The campaign management is, well, basically a non-entity at the moment. What's frustrating about what is there, though, is that it doesn't even utilise the basic functionality inherent in the forums. I can't create proper lists, use tooltips, or any of the basic formatting of the forums even though it seems to use some sort-of stripped down version of the forums. It strips out all formatting to the point where I have to colour hyperlinks.
So a very basic improvement would be to allow the inherent functionality of the forums to work the same in the campaign management text fields.
As a side-note, it's also a little frustrating not being able to show players my campaign page without them creating a character. The campaign page, at it's most basic, is a place for character creation rules for a campaign. That people have to create a character to see the rules under which they should create their characters is very backwards.
I agree, having it function like forums would be amazing. My group uses Roll20 right now for campaign management and making new topics that we can recap and discuss previous sessions works amazingly. I would like to see something like that here. I do think the notes section is a good start but posting updates with new topics would make it even better.
I actually use a zetaboards for my own campaign management, and just give my players a link. There are topics (Character Creation, Custom this and that, etc) and I've used it for quite some time. Being able to use that here instead would save me a world of hassle.
This should be fixed now. The notes sections should work like any other rich text area on the site. If you still notice any styles / formatting not coming through, let me know.
I literally just discovered this issue last night when I added some campaign notes for the first time. Took the time to pretty them up, added a couple of tooltips and links and had it all go poof when I hit the "go" button. VERY happy to see the full formatting functionality added!
The campaign management is, well, basically a non-entity at the moment. What's frustrating about what is there, though, is that it doesn't even utilise the basic functionality inherent in the forums. I can't create proper lists, use tooltips, or any of the basic formatting of the forums even though it seems to use some sort-of stripped down version of the forums. It strips out all formatting to the point where I have to colour hyperlinks.
So a very basic improvement would be to allow the inherent functionality of the forums to work the same in the campaign management text fields.
As a side-note, it's also a little frustrating not being able to show players my campaign page without them creating a character. The campaign page, at it's most basic, is a place for character creation rules for a campaign. That people have to create a character to see the rules under which they should create their characters is very backwards.
I agree, having it function like forums would be amazing. My group uses Roll20 right now for campaign management and making new topics that we can recap and discuss previous sessions works amazingly. I would like to see something like that here. I do think the notes section is a good start but posting updates with new topics would make it even better.
This functionality is built in to the platform staff uses. It could be a very possible add-on if it's a popular enough suggestion.
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It sounds pretty slick to me!
Literally the only thing stopping me from switching 100% from Roll20
Yeah, this sounds really great.
I actually use a zetaboards for my own campaign management, and just give my players a link. There are topics (Character Creation, Custom this and that, etc) and I've used it for quite some time. Being able to use that here instead would save me a world of hassle.
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D&D Beyond StaffThis should be fixed now. The notes sections should work like any other rich text area on the site. If you still notice any styles / formatting not coming through, let me know.
Thanks!
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I literally just discovered this issue last night when I added some campaign notes for the first time. Took the time to pretty them up, added a couple of tooltips and links and had it all go poof when I hit the "go" button. VERY happy to see the full formatting functionality added!
Thank you!
So good. You're a sexy beast, Hartless.
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Hahaha! Watching that right now.
And the various notes and so forth in the character sheet?
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