Jack of All Things for 5e (rebranding of Kit'N'Kaboodle)

Jack of All Things

Current Version: v3.5.12
Updated: 2026-06-14

• Adds an action tab to items and spells. Allows for editing spell effects without putting the record onto a character.
• Adds the ability to set actions to items, which will be shown on the character's Action Tab when the item is equipped.
• Adds charges to items. Automated recharging. Can have items recharged using a die. Can configure something to happen when the item runs out of charges.
• Adds inventories to NPCs. The primary benefit of this feature at present is to give NPCs items that have Actions.
• Time-based recharge. When used in conjunction with the Clock Adjuster extension, items may be configured to recharge daily at Dawn, Noon, Dusk, or Midnight.
• Equipped Effects. When the two extensions are used in conjunction, the power automation feature of Equipped Effects will add the power to the item.
• Automatic Effects data. Leverages data in Automatic effects to automate item recharge configuration for items equipped while using Equipped Effects and Clock Adjuster.
• Targeting Window. Huge icons. Option to open automatically on turn defaulted to off. Otherwise open by double-clicking target icon within CT targetting tab.
• Collapse all and expand all buttons on PC actions tab. Adds collapsibility to Spell Slots and Generic Actions headings.

Other Extensions

Care has been taken to avoid negative interactions with other extensions. Current extension support includes:

• Equipped Items, Advanced Effects, Map Parcels, Clock Adjuster, 5e Automatic Effects, Generic Actions.

If you find any negative interactions with other extensions, please let the maintainer know on the forums or Discord.

Installation

It is recommended that you disable and hide Kit'N'Kaboodle on your Forge account. And if you have downloaded any releases from github, you should also delete any copies of KitNKaboodle.ext in your extensions folder.
Install from the Fantasy Grounds Forge.
You can find the source code at Farratto's GitHub.
You can ask questions at the Fantasy Grounds Forum thread.

Attribution

Jack of All Things is a rebranding of Kit'N'Kaboodle by MeAndUnique. M&U no longer supports KNK. Farratto is the maintainer of Jack of All Trades.

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Change Log

• v3.5.12: FIXED: Was inhibiting new encumbrance system in ruleset. Added protections for future ruleset changes to effects.
• v3.5.11: FIXED: long-standing erroneous options set to local. Accomodations for ruleset 2026-05-05
• v3.5.10: Accomodations for ruleset 2026-05-05
• v3.5.9: Removed double-clicking enemy creatures as was incorporated into ruleset
• v3.5.8: FIXED: single use items now reflecting correctly in actions tab. Minor performance improvements.
• v3.5.7: FIXED: FG v4.8.2 broke the charges on items.
• v3.5.6: Accomodations for FGU v4.8.0. JoAT no longer deletes items from inventory, but at least it doesn't throw errors. Will attempt bring JoAT back up to full functionality at a later date.
• v3.5.5: FIXED: negative interaction with Combat Automation extension. Started compatibility updates for FG v4.8.0.
• v3.5.4: FIXED: broke item charges when fixing nil error from v3.5.3
• v3.5.3: FIXED: nil error when destroying item
• v3.5.2: FIXED: Switching from JoAT items to Equipped Effects required restart to take effect. Expand/Collapse all buttons added to Floating tabs.
• v3.5.1: FIXED: ineractions with Winnowing Pursuits. slight aesthetic improvements.
• v3.5.0: Expand/Collapse all buttons added to Actions tab. Actions added by JoAT are now placed above Generic Actions.
• v3.4.2: Negative interaction with Legendary Assistant. FIXED
• v3.4.1: Negative interaction with Arcane Ward ext. FIXED
• v3.4.0: Added option to keep targeting window open on turn change
• v3.3.4: Disabled inventory tab on NPCs. This is functionality is covered by Map Parcels extension.
• v3.3.3: Spamming console log: FIXED.
• v3.3.2: Was sending NPC pictures to all connected clients. FIXED
• v3.3.1: Fixed interaction with Spell Action Info
• v3.3.0: New Option: Players may double-click nonfriendly NPCs to see their highres picture
• v3.2.0: Added Next Actor button to targetting window.
• v3.1.6: New targetting window with huge icons. Option to auto-open defaulted to off.
• v3.1.4: Updated UI Elements in support of next round of deprecations. Minor Aesthetic Improvement.
• v3.1.3: Previous patch not functioning as intended: Fixed.
• v3.1.2: You may now close the offense tab in CT for current actor.
• v3.1.1: Added warning window if loading both KNK and JoAT
• v3.1.0: Rebranded to Jack of All Things. Minor bug fixes to accomdate Combat Automation extension.

Awesome. Thanks so much for doing this!

Awesome news. Glad to see that we were able to make a transition. For people who are going to ask, they should remove K&K and transition to this which is 100% backwards compatible (correct? )

On Forge, you would disable & hide from forge inventory. If you have manual copies that you installed from Github, you'll want to delete those.

I'd recommend that maybe you add some clarity to post #1 about "How to transition"

Great thank you!

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Awesome news. Glad to see that we were able to make a transition. For people who are going to ask, they should remove K&K and transition to this which is 100% backwards compatible (correct? )

On Forge, you would disable & hide from forge inventory. If you have manual copies that you installed from Github, you'll want to delete those.

I'd recommend that maybe you add some clarity to post #1 about "How to transition"

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That's a good suggestion, thank you. I'll do that.

dbachen is right. Jack of All Things is 100% backwards compatible. You should disable and hide Kit'N'Kaboodle on your Forge account. And if you have downloaded any releases from github, you should also delete any copies of KitNKaboodle.ext in your extensions folder.

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MeAndUnique's Kit'N'Kaboodle has been rebranded and put back on the forge. Farratto is the new maintainer.

Jack of All Things

Current Version: v3.1.0

Features:

• Adds an action tab to items and spells. Allows for editing spell effects without putting the record onto a character.
• Adds the ability to set actions to items, which will be shown on the character's Action Tab when the item is equipped.
• Adds charges to items. Automated recharging. Can have items recharged using a die. Can configure something to happen when the item runs out of charges.
• Adds inventories to NPCs. The primary benefit of this feature at present is to give NPCs items that have Actions.
• Time-based recharge. When used in conjunction with the Clock Adjuster extension, items may be configured to recharge daily at Dawn, Noon, Dusk, or Midnight.
• Equipped Effects. When the two extensions are used in conjunction, the power automation feature of Equipped Effects will add the power to the item.
• Automatic Effects data. Leverages data in Automatic effects to automate item recharge configuration for items equipped while using Equipped Effects and Clock Adjuster.

Other Extensions

Care has been taken to avoid negative interactions with other extensions. Current extension support includes:

• Equipped Items, Advanced Effects, Map Parcels, Clock Adjuster, Combat Automation, 5e Automatic Effects.

If you find any negative interactions with other extensions, please let the maintainer know on the forums or Discord.


Installation

It is recommended that you disable and hide Kit'N'Kaboodle on your Forge account. And if you have downloaded any releases from github, you should also delete any copies of KitNKaboodle.ext in your extensions folder.

Install from the forge at https://forge.fantasygrounds.com/shop/items/1959/view
Source code available at (https://github.com/Farratto/JackOfAllThings/releases

Change Log:
v3.1.0: Rebranded to Jack of All Trades. Minor bug fixes to accomdate Combat Automation extension.

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This is the best "upgrade" news in a long time. This is such an essential extension. It does so many important behind-the-scenes things that nothing else does. Great work, and thank you.

Thanks, Farratto, for taking this on. I thought I read somewhere that Jack of All Things can be used to automatically destroy potions once they're consumed. I set the "Charges" section to 1, never, destroy. That doesn't work. Am I missing something, or is that not a feature of JoAT?

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Originally Posted by Baron Toth

Thanks, Farratto, for taking this on. I thought I read somewhere that Jack of All Things can be used to automatically destroy potions once they're consumed. I set the "Charges" section to 1, never, destroy. That doesn't work. Am I missing something, or is that not a feature of JoAT?

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It is working for me. Did you tick the box next to the healing potion spell after you casting it?

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I must have a conflict with another extension. Potions added before have a box to tick, but new potions added don't have a box. Also, when I ticked the box on an old potion, I got this error.

I'll investigate and find the conflict.

/Users/dougmanning/Library/Application Support/CleanShot/media/media_mtCfNcr7WO/CleanShot 2024-12-05 at 16.45.59.jpg

Trying again on the screenshot:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-IJ...ew?usp=sharing

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Trying again on the screenshot:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-IJ...ew?usp=sharing

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Luck is with us on this day. I was able to recreate this error. I guess we're running some of the same extensions. I pushed a fix to the forge. After you update, it should work. Well, THAT error should be gone. Hopefully you don't have another hurdle

Nope, still no boxes for me. I'll go to my test campaign and look for more conflicts. Just to be sure I'm following the expected path...

1) I made a copy of Potion of Hill Giant Strength from Items

2) I unlocked and edit the Actions tab to Charges / 1, Never, Destroy

3) I dragged the edited Potion to the player's inventory and equipped.

4) Open the player's Actions tab

I see the Potion, but there's no little box. And when I open the Potion on the player's Actions tab, the settings have reverted. See the attached screenshot.

I watched the Forge update, but didn't see Jack of all Things update- although everything goes by quickly. I'm showing v3.1.4 in my chat window. Is that the latest version?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-KO...ew?usp=sharing

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Nope, still no boxes for me. I'll go to my test campaign and look for more conflicts. Just to be sure I'm following the expected path...

1) I made a copy of Potion of Hill Giant Strength from Items

2) I unlocked and edit the Actions tab to Charges / 1, Never, Destroy

3) I dragged the edited Potion to the player's inventory and equipped.

4) Open the player's Actions tab

I see the Potion, but there's no little box. And when I open the Potion on the player's Actions tab, the settings have reverted. See the attached screenshot.

I watched the Forge update, but didn't see Jack of all Things update- although everything goes by quickly. I'm showing v3.1.4 in my chat window. Is that the latest version?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-KO...ew?usp=sharing

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It looks like the item is not picking up the power. Are you using Equipped Effects? If you are, it should be automatically adding the power of the same name from the spell records list. If you are not, you can add the power manually into the item record.

Yes, I have Equipped Effects loaded. I'll go to a clean campaign with just EE and JoAT loaded and see if that works.

Still not working for me. Screenshot with only BCEG, Equipped Effects and JoAT loaded. Still no little box, and the potion does not destroy on use. Do I really have the latest version of JoAT loaded at 3.14?

OK, some progress. I am using Equipped Effects, but you were right- the issue is that the Spell wasn't being added to the Powers tab. When I dragged the spell in manually, all worked as expected.

What's your normal workflow? It seems to me that I might want to export a module with all the common spells set up ahead of time.

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OK, some progress. I am using Equipped Effects, but you were right- the issue is that the Spell wasn't being added to the Powers tab. When I dragged the spell in manually, all worked as expected.

What's your normal workflow? It seems to me that I might want to export a module with all the common spells set up ahead of time.

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3.1.4 is the latest. I'm glad you got it working. I have a separate campaign that I call "export" and put all the items,spells, npcs, whatever I have customized. And then export it as a module. Then have that module loaded on all my campaigns. Then I set that module as priority 1 in those campaigns so Equipped Effects will preferentially use anything in that module ahead of any other modules i have loaded.

Thanks for the clarification. That's a good tip- to set that module as priority 1. I hadn't played with that feature.

I put in a targetting window that has huge icons. Functionally, it's identical to the targets tab on the combat tracker. You can open it in two ways: 1. enable the option to have it open automatically on your turn. 2. Double click the little target icon in the CT targetting tab (red arrow in the screenshot) Attachment 63035

Interesting. I look forward to playing with it.

New Option: Players may double-click nonfriendly NPCs to see their highres picture. Defaulted to on.

Anyone using the NPC inventory tab from Jack of All Things without using Map Parcels?

Is a 1 charge item supposed to be immediately removed upon clicking on the box? I haven't been able to get that to kick in yet. This is a healing potion I customized from the PHB for use by an Artificer, so the dice and bonus are different than the generic healing potion.

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Is a 1 charge item supposed to be immediately removed upon clicking on the box? I haven't been able to get that to kick in yet. This is a healing potion I customized from the PHB for use by an Artificer, so the dice and bonus are different than the generic healing potion.

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If you want it to do that, you gotta change the value of "On Last" to "Destroy". You would also want the option enabled: "Remove destroyed items from inventory"; if you want it to also remove the item from the person's inventory

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If you want it to do that, you gotta change the value of "On Last" to "Destroy". You would also want the option enabled: "Remove destroyed items from inventory"; if you want it to also remove the item from the person's inventory

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The deletion worked - however I'm now receiving a script error.

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The deletion worked - however I'm now receiving a script error.

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That is not an error, its a warning.

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The deletion worked - however I'm now receiving a script error.

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I'm glad the suggestion I made worked for you.

As MrDDT says, this is a warning. Warnings are safe to ignore unless you're having a problem, it can help diagnose the problem. This warning in particular is because I've written in some accomodations to an extension you dont' have loaded. This is a good example of a common reason we have warnings that we can ignore.

Thank you for your concern and communication though. :-)

New Feature: Expand All and Collapse All buttons added to actions tab. Also added the ability to expand and collapse the spell slots header and generic actions header. You may also notice (if you use generic actions) that I've defaulted the JoAT added actions to just above generic actions now, instead of just below it. You can still paper airplane them to the top and does not affect entries that have been paper airplaned to the top.

Hi Farratto, getting back into FGU and your extension has saved our game!
The item actions work and show up in the actions tab, however the destroy on use is not working.
Looking above, do I and my players now have to select the box to use? This is the only way the item count decreases in inventory.
I have also noticed that when editing an item from the parcel window, the action dice area doesnt update.
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Hi Farratto, getting back into FGU and your extension has saved our game!
The item actions work and show up in the actions tab, however the destroy on use is not working.
Looking above, do I and my players now have to select the box to use? This is the only way the item count decreases in inventory.
I have also noticed that when editing an item from the parcel window, the action dice area doesnt update.
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The dice not showing up is a known limitation to the extension. It has to do with the fact that the item is not on a player and therefore it cannot calculate any possible stat contributions (like wisdom for a healing word).

In order to get the auto-deletion to work, you gotta set the "uses" to 1 under the spell record for the item. In your example, that would be the second-to-last screenshot. I know it's convoluted, but it needs that because some items have multiple charges per use.

Hi Farratto,
Giving the player some wounds and x5 potions hasn't deleted it from its inventory when used.
All charges are set to one, and recharge set to never above destroy.
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Hi Farratto,
Giving the player some wounds and x5 potions hasn't deleted it from its inventory when used.
All charges are set to one, and recharge set to never above destroy.
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You also need the option turned on.Attachment 63972

Hey there!

Something appears to have happened to this extension lately. With only Jack of All Things loaded, charges for items are no longer showing up on the actions tab. I'm still able to set up charges and abilities, but they aren't able to be toggled on at all.

Any idea whats going on?Attachment 63977

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Hey there!

Something appears to have happened to this extension lately. With only Jack of All Things loaded, charges for items are no longer showing up on the actions tab. I'm still able to set up charges and abilities, but they aren't able to be toggled on at all.

Any idea whats going on?Attachment 63977

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Good Day Darth Decisive :)
Try unlocking the character sheet. That seems to fix a lot of things these days. (Lock/Unlock is at the top of the sheet) :)

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Hey there!

Something appears to have happened to this extension lately. With only Jack of All Things loaded, charges for items are no longer showing up on the actions tab. I'm still able to set up charges and abilities, but they aren't able to be toggled on at all.

Any idea whats going on?Attachment 63977

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Ok first thing Darth you have another ext loaded, I don't think that's the issue though.

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I do see a small issue is there is no way to set a total charges group option. So if you want to have many powers on an item, like a staff of power, that has 50 total charges, but each power on the item uses a set # of charges, there is no good way to do this, that I can see.

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Hey there!

Something appears to have happened to this extension lately. With only Jack of All Things loaded, charges for items are no longer showing up on the actions tab. I'm still able to set up charges and abilities, but they aren't able to be toggled on at all.

Any idea whats going on?Attachment 63977

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Apologies, I fixed something else and didnt notice I had broken this. They should both be fixed now.

Heyho! I've been using FG for ages, and some of my extensions have partly broken over time. I have taken in JackOfAllThings as the replacement for KitNKaboodle, but im running into warnings. It doesnt not work but i have warnings which i am a bit concerned about, and am trying to get rid of all my problems, so i dont see the console pop up at every corner. What i'm running in to is the following:

[4/13/2025 1:51:18 PM] [WARNING] windowclass: Window class (charsheet_actionsft) defined with merge attribute, but asset name does not match existing asset. [JackOfAllThings] [campaign/record_char_actions.xml]
[4/13/2025 1:51:18 PM] [WARNING] windowclass: Window class (power_action_resource) defined with merge attribute, but asset name does not match existing asset. [JackOfAllThings] [campaign/record_power.xml]

This is something i also see from other extensions, and im quite sure it is some interaction possibly with another extension, but i am not deep enough into FG extensions to figure out what is going on.

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Heyho! I've been using FG for ages, and some of my extensions have partly broken over time. I have taken in JackOfAllThings as the replacement for KitNKaboodle, but im running into warnings. It doesnt not work but i have warnings which i am a bit concerned about, and am trying to get rid of all my problems, so i dont see the console pop up at every corner. What i'm running in to is the following:

[4/13/2025 1:51:18 PM] [WARNING] windowclass: Window class (charsheet_actionsft) defined with merge attribute, but asset name does not match existing asset. [JackOfAllThings] [campaign/record_char_actions.xml]
[4/13/2025 1:51:18 PM] [WARNING] windowclass: Window class (power_action_resource) defined with merge attribute, but asset name does not match existing asset. [JackOfAllThings] [campaign/record_power.xml]

This is something i also see from other extensions, and im quite sure it is some interaction possibly with another extension, but i am not deep enough into FG extensions to figure out what is going on.

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A few things:

1.> Warnings will not cause the console window to popup so if it's popping up on it's own, you have an error in there somewhere you gotta find.

2.> Vast majority of warnings are benign. Many things we (as extension writers) do is compensate for other extensions, and if you're not using the extension we've compensated for, it can produce these warnings. They are benign. The two warnings you've quoted here are because you are not using Floating Tabs and Capital Gains, respectively.

3.> Warnings can be useful if you are having an error or some other malfunctioning behavior. They might then be useful to the dev for diagnosis.

But thank you for reporting

Hey, this is not a bug report, just if there is a reference guide for the extension like how to program stuff and such?

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Hey, this is not a bug report, just if there is a reference guide for the extension like how to program stuff and such?

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Not really, you can look at the readme and see some of the changes over time, but nothing that is like a manual on how to use it. Coders, they make stuff that does things not that into documenting =P