Custom content, where should it be? (Patreon)

While I’m working on the new website I’m also looking at the other things that need to happen before I can put the new version of the sheets online. One of those things is to have a central place where all the homebrew material will be available.

And with homebrew material I of course also mean all the official D&D 5e content by WotC that I am no longer allowed to put in the sheet directly.I also can’t put the content on my own website, because I can’t be the one distributing it or I’ll have to face WotC’s legal team…So please don’t discuss this post on public forums or even on public posts of mine on this Patreon!

Note that I fully intend to have the sheets that are available here on Patreon (and through the Dropbox and Google Drive shared folder) have all the official WotC content pre-loaded. However, I envision a distinct possibility that WotC might crack down on that, and then we will all have to move to this method of importing all the content. 

How will this work?

The next version of the sheets will have a way to import a file and even import directly from an URL. All you will have to do is copy the URL to a file into a dialogue in the sheet, and it will be able to use all the content form that file. 

Prerequisites

I have some ideas where this new place can be, but I would love to hear from you what you would find most useful.

Ideally, there would be a place where anybody can post the content that they made for the sheets and where everybody can download that content, comment on it, and help with improving the code.

My wishlist for such a location is as follows:

Anybody can upload filesIdeally with built-in storage of those files, so that it doesn’t suddenly become unavailable such as with links to people’s personal Dropbox or Google Drive;

Anybody can download these files, without first needing to log in somewhereIf it is behind a login, the import directly from URL functionality of the PDF won’t work;

People can leave comments, thus helping to improve the codeJust a repository of files is not enough, because that will quickly become a mess of unfinished code if anybody can just upload stuff;

Ability to moderate the contentIf somebody familiar with the project can moderate the content so that things that don’t work get called out or removed, that would greatly improve the ease of use.

Options

So far I have come up with three locations where most of the above prerequisites are met:

1) Reddit – a subreddit for the materials that can be imported.- pros: can be moderated by myself and interested fans.- cons: no built-in online storage, files will have to be links to some other form of online storage.

2) ENworld – a separate forum thread for the materials that can be imported.- pros: built-in storage for the files.- cons: not easily moderated. Moderating would consist of keeping a list of working files in the top comment.

3) GitHub – a repository for the materials that can be imported.- pros: very good framework for commenting on the code. Very good built-in online storage that can also easily be downloaded as a whole. Easy moderation of the content.- cons: not very user friendly to those that have never worked with GitHub. Not easy to get the direct URL for a file. A single user has to control read/write access to the repository.

4) Suggestions welcome! – if you have any to add to this list, please let me know

I think that it might be the best solution to have a combination of GitHub with Reddit. Thus, having a subreddit with direct links and discussion of the content, while the files reside on GitHub. 

Voting

Please vote on which option you would be comfortable using. This can be multiple options!