Item Object Definition Compatibility

[LordEntrails]

Are 5E items close enough to CoreRPG items that a 5E module that just had items in it be made available to all CoreRPG child rulesets? What about tables, stories and maybe parcels (of items)?

[Trenloe]

Nope, there's a few additional fields in 5E - especially if the item is tagged with type = armor or weapon. Virtually every ruleset layered on top of CoreRPG will have additional fields from the base CoreRPG item.

Stories are fine, they are RPG system agnostic, as are tables and parcels (which are just links to items, not the item details).

[LordEntrails]

Ok, thanks. Was wondering specifically if gem module could be done that way. Might still try it as they are pretty generic but...

[Trenloe]

Ok, thanks. Was wondering specifically if gem module could be done that way. Might still try it as they are pretty generic but...
You might be able to get away with just a name and cost/value. To be sure - create the same item in 5E and CoreRPG and compare each record from the campaign databases. If they match then you are OK, if they don't then you'll probably have issues.

[Andraax]

Ok, thanks. Was wondering specifically if gem module could be done that way. Might still try it as they are pretty generic but...

You can look at the module I sent you an update for. You'll notice that 5E uses the "cost" element while C&C uses the "value" element. I had put both of those in that XML, and the rulesets just ignore the ones they don't use.