Tutorials - Character Attributes

ThThese are the pre-configured character fields that can be activated to extend the character presentations. Activation is done in the Event Configuration page, at the Writing section:

Title

Used to add a short 2–3 word title to characters. A new field is now added to the character form:

The title will appear in the gallery next to the character’s name.

Cover

Allows customization of the character’s cover image (before assignment to a player). A new field is now added to the character form:

The cover image is displayed in the gallery.

Assigned

Tracks which staff member is responsible for a writing element (character, faction, etc). A new field is now added to the character form:

The member list is drawn from users with a staff role in the event.

Progress

This field is used to track the writing progress of a writing element (example: draft, review, approved, etc). To use, activate the "Progress" feature.

Now go to the Progress panel, and add new progress steps clicking on "Add".

A new field is now added to the character form:

If both Progress and Assigned are active, a summary appears mapping assigned characters to progress.

Relationships

Allows staff to define inter-character relationships. To use, activate the "Relationships" feature.

At the end of the character edit form, you can now define relationships. Select another character to add one:

The field labeled "Direct" is used to write the character’s relationship toward another. If the other character has a relationship defined toward this one, it will appear under "Inverse".

The list of relationships will be shown to the player at the end of the character's page. 

PDF generation

This feature generates a PDF version of the character sheet automatically each time the character is updated. To use it, activate the "PDF generation" feature.

Now go to the PDF panel:

Here you can download the gallery of characters in PDF format; test it (HTML only), and generate the PDF list of player profiles.

Here you can test PDF generation for a character. Select the character on the left, then choose to generate either the PDF or the test version (HTML) for one of the following elements:

Full Sheet: Formatted using your custom template.
Light Sheet: Automatically formatted for easier printing or reading.
Relationships: Automatically formatted list of relationships.

Clicking on Template Instructions provides guidance for defining the Full Sheet template, including how to structure the CSS, Header, and Background content.

The PDF generation is based on xhtml2pdf: if you desire to know more what you can do with it, you can check out their docs: https://xhtml2pdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/format_html.html