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Draw Steel Elements

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Components to support the Draw Steel TTRPG by MCDM.

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Some helper elements for the MCDM Draw Steel TTRPG

IMPORTANT: This plugin does NOT (yet) work in "Live Preview" mode.

Please use this form to report bugs if you find them!

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Elements

Features Element

The Features Element is used to quickly format Tests, Abilities, Resistance Rolls, and other Power Rolls.

power roll.png

Initiative Tracker Element

The Initiative Tracker Element is used to manage and run encounters.

Initiative Tracker.png

Negotiation Tracker Element

The Negotiation Tracker Element is used to manage and run negotiations.

Initiative Tracker.png

Statblock Element

The Statblock Element is used to display statblocks.

Statblock.png

Horizontal Rule Element

The Horizontal Rule Element is used as an alternative <hr> mimicking the Draw Steel design

Future work

  • Optionally add hidden header for a Power Roll Element for linking
  • Support Live Preview mode
  • Add ability to roll Power Rolls from Power Roll Element
  • Integrate with the dice plugin
  • Something with statblocks...
  • Something with encounter building...
  • Negotiation tracker
  • Party tracker (XP, Victories)
  • Text parser for generating power-roll admonitions from raw copied text

Known Issues

  • No support for Live Preview
  • This repo is in a very primitive state

Development

See the changelog for changes

Build

  • npm i to install deps
  • npm run dev to build and watch

Release

  • Make sure the manifest.json has the right release version
    • This should be semver without the v prefix
  • Update CHANGELOG.md
  • Create release in github
    • Tag should match manifest.json
    • Tag and release name should match
    • Upload the files manifest.json, main.js, styles.css as binary attachments
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Format Tests, Abilities, Resistance rolls and Power Rolls with a Features element, display statblocks, and insert a Draw Steel–style horizontal rule. Manage and run encounters with an Initiative Tracker and run negotiations with a Negotiation Tracker. Be aware Live Preview is not yet supported.
TTRPGInterfaceFormatting
Details
Current version
5.1.1
Last updated
4 months ago
Created
2 years ago
Updates
40 releases
Downloads
3k
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.15.0+
License
MIT
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