D&D 5E ForgedAnvil D&D 5E Character Generator

[Jerras Highlore]

Hello ForgedAnvil, amazing spreadsheet.

Believe I found an omission...if the character sheet is set up to use Variant Encumbrance, "Character Sheet I" shows a reduced encumbered speed under the 'Carrying Capacity' for those encumbered but the resulting reduced speed (or a comment such as that under the 'Actions' speed) that one is encumbered is not added onto the "Character Summary" sheet. So if one is using the summary sheet for most of their play they may not remember or catch that they are encumbered and should be moving at a reduced speed.

Thank you!

 

[ForgedAnvil]

Hello ForgedAnvil, amazing spreadsheet.

Believe I found an omission...if the character sheet is set up to use Variant Encumbrance, "Character Sheet I" shows a reduced encumbered speed under the 'Carrying Capacity' for those encumbered but the resulting reduced speed (or a comment such as that under the 'Actions' speed) that one is encumbered is not added onto the "Character Summary" sheet. So if one is using the summary sheet for most of their play they may not remember or catch that they are encumbered and should be moving at a reduced speed.

Thank you!

Thanks for the feedback, for v1.61 the missing information has been added to the summary sheet.

 

[ForgedAnvil]

Version 1.61 BETA 2 - New Download - ForgedAnvil D&D 5E Character Generator v1.61 BETA2 - Zenith

There is an updated BETA2 version in the downloads section.
Download here - ForgedAnvil 5E Character Generator and take a moment and rate this▲if you like it, thank you!

The purpose of this BETA version is for eager users to test the Custom Subclass feature AND test the SCAG subclasses to provide feedback on what's working well, what is not working well, what's missing and any errors.

Updates in BETA 1 & 2 release:
- Added all subclasses from SCAG
- Improvements made to custom subclass functionality
- Added all SCAG spells
- Redesigned Adventurers Log
- Moved Faction section and details to Start sheets
- Added Duergar Subrace
- New Feature [BETA] - Subclass 1 (planned subclass 2, 3)
- Enhanced translations to CSIV, CSV (planned WildShape / Summary)
- Various bug fixes, spelling corrections and tool enhancements

Currently working on implementation of SCAG backgrounds etc.

The Character Transfer Tool has yet to be updated but will partially work (~85% of your character should transfer, Spellcasting sheet will have problems. Recommend to build characters from scratch to test the new functionality and added content)

Let me know if you find issues, enjoy!

 

[Mergon]

There is an updated BETA2 version in the downloads section.
Download here - ForgedAnvil 5E Character Generator and take a moment and rate this▲if you like it, thank you!

The purpose of this BETA version is for eager users to test the Custom Subclass feature AND test the SCAG subclasses to provide feedback on what's working well, what is not working well, what's missing and any errors.

Updates in BETA 1 & 2 release:
- Added all subclasses from SCAG
- Improvements made to custom subclass functionality
- Added all SCAG spells
- Redesigned Adventurers Log
- Moved Faction section and details to Start sheets
- Added Duergar Subrace
- New Feature [BETA] - Subclass 1 (planned subclass 2, 3)
- Enhanced translations to CSIV, CSV (planned WildShape / Summary)
- Various bug fixes, spelling corrections and tool enhancements

Currently working on implementation of SCAG backgrounds etc.

The Character Transfer Tool has yet to be updated but will partially work (~85% of your character should transfer, Spellcasting sheet will have problems. Recommend to build characters from scratch to test the new functionality and added content)

Let me know if you find issues, enjoy!

Let's all hear it for the evil so & so who puts out a new version of his magnificent character sheet after I just finished creating a SCAG character and manually entered spells, background, and sub-class for half-elven bladesinger last night. All that work . . .

ForgedAnvil, may Tymora smile down on you and bless you with long life and prosperity.

Now, for my absolutely required suggestion addendum:

1) I truly believe ForgedAnvil that you should create a 2nd Custom tab for just your Custom Sub-classs. It would free up a great deal of space on the regular Custom tab for future usage. <evil grin> Why might you ask? See #2.

2) Please, please, pretty please with sugar on top, could you add at least 2 additional rows for custom spells? Was playing with a Homebrewed Paladin sub-class yesterday, mostly pre-entering custom data for one of my player (Oath of Nudity) which has a great many custom spells. Did I mention that we are an all adult group (Daddy I want some more candy) and ran out of custom spell slots.
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?448883-Oath-of-Nudity-Paladin-Subclass-WIP

Once again, many thank yous for your magnificent work.

 

[Joe Eskimo]

Just writing in to say how much I appreciate your work ForgedAnvil.

 

[flwad]

Minor point here, can be addressed after Scag & Custom Updates: I have a Warlock who has the Magic Initiate Feat (Sorcerer). I chose Chromatic Orb as my First Level spell. All works well except that the Spell cannot be shown as Prepared without showing as an extra in the Prepared/Known Block, i.e.PREPARED/KNOWN 5 of 4. Again, minor point but some might not understand how to work around. .

Just a quick comment. I have the Eldritch Invocation: Book of Ancient Secrets for Pact of the Tome. I add the Ritual spells to my list and show them as unprepared. Since they show in the spells list with the Ritual tag I know I can cast them as such, but if you ever enact the Prepared Spell sort I suggested earlier, this is another stumbling block. Sorry.

As always, in awe of your effort and responsiveness

 

[ForgedAnvil]

I love your character sheet. I subscribed to Office 365 just to use it. Libre office and open office are both buggy for me using it. I am having an issue with excel however. I created several characters for my group and saved them all. They have all leveled up and I tried to update their sheets to print off new updated versions. I can only open the files as read only. I am very "excel stupid". I don't know if I saved them wrong or what not and can't figure out how to open one that is not read only. I tried starting a new sheet to retrace my steps in the saving process and now I see that each sheet is protected. When I try to unprotect them it asks for a password. Is there a way around this that I am missing? I just want to save the sheets and be able to open them up and update them later when my group I run levels up. Your sheet is SOOO! nice updating everything for each level up and just makes it all so dang easy. Thanks again for any help!

PS If this has already been addressed I am sorry. I started to search through the first 20 or so pages but with over 100 pages it was going to take me a long time

OK I have now gone thru all 112 threads and seems no one else is having this issue so I know it must be something I am not doing correctly. I do not want any passwords or anything I just want to save the file and be able to update some fields later on as characters level up. I am using the most current version of excel via office 365 subscription. I have saved each character sheet using save as and named it something different so I can keep the original download blank. Reopening them I cannot edit fields like experience points or even add or change the players name or character name(a few of my players originally didn't have last names for their character and wanted to add one.) Any fields with drop downs I can still edit.

Thanks again
Doug

This is strange, I've never had this issue.

Just to confirm a few things:

1. You've installed Office 2016 locally on your PC (say 32bit version)
2. When you open the character generator the first time it works and you can edit all cells and can save the file
3. After saving, closing the file, and then reopening you're having an issue with editing non drop down list cells only?
4. Is there an option showing to Edit in Excel?

Did you edit initially in LibreOffice / OpenOffice? If so try the Character Transfer Tool in Excel 2016 to transfer to a new download of v1.60 (not 1.61 beta).

If this does work you should post some screenshots of the issue

 

[ForgedAnvil]

Let's all hear it for the evil so & so who puts out a new version of his magnificent character sheet after I just finished creating a SCAG character and manually entered spells, background, and sub-class for half-elven bladesinger last night. All that work . . .

ForgedAnvil, may Tymora smile down on you and bless you with long life and prosperity.

Now, for my absolutely required suggestion addendum:

1) I truly believe ForgedAnvil that you should create a 2nd Custom tab for just your Custom Sub-classs. It would free up a great deal of space on the regular Custom tab for future usage. <evil grin> Why might you ask? See #2.

2) Please, please, pretty please with sugar on top, could you add at least 2 additional rows for custom spells? Was playing with a Homebrewed Paladin sub-class yesterday, mostly pre-entering custom data for one of my player (Oath of Nudity) which has a great many custom spells. Did I mention that we are an all adult group (Daddy I want some more candy) and ran out of custom spell slots.
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?448883-Oath-of-Nudity-Paladin-Subclass-WIP

Once again, many thank yous for your magnificent work.

Hey Mergon, i'd prefer to keep all Custom stuff under one tab and just scrolling down to edit. For the additional spells lines it'll need to come later as I'm focused on SCAG at the moment and need feedback on any issues found with the new content (also there has been a quite a few changes in the background and so what might have worked fine previously may have issues)

 

[ForgedAnvil]

Minor point here, can be addressed after Scag & Custom Updates: I have a Warlock who has the Magic Initiate Feat (Sorcerer). I chose Chromatic Orb as my First Level spell. All works well except that the Spell cannot be shown as Prepared without showing as an extra in the Prepared/Known Block, i.e.PREPARED/KNOWN 5 of 4. Again, minor point but some might not understand how to work around. .

Just a quick comment. I have the Eldritch Invocation: Book of Ancient Secrets for Pact of the Tome. I add the Ritual spells to my list and show them as unprepared. Since they show in the spells list with the Ritual tag I know I can cast them as such, but if you ever enact the Prepared Spell sort I suggested earlier, this is another stumbling block. Sorry.

As always, in awe of your effort and responsiveness

Hi flwad, thanks for the feedback. Will look into the first issue (are you using the 1.61 beta 2 version?) and see what I can do. for the second issue there is nothing that I can do other than to recommend renaming say Level 9 to Book of Ancient Secrets and entering your ritual spells there to keep them separate from the standard spells

 

[Farthing]

ForgedAnvil, really liking the sheet. I've been using to build everything and can't imagine not having this tool. That being said, I have some quality of life suggestions;

• Entering XP is awkward. If I'm building something above level 1, I either need to to lookup the XP for the box or just guess until it lands on level 13. I'd really love to just select the class levels I want and have that level.
• Do you have any plans to implement Point Buy?

Also, I'm curious if you're open to outside help on the project. I would have done both of the above myself but I can't do it cleanly without access.