- This fan-made system has all the features you need to play OSE or - the Basic/Expert edition of this good old TRPG. -
-- This comprehensive user guide will show you the basics and reveal - some hidden features and hacks. -
-- For further documentation on how to use Foundry VTT please go to - Foundry VTT - Knowledge base. -
-Installation
-- You'll need a Foundry VTT License or GM access to a Foundry VTT - server. -
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- - Launch Foundry VTT. - -
- - Go to Game Systems, Install System. - -
- - Find 'Old-School Essentials' and click Install. - -
- - Create a new World using the Old-School Essentials system. - -
Setup
-You can find System settings in the Configure Settings dialog you - open from the sidebar
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- These are several settings to customize your experience with Old - School Essentials. -
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- Individual initiative:The default behavior for - initiative is to have only one roll per faction. This will come - back to Foundry VTT - default behavior, and show the initiative field on character - sheets, see the Attributes section. - -
- Ascending Armor Class:Old School Essentials - default option is to use the original descending Armor Class and - the 'To Hit AC 0' attack statistic alias THAC0. - If this input is checked, this will come back to the familiar - Attack Bonus as well as an Ascending Armor Class. - -
- Morale Rating: This will show a Morale Field in - the Monster sheet so you can record and roll a Morale check to see - wether your monster has a survival instinct or will fight till the - end. - -
- Encumbrance:The weight a character is carrying
- is a significant part of the players treasure hunting adventures.
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- Disabled: You can disable the effect of - weight on movement, it will still be calculated. -
- Basic: This will add only the weight of - your treasure, and take into account the armor you're wearing - to find your movement rate. -
- Detailed: All the weight you carry will be - counted, your movement value depends on the fraction of your - max encumbrance you carry. -
- - Significant treasure weight: If you have the - Basic encumbrance option enabled, the movement rate will depend on - a predefined weight at which you consider the treasure to be - cumbersome. You can set the value here and it will be used to - determine the movement rates of characters. - -
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Characters
-Tweaks
-You customize characters through this menu accessible from the - header of the character sheet.
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- Spellcaster: Shows the Spells tab -
- Retainer: Adds the Loyalty rating - attribute, replaces the Title field in the header by a Wage - input. -
- Initiative Bonus: Will add this value to - initiative in addition to the Dexterity modifier. -
- Next Level: The threshold at which the - level field in the Header section of the character sheet will - animate. -
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- Bonus experience: This will add to the - experience dealt from the Party Sheet -
- Experience share:: The share of the party - XP you will get from the experience dealt. -
- Melee Bonus: A bonus to the Attack roll - only for melee weapons. -
- Missile Bonus: A bonus to the Attack roll - only for missile weapons. -
- Armor Class: This value will be added - (ascending) or subtracted (default) to the Armor class value - that initially depends on the armor you wear and your - Dexterity modifier. -
- Encumbrance (GM Only): The maximum value at - which you can't move anymore. If you have an encumbrance of - 1800 it will delay any movement penalty by 200 (1800-1600). -
- Calculate movement (GM Only): if you have a - tricky case where movement should be manually set, you can - uncheck this. -
Header
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The Character sheet header contains text fields you can edit - directly. There is no automation done with those fields and you - will - have to type them manually in most cases.
-The greyed text on top of the experience field is the XP prime - requisites bonus that can be - set in the Tweaks dialog (see below). It is used when experience - is - dealt automatically via the party sheet.
-If the character survives long enough, the Level field will - have a flash animation as soon when the character got enough - experience to level up. This experience threshold is set in the - Tweaks dialog. -
-Attributes
-The Default tab is dedicated to the statistics of the actor.
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-This records the attribute scores. You can edit those - values directly.
-Rolls can be made by clicking on the attribute name, after - clicking you will see a dialog where you can input modifiers. If - you try to roll the attributes will holding the CTRL key, the - dialog will be skipped.
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Above the attributes you can click on the book icon to see the - influence of all the attributes on the other stats of your - character. That will be useful during character creation, but also - to see other stats like your maximum number of retainers, or - literacy.
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-- Hit points current and max values: the 'bucket' will empty as - you lose HPs. -
-- An Armor class within a shield shape: The value above is the - AC and below will be the unarmored armor class. It's - calculated depending on the armor you have equipped. You can - add an armor bonus in the Tweaks dialog. - If there is a small shield icon on top of the Armor class - value, it means you have a shield equipped that should not be - taken into account when you are attacked from behind. -
-On the second row there is a Hit Dice field you can roll, and if - the individual initiative is set in the Settings, there is the - initiative value. This value is calculated but you can add a - modifier in the Tweaks dialog.
-The third row details the Attack statistics. It will change if - you have the Ascending AC setting enabled. At the center you will - find the THAC0 or Attack Bonus (AB), on the left the Melee attack - modifier that is influenced by strength and on the right the - Missile modifier influenced by Dexterity. you can hover both to - have the details of the calculation, and add a bonus if needed in - the Tweaks dialog. - Both field names are clickable and will roll attacks that can be - speedrolled by maintaining the CTRL key. -
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- The last row shows the three movement stats, they are - automagically set by default, depending on the weight you are - carrying and the encumbrance options (See the inventory section). - You can disable this behavior through the Tweaks - dialog. -
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-- Here are recorder the saving throw scores. Complete names and - abbreviations can be seen on hover. This can be rolled when the - save name is clicked, and can be speedrolled with CTRL as well. -
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- The last value for Bonus versus magic must be manually added to - the roll by using the dialog that pops without speedrolling. -
-Abilities
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- The first row contains rollable entries for exploration rolls. - Those can be speed rolled as well. -
-- In the abilities section you can create anything that needs a - description. It can be thieves skills, class abilities, and so on. - You can create a new ability by clicking the plus button or by - dragging one from the item sidebar or a compendium. - You can open the abilities with the pen icon, show it in the chat - with the eye icon, and delete it with the trash icon. -
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- When opened, the ability details can be entered. On the left you - see you can set the ability requirements, for example `Thief, 1`, - you can enter a roll associated with the ability. - For example if Roll is `1d100`, roll type is `>=` and target is - `40`. The roll will display success in green as soon as the result - is above 40. - When the ability has a roll set you can click on the ability image - on the character sheet to roll directly to the chat. - You can apply the roll result as damage or healing by right - clicking on the chat card, this is true for all rolls. -
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- If you need someone else to roll the ability you can show the - whole ability to the chat with the eye icon and they can roll from - there. - Note that you can slide down the ability description by clicking - on its name from the character sheet. -
-Spells
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- You won't have this tab displayed by default. You must enable the - `spellcaster` checkbox in the Tweaks dialog located in the sheet - toolbar. -
-- Here you can record your spellbook content. First you can add a - new spell by clicking the plus. For each level of spell you have - you will have a new section for its level with it's related spell - slot counter. -
-- At the beginning I recommend creating one New Spell for each spell - level you have and then change their level by opening them, it - will unblock the spell slot counters. -
-- Spell slots counters have two values. The first one is the number - of spells you have memorized, it can't be edited. And the second - one is the total number of spell slots you have. You should edit - those as you gain new levels. -
-- Spells themselves have counters. The first is the remaining - available spells, the second is the number of this spell you - memorized. - The spell counter decreases as you roll them by clicking their - image. Spell slots that have been used can all be refilled by - clicking the reset icon in the spells tab header. -
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- Spells are similar with abilities but have a few more infos. Rolls - can't be configured as much, you can only set a roll string that - respects Foundry VTT syntax. - However you can specify a Save so when the Spell is displayed on - chat with the eye icon, a button that triggers a save roll from - the selected actors is displayed below the spell description. -
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Inventory
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- The inventory compiles every item you own from the weapon to the - treasure. Weapons are in the first section. Clicking on the weapon - icon will roll an attack with damage. -
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- Damage rolled during the attack can be applied to one or several - selected tokens if you click on the blood drop icon right to the - result. You can apply damage or healing by right clicking on the - chat card, this is true for all rolls. -
-- Clicking on the name will expand the item description along with - relevant tags. Here it's the damage. -
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- It is possible to equip an item. The only mechanical value it has - for now is the influence of the Slow weapon tag on initiative. - Tags that are recognized will be displayed as icons. If you don't - have Foundry VTT set has english and you use a translation - (French, Spanish), you will have to use the tags translation to - have it matched. - Other tags will be written as text. -
-- When you open the weapon sheet by clicking on the pen icon, you - can edit the stats and add new tags. - Slow, Melee, and Missile tags will check automatically the - matching checkbox. But won't uncheck it. -
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- Weapons can have attack bonuses. You can add new weapon tags if - you type text in the field below the weapon icon and press ENTER. - You can copy the whole qualities field from the book as the tag - parser will split the commas, and set the text between brackets as - a hover text. -
-- Other items won't be clickable. Armors have configurable Armor - Class and an Armor type, Misc items can have a quantity directly - editable from the inventory list. If checked as Treasure, it is - counter in the total treasure displayed in the treasure header. -
-- Below is the encumbrance bar. This is used for the auto mouvement - calculation. If you're encumbrance max value is 1600 as default, - each cursor passed are the threshold you will lose movement. -
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This tab is a free space you can record description and notes. - This is enriched so you can use inline rolls, entity links and - other fun things.
-You can add known language by clicking on the plus next to the - language header. The number of language you can speak can be found - in the modifier dialog in the attribute tab.
-The language list was made compatible with the Polyglot module - from Kakaroto, you can find it here - or in the module list within Foundry VTT.
-We have finished with the character sheet. Feel free to post - issues on gitlab or contact me for more informations.
-Monsters
-Tweaks
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- The tweaks menu for monsters is lighter. You can enable spells, - add a value to initiative, set as retainer and that's pretty much - it. -
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There is a lot happening here. The first row below the name are - all rollable fields. The alignment rolls a plain 2d6 on the - reaction table. The two number appearing can be rolled and the - morale as well. The XP award is just plain text though.
-The Treasure type is a link to a rollable table. When you drop a - rollable table on a monster sheet it will show up here so you can - access the treasure table quickly and roll that loot.
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- The Hit Points can be silently rolled as you click on the dice - next to the header. That is why Hit dice must be a rollable - string. AC is manually typed and there is no calculation involved. - Clicking on THAC0 will launch a raw Attack with 1d6 damage. -
-- The abilities and equipment panel will contain all the heart and - soul of your monster. You can set clickable abilities like for - characters. There is also a weapon counter so you know how many - attacks you made each round with your monster. The counters are - reset with the icon in the header. -
-- On the left of the weapon icons, in the list, you can mark the - item with a color so you can distinguish attack patterns. In the - example here I have in red 2xClaws and Bite so here is my attack - pattern. If I choose green I have a tail spike attack. -
-You can record movement details for non-walking movement options - your monster may have. Below are your monster's save that you can - roll and speedroll with CTRL maintained.
-- Monsters use the same content as characters for spells, weapons - and items. The Note tab is only a large text editor where you can - input the monster description or any other particularities that - does not fit on the sheet itself. -
-Initiative
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- By default each character or creature is assigned to a group. If - their disposition is hostile in the Token configuration they will - be in group 'Red', Neutral is yellow, Friendly is green. But the - GM can change the group you belong by clicking on the flag, there - is a limited number of colors but it should be enough I hope. -
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- When you are happy about the groups, you can begin the combat by - clicking below the combat tracker. You can reroll the initiative - manually with the dice above the tracker. But if you go to the - next round it will be rolled again. Characters equipped with a - Slow weapon have a Weight displayed in place of the initiative - value. If they unequip the weapon they can reset their initiative - to the group value by right clicking and select 'reroll'. -
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Individual initiative
-For this part I invite you to read Foundry VTT documentation, you - will find exactly the same behavior and features here, except that - initiative will be automatically rerolled when you go to the next - round.
-Treasure tables
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- You can find Foundry VTT rollable tables in the sidebar. The - default rollable tables can't handle treasure like specified in - the Old School Essentials books so I had to augment them. -
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- You can toggle between the default rollable tables and the - treasure table with the Chest icon right next to the table name. - The default tables are selecting an entry by rolling a dice and - returning the matching result. Treasure tables however, have a - different behavior. Each entry is rolled with 1d100 and the value - is compared to the 'chance field'. So it can return multiple - items. -
-- You can select the table type you need by clicking on the chest at - the right of the rollable table name. Once you do the fields will - change. -
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- Foundry VTT allows rollable tables to be filled with enriched - Text, Entities like journals and items and compendium objects. - Here I use inline rolls from enriched text to tell how many coins - I get. -
-If you have only one item to be rolled you can change the result - type.
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- Once you roll the treasure you have the result displayed in the - chat. -
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Party Overview
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- When in the Actors sidebar, you will find a new icon next to the - search filter. This will open the Party overview app we are - detailing here. -
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- The party overview app will condense a lot of stats about your - group. At first it will be empty so you will have to click on the - group icon on top right to select which character/monster is part - of the party. - Sometimes after selecting party members you may have to resync the - display by clicking the resync icon on top left of the window. -
-- Almost every info shown on this party sheet is hoverable to have - the exact name of what you are seeing. If you hover on the actor - image you will se a button that allows you to open the actor - sheet. -
-- The open hand icon in the window header allows you to deal - experience to the characters in the party. This will take into - account the experience Share set in the Characters Tweaks dialog. After shares are calculated - each actor will send a message to the chat telling how many - experience points they get after applying their share and their - experience bonus. -
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