Chronicle System ruleset

[Mephisto]

Description
Ruleset for the Green Ronin’s Chronicle System powering the Feudal Fantasy Roleplaying game "Sword Chronicle" and formerly Green Ronin’s "Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying Game".

You can get the latest release from the Fantasy Grounds Forge (https://forge.fantasygrounds.com/shop/items/15/view). Subscribing to the forge will automatically update the ruleset when updates are released.

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Version v2023-02-24
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* Added support for death markers
* Add dice roll skin customization
* Combat tracker entry subsections have been redesigned and migrated to subwindows
* Item record subsections have been redesigned and migrated to subwindows

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Version v2022-05-30
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* Added an icon for weapons indicating the degrees of success for a role. The icon and thereby the degrees of success can be cycled by clicking on the icon or by using the mouse wheel.
* Rolling a test through the Dice Tower will no longer treat Bonus Dice as Test Dice.
* Various minor bug fixes

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Version v2022-03-04
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This release is a major upgrade to the previous version. Characters from the previous release are migrated to the new version once you update the ruleset.

* Character Sheet - Skills Tab: Contains all Abilities and Specialties. Clicking on an Ability will filter the "Specialty" list to the Specialties linked to the Ability. Custom Specialties can be entered and linked to an Ability
* Character Sheet - Abilities Tab: Allows entering of Qualities and Languages
* Character Sheet - Inventory Tab: Equipment can be tracked and "carry status selected. Bulk and Armor will be considered on other tabs if maintained on an item. Weapons added to the inventory will also be added to the "Actions" tab. Weapons should be tracked from the "Items" section to the inventory for maximum comfort and automation
* Character Sheet - Notes Tab: Basic PC data. Here you can also keep track of Destiny Points, Sorcery Points and XP
* Character Sheet - Actions Tab: Contains a Health section, Combat Stats, often used Tests and all weapons

* Items: Adjusted for Chronicle rules
* Items: Additional fields will be shown if the item is of type "Armor" or "Weapon"
* Items: "Subtype" is used for building a sorted item table which you can find by clicking on the button "Armor" or "Weapon" on the "Items" window
* Items: Item data is copied if added to the inventory of a PC by drag-and-drop

* Combat Tracker: Adjusted to allow tracking of Health, Fatigue, Injuries and Wounds
* Combat Tracker: Initiative can be rolled via the CT "Menu". Rolling of initiative per character to be fixed with next beta release, also a clean-up of the interface

* Party Sheet: Adjusted for Chronicle
* Modifiers: A number of presets included. Custom modifiers will likely not work if they affect Abilities, Specialties, Damage or rolls

* Desktop: Buttons for extra dices added next to the "Modifier" box in the left lower corner. Buttons are cumulative, i.e. if you select "+1D", "+2D" and +"4D", the test will be performed with 7 additional test dice.
* Desktop: If you drag-and-drop a role, you can add additional bonus dice by just right-clicking the mouse button while dragging.

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Version v2021-10-01
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* Initial Release

[Jabier]

Hi Mephisto,
thank you for the ruleset. Did you continue working on it? Is is "playable"?

Regards

[Mephisto]

Hi Jabier,
I did work a bit more on the ruleset but that is not yet ready for prime time. However, the ruleset as it is perfectly playable. I use it for my own group.
Basically, the ruleset is layered on top of the Core ruleset so everything you have available in Core is also available here plus Abilities & Specialities rolling as defined in the Chronicle System rules. Just double-click a Speciality "number" and it will roll the Ability & Speciality and drop appropriately.
You can also roll dice by entering a command in the chat, e.g. something like /roll 5d6k2 = Roll 5 six-sides dices, keep 2.

Have fun!

[Jabier]

Hi Mephisto,
I tested it and I found it great. Thank you for your work and sharing the ruleset : ).

Greetings

[Mephisto]

Version v2022-02-18 - Beta Build released in Test Channel

This release is a major upgrade to the previous version. Characters from the previous release are migrated to the new version once you update the ruleset.

PC character sheet
* Skills Tab: Contains all Abilities and Specialties. Clicking on an Ability will filter the "Specialty" list to the Specialties linked to the Ability. Custom Specialties can be entered and linked to an Ability.
* Abilities Tab: Allows entering of Qualities and Languages.
* Inventory Tab: Equipment can be tracked and "carry status selected. Bulk and Armor will be considered on other tabs if maintained on an item. Weapons added to the inventory will also be added to the "Actions" tab. Weapons should be tracked from the "Items" section to the inventory for maximum comfort and automation.
* Notes Tab: Basic PC data. Here you can also keep track of Destiny Points, Sorcery Points and XP.
* Actions Tab: Contains a Health section, Combat Stats, often used Tests and all weapons.

Items
* Adjusted for Chronicle rules.
* Additional fields will be shown if the item is of type "Armor" or "Weapon".
* "Subtype" is used for building a sorted item table which you can find by clicking on the button "Armor" or "Weapon" on the "Items" window.
* Item data is copied if added to the inventory of a PC by drag-and-drop.

NPC
* Functional, but this section will see change, both to layout and data structure. Please do not enter NPC you need in your campaign right now. There will be no data migration from the current version of the NPC window to the final one.
* When you enter "Actions" for an NPC, the dice fields can be edited by clicking on them once. Double-clicking will perform the role. Custom skills are not yet supported for NPC.

Combat Tracker
* Adjusted to allow tracking of Health, Fatigue, Injuries and Wounds.
* Initiative can be rolled via the CT "Menu". Rolling of initiative per character to be fixed with next beta release, also a clean-up of the interface.

Party Sheet
* Functional.

Modifiers
* A number of presets included. Custom modifiers will likely not work if they affect Abilities, Specialties, Damage or rolls.

Effects
* Fully functional "Lights"
* "Conditions" don't have an effect yet.

Desktop
* Buttons for extra dices added next to the "Modifier" box in the left lower corner. Buttons are cumulative, i.e. if you select "+1D", "+2D" and +"4D", the test will be performed with 7 additional test dice.
* If you drag-and-drop a role, you can add additional bonus dice by just right-clicking the mouse button while dragging.

Qualities / Specialties
* Adjusted for Chronicle rules.

Notes, Encounters, Images, Parcels, Quests, Story, Tables
* Standard FGU functionality included

[Mephisto]

Live version has been released.

[Arion]

Really, really liking this! But, when I add a custom sepciality and choose the Ability, it does not add the Ability dice nor the rank to the Bonus dice for the automated roll. Am I missing something?

[Mephisto]

Glad you like it! :) I could recreate the issue, I'll investigate it tomorrow. Thanks for reporting the bug!

[Arion]

Thank you for that!

A couple of other things you may want to look at. I found that Move was pre-calculated to zero with no Run bonus dice. Not sure if that is an error.

Also, I am unable to create weapons or armour from within the Items list. I can see the box there, but cannot create new items. As a knockon, I cannot then specify Armour Ratings for individual armour types...

[Mephisto]

I pushed an update which should take care of the move and the item error. Still need to fix the custom Speciality issue.
This update also contains the ability to set a weapon to be used defensively (shield icon on the handling element), which will add its defense bonus to the Combat Defense if one is maintained in the weapon description. Handling element can be used with the mouse wheel now.

Happy to hear any feedback and bug fix requests! :)

[Arion]

I pushed an update which should take care of the move and the item error. Still need to fix the custom Speciality issue.
This update also contains the ability to set a weapon to be used defensively (shield icon on the handling element), which will add its defense bonus to the Combat Defense if one is maintained in the weapon description. Handling element can be used with the mouse wheel now.

Happy to hear any feedback and bug fix requests! :)

Thanks.

The move issue is definately fixed.

I still cannot create items in the items list (Item button on right then armour or weapon button). There is nothing on the radial menu, and no "add item" button. I have also tried dragging a weapon from the character sheet to the weapon list and nothing happens.

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If I add a new weapon direct to the character sheet it still only has the melee/missile/thrown icons!

I am gearing up for a game in the autumn/winter (Ars Magica/Sword Chronicle mashup) and so am adding bits daily. I will let you know anything else I find!!

[Arion]

OK, ignore that last post. I worked out how to do weapons and armour. Maybe a dropdown in the subtype to allow you to choose one?

All good now!!

[Mephisto]

Oh, I see about the item! The "Armor" and "Weapons" button on the top build a table where you can see all weapons/armor already entered with stats. To add an item, you need o use the green "plus" button. But interesting idea to add it via radial menu. I just took this from 5E and I'm not sure if you can add it there via menu.
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The handling is right next to the melee/missile/thrown icon:
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Keep hunting! :-)

[Mephisto]

OK, ignore that last post. I worked out how to do weapons and armour. Maybe a dropdown in the subtype to allow you to choose one?

All good now!!

Thing is you can add other types to sort things. But a mouse-over hint might be an idea. :)

[Arion]

Thing is you can add other types to sort things. But a mouse-over hint might be an idea. :)

It was more me not realising that was the way to do it. I might even put together an FAQ for the ruleset at some point!

[Arion]

Thing is you can add other types to sort things. But a mouse-over hint might be an idea. :)

It was more me not realising that was the way to do it. I might even put together an FAQ for the ruleset at some point!

[Mephisto]

I pushed an update which should fix the issues you reported. I would be delighted if you put together an FAQ. Maybe it can be published on a wiki as a help link, if you agree to it.

[WildKnight]

I'm sure its something obvious that I'm just missing, but is there a way to set the difficulty before you roll?

[Mephisto]

Difficulty is only implemented for combat attacks and on the party sheet. Not sure how to implement it without overloading the interface. Any ideas/wishes?

[Arion]

I have another quick question.

I am planning on running my Middle Earth game based upon the Chronicle System, but it has an additional Ability. Is it difficult to go into the code and add that on to the character sheet (and make it selectable from the list for the specialities?)

[Mephisto]

Hi Arion,
its certainly not that difficult but tedious. Right from the top of my head, you need to add the additional ability not only on the PC sheet but also on the NPC sheets, the party sheet and in the combat tracker. You also need to add the attribute in data_common_chronicle.lua, where you can also add additional skills related to the attribute. There might be other places where you need to make changes.

You will also need to keep your code up-to-date with the latest release of the ruleset.

[Arion]

Hi Arion,
its certainly not that difficult but tedious. Right from the top of my head, you need to add the additional ability not only on the PC sheet but also on the NPC sheets, the party sheet and in the combat tracker. You also need to add the attribute in data_common_chronicle.lua, where you can also add additional skills related to the attribute. There might be other places where you need to make changes.

You will also need to keep your code up-to-date with the latest release of the ruleset.


Ah, OK, I might give that a go and see what happens!!

Thanks

[Arion]

I think I have worked around that.

I was testing it today though, and the Combat Defence of the NPC's does not appear to be picked up when a PC rolls an attack. Here we have a Goblin with a Combat Defence of 10, but the attack against the Goblin has a "vs 0" above it?

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[Mephisto]

Thanks for reporting the bug! It will be fixed in the next release.

[Mephisto]

New version released.

================================================== ================================================== ===============
Version v2023-02-24
================================================== ================================================== ===============
* Added support for death markers
* Add dice roll skin customization
* Combat tracker entry subsections have been redesigned and migrated to subwindows
* Item record subsections have been redesigned and migrated to subwindows

[sirkerry]

Version v2022-02-18 - Beta Build released in Test Channel
Effects
* Fully functional "Lights"
* "Conditions" don't have an effect yet.


I was curious if effects had been added to Conditions yet for this ruleset?

[Mephisto]

Hi sirkerry,
"Conditions" don't have specific effects yet. I think besides "Prone" and "Helpless" there are no other conditions in the ruleset, are there?

[sirkerry]

Hi sirkerry,
"Conditions" don't have specific effects yet. I think besides "Prone" and "Helpless" there are no other conditions in the ruleset, are there?

Sorry, I wasn't being very clear. Not that interested in "Conditions" per see, what I was actually trying to ask is if effects are functional yet, like can I add an custom effect that gives either either extra dice or a bonus or gives penalty dice, etc? If effects are available it would be really nice to have them attached to items, qualities, drawbacks, and flaws.

[Mephisto]

I haven't implemented that yet. The ATK effect works as a bonus to attack rolls, but bonus/penalty die likely do not work. :-/

[YggBjorn]

Thanks for creating this ruleset Mephisto!

I am starting to import the SIFRP core book into Sword Chronicle and I love the fact that when I create a Specialty record for import, it is automatically linked to the character sheet. Awesome work!

When I have questions about the import process, using the ruleset, or about the rules in general, where do you prefer I ask those questions? I can't find an official Discord for Green Ronin Publishing and I don't want to make a Facebook account to interact with whatever community they have there.

[Mephisto]

Hi YggBjorn,
you are most welcome! :) If you hhave any questions, just post them here in this thread, I'm reading it on a regular basis. The Green Ronin Discord Server has this ID: 612038492867919892, https://discord.com/invite/dYZbMFyJ4q.