Stage 13 (Patreon)

Here's the next Pathfinder 2e preview: a Gnome Alchemist. And since this stage was all about translation, you get it in two languages.

Gnome Alchemist in English 

Gnome Alchemist in Italian 

Translations

The effects of this stage are mostly invisible, because they were about setting the stage for the translation to happen behind the scenes. Several official translations are already out, and others are on the way soon. I wanted to get the tools and data into the hands of my translators so that they could make progress on the work.

Translation is a complicated process, and the results are rarely perfect. You'll no doubt see things in the above link that need fixing, or that are still in English. But in many ways the new flexible HTML method I'm using for PF2e works a lot better than the old rigid PDF method ever did - page elements wrap, shift and flex pretty well. I'm confident that, when the translations are ready to be released, they'll be pretty good.

Other changes

A number of visible changes have happened though. You'll notice the pages have been rearranged in way that, I hope, makes them more logical when you're playing. I've moved actions, focus, advancement, languages, ability scores, all the different bits.

I added the map minis page at the end, incorporating the two-colour icon. I replaced the GM standee and initiative tracker with a GM screen hanger. Let me know if it's unclear how that works.

I'm trying something new with the big icons under some of the sections. Drop me a comment to say if you think that works or not.

There are countless little things improved as well. One item of note is the way the first column of the Alchemist's Formula Book is customised by the Research Field selected. That's a pattern I've started to expand into the spellbooks as well: the Bard, Wizard, Cleric, Sorcerer etc can all use that pattern.

Delays

This stage was not supposed to take three months. As I blogged recently, real life intruded in a big way. I'm back on track now, and the quarantine has helpfully freed up my time by cancelling all the interesting events I was going to go to. Thanks for that.

What's next?

Stage 14 is a selection of the little things left over. I'll be expanding on the spellbook customisation mentioned above, reworking the Animal Companion sheet, adding Monk Stances, and enabling the darker/lighter print option.

Stage 15 is about getting ready for publication. I'll be improving the choice of filenames, fine tuning the colours, and doing a lot of testing in different browsers and with different print modes.

That'll lead into the Alpha, which is when I believe everything is ready but I'll ask you, my patrons, to find me any bugs to fix. It'll be followed by the Beta, which is when the dev site gets unlocked so everyone can see it. Again, the point of this stage it to find bugs and fix them to get the new character sheets ready for release.