new rules library

There are better docs and vids coming.

Features is what you are looking for in the Features Library.
Features are the mechanical bits that do things.
Templates govern or constrain those mechanical elements.
Traits or Spells hold the Features or Templates

It does seem more complex, however don't let that overwhelm you, it's pretty similar in regard to the old legacy Abilities system. Many of the things are easily recognizable.



As you can see from this Flow example, this looks much like the Attack section



for a spell effect it also works in a like fashion to the old legacy Abilities, though the looks is somewhat different.



Here fairly shortly we will have rule-sets (for purchase) that will include all the base elements and mechanics for that system pre built for you. You'll be able to use those as templates for building your own stuff if you have a situation where you need something abstract from the norm or custom built.

We've put this out, for people to tinker with during 3.7, see how things are going to look. We don't expect people to be building entire rules sets at this time, it was just a way to allow people to get their feet wet and offer some feedback. Likewise, by letting people tinker with the new system some, it would allow people to get a little familiar with it, in a limited environment (safe area) for a short time .. so when you do have a full rule-set people with be less likely to break things by tinkering around.

 

I didn't mean to say we would not be happy to answer questions and help along with the tinkering..

I was more trying to assure the masses, that once we have rulesets there will be lots of examples to look at, clone and use to do your own stuff if needed..

Starting from scratch would scare anyone, and rightly so

 

A bit of iit s due to the commitments of the original KS, and new licensing we are working on. As in we needed that core functionality as a base to work from.

 

I'm not clear on what you are asking really..

Spells are located (and edited from) Rules Library -> Spells tab
Those are then assigned to tokens by class.



A player or GM can tweak those when cast, by clicking on the 'effect' field of the spell casting dialog.

not sure what you mean on Items, you can Import/Export from the Rules library -> Items

 

You can do everything that could be done via the old Abilities/Effects system in the new system. Though it looks dif, mechanically it works much the same.

Could you give us an example of what you mean here?

 

There is nothing that says you cannot continue using 3.6 until you are comfortable with 3.7 and wish to move your game to that. In fact we even suggest that a lot (not migrating long standing/running games), with new builds and especially with Betas. There are learning curves involved for everyone, gm and players alike. Everyone needs to be comfortable with the new features and systems prior to converting.

 

Spontaneous Ability still exists in the B menu

 

I get that, and appreciate you taking the time to post. It's an adjustment for everyone, us included. Like anything that is worth while, there will be odd steps in the process, we are committed and can see what it will be. I think what it 'will be' is far superior to what is was, even with a few growing pains along the way..

Thank you for the patients and understanding..

 

Also, I'd be more than willing to talk with you via Discord or Skype to offer help or help clarify where things are going. I've done that for several people, we had much the same response when we made the change to the new lighting mechanics. It through people pretty hard at first, but it's a solid plus now. A short one on one tutorial helped them adapt quicker, I'm more than willing to do that for you.

 

Lots of meat on this one

I'll start with the broadcast thing. I was also noticing that this changed. It slipped thru QA and didn't get caught. We're working to fix it. The main issue was that the broadcast system was being overused to sync data that shouldn't have been included as part of the broadcast. We have an update planned for tomorrow that may fix part of this, but the full fix for better broadcast control will likely be shortly after.

I did do some basic testing and found that some of the bad behavior is the same (which I hope we can fix at the same time); specifically, if a player moves a token while the GM is setting things up then the map is broadcast to all players at the point.

The main solution I'm thinking is to enable a "no-broadcast" option for the GM which pauses the sync from the GM to the players. Player actions would still be broadcast up stream but could be canceled by the GM (i.e. I said "hold on please")

As to the lag and such, that's been identified and should be fixed in the beta we're planning to launch tomorrow. It had to do with syncing too much data during each broadcast. Basically there's a lot of static data that was getting pushed around when it shouldn't have been. Sent once and left unless changed.

As to docs, Kril and I are working on it as fast as we can. I was away for a bit pre-Gen Con and then Gen Con itself cropped up. Add to that some of the chaos around getting the PHB launch set and out the door and you've got more weeks than I want to admit to between the 3.7.1 release and the launch.

All of that being said, we're looking to rectify all as expediently as humanly possible.