D&D 5E OrcPub2: We've Come a Long Way

red-orc · Jun 22, 2017

OrcPub has come a long way since I first started building it with feedback from users here on enworld. The first version did have a lot of drawbacks and bugs, so I ran a Kickstarter to help make OrcPub into what I knew it could be. We now have a new, much more sophisticated version for D&D 5e up now in beta at https://www.orcpub2.com. We'd love to get your feedback before we go live. Even if you don't play D&D 5e we've built a pretty robust system that should allow us to fairly quickly implement any rules system, so I'd love to hear if there is any need for or interest in in a similar app for, say, older versions of D&D or other games. Thank you much!

-RedOrc
Supreme Leader
OrcPub

wwanno · Jun 22, 2017

I think there aren't any for ad&d, there wasn't all that technology at that time.
But I am not sure about how many people still play editions older than 3.x

Anyway, it is a good 5e generator, I like it!

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Ganymede81 · Jun 22, 2017

I like the new character generator.

That said, customized backgrounds are AL legal, but the program flags them as being illegal homebrew.

Morrus · Jun 22, 2017

wwanno said:
But I am not sure about how many people still play editions older than 3.xk

Plenty. There's entire online communities of them.

Morrus · Jun 22, 2017

red-orc said:
or other games.

Certainly interest in it for at least one other game from me.

Kryx · Jun 22, 2017

Hi RedOrc,

As a developer of some other software products for D&D I want to firstly thank you for the time and effort that you have put into the product.

I have some questions and comments:

Would you consider adding filters to your monster list? I'm often looking for a certain type (human), CR, Encironment, or other factor. Being able to filter the list would be immensely helpful. donjon has a similar feature
Would you consider adding non-SRD monsters to the list in name or pseudo-name? I understand the legal limits of showing the whole statblock, but if you just had a name or pseudo name then I can use the above filter to find all the monsters I want.
For the Monster list perhaps consider a 2 column approach - it would match the 5e style, help with readability of long words, and reduce the amount of scrolling needed
Monster statblock formatting could likely use a styling update to match the Monster Manual format. Words like "Melee Weapon Attack" and "Hit" should be italic. The size and type are too large and bold, the armor description often has an extra set of parenthesis, there are no divider lines between the sections nor borders below words like Actions. Sections like Actions and Legendary actions shouldn't be italic. The spacing after the sections at the top like "Speed" or "Skills" seems to be too large. It should be about 1 space

If you would prefer this feedback in some other medium (a bug board or your feedback thread) then I can direct it there.

Thanks again for your continued hard work and I look forward to this product's continued development.

red-orc · Jun 22, 2017

Thank you wwanno. Having played all editions but 4th, I'm pretty excited about adding support for older editions, especially 1st, if there is enough interest.

red-orc · Jun 22, 2017

Ganymede81 said:
I like the new character generator.

That said, customized backgrounds are AL legal, but the program flags them as being illegal homebrew.

Oh, thank you, I didn't realize that was the case, I'll get this fixed.

red-orc · Jun 22, 2017

Morrus said:
Certainly interest in it for at least one other game from me.

Would you mind naming the games you are interest in? I have a lot of fond memories of Shadowrun, so that is one I'm considering. Pathfinder seems like it might be a good candidate, but I believe there is already quite a bit of tooling already available.

Morrus · Jun 22, 2017

red-orc said:
Would you mind naming the games you are interest in? I have a lot of fond memories of Shadowrun, so that is one I'm considering. Pathfinder seems like it might be a good candidate, but I believe there is already quite a bit of tooling already available.

Just the one for now - my own system, WOIN!

www.woinrpg.com