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Fate Character Sheet Manager

Something I made to help me run a game based on Fate Core rules. Not super professional, but happy to help if someone wants to use this also.

Project goals

This software isn’t meant to be a virtual table top simulator or an online RPG platform, but instead a simple additional tool to use in live game sessions, making them more streamlined by providing each player with access to all the relevant information.

Features

  • Create Character Sheets
    • Possible skills are tied to campaigns you are taking part in
    • Also supports free form skill input
    • LLM powered note writing tool for the DM (WIP)
  • Create Campaigns
    • Define Skills used in campaign
    • Define aspects of the campaign
    • Group characters
    • Makesift battlemap system by setting a group to be grid
    • Reveal partial character sheets to players as GM
    • Live campaign updates via server-sent events so players see changes in real time
    • Optional Ably pub/sub backend for realtime updates on serverless hosts

Database setup (Prisma)

  • Set DATABASE_URL in .env (Neon connection string for Vercel works here too) β€” Prisma CLI and the Prisma Client read it via…