Thread: New videos on Effects
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May 7th, 2026, 18:32 #1
New videos on Effects
With the latest patch for the 5e ruleset comes a completely re-written effects system with many new features and effects (It's worth noting that many of these effects are in CoreRPG so any ruleset based on that will have these effects as well). To help get you caught up with all of the new stuff I'm recording a series of videos on what's new, how the new system and all of the effects work. Videos will be added as they become available. You can see the complete playlist here.
The wiki has also been extensively re-written and updated so if you want to read about the new effects and bookmark for reference, or instead of watching videos you can see that here.
Video One: What is an Effect
Video Two: Anatomy of an Effect
Video Three: Duration and Timing
Video Four: Targeted Effects
Video Five: Cast/Heal/Damage Dialogs
Video Six: Conditions
Video Seven: Combat Modifiers
Video Eight: Skill and Ability Tags
Video Nine: Damage Adjustment Tags
Video Ten: Immunities, Resistances, and Vulnerabilities
Video Eleven: Ongoing Tags
Video Twelve: Healing Tags
Video Thirteen: PCTags
Video Fourteen: Advantage and Disadvantage
Video Fifteen: @Tags Part One
Video Sixteen: @Tags Part TwoLast edited by Zacchaeus; May 22nd, 2026 at 15:49.
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May 7th, 2026, 22:12 #2
Thank you for all your hard work. Great videos.
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May 7th, 2026, 23:16 #3If there is something that you would like to see in Fantasy Grounds that isn't currently part of the software or if there is something you think would improve a ruleset then add your idea here https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featu...rerequests.php
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May 8th, 2026, 01:38 #4High Patriarch
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I agree with MrDDT. Thanks for all you do for the community, Zacchaeus. I find your videos very informing.
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May 8th, 2026, 02:42 #5
Nicely done
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May 8th, 2026, 09:45 #6

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This is excellent. Thank you!
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May 8th, 2026, 15:55 #7
Two new videos added covering cast/damage/heal dialogs and Conditions.
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May 11th, 2026, 12:54 #8
Four more videos added linked in the first post.
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May 12th, 2026, 14:44 #9Grand Templar
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As always, great work from Zaccaeus.
I updated FG just before a game, and all Target effects from paladin stopped working. lol.
I'll have to restudy FGU from zero and try to understand it all.
But i think it's a long term improvement.
I could never actuallly learn all those FG effects coding.
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May 12th, 2026, 17:09 #10Zealot
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Thanks for the great work. I really appreciate how thorough you are.
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