MoreCore User Guide

Version 1.58 20200614

Why MoreCore?

I love the power and features of Fantasy Grounds full rulesets. I don't believe any other virtual table top can compete with these full rulesets - particularly the commercial release. They just make things so easy for players and particularly for GMs. Probably because these rulesets are so good a lot of people feel they cant play other game system using Fantasy Grounds and they switch to other VTTs.

CoreRPG is a lot more powerful than many people realise. You can build a lot of functionality into a character sheet but it does lack in the Combat Tracker and a few other areas.

MoreCore was built to add more features to CoreRPG. It started as an extension - adding some Combat Tracker fields and some character sheet fields and has expanded in both of these areas. With the current feature-set we felt that it is better delivered as a CoreRPG layered ruleset.

MoreCore now includes enhanced Combat Tracker, enhanced Character (PC) Sheets with Rolls, Attacks, Spell Tracking, Hero Points etc and enhanced NPC sheets. Rolls really are the key feature of MoreCore.

Installation

Launch Video

Download MoreCore here.

Features

A quick list of the MoreCore features:

Additional Combat Tracker columns
5 Combat Tracker fields linked to PC and NPC sheets
Rollable NPC attacks from Combat Tracker
Rollable attack strings for PCs and NPCs
Drag and Drop damage for PCs and NPCs (GM Only)
Library of Drag and Drop Rolls and modifiers
Exportable Drag and Drop Rolls and modifiers
Customisable Hero Points
Customisable Linked field names
Customisable Combat Tracker Headings
6 Customisable Rolls fields on PC MoreCore Tab
2 Customisable Rolls fields, plus links for Images, Notes, Reference, Spell Points on PC MoreData Tab
Combined Rolls and Trackers
Drag and Drop Rolls for PC and NPC sheets
Spell Slot Tracking for up to 12 levels of spells
Spell Point Tracking
Resizable Character and NPC sheets
Additional Initiative options in the Combat Tracker
Dice Pool
Basic Locations and Organisations tools

Dice Strings

Many game systems use more complex dice mechanisms than Fantasy Grounds supports out of the box. Over time some community members have contributed dice string extensions for specific games. With permission I have included dice strings from: Ikael, DMFirmy, Frostbyte, Sibelius, Trenloe, Imiri, Myrddin, rstrahan, ahoggya, superteddy57, mcortez, David Stitt, thwright, trobadork, SmileyMan, rpotor, opilio, Brotherkelly, Old Scouser Roleplaying, damned and ianmward. Additionally MoreCore can accept new dice strings if written in the correct format.

Rolls Library

Rolls are one of the key enhancements in the current MoreCore release. The GM can create a library of Rolls that can be drag and dropped to PC and NPC sheets.

Rolls have three fields - Name, String and Description. The Name will appear in the Chat Window when the Roll is used. The String is the Dice String that will be used. This may be left blank or you may use the strings below. The Descriptions is purely for reference purposes.

Some Rolls now look at other Rolls to calculate values (see The Dark Eye rolls for coding examples). These require the source Rolls to be placed in Rolls frames 1 or 2 on the PC sheet and the frames 2, 3 and 4 on the NPC sheet.

There is some limited support for a single simple math operation in most Rolls. You an substitute a single value # with [# operation #] once in a roll. Eg /damagedr4 [(p1)+(a)]d6

The current dice strings are:

Inbuilt Dice Engine: the inbuilt dice engine is supported AND you can add parameters to the roll to make your character sheet more dynamic
2300AD: /ad2300 1#d10+# (roll 1d10 + modifiers. Reports levels of success.)
AFMBE: /afmbe 1d20+# (roll 1d20 + modifiers)
AFMBE Damage Roll: /afmbedmg (p1)d6x(p2) (roll #d6 * #)
ArsMagica: /arsmagica 1d10+# Rolls base stress die that will explode on 1's and give 10 as botch. Use Modifier box for adding in the other components for the equation.
AttackAC: /attackac #d#+#xH or #d#+#xL Compares roll to targets (in Combat Tracker) Defense and rolls Equal or Higher xH or Equal or Lower xL.
atowatk: xxxx
atowdmg: xxxx
Aventure: /ave #d# (roll #d#+# a natural under 5 is a critical success and a natural over 95 is a critical failure)
Bane: /bane #d# (roll #d# and add the highest value as a -mod to the modifier tool)
Boon: /boon #d# (roll #d# and add the highest value as a mod to the modifier tool)
Battletech d6: /battled6 1d2006+1d6+# (explodes only the second dice if they are both 6s)
Battletech Skill: /btech #d6 (explodes 6s keeps highest 2 rolls)
Battletech Unskilled: /btechu #d6 (explodes 6s keeps lowest 2 rolls)
Black Crusade: /blackcrusade 1d100x# (hash is difficulty, results in degrees)
Blades: /blades (p1)+(p2)
C1Mod: /c1mod # (adjusts Health by #)
C2Mod: /c2mod # (adjusts Defence by #)
C3Mod: /c3mod # (adjusts Wounds by #)
C4Mod: /c4mod # (adjusts C4 by #)
C5Mod: /c5mod # (adjusts C5 by #)
Challenge Roll: /chall #d#+#x# (roll dice and compare to x#)
Chat Image: /chatimage (do not add any arguments. put the name (case sensitive) of any pre-defined Icon in the roll name. see samples: sunset, combat, clue, treasure)
Chronicles of Darkness: /cod #d10 (roll #d10, count dice above 8, subtract 1s, use Modifier box to add additional dice)
Conan: /conan 2d20x#y# (roll 2d20+skill+specialisation, each dice equal or under skill is a success, each dice under specialisation is an additioanl success, modifiers increase the number of dice)
Crom: /crom #d6 (roll #d6, 1s, 2s count for damage, 5s, 6s count for effects, modifiers increase the number of dice)
Crit Range: /crit 1d20+#c# (roll 1d20 + #. On a c# or higher declare a Critical Success)
Bethica Feat: /bfeat 2d10 +# (roll 2d10+mod and compare to difficulty table - Realms of Bethica)/bsave 2d10 +# (roll 2d10+mod - Realms of Bethica)\r\n/bspell 2d10 +# (roll 2d10+mod - Realms of Bethica)\r\n/bcleric 2d10 +# (roll 2d10+mod - Realms of Bethica)\r\n/breaction 2d10 +# (roll 2d10+mod - Realms of Bethica)\r\n/branged 2d10 +# (roll 2d10+mod - Realms of Bethica)\r\n/bmelee 2d10 +# (roll 2d10+mod - Realms of Bethica)\r\n/btalent (description only - Realms of Bethica)\r\n/btechnique (description only - Realms of Bethica)
Bethica Save: /bsave 2d10 +# (roll 2d10+mod - Realms of Bethica)
Bethica Spell: /bspell 2d10 +# (roll 2d10+mod - Realms of Bethica)
Bethica Cleric: /bcleric 2d10 +# (roll 2d10+mod - Realms of Bethica)
Bethica Reaction: /breaction 2d10 +# (roll 2d10+mod - Realms of Bethica)
Bethica Ranged: /branged 2d10 +# (roll 2d10+mod - Realms of Bethica)
Bethica Melee: /bmelee 2d10 +# (roll 2d10+mod - Realms of Bethica)
Bethica Talent: /btalent (description only - Realms of Bethica)
Bethica Technique: /btechnique (description only - Realms of Bethica)
Champions: /champions # (use OCV for # to determine DCV success)
Champions Kill: /ckill #d6 (roll #d6 for Body damage + 1d6 to determine additional body damage)
Champions Skill: /cskill c#s# (roll equal or under 9+characteristic/5+skill on 3d6)
Champions Stun: /cstun #d6 (roll #d6 for Stun and Body damage)
Coriolis: /coriolis #d6 (roll #d6 and count 6's as successes)
Roll Dice: /die #d#+# (roll #dice and add #)
Damage: /damage #d#+# rolls dice of tpe Damage, can be dragged onto the targets Wounds by the GM
Damage Roll: /damageroll #d#+# rolls damage and applies it to the target in the Combat Tracker
DamageDR: /damagedr #d#+# rolls damage and reduces damage by the target in the Combat Trackers Defense (damage reduction) and applies the damage
DamageDR4: /damagedr4 #d#+# rolls damage and reduces damage by the target in the Combat Trackers Field Four (damage reduction) and applies the damage
DamageMe: /damageme #d#+# inflicts damage on yourself
DBDamage: /dbdamage #d#+# rolls damage and applies it to the target
Dead Simple Roleplaying: /dsr 1d20+# (roll 1d20+modifiers - 15 or better is success, 11 or better is a near miss)
Dice of the Dragon: /dragon 1d2006+1d# (standard dice will expode dice above d100# will not)
Dr Who: /drwho 2d6+#x# (2d6+modifiers vs target x#, usually 12)
Earthdawn: /earthdawn # (roll step # on the earthdawn 4th step/action dice table)
ERA: /era #d10x# (roll #d10 and count success for #+ and also explode 10s)
Exalted: /exalted 2d10 (roll 2d10 and count success for 7/8/9 and 2 for 10, also count 1s)
Exalted Damage: /exalteddmg 2d10 (roll 2d10 and count success for 7/8/9/10 also count 1s)
Exploding Dice: /edie #d# (roll #dice and explode)
Exploding Dice Successes: /edies #d#x# (roll #dice and explode, count results above # as successes)
Exploding Dice **New**: /explode #d#+# (roll #dice and explode, accepts modifiers)
Factor12: /factwelve #d12+# (roll #d12+mod)
Fragged Empire Check: /frag 3d6+# (roll 3d6+mod - fragged empire. Reports highest level of Success attained.
Fragged Empire Attack: /fragatt 3d6+# (roll 3d6+mod - Attack roll
Gumshoe Attack: /gsattack (optional # target) (Gumshoe System - 1d6 vs # - accepts modifiers from modifier stack)
Gumshoe Damage: /gsdamage #d#+# rolls damage and applies it to the target
Gumshoe: /gumshoe # (Gumshoe System - 1d6 vs # - accepts modifiers from modifier stack)
Harn: There are three harn rolls
/harn 1d100x# (roll dice to determine success level given an Effective Mastery Level)
/harnskill x#y# (roll 1d100 to determine success level given a Mastery Level and Penalty)
/harnroll please see link for detailed information: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?34860-MoreCore-Ruleset&p=474135#post474135
Healing: /heal #d#+# (need to ctrl-drag to apply negative damage)
HealMe: /healme #d#+# applies healing to yourself
Hitos: /hitos # (roll 3d10, the middle number must equal or beat #)
Infinity: /infskill #d20a#e#f# rolls #d 20's, each result under a# + b# is a success, and rolls under f# generate an extra success. Extra dice can be added via Modifier box.
Ironsworn: /iron 2d#+1d#+# (roll 2d# challenge dice against 1d# action die and add # modifier to action die. Also accepts 2d# action dice.)
Kult: /kult 2d10 (roll 2d10+#, roll 2d10+modifiers and compare to table)
L5R Damage: /damagel5r 1s20+#x# (roll 1s20 and equal or lower than attribute for success)
Legend of the 5 Rings Rolls: requires MoreCore - Legend of the 5 Rings extension
Low Fantasy Gaming Rolls: requires MoreCore - Low Fantasy Gaming extension
Metamorphosis Alpha Mental Resistance: /mamen # (roll 3d6+Mental and compare to Mental Resistance)
Metamorphosis Alpha Weapon Attack: /maweapon # (roll 1d20 and compare roll + weapon against Armour Type)
Masterbook RPG: /mbook 2d10#, (roll 2d10 exploding on 10's, total result compared to MasterBook Bonus Chart, bonus from chart added to # (which can be skill or attribute)
Mothership1: requires info
Mothership2: requires info
Mythras: requires MoreCore - Mythras extension
Initiative: /myinit #d#+# (roll #d#+# and set as your Initiative)
Open Legend Rolls: requires MoreCore - Open Legend extension
Order Results: /orderresult #d# (roll #d# and order results)
Powered by the Apocalypse: /pbta #d#+# (roll #dice and add #)
Powers and Perils: /pnp # (roll #d6 and count 6's, modifiers add dice)
Pendragon: /pendragon # (roll 1d20 equal or under target #, equal target is Critical Success, 20 is Fumble)
Pulp Action Rolls: requires MoreCore - Pulp Action extension
Qin - Yin Yang: /qin (Qin Yin/Yang dice)
Drop Lowest: /rolld #d#x# (roll #dice drop # lowest)
Drop Highest: /rolllow #d#x# (roll #dice drop # highest)
Roll Over: /rollover #d#x# (roll #dice and count #-, accepts extra dice from modifiers)
Roll Under: /rollunder #d#x#([+-]#) (roll #dice and count #-, optional modifier adjusts the final number of succeses, modifier box adjusts the target success level)
Roll Under (Mod Successes): /rollundersmod #d#x#([+-]#) (roll #dice and count #-, optional modifier adjusts the final number of succeses, modifier box adjusts the final number of successes)
Roll Under (Mod Dice): /rollunderdmod #d#x#([+-]#) (roll #dice and count #-, optional modifier adjusts the final number of succeses, modifier box adjusts the number of dice rolled)
Roll and Keep (v2): /rk #d#k# (roll #d# explode and keep highest #)
Roll and Keep: /rnk #k# (roll #d10 explode and keep highest #)
Roll and Keep Damage: /rnkd #k# (roll #d10 explode and keep highest # of type damage)
Roll and Keep Katana Damage: /rnkd #k# (roll #d10 explode on 9 and 10 and keep highest # of type damage)
Roll and Keep Expertise: /rnke #k# (re-roll 1s once and then explode 10s)
Roll and Keep (new version): /rk #d#x# rerolls nominated dice on max value and keeps only highest #
RPEXA: requires info
7th Sea: /seventh #d10 (roll #d10, modifiers add dice, create sets of 10)
Stunt Dice: /stunt # (roll stunt dice and add optional modifier)
Stunt Dice Damage: /stuntdmg # (roll stunt dice and add optional modifier, damage type)
Saving Throw: /sthrow #d#+#<># (roll dice and equal or higher/lower for success)
Shadowrun 4: /srun4 #d6x# (roll #dice, count #s[Success] and #f[Fails] and limit Successes by x#)
Silcore: /silcore #d# (roll #d# and order results, all 1s is fumble, highest result is normal, multiple 6s add +1 to result)
Star Wars d6 Rolls: requires MoreCore - Star Wars d6 extension
Success/Fail: /sfdice #d#s#f# (roll #dice, count #s[Success] and #f[Fail])
Count Successes: /successes #d#x# (roll #dice and count #+)
Symbaroum: /symb 1d20x# (roll equal/under target)
Talislanta: /talislanta 1d20+# (roll 20+ Critical Success, 11-19 Full Success, 6-10 Partial Success, 1-5 Failure, 0 or less Mishap, accepts multiple modifiers)
thac0: /thac0 1d20+#x# (roll 1d20+mod, x# is characters THAC0 value). Will compare against targets Defense.
Tiny: /tiny 2d6 (roll 2d6 and count 5s and 6s as a success, modifiers add/subtract dice min 1 dice, max 3 dice.)
Torg: /torg [optional: trait value] [optional:[u|p]#] (Torg action check: roll 1d20, exploding on 10s and 20s. If the second option is included, the number is added to the die roll as an [u]p or [p]ossiblity roll - ex: /torg 8u5, /torg 10p13. Look up the final die roll on a bonus chart, and add to the [trait value], along with any modifiers)
Target Modifier: /tmod # drag any number foeld from the character sheet to field (a) and this roll will modify that target by #. Target can be a roll parameter in the same roll.
Top Secret: /topsecret 1d100<(p1)+(a) (p1) is Skill rating and (a) is linked to the Attribute
Torg Unskilled: /torgu [optional: trait value] [optional:[u|p]#] (Torg unskilled rolls: works the same as /torg, but rolls of 20 don't explode)
Torg Bonus: /torgbd # (Torg bonus dice: roll #d6, on a roll of 6 (infinity symbol), 5 is added to the total and the die re-rolled. The # may be ommitted, defaulting to 1d6)
Traveller: /trav 2d6+# (Traveller roll 2d6+mod)
Tunnels and Trolls: /trolls # (First click on Attribute modifier [ex Strength 16 /mod 16] and then the Trolls Difficulty Level Roll [eg 1-6])
Ubiquity: /ubiquity #s# (roll #d#, evens count as successes, use Modifier box for additional dice)
Unisystem: /unisystem 1d10 (Results of 1 and 10 explodes, subtracting or adding an additional d6-1)
Vagrant: /vagrant +# (make a beat-the-odds roll with # bonus/malice dice - Age of Legend)
Vaesen: requires info
VDA: requires info
Vermine: requires info
Versus: /vs 1d20># (for use in comparing to a target number)
Warlock RPG Skill: /wskill 1d20+# (compares to target of 20 and reports success/failure)
Warlock RPG Luck: /wluck 1d20 (compares to the C5 field which you would define as Luck - roll equal or under and reports success/failure and then decrement C5 by 1)
Warlock RPG Melee Attack: /wmelee 1d20+(a) (link to your weapon skill and it will roll and add that skill and report success/failure)
Warlock RPG Ranged Attack: /wranged 1d20+(a) (link to your weapon skill and it will roll and add that skill and report success/failure)
Warlock RPG Armour: /warmour (p1)d(p2) (create a roll to roll your Armour BEFORE being attacked)
Warlock RPG Damage: /wdamage #d#+# (create a damage roll that will be modified by the targets Defence)
WEG d6: /weg 1d6+#d1006 (West End Games d6)
Witcher RPG: /witcher 1d10 (Roll Explode / Fumble dice use Modifier box for additional Difficulty modification)
Witcher Attack: /witcherattack 1d10 (Roll Explode / Fumble dice, hit location on humans, use Modifier box for additional Difficulty modification)
Witcher Monster: /witchermonster 1d10 (Roll Explode / Fumble dice, hit location on monsters, use Modifier box for additional Difficulty modification)
World of Darkness: /woddice #s# (roll #d10, count dice above #, subtract 1s, use Modifier box for additional Difficulty modification)
Wrath and Glory: /wrath #d6 (roll #d6, first dice is a red Wrath Dice, use Modifier box for additional Difficulty modification)
Wrath and Glory Damage: /wrathdmg #d6x# (roll #d6, add x#, modifiers add extra dice, dice generates damage on sliding scale)
Wrath and Glory Brutal Damage: /wrathdmgb #d6x# (roll #d6, add x#, modifiers add extra dice, dice generates damage on sliding scale)
SpellPoints: /spellpoints # decrements the Spell Points by #
Ability: /ability (description only)
Cleric: /cleric (description only)
Monstrous Trait: /mtrait (description only)
Spell: /spell (description only)
Wizard: /wizard (description only)
Flame: /flame (description only)
Fireball: /fireball (description only)
Pentagram: /pent (description only)
Druid: /druid (description only)
Bard: /bard (description only)
Rank: /rank (description plus (p1) only)
Necromancer: /skull (description only)
Trait: /trait (description only)
Modifier: /mod # (adds entry to the Modifier box, accepts negatives)
Tables: /rollon [table name] <-c [column name]> <-d [NdN+N]> <-hide> (rolls on table)
Follow On: /followon [rollname] rollon [tablename] (registers an event that will roll on the [tablename] any time that character does the [rollname] roll.
/followon [rollname] without further arguments to unregister.)
Dice Pool: /pool #d# (add dice to the dice pool)
Dice Pool Roll Type: /pooltype damage|dice (change roll to damage or dice type)
Roll Dice Pool: /rollpool (roll the current pool)

More community built dice strings would be welcomed.

Character Sheet

MoreCore adds a new Tab to the PC Character Sheet as per the image below. The major additions are marked with labels on the image below.

Hero Points: Hero Points are used in many RPGs. This tool allows the player to click in the number field and overwrite the existing value. Double clicking the number field will check the value, if it is 1 or greater it will decrement the umber by one and report that the player has used a Hero Point. The label is editable. If you change the label it will use this new label when you next spend a point.

Attacks: Attacks will roll a dice to the Chat window and will report against a targeted opponent. They will not determine a hit/miss as this generic ruleset does not know what stats and modifiers and other variables will dictate that success or failure. The Attack should use the following syntax:
Description Dice,
The comma is required to end the string. You may find that for your ruleset you include an Attack String and a Damage String as two separate entries: eg Short Sword [ATK] 1d20+2, Short Sword [DMG] 1d6+2,
You may drag these attacks on to an enemy Token on the map or in the Combat Tracker or use the targeting system.
PC and NPC Attacks will show in the Combat Tracker.
Attacks have largely been deprecated in favour of the more versatile Rolls.

A new Initiative Bonus beside the Order button allows you to add a permanent Initiative Bonus to the Charcater. By setting the Init dice to d0 ths can be used to set a static Init/Order. You can manually eneter a number in the Primary Init field, or Roll a Die and drag to the Init field. You can also use a /myinit #d# roll to roll init via a button. You can also set various Auto Init Rolls as the GM from 1d4-1d20, plus 2d10. These will all take the Init Bonus field into account. For a fixed Init order every time set the dice to None and apply a Fixed Init in the Init Bonus.

Combat: These field labels are user editable. These fields are linked/synced to the Combat Tracker. The GM may or may not activate all of these fields in the Combat Tracker via the GMs Options tool.
To roll initiatve a player can roll a dice in the chat window and drag it to the Order field and it will update the Combat Tracker,

Rolls: There are 6 areas that will accept Drag and Drop Rolls. You can also create Rolls directly in these areas. The 6 areas have the default names of: Attributes, Feats, Moves, Powers. These headings are user editable. When a roll is used it will output to Chat the PC name, the Roll name and perform the Dice Roll. Some systems have abilities that do not require a roll. Leaving the Roll blank will output the PC name and the Roll name. You can drag Rolls from one PC Sheet to another PC Sheet, and from the Rolls window to the PC Sheet but not from the PC Sheet back to the Rolls window.

Rolls now also support Trackers and Parameters. Both of these add significant value to Rolls.

Spell Points: Players can enter the cost of each spell level in the relevant slot. The labels are editable. When double clicking the number the value of spell points will be deducted from the Current points. You can reset the Current value by right clicking Cur or Max.

Spell Points Roll: The /spellpoints # Roll will also decrement from Current. As there are many different magic systems we have built out three frameworks to support the vast majority of Spell tracking/usage mechanics.

Trackers: New options in the Rolls interface now allow you to setup a Tracker that records the Max and Cur values. You can spend/use the Trackers by double clicking the Cur value. Alt+Double Click will use without decrementing the value. Shift+Double Click will spend and add +1 to the Modifier box. This is useful for Recording the Number of each particular Spell you currently have memorised. Combined with the Shift option it is very good for systems like Gumshoe.

Frames for storing links to all sorts of data. Use these to link to any data you think is important to track or keep handy such as information about the Class or Setting, Clues, Adventure Notes, Major maps and important handouts.

XP Tracking has been added to the Notes tab of the Character Sheet. This works with Quests and Encounters too.

NPC Sheet

MoreCore adds additional fields to the NPC Sheets. The following additional fields and functionality have been added:

Hero Points: Hero Points are used in many RPGs. This tool allows the GM to click in the number field and overwrite the existing value. Double clicking the number field will check the value, if it is 1 or greater it will decrement the umber by one and report that the NPC has used a Hero Point. The label is editable. If you change the label it will use this new label when you next spend a point.
A new Initiative Bonus beside the Order button allows you to add a permanent Initiative Bonus to the Charcater. By setting the Init dice to d0 ths can be used to set a static Init/Order.
Health: Health/HP/Life. This value is used in the Combat Tracker to represent the NPCs health.
Defence: Defence, Armour, Damage Reduction. This value may have different uses depending on your game system. It is used in the Combat Tracker.
Attacks: Attacks will roll a dice to the Chat window and will report against a targeted opponent. They will not determine a hit/miss as this generic ruleset does not know what stats and modifiers and other variables will dictate that success or failure. The Attack should use the following syntax:
Description Dice,
The comma is required to end the string. You may find that for your ruleset you include an Attack String and a Damage String as two separate entries: eg Short Sword [ATK] 1d20+2, Short Sword [DMG] 1d6+2,
You may drag these attacks on to a Token on the map or in the Combat Tracker or use the targeting system.
NPC attacks will show in the Combat Tracker.
Rolls: This area will accept Drag and Drop Rolls. You can also create Rolls directly in this area. When a roll is used it will output to Chat the NPC name, the Roll name and perform the Dice Roll. Some systems have abilities that do not require a roll. Leaving the Roll blank will output the NPC name and the Roll name. You can drag Rolls from one PC/NPC Sheet to another PC/NPC Sheet, and from the Rolls window to the PC/NPC Sheet but not from the NPC Sheet back to the Rolls window.
Rolls will now also show on the Combat tracker for NPCs.
The 2nd, 3rd and 4th Rolls fields do not show in the Combat Tracker. They are used by Advanced Rolls for storing Attributes.

Roll Parameters

Parameters

When configuring your Roll Fields you have the option to enable up to 3 parameter fields that will be displayed along with the Roll's name, and action icon. These parameters can then be used to construct your Roll's Dice String, so that the data entered into those fields will be incorporated into the Dice String. This allows you to create Roll Fields that can be easily edited by your players as they level up, equip items, or gain proficiency in skills, and/or talents.

To enable the parameters formula, click the check box next to Enable Formula, and then type in your Dice String in the Formula Field instead of in the Dice String field. At any point you can then include these the special string (p1), (p2) or (p3) in the formula and they will automatically be replaced by the values of the 3 matching input fields. Options

The Hide p1/p2/p3 options hide input fields that are not needed by your particular ruleset.
The p1/p2/p3 Name options add hover text to each of the fields identifying what players should type into them.
The Ref Roll and Ref Path fields allow you to reference input values that are defined in other locations on your character sheet. For example to link a Skill Roll to a value provided in an Attribute Roll, or to link it to your Health, Defense or Hero Point Fields.

Configuring a Reference Field

Simple Reference Field

To configure a Reference to any field on your character sheet, simply click and drag the field that you wish to link into the Ref Roll field. This will then enable a new parameter (a) that can be used in your Formula.

In the example to the right, we create a new "Fancy Dodge Skill" that rolls a number of d20's equal to the character's current Defense, modified by a local value on the skill itself - that could represent the players dexterity bonus, or other game specific modifier.

You can reference up to 3 fields in this way, with the two additional fields being made available as (b) and (c).

Referencing another Roll Field

Special support is provided for referencing other Roll Fields. If you refernce another Roll Field by dragging it's shortcut icon into the reference field, the formula will be presented with 3 reference parameters (a1), (a2) and (a3) instead of the single (a) parameter. These 3 parameters will be linked to the p1/p2/p3 fields of the referenced roll.

In this example, we create a roll called Uber Feat that is using the locally defined (p1) parameter to determine the number of dice to roll, but are referencing the first third parameter from Dexterity to determine the modifier to the roll.

If you reference a second or third roll in this manor, you will have b1,b2,b3 and c1,c2,c3 available.

Combat Tracker

MoreCore adds additional functionality to the Combat Tracker:

Up to 5 additional columns can be added to the Combat Tracker. The first two link to both the PC and NPC sheets and the next three link only to the PC Sheet. By default the first three fields are called: Health/Hlth, Defence/Dfnc, Wounds/Wnds. The next two are generically labelled C4 and C5. All labels are GM/user editable.
Health: Health/HP/Life. This value is used in the Combat Tracker to represent the NPCs health.
Defence: Defence, Armour, Damage Reduction. This value may have different uses depending on your game system. It is used in the Combat Tracker.
Wounds: Dropping an Attack result or Attack string on Wounds will apply wounds to the PC/NPC.
The Colours of the numbers in the Combat Tracker columns are defined by the GM in Options. Options are Black, Green, Red, Blue.
Attacks: Attacks view can be toggled on/off and is only visible to the GM.
Rolls: Rolls view can be toggled on/off and is only visible to the GM. NPC Rolls can be made direct from the Combat Tracker. ** New with 1.37 **
Health Status: An additional Health Status has been added to build 1.28 which shows Healthy, Wounded and Heavily Wounded status on the GM and Player Combat Tracker views. These indicators are based on 0 Wounds, Less than 10 wounds, 10 Wounds or more. As MoreCore is a generic system I have not tied the Status to the actors Healh but rather used Wounds. In a game with low Health/HP the actors may have less than 10 Health or conversely in a high powered game the Heavily Wounded status may show on an actor with comparatively light wounds. The GM may also manually cycle thru the 3 health status options and this will update the client view.

New Initiative options have been added to the Combat Tracker. These are found in the Options. The following options have been added:

CT: Initiative - Show/Hide Initiative on the Combat Tracket - needs to work in conjunction with Player: Show Turn Order - Turn both to Off and /reload to update the Combat Tracker
CT: Initiative Dice Size - Choose from d0, d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20, d100. If InitBonus on Character and NPC sheets has a value this will be added to the Init. If your system uses a fixed Init for different actors then set d0 and set the fixed values in the sheets.
CT: Initiative Order - Choose Ascending or Descending order.
CT: Manual Turn Tracker - Adds a widget to each Actor in the Combat Tracker (set before adding actors to the CT and /reload). This has no mechanical impact other than allowing the GM to track who has acted.
Additional Buttons at the bottom of the Combat Tracker for Clearing Manual Turn Tracking, Reset all Init to 0, and Reroll All Init. These are useful for various systems that use alternate initiative systems.

Dice Pool

You can drag multiple combinations of dice to the Dice Pool and then roll the entite dice pool by dragging to Chat. You can also use the Roll commands /pool /pooltype and /rollpool to speed up common dice pool actions.

Attacks now go to the Dice Pool by default but this can be unchecked via the tick box in top left hand corner.

World Builder

World Builder replaces Groups/Organisations/Places/Locations. More info on World Builder here. This is built into MoreCore.

Investigator

Investigator is a player focused tool designed to help players manage and share clues amongst themselves. More info on Investigator here. This is built into MoreCore.

Classes Library

Classes allows you to build up a list of class features including XP and HD. The GM can create a library of Classes that can be drag and dropped to PC sheets.

Classes will update XP required Field and Class and Level information. It will report in Chat what needs to be added to the Character Sheet. It will also report this information into the Character Advancement Log.

There is no Multiclassing support.

Races Library

Races allows you to build up a list of race features. The GM can create a library of Races that can be drag and dropped to PC sheets.

Races will report in Chat what needs to be added to the Character Sheet. It will also report this information into the Character Advancement Log.

Abilities Library

Abilities is another enhancement in the current MoreCore release. The GM can create a library of Abilities that can be drag and dropped to PC sheets.

Abilities have no mechanical features - they are descriptive only. Abilites that have mechanical features should use Rolls. Abilities have two fields - Name and Description. The Descriptions is purely for reference purposes.

Export

Rolls are one of the key enhancements in the current MoreCore release. The GM can Export their library of Rolls to a module that can be activated and used in another campaign (and providing that Copyright restrictions are adhered to) or shared with other GMs.

Rolls, Spells, Abilities, Locations and Organisations utilise the new CoreRPG Groupings so you can create Libraries of Rolls, Spells and Abilities sorted into groupings such as by Class, Race, Game System etc.

You can Export the current Rolls, Spells, Abilities, Locations and Organisations libraries with the /export chat command. An exported Library can be Activated in any other MoreCore campaign.

Party Sheet

The XP tracking and Awarding options have been added to the Party Sheet

XP has also been added to the Character Sheets and linked to the Party Sheet

Adding New Rolls

There are dozens of example rolls in /scripts - use one or more of these as a template for your new roll. Look for one that is similar to what you are trying to achieve. See the following additional information:

In your /scripts/manager_custom_mynewroll.lua roll set the Roll type:
local sCmd = "mynewroll";
Include this new script in /base.xml
<script name="CustomDiceMyNewRoll" file="scripts/manager_custom_mynewroll.lua" />
Create a new Button Icon for the roll and store in /graphics/icons folder (20x20px)
Define in /graphics/graphics_icons.xml
<icon name="mynewroll" file="graphics/icons/button_mynewroll.png" />
Setup the auto Icon definition in /campaign/template_campaign.xml
Add to the <template name="button_rolls_type"> in 3 places - 2 as mynewroll (icons and values) and 1 as MyNewRoll (tooltips).
Add to the <template name="button_rolls"> in 3 places - 2 as mynewroll (icons and values) and 1 as MyNewRoll (tooltips).
Add to /campaign/record_cas.xml
Add to the <string_column name="clichatcommand"> just above the elseif == nil statement
elseif sCommand == "mynewroll" then
nodeWin.getChild("rollstype").setValue("mynewroll" );
Add it to the /dicehelp command via /scripts/dicehelp.lua
Add it to the function createHelpMessage() --- deprecated - help is now via this html page
And then package up those changed files and send to damned (with permission to use/include/share) so that it can be included in the next version of MoreCore and you wont have to redo your changes after the next update.

Help

I will add additional Help resources as the product evolves. At the moment you can use:

Campaign Setup has links to the Fantasy Grounds User Manual, The Fantasy Grounds Wiki, the Fantasy Grounds Forums, this MoreCore Guide, MoreCore Videos
Inline Help including Tooltips and Help links on various windows and frames.
/dicehelp to display the brief Dice Syntax examples
/morecorehelp to display the link to this User Manual.

Credits

MoreCore was written by damned and ianmward. Over many years I have also been assisted greatly by Trenloe. I have (with permission) incorporated/updated dice strings from Ikael, DMFirmy, Frostbyte, Sibelius, Trenloe, Imiri, Myrddin, rstrahan, ahoggya, superteddy57, mcortez, David Stitt, thwright, trobadork, damned and ianmward.

Special thanks to mcortez for his work on Parameters and to superteddy57 for his work on incorporating Trackers into Rolls and of course to ianmward for making the really complicated bits work.

Support MoreCore

MoreCore is growing in popularity and is being used in over a thousand games/month. We spend a huge amount of time developing new features for MoreCore, writing new Rolls and building new Theme Extensions for various game systems. If you would like to support MoreCore you can do so in the following ways:

Use MoreCore and spread the word about the systems you are playing
Use MoreCore and upload and share Character sheets (and even campaigns) and instructions for the systems you are playing
Creating new Rolls for MoreCore and allowing them to be included into MoreCore
Creating new Theme Extensions for MoreCore and sharing them on the forums
If you would like to make a donation to help feed my RPG habit you can donate at PayPal.me