October Development Update

Hello Adventurers!

This month has been hectic for me. The release of the 2024 players handbook was compounded by a new version of the D&D System (V4.0.x) which has brought some wonderful changes, but has required a massive rewrite of DDB Importer.

So what state is 2024 in right now with DDB Importer?

You'll need to be running the 4.0.x version of the D&D System and version 6.0.x of DDB Importer. Right now, it's definitely in the Beta/Testing phase. There are plenty of known issues and there is a FAQ page to check out as well. If you like things stable and not cutting edge then you will want to wait till the 6.1.x release of DDB Importer, probably available towards the end of the month.

This month, we will see the release of the Dungeon Masters Guide, which will add updated magic items and some scenes.

In the last day or so, my Discord has undergone some re-jigging to improve the support experience (if you have a problem or need support, Discord is the best place to go).

Thanks for all your support!

Jack/MrPrimate

Changelog

Link Item Resource 5e

• Fixes to class advancement in D&D 3.3.1

Pathmuncher

• Alternative ancestry boosts would not get added for some ancestries.

• If a Lore skill was left blank on Pathbuilder, character import would fail.

Adventure Muncher

• PHB 2024/free-rules support (i.e. you can now import the PHB 2024 Journals)

DDB Importer 5.2.x

• Warding Bond macro fixes by @Moto Moto

• Prevents content from 2024 Basic Rules or PHB Handbook being imported through the muncher. If these items are placed on a character for import, the importer will attempt to process them, although probably incorrectly.

• Some more updates to prevent 2024 classes and races coming through when using the muncher tool.

• Fix dual class support for changes in data in 2024 DDB deployment.

• Some fixes for CPR application for Unarmed Strike when using Tavern Brawler.

• Item munch would not parse if source restrictions were selected.

• Backport changes for monster import breaking for some Vision 5e setups.

DDB Importer 6.0.x

• Support for v4.0.0 of the D&D system.

• Many features and actions, such as Metamagic action/feature, are no longer duplicated.

• Features such as Metamagic will now import a feature called Metamagic with a full list of choices as a hidden text.

• Parsing with damage hints has been removed.

• Adds DDB Source to Source Book Registry.

• Source parsing will now useshort names rather than long names.

• Changes to default description processing for features on character import.

• Shadar Kai now gain resistance to magical sleep.

• Monster Muncher/Importer now batches monsters to reduce long UI pauses.

• The AC Min field is supported in effect generation.

• Massive improvements to wonderous/trinket item parsing.

• Fixes to the DDB button on monster and item sheets that could break the formatting of the sheet.

• Spell: Magic Weapon Enchantment, Elemental Weapon Enchantment.

• Fix for some parsing failing breaking if Token Magic was installed.

• Cunning Strike, Devious Strikes implemented for 2024 Rogue.

• Psychic Blades for 2024 Rogue Soulbade.

• Some icon improvements.

• Some backgrounds would break the character import.

• Remove level number prefix from feature name in some classes.

• Fix for Eldritch Blast breaking import if some invocations selected.

• Spells: a huge number of effects added back in.

• Artificers would fail to import

• Some characters would fail to import with null (reading load) error message

• Some characters would fail to import with a RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded message.

• Adds the custom Activity to call DDB Macro functions and World Macros.

• Darkness spell, Arcane Reovery, Font of Magic, and Lay on Hands effect using said activity.

• Spell Enchantment and Summoning Effects. (Arcane Eye, Arcane Hand, Arcane Sword, Dancing Lights, Mage Hand, Shillelagh)

• Flame Tounge Weapons Damage Fix.

• Fixed a bug causing some item effects to not apply or parse correctly.

• If you had a Light Perception already set in your default detection modes when using vision 5e some monsters would fail to parse if they had restricted vision.

• Paladin Auras would get their range scale set as uses.

• Light spell now has a macro to place lights via a template, or apply a light adjustment (or effect if using ATL) to a token.

• Add blind beyond this radius to special field of appropriate monsters.

• Fix an issue where item importer would crash if using SRD icons.

• Eldritch blast would come in import with incorrect range.

• Items with healing would generate 1 too many activities.

• A large number of icon enhancements for 2024 class features.

• 2024 Wild Magic Sorcerer first pass feature refinement.

• Some work towards allowing spells to be added as activities to items rather than as spells that consume the items uses.

• Some spell icon adjustments

• Arcane Vigor, Divine Smite, Fount of Moonlight, Sorcerous Burst and True Strike (2024) spell fixes. True Strike and Shillelagh require https://github.com/foundryvtt/dnd5e/pull/4388 to apply the ability change correctly.

• Spell effect for Faerie fire (requires ATL).

• High level bards would bring in duplicate Bardic Inspiration Actions. (2024)

• Wonderous item bags would not import as containers.

• Some improvements to bard feature processing.

• Fix for weapons such as Frost Band weapons not generating extra elemental damage.

• Healing Spells would sometimes have a utility activity when it was not needed.

• Spell Tasha's Bubbling Cauldron spell tweaks.

• Monster book sources had stopped importing.

• Better formatting of new style monster stat blocks.

• Alter Self adjustments.

• If a class such as wizard has both legacy and new version of a spell in their spell book, bring in both versions.

• Armour of Agathys fixes.

• Expert Divination, Steps of the Fey, Pact Weapon, Magical Cunnin, Lifedrinker, and Third Eye features.

• 2024 Warlock Spells granted by subclasses would not be added as pact spells.

• If only a single class and spells granted by say your species, add those spells as pact spells rather than leveled sells.

• Barkskin 2024 AC Update.

• Good Luckstone would add erroneous init bonus when no longer needed.

• Bigsby's Hand 2024 Summoning.

• Dazzling Footwork enchantment. (Requires D&D system 4.0.4 or 4.1.x).

• Some College of Dance and Glamour bard features.

• Improved placing of class features within Class section of the character sheet.

• Unbreakable Majesty and Mantle of Majesty features for Glamour bard.

• Witch Bolt fixes, and improvements to scaling for spells similar to Witch Bolt.

• Some subclasses such as Rune Carver would fail to import.

• Rune Carver feature improvements.

• Tactical Mind feature

• Gift of the Chromatic Dragons and Charger feats.

• Granted Spells will no longer be added to leveled spells section if you don't have spell slots

• A number of Core 2024 Barbarian Features and Berserker class improvements.

• Toll the Dead secondary damage had incorrect save.

• Some tweaks to 2024 Goliath features.