D&D Beyond Campaign DM Screen

Embedded DM Screen

Options popup

New button in the campaign menu to open a popup for the screen

External DM screen

This extension add more information on the D&D Beyond's campaign page to turn it into a DM screen. This is a first version and I have a lot in mind on how to make it better, feel free to create an issue if something is off.

Todo:

• Better Readme

  • Add description
  • How to use

• Add tests

  • LIKE A LOT!!!!

• Options

  • Enable / Disable
  • Refresh enable / disable
  • Refresh time
  • Keep previous options

• Pop out

  • New UI to display the character info

  • Click to open the character in a new window

  • Reorder characters

  • Animations

    • Flash when character low life
    • Conditions

  • Dynamic screen

    • Add / Remove character by their id

  • Dynamic screen content

    • Add / Remove information
    • Reorganize information

Known bugs

• Mage armor not working
• It doesn't seem to pick up feats at all.
• If a character has Alert it doesn't add to their initiative on the campaign screen.
• It also doesn't pick up expertise gained from the prodigy skill if the chosen skill is on with a passive score (Perception, Insight, Investigation)
• It does not add the bonus from feats like observant that adds 5 to the passive scores
• It does not add the modifiers to AC made from spells and other effects

Contribute

First install all the dependencies with yarn or npm install.

Test using the cli

Build the utils: ./node_modules/.bin/webpack --progress

Compile the stats for a character id: node src/cli.js -c [id]

Using the extension

Run the build yarn build or npm run build.

It will build the extension in dist/, use this directory and load it in chrome. (Manage Extensions > Load unpacked)

Credits

This extension is inspired by this project https://github.com/mivalsten/ddb-dm-screen which unfortunately did not work for me. I only reused some of their CSS style as I did not want to spend to much time on it yet.