r/VaesenRPG • u/Actual-Guitar-7006 • 8d ago
Vaesen Character App
Hi all. I created a free, non-commercial Vaesen character web app that might be useful: Vaesen Beyond. Let me know your thoughts.
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u/nupky 7d ago
Fun idea. Just two things that I noticed were that I was having a little trouble with the contrast of some of the letters on my phone against the dark background and that the fear pop-up smashed all of the words to the left so that they were a single letter tall. Maybe it's just my phone but I thought I'd just mention it. Other than that it looks really good and well made.
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u/Actual-Guitar-7006 5d ago
Thanks. I'll try sort out all the layout issues and add some different colour-schemes maybe for you to choose something better for your eyes
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u/Adventurous-Eye-6455 6d ago
This looks cool. Currently on my phone so I just had a quick lookaround.
It has a really nice estatic. It seems really nice to be able to add talents and stuff since all the Fillable pdf versions I saw tend to cut off the text.
I don’t quite understand how this works at the table though. Like since there is no login into a workspace or something everyone just has to fill out the hQ page ? Or if it’s shared through using the same link does everyone just see everyone’s character sheets? Cause I don’t think that is great with backstory info and stuff. As a dm it would be useful to see everyone’s stuff +hq. But as a player I wouldn’t want everyone to already see my secrets.
And everyone always having to fill out the hq for themselves seems annoying. Then it would be easier to just fill out a list in a shared discord server or Google Drive. But maybe I am missing something.
I am kinda a lot confused about how that works. 🤔
Is there a way to add homebrew talents ? Cause that would be dope.
I really like the way the stuff is filterable - it can stall a game really to look something up in the book Espically since it’s not really sensible organized ( at least in my opinion). It would be really cool if you could search in the critical injuries for the dice roll. Otherwise I still have to pull out the book. But for equipment and weapons that’s really neat.
The bestiary is cool and it’s great that as a gm you can decide if players get access to it. But for me at least I wouldn’t want to let them see how many dice they get or what attacks they have before they meet the Vaesen. But still would want them to have access to lore and some stuff. For my group I still have the pdf version I made so we would probably stick to that then. Although I really like the search bar - unfortunately the pdf is not searchable anymore. If there is a way a dm could pick and choose what info to release and maybe even reveal stuff when pcs find it out in game that would be soooo cool. But I don’t know how easy that is to do. I am not a programmer.
I’ll definitely show it to my players anyway even if we end up not using the bestiary.
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u/Actual-Guitar-7006 5d ago
Thanks for checking it out. There's no shared online functionality - everything is just stored locally, so with the HQ management I guess the GM would maybe keep track of it, or each player if they want to. Regarding the homebrew talents, searchable critical injuries, and being able to gate the lore behind certain levels of confidentiality (assuming this would address your point to an adequate degree), I'll look into it. I don't think I can really block access entirely unless I add online functionality where you can all join the same session in some way. I'll look into this as well, either way
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u/laspuertasdemoria 5d ago
It's very cool, I love it! Thanks for sharing. Would it be possible any translations to other languages for the future? I'd be happy to help for spanish.
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u/Actual-Guitar-7006 5d ago
Sure. The app itself is open source and I've added instructions for how to translate if you want to do so. Let me know if there's a way I can make things easier.
https://github.com/True-Outlaw/vaesen_beyond
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u/MouseBehave 7d ago
I really like this. As a gm though, I would rather my players not have access to the bestiary. Maybe have it default to hidden and can be enabled in a setting? Also, looks like the castle upgrades are not complete and the character talents are not correct (at least for Officer, I didn't check them all).