v14.2.0 & v24.2.0 - 5e/legacy content rework (Patreon)

Massive update to the content in both the 5e (2014) and 5.5e (2024) character sheets. All the 5e (2014) content has been updated to use the newer features of the sheets, such as formatting characters, once per day checkboxes on the spell sheet, and using automated first person conversion for notes of verbose magic items. All races have had their traits updated to use headers and bullet points if space allowed.

As the previous poll decided, the 5.5e (2024) sheet now supports all "legacy content", which is all the content that hasn't been reprinted for the 5.5e rules (i.e. most of it). This legacy content has been changed to adhere to the 5.5e (2024) standards, like capitalisation of game mechanics and running text for class features instead of one-line sentences.

Full disclosure, I did dip my toes into the work of LLMs to help with some of these conversions, see "AI Disclaimer" below.

For a full list of changes to the 5e/legacy content, please see this GitHub release post.

At long last, the documentation for (sub)classes, races and backgrounds has been updated from v12.999 to this latest release, see the v14.2.0 documentation on GitHub and the v14.2.0 documentation on GitHub. This was something I have had on my to-do list for a long time, as you can probably tell from the fact that v12.999 is from December 2017. With some LLM assistance, I have finally found the time and motivation to update the parts of the documentation that were still stuck in the past, see "AI Disclaimer" below.

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The 5.5e (2024) content is limited to the main three core rulebooks, the Player's Handbook (2024), the Dungeon Master's Guide (2024), the Monster Manual (2025), and all legacy content from 5e (2014) sources that has not been reprinted for 5.5e (2024). Patreon subscribers can expect a poll in the coming days to decide what should be added next.

With so many things changed, there are bound to be bugs. If you encounter something that doesn't work or doesn't seem logical, please let me know! Ideally on the MPMB Discord in the Bug Reporting channel.

This release is the first time I have dipped my toes into the use of a LLM. I have never used one to write code for the sheet, but now I have put one to good use in transforming the 5e content to the 2024 legacy content. Even though I had hoped it wouldn’t come to this, I have seen the writing on the wall and decided that for transforming the 5e legacy content to the 2024 standard, a LLM could be a useful tool.

Everything has been reviewed by a human (me). This was a more daunting task than I had first envisioned. While a LLM rewrote things in mere minutes, it often took many hours for me to read and correct everything.

A LLM has only been used to help:

Add formatting characters (make racial traits into headers, make spell and magic item names italic, and make creatures bold).

Remove line breaks in class features.

Find and report typos.

Report content that doesn’t fit their allotted space (mostly because of the formatting changes).

Format documentation to the newer style.

Find attributes missing from the documentation and suggest initial texts for their documentation.

Changes in 5.5e (2024) sheet

Content

Added all content from official 5e (2014) publications that has not (yet) been reprinted in the 2024 rules.

Fixed the Lifedrinker Eldritch Invocation (again), this time for not being selectable and causing an error (thanks PhanZero for reporting).

Fixed the Tenser’s Floating Disk spell (thanks Openhandbadger for reporting).

Fixed capitalization of “Action” to adhere to PHB’24 standards.

Addressed some more overflowing content, mostly only noticeable when metric units are enabled.

Fixed Find Familiar companion not getting any notes on the Colourful sheet.

Added a `submenu` attribute to every Eldritch Invocation so the selection process is cleaner.

Fixed missing `size` attribute to Halfling.

Added `height` and `weight` attributes to Drow and Wood Elf.

Fixed Wizard’s Spell Mastery and Signature Spells.

Bug Fixes

Fixed selecting class starting equipment not adding starting GP when the GP field is empty (thanks Thomas for reporting).

Fixed subrace selection pop-up showing even if only one subrace is selectable.

Fixed no traits/bons/ideals/flaws from a `BackgroundList` or `BackgroundSubList` entry being shown in the menu if any of those four were missing from the object. Now any that exist are shown, even if not all four are present.

Fixed a bug that caused selecting the parent species and then selecting the same variant as before to have no species features to be applied.

Improvements

Updated how spell information displays to how it appears in the PHB’24, “Level 3 Evocation” instead of “3rd-level evocation spell”.

Updated `AddWarlockInvocation` to now also add a `submenu` entry if the passed object doesn’t have it.

Syntax Fixes / Changes

Fixed backward compatibility of `BackgroundList.ideal` being an array.

Changed `AddRacialVariant` to `AddSubRace` to better reflect what it does. The old name is now a reference to this new function, so both still work.

Made `isWeapon` now be true if the type of an attack includes the word “weapon”. This makes coding magic items that functions are weapons but aren’t Simple or Martial easier to have bonuses from other things apply to it when set through `calcChanges.atkAdd` and `.atkCalc` (e.g. Barbarian’s Rage).

Added v24.2.0 documentation for `BackgroundList`, `BackgroundSubList`, `BackgroundFeatureList`, `ClassList`, `ClassSubList`, `RaceList`, and `RaceSubList`. This was done with the help of an LLM but manually checked and corrected.

Changes in 5e (2014) sheet

Content

Replaced `toUni` with formatting characters.

Applied formatting characters to names of spells and magic items.

Updated formatting of race traits to new standard of using bullet points and headers.

Updated formatting of `descriptionFull` and `toNotesPage` to new standard for readability.

Added [THIS] to `CreatureList` entries and removed average dice values from them.

Replace `prereqeval` with `minlevel` where possible for `extrachoices` class feature.

Fixed Armor +1/+2/+3, Ammunition +1/+2/+3, Weapon +1/+2/+3, and the Manuals/Tomes that permanently increase ability scores (thanks Zyneras for reporting).

Removed Limited Feature entries for spells that already get a “once per” checkbox on the spell sheet page.

Updated Wizard’s Signature Spells to be automated just like the 2024 sheet.

Bug Fixes

Fixed overflowing unearthed arcana "page" column on the spell sheets.

Fixed inconsistencies with selecting racial variants, where using the “Racial Options” button made the race box update with the variant’s name while the pop-up didn’t do that.

Syntax Fixes / Changes

Fixed forward compatibility of `BackgroundList.ideal` not being an array.

Added new attribute `forceVariantSelection` for `RaceList` objects. Setting this to true forces the player to select a racial variant and they will no longer be able to select the “basic” version of the race. This is used by the Dragonborn, for example, as it requires a colour. This attribute is only for v14, in v24 selecting a racial variant is always mandatory.

Added v14.2.0 documentation for `BackgroundList`, `BackgroundSubList`, `BackgroundFeatureList`, `ClassList`, `ClassSubList`, `RaceList`, and `RaceSubList`. This was done with the help of an LLM but manually checked and corrected.

Changes in both 5e (2014) and 5.5e (2024) sheets

Content

Fixed some minor typos.

Made race/species `name` and `sortname` title case to make the dialogs/menus more consistent and easier to read.

Fixed `heightMetric` of the Gnome.

Bug Fixes

Fixed converting units for negative values.

Fixed a unit/decimal change also affecting Unicode fraction not used in relation to a unit.

Fixed formatting of `toNotesPage` that are send to the 3rd page Notes section.

Fixed not being prompted to select the variant of a species if variants are added later (i.e. not built-in).

Fixed creature senses not being parsed correctly on the Wild Shape page.

Fixed Ability Score dialog rows not aligning when DPI scaling is above 100% (thanks Jeremy for reporting).

Fixed error on Adventure Logsheet page (thanks Jeremy for reporting).

Fixed creatures not getting "[THIS]" replaced by the correct name on the Wild Shape page.

Fixed `AddRacialVariant`/`AddSubRace` and `AddBackgroundVariant` not creating proper iterations when the variant already exists.

Fixed `MagicItemsList.chooseGear` handling of armours.

Fixed handling of `RaceSubList` entries setting attributes or features to `null` to not take on the parent `RaceList` attribute/feature.

Fixed listing of racial variants / species lineages (`RaceSubList`) in the race/species inclusion/exclusion dialog.

Improvements

Updated first person conversion to be more robust.

Updated handling of spell ranges to no longer overflow (especially if metric).

Show custom magic item types in the magic item line menu option to select an item.

Syntax Fixes / Changes

Added possibility for `RaceList.trait` to be an array, which is joined with a line break. This way racial traits are easier to read in the code.

Added `formattingChar` to features, traits, and notes of `CreatureList` entries. This attribute sets how the `name` is formatted, possibly removing it completely.

Made the `sortname` or `name` of a species variant used in the pop-up dialog and menu, if defined. `sortname` has priority over `name`.

Added possibility for using `scoresStackable` with `scoresMaximum` so that the 5e (legacy) Manuals/Tomes that do a one-time increase of the maximum can be set without requiring a custom function (thanks Zyneras for reporting).

Made it possible for `spellChanges` to affect `dependencies`.

Fixed incorrect documentation for `MagicItemsList.chooseGear.descriptionChange`.