Anyone Working on a Roll20 Character Sheet?

[mattritchie]

Don't know if this topic is better suited for the Miscellany category, but thought I would post here.

Is anyone working on a Roll20 sheet? It would be nice to have one by the time the digital version of the game is out. I do have one working, but it is very rudimentary, and not quite fully functional. I would prefer that someone else do it since I'm not a great coder, but am going to keep polishing unless/until I hear that someone else is taking on the project...

[JeffWalklin]

There is a workable character sheet on Roll20 already. One of my players created a slightly revised version for our own campaign. Once the T:E system is released, I'm sure he will be making a new version to go with it.

Of course, if T:E partners with Roll20 *cough cough* to release their stuff for use on the site...

A guy can dream, can't he?

[Sirtoast]

I created the original Torg sheet on Roll20, and someone smarter than me picked it up and updated it. I really don't have the smarts to get it past the basic work that I did, which was borrowed from other similar sheets though. I can reach out to the person who did the updates and see if they're planning to add one for T:E.

[Kamelion]

Related to this, how suited is Roll20 to Torg? Is there a way to do the cards, hands and pools etc? Would be fun to share with my online group as well as my tt group

[mattritchie]

I think its playable in Roll20. The interface includes some rudamentary card mechanics which let players hold display, and shuffle cards. Its not ideal - needs more work - but its just enough to make the game work.

The only catch is the card pool. Players will just need to declare in chat what cards they are placing in their pools, or have some type of "divider" in their hand that separates pool cards from hand cards.

On a slightly related note, in playing around with it some, one of the conclusions I am reaching is that TORG should not be over-automated in Roll20 because it takes away some of the more enjoyable mechanics. In, say, 5th Edition, you can set up a macro that will pretty much roll out an attack and show how much damage it does to a particular target. It works well in that context.

But in TORG, part of the fun comes from rolling the dice and adding up the result. You could create a sheet and Javascript that emulate all of that and make it much quicker, but I think the game loses something when you do all that....

[blackwind1kaze]

If a skilled gm did so, they could create card pools on the map for players in r20. If I remember correctly cards can be placed on the map for easy use later.

[mattritchie]

Yeah, I've done some experimenting with that as well. There are some issues because the pools for a larger number of players (5-6) will tend to take up so much real estate that you can't also display a detailed tactical map without creating the need for a LOT of scrolling back and forth. But that IS another solution, as long as you are willing to forego playing on a tactical map (not a big deal in this system).

[Kamelion]

Ok, interesting. Separating the hands with dividers sounds workable. I'll check it out. Thanks!

[Rabbitball]

But in TORG, part of the fun comes from rolling the dice and adding up the result. You could create a sheet and Javascript that emulate all of that and make it much quicker, but I think the game loses something when you do all that....

While I like the idea, there are actually several things to consider when doing a Javascript:

• Roll die.
• At each point, show the bonus number (or "fail" for a 1).
• If skill is Favored, offer reroll.
• If 10 or 20, apply extra dice
• If Up, apply second die roll.
• Apply Possibility and cards.
• When finally done, submit for GM determination of effect.

I was part of a Roll20 session for Torg, and the hardest part for me was that the laptop I was on was too busy crunching graphics and video to do much of anything else.

[JeffWalklin]

If a skilled gm did so, they could create card pools on the map for players in r20. If I remember correctly cards can be placed on the map for easy use later.

I'm not that skilled but in my Roll20 Torg games I just create a portion of the map (usually along the bottom) for players to lay down their card pools. Everyone has a section labelled with their name so we can keep it all straight.

Here is an example:


or https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwb_nDBGUNUUYzNpcGdHVVlMMGs/view?usp=sharing

It isn't all that hard to do.