This extension extends the D&D Beyond's campaign page to turn it into a DM screen.
By default it fetches and updates the character's data every 60s. You can enable / disable the extension and change the refresh time in the menu when clicking on the extension icon.
The extension also adds a button in the campaign page to open the DM screen in a popup .
My plan is to improve the design of the pop out feature and add more UI flexibility and customization (like allowing to reorder the list of characters, having alerts on low HP, etc...).
Feel free to DM me or to post here if you find some errors in the stats. I had to create a bunch of different characters and analyse the JSON from D&D Beyond in order to test the tool but I'm pretty sure I might have missed some weird casses.
I'm also open to ideas about ways to improve the design. I will probably mostly focus on improving the external screen feature, not the embedded one.
This is pretty good! One issue is the pop out when on my my 2nd monitor (27 inch) places the window off the screen (top left) and the title bar can't be selected. Opens fine on my laptop screen. Do you have a github repo for the project?
This is pretty good! One issue is the pop out when on my my 2nd monitor (27 inch) places the window off the screen (top left) and the title bar can't be selected. Opens fine on my laptop screen. Do you have a github repo for the project?
I pushed a new version were I specify the top left corner (top: 0, left: 0) of the screen for the window creation. I could not reproduce the issue so let me know if it does fix something for you.
Also I do have a github repo for the extension but I'd like to clean a bit the code before making it public. It's easier if people want to contribute.
Update: Made a couple of updates for the extension.
- Fixed some AC bugs (missing attuned items, unarmored defense, armored defense, ...)
- Fixed feat bonuses (Prodigy, alert, etc...)
Couple of minor fixes
Feel free to ping me here when you notice some issues with the number and I'll take a look. There are a lot of rules and I might be missing some in the extension.
Just wanted to reply and say that this is amazing! Exactly what I've been looking for! At the expense of adding way too much to the page, the only other info I think I'd love to have as a DM would be spell slots for each character, and mayyybe like special abilities. Like Superiority Dice or Wild Shape usage. It's helpful to keep track of abilities spent and whatnot. But this is verrry good as is. Thank you!
I just gave this a try this evening and noticed that the swashbuckler in my group’s initiative wasn’t being displayed correctly. As a swashbuckler, they add their charisma bonus to initiative rolls; though reflected correctly in the DDB character sheet, your browser extension only reports the normal DEX bonus to initiative.
There may have been something else I noticed, but I’m not at a PC now and can’t remember, sorry D:
Wow I absolutely love this. Glad I found it! One minor issue I've noticed, I've got a PC whose walk speed is displayed incorrectly. They are a Wood Elf, and thus have a base walking speed of 35 ft. but this extension only shows 30 ft. The full character sheet shows the correct distance though. Just a heads up!
I just gave this a try this evening and noticed that the swashbuckler in my group’s initiative wasn’t being displayed correctly. As a swashbuckler, they add their charisma bonus to initiative rolls; though reflected correctly in the DDB character sheet, your browser extension only reports the normal DEX bonus to initiative.
There may have been something else I noticed, but I’m not at a PC now and can’t remember, sorry D:
Hi SagaTympana, thank you for your feedback.
It would be super helpful for me to get the id of the character. You can find this in the url.
Just wanted to reply and say that this is amazing! Exactly what I've been looking for! At the expense of adding way too much to the page, the only other info I think I'd love to have as a DM would be spell slots for each character, and mayyybe like special abilities. Like Superiority Dice or Wild Shape usage. It's helpful to keep track of abilities spent and whatnot. But this is verrry good as is. Thank you!
I'm working on a new version, I'll see if I can add some options for those information ;)
Hi AshDev, that update did indeed fix it. I noticed another problem, however. It seems that under the passives it doesn't account for expertise. I've got a character (in fact, same one) in my game that has expertise in investigation, but it doesn't show properly in the passives list (it does show correctly in the actual D&D Beyond character sheet though)
Also, I've noticed that occasionally I'm getting pages pop up from D&D Beyond asking me to confirm I'm not a bot. It's only occurred since I started using this extension. Could it be related you think?
Hi AshDev, that update did indeed fix it. I noticed another problem, however. It seems that under the passives it doesn't account for expertise. I've got a character (in fact, same one) in my game that has expertise in investigation, but it doesn't show properly in the passives list (it does show correctly in the actual D&D Beyond character sheet though)
Also, I've noticed that occasionally I'm getting pages pop up from D&D Beyond asking me to confirm I'm not a bot. It's only occurred since I started using this extension. Could it be related you think?
Just a heads up. Thank you!
Hi Brand_X,
Could you send me the character ID or link where the passive is missing ?
I know nothing about the bot popup, I hope it's not related but I've never seen it.
Hmm still seeing the incorrect passive on the campaign screen. I've confirmed I've got 1.1.14 and have reloaded the page. For future I'll use that page for reporting issues. Thank you!
EDIT: Going through my other players, it seems the extension doesn't recognize either expertise or half-proficiency. The bard in the group's passives are also incorrect.
Embedded version:
Popup version:
This is pretty good! One issue is the pop out when on my my 2nd monitor (27 inch) places the window off the screen (top left) and the title bar can't be selected. Opens fine on my laptop screen. Do you have a github repo for the project?
This looks promising. I'll have to check it out later.
I pushed a new version were I specify the top left corner (top: 0, left: 0) of the screen for the window creation. I could not reproduce the issue so let me know if it does fix something for you.
Also I do have a github repo for the extension but I'd like to clean a bit the code before making it public. It's easier if people want to contribute.
This fixes the issue, though it always places it on my main display which is fine. Thanks!
I'm glad it fixed the issue.
Update: Made a couple of updates for the extension.
- Fixed some AC bugs (missing attuned items, unarmored defense, armored defense, ...)
- Fixed feat bonuses (Prodigy, alert, etc...)
Couple of minor fixes
Feel free to ping me here when you notice some issues with the number and I'll take a look. There are a lot of rules and I might be missing some in the extension.
Just wanted to reply and say that this is amazing! Exactly what I've been looking for! At the expense of adding way too much to the page, the only other info I think I'd love to have as a DM would be spell slots for each character, and mayyybe like special abilities. Like Superiority Dice or Wild Shape usage. It's helpful to keep track of abilities spent and whatnot. But this is verrry good as is. Thank you!
I just gave this a try this evening and noticed that the swashbuckler in my group’s initiative wasn’t being displayed correctly. As a swashbuckler, they add their charisma bonus to initiative rolls; though reflected correctly in the DDB character sheet, your browser extension only reports the normal DEX bonus to initiative.
There may have been something else I noticed, but I’m not at a PC now and can’t remember, sorry D:
Wow I absolutely love this. Glad I found it! One minor issue I've noticed, I've got a PC whose walk speed is displayed incorrectly. They are a Wood Elf, and thus have a base walking speed of 35 ft. but this extension only shows 30 ft. The full character sheet shows the correct distance though. Just a heads up!
Hey Brand_X, thank you for your feedback.
I took a look and deployed a new version (1.1.12) of the extension that should fix the issue with Fleet of Foot.
Let me know if it fixes it for you.
Hi SagaTympana, thank you for your feedback.
It would be super helpful for me to get the id of the character. You can find this in the url.
I'm working on a new version, I'll see if I can add some options for those information ;)
This looks pretty neat. I am having a session tonight... I will try it and see how it works.
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Hi there,
I'm happy to announce that I also created a web version of the DM Screen that can be used on tablets on in other browsers than chrome.
Checkout the article about it here https://4sh.dev/d-d-toolbox/ or the app here: http://encounters.4sh.dev/
I used this in my session last week and it was super helpful.
WOTC lies. We know that WOTC lies. WOTC knows that we know that WOTC lies. We know that WOTC knows that we know that WOTC lies. And still they lie.
Because of the above (a paraphrase from Orwell) I no longer post to the forums -- PM me if you need help or anything.
Hi AshDev, that update did indeed fix it. I noticed another problem, however. It seems that under the passives it doesn't account for expertise. I've got a character (in fact, same one) in my game that has expertise in investigation, but it doesn't show properly in the passives list (it does show correctly in the actual D&D Beyond character sheet though)
Also, I've noticed that occasionally I'm getting pages pop up from D&D Beyond asking me to confirm I'm not a bot. It's only occurred since I started using this extension. Could it be related you think?
Just a heads up. Thank you!
Hi Brand_X,
Could you send me the character ID or link where the passive is missing ?
I know nothing about the bot popup, I hope it's not related but I've never seen it.
Hi Brand_X,
I deployed a new version (1.1.14) of the extension that should fix the issue with the proficiency.
Let me know if it fixes the bug. Also feel free to use this repository to create issues https://github.com/AshDevFr/encounters_app
Hmm still seeing the incorrect passive on the campaign screen. I've confirmed I've got 1.1.14 and have reloaded the page. For future I'll use that page for reporting issues. Thank you!
EDIT: Going through my other players, it seems the extension doesn't recognize either expertise or half-proficiency. The bard in the group's passives are also incorrect.