Character sheet management for FantasyCraft

This is a tool I wrote for my gaming group to help us manage our character sheets.

Installation

Install is easiest via a docker image.

A set of scripts to setup the docker images are here

Download and extract that, and edit the following files:

• makeit.sh

  set HTTP_EXTERNAL_PORT to whichever port you want the webserver to listen to on your server.

• fccs-data/config.lisp

  Change the string (setf *prepend-path* "/fccs/") to be whichever path you want the application to be rooted at. For example, on this default setting the root path will be http://example.com/

• mongrel2-data/mongrel2.conf

  • Replace the two occurences of "example.com" with your actual host name

• Place your Fantasy_Craft_Second_Printing.pdf file in fccs-data

  If you do not own a copy, you can buy one online at DriveThruRPG or elsewhere

• If you want PDF export to work, place Fantasy_Craft_Character_Sheets-v6-Fillable.pdf available for download from Crafty Game's site here

• If you wish to use the builtin https (not neccessary if you are using a secure reverse-proxy):

  • Follow the instructions in mongrel2-data/mongrel2.conf for commenting/uncommenting lines
  • Put your certificate chain (PEM format) in mongrel2-data/certs/server.crt
  • Put your unencrypted private key file in mongrel2-data/certs/server.key
  • In makeit.sh change HTTP_INTERNAL_PORT to 443

Next run sh makeit.sh to start everything up.

It will take about 1 minute for the tools to extract the data from the PDF, and then you should be able to login at whichever port you configured *prepend-path* to be. The default login is username admin password admin I suggest you change the administrator password immediately (under account tools)

There is not currently a link to the administrator panel, but you can reach it by simply adding "admin/" to the root path of the application (e.g. http://example.com/fccs/admin/) it will not work without the trailing slash (/).

Here you can add new users and change any user's password, and add or remove administrator privileges for other users.

Using

There are two types of fields white fields which are user-editable and gray fields which are calculated. Note that only very basic calculations are completely automated (e.g. adding strength to BAB). For any ability-based bonuses and penalties, you can add a modifier to any calculated field. Each modifier has a note attached to it, and there is no limit to how many modifiers you can add. This lets you easily track which abilities you have already factored in modifiers for.

As an example, here's the Damage bonus modifier list for a very min-maxed unarmed combat specialist:

Your data is automatically saved to the server every 10s. There is currently no undo nor history tool, though managing multiple versions of a character (e.g. one for each level or after each adventure) is in the works.