and level filters when choosing creatures to add in the Adventuring module.
  • Improvements/corrections
    • Show/Hide status of the How to Use in the Character Creation module will now be remembered for new characters.nus the column will not be shown.
    • Removed weight section of the inventory tab in the Character Status module.
    • Modified load and save buttons in the Character Sheet module to make them easier to use.

Also, an update to the Core package is required to adjust the name of critical columns, and some spell description corrections.

What’s new on ERA for Rolemaster

Announcement

2023-03-17

  • New features
    • Creature templates now indicate a Category, which allows for improved filtering when adding NPCs/creatures to an adventure.
    • Added filters by category and level range when choosing an NPC/creature to add to an adventure.
  • Improvements/corrections
    • Simplified the load and save buttons in the character sheet module
    • Defensive modifications with negative values will now be offered in the attack dialog.
    • Negative quickness will now correctly result in a negative DB.
    • RMFRP subterfuge attack table can now be accessed again.
  • Advanced Customization
    • Added server option directory to specify a different ruleset location, which allows tracking different campaigns with the same ruleset. Must be a directory next to the original ruleset directories provided, the name can’t contain spaces or special characters. For example if you want to have a second RMU set of files to manage a different campaign, in a Windows directory named AnotherUnified, run: cmd /C Server\ERA-Server.exe Server\ERA-Server.dat launchpad start --settings-file=Server\ERA-Settings.ini ERA --ruleset=RMU --directory=AnotherUnified

What’s new on ERA for Against the Darkmaster

Announcement

2023-01-02

  • New features
    • Added maximum result and critical columns to favorite attacks in the printable character sheet.
  • Improvements/corrections
    • In the printable character sheet, a favorite attack with +0 item bonus will now be shown as an empty string. When all favorite attacks have +0 item bonus the column will not be shown.

Also, an update to the Core package is required to add background options that were incorrect/missing.

What’s new on ERA for Rolemaster

Announcement

2023-01-02

  • New features
    • Added maximum result and critical columns to favorite attacks in the printable character sheet.
  • Improvements/corrections
    • In the printable character sheet, a favorite attack with +0 item bonus will now be shown as an empty string. When all favorite attacks have +0 item bonus the column will not be shown.
    • RMC movement speeds when loading creatures are now the expected ones from Creatures and Treasures, instead of always considering RMFRP initiative bonus.
    • Starting a new round when creatures and NPCs are involved is working again.

What’s new on ERA for Rolemaster

Announcement

2022-12-24

  • New features
    • RMU ruleset is now available.
    • Spacemaster:Privateers ruleset is now available.
    • New derive attack button when editing skills in the Character Sheet module. After entering a name, the new skill will default to Offensive Bonus and be bound to the base skill selected.
    • When indicating the number of preparation rounds for a spell in the Character Status module, a tooltip will explain the meaning of the numbers shown.
  • Improvements/Corrections
    • New server dialog.
    • Initiative in RMC and RMFRP will no longer adjust the roll by the total injuries/modifications. Now only the corresponding Wounded adjustment will be applied.
    • When updating a skill in the Character Sheet module, changing the classification will refresh the available fields without needing to accept the classification change first.
    • When updating a skill in the Character Sheet module, the rank binding can now be applied to all skills.
  • Advanced Customization
    • Creature templates can specify a fixed resistance bonus for each concept/realm.
    • Creature templates can optionally indicate a maximum table result and a fixed critical type.

What’s new on ERA for Against the Darkmaster

Announcement

2024-04-02

  • New features
    • Random roller in the Character Status module. The number rolled will be added to the saved rolls in the Adventuring Module.
    • Pick selected roll in the saved rolls dialog of the Adventuring module.
    • Filter by carrier in the Party Inventory module.
  • Improvements/corrections
    • Skill glossary files that mention ignored skills will no longer be skipped.
    • The Windows installer is now a ZIP file, and the server is started using BAT files.
  • Advanced Customization
    • Added Vocabulary.XML to allow configuration of words used in certain parts of the application.
    • Added support for multiple file uploading in the Customization Module.

2024-02-20

  • New features
    • Spell Lists now include a category, which is used to filter names for spell castings skills.
    • Force spell dialog now includes a detail on the result calculation components.
    • Removed failure button from spell casting dialog, will now be automatically opened when the casting fails.
    • Added option to ask for several skill name filters at once, using the pipe | as separator.
    • Added option to filter beginning of skill name, using the caret ^ as separator.
    • Added search feature to the Treasure module table selection.
    • Added spell failures and fumbles as random tables to the Treasure module.
    • Added customization module.
    • Added spell list filter to spell casting skills of character profiles in the Adventuring module.
    • Added button to download adventures, summaries, party inventories and characters from the customization module.
    • Changed the delete button in the customization module to allow removing multiple files at once.
    • Added role check (GM / Player) in the online server.
  • Improvements/corrections
    • Negative resistance special bonus will now be loaded correctly.
    • Non-UM rolls on force spells will be once again restricted to giving non-UM results, regardless of the total.
    • Character profile tooltip will be once again updated as the status changes (stun, bleeding, hits).
    • Choosing an attack table with parenthesis during character creation will ignore them when suggesting the name for the attack skill, to prevent it from being interpreted as a specialization.
    • Having a character file without level in its name will no longer prevent loading characters by name using the load query.
    • User defined skill glossaries will now correctly override those from book packages.
    • Added notifications to wait after uploading files and before server restarts.
    • Redesigned loading notification. Added loading notification to more actions. Greyed out buttons during server processing in the Character Creation module.
    • Available characters offered in the adventuring and character sheet module will now be displayed in alphabetical order, then in ascending level order.
    • Removing a well known skill will not block the UI after informing that it is not allowed.
    • Adding an already existing skill will now inform that it is not allowed.
    • Weapon attacks declared during character creation will now show the stat and vocation bonus of the base skill.
  • Advanced Customization
    • Variant kin can be included in the Races directory to be offered during character creation.
    • Added support for base 64 avatars in Creature files.
    • Added warning when using an out of date version. The check is on by default, and can be configured using option “checkForUpdates”.
    • RuleSettings.XML is no longer part of the default installation, so that changes are not lost when updating.
  • Package updates

2023-09-17

  • New features
    • Variant kin can be included in the Races directory to be offered during character creation.
    • Added customization module.
    • Added support for base 64 avatars in Creature files.
  • Improvements/corrections
    • Added notifications to wait after uploading files and before server restarts.
    • Negative resistance special bonus will now be loaded correctly.
    • Character profile tooltip will be once again updated as the status changes (stun, bleeding, hits).

2023-07-01

  • New features
    • Added warning when using an out of date version. The check is on by default, and can be configured using option “checkForUpdates”.
  • Improvements/corrections
    • Improved attacks step during character creation to ensure selections and suggest a skill name when possible.
    • User defined skill glossaries will now correctly override those from book packages.

2023-06-06

  • New features
    • Added skill glossaries, to include description and common situational modifiers.
    • Added button when editing a skill in the character sheet module, which opens a dialog with the corresponding skill glossary entry.
    • Redesign of the maneuver resolution dialog, which now offers a manual roll modifier, lists all modifiers affecting the roll, and displays the skill glossary entry.
    • Made skills in the character status module clickable, to open a dialog with the corresponding skill glossary entry.
    • Modified loading of all packages to allow reporting conflicting files. Conflicts can be resolved by manually prefixing the package files with a number indicating loading priority.
    • Added link to allow receiving PayPal donations.
  • Improvements/corrections
    • Corrected Assassination to be a Static Maneuver instead of a Special Maneuver, so it can be rolled in the Adventuring module.
    • Character profile attacks, maneuvers and spell lists in the Adventuring module will once again be shown after adding/removing them.
    • Combat skills marked as favorite without a clumsy range will default to 2, so they can be shown on the printable character sheet.
    • Aborting a level up will now correctly refresh the inventory tab to the items declared before the level up was started.

Also, an update to the Core package is required to include the skill descriptions, and correct the maneuver type of the Assassination skill.

2023-04-22

  • New features
    • Added total carried weight, weight penalty and casting penalties to the inventory tab of the Character Sheet module.
    • Total movement is listed next to the movement modification in the Character Sheet module.
    • Added REST API allowing query of attack tables, available on port 8888 by default, configurable using option “restAPIListeningPort”
    • Added sizeAdjustment option for creature attacks to the creature XML format.
    • New option offerConferenceFeatures in settings to enable/disable the Jitsi Meet button on the Adventuring and Character Status modules.
    • Maneuvers, attacks and criticals can now be queried from the Treasure module as static tables.
    • Added category and level filters when choosing creatures to add in the Adventuring module.
  • Improvements/corrections
    • Show/Hide status of the How to Use in the Character Creation module will now be remembered for new characters.nus the column will not be shown.
    • Modified load and save buttons in the Character Sheet module to make them easier to use.
    • Defensive modifications with negative values will now be offered in the attack dialog.
    • Negative quickness will now correctly result in a negative DB.

Also, an update to the Core package is required to adjust the name of critical columns, and some spell description corrections.

2023-01-02

  • New features
    • Added maximum result and critical columns to favorite attacks in the printable character sheet.
  • Improvements/corrections
    • In the printable character sheet, a favorite attack with +0 item bonus will now be shown as an empty string. When all favorite attacks have +0 item bonus the column will not be shown.

Also, an update to the Core package is required to add background options that were incorrect/missing.

2022-12-24

  • Improvements/Corrections
    • New server dialog.

Also, an update to the Core package is required to keep a correction on an outfitting option for the City culture.

2022-11-28

This is the first release of ERA for VsD, so everything is new.

The base free product can be obtained at

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/418214/ERA-for-Against-the-Darkmaster

It comes pre-loaded with:

  • 3 Sample characters: Syndel, Gandrell Windblade and Mornien the Fair
  • 93 suggested inventory items
  • 2 fumble tables; melee/thrown and missile
  • 3 attack tables: beast, edged and missile
  • 2 background descriptions: born to saddle (minor) and loremaster (minor)
  • 2 creatures: wind lord and wolf
  • 2 critical tables: cut and pierce
  • 2 cultures: city and fey
  • 2 vocations: warrior and wizard
  • 2 kin: dusk elves and men
  • 2 spell lores: eldritch fire and eldritch hand, plus wind mastery for the wind lord creature
  • 1 encounter table: hazard by population density

You can then purchase the Core VsD package at

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/418217/Against-the-Darkmaster–ERA-Core-Rules

After installing it, you get the full range of tables from the book:

  • 7 attack tables
  • 76 background descriptions
  • 69 creatures
  • 9 critical tables
  • 13 cultures
  • 7 vocations
  • 13 kin
  • 38 spell lores

Remember that you can ask questions and suggest new features at the era-for-vsd channel of the official Against the Darkmaster Discord server.