Adventurekeep
Games
tabletop rpg tools
SHOW HN2019
182points
57comments
#222of 2,195 in 2019
Top 11%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
12 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score +0.31.
Idea: 7 for, 0 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, slick UX and editor
From 4 comments
This looks really slick, what's the stack?
sansnomme on HNLove the editor. Great tool to write stories. Please consider connecting with D&D Beyond for things like items, characters, monsters, etc. They already have so much content…
GeertJohan on HNHey friend, this looks awesome! I spent some time playing around with a similar idea but ended up chasing it from a different angle (a tool you could use to create arbitrary…
tomlagier on HNThis looks great. Do you have a blog or something where you post updates? I'm going to write my next adventure segment here and see if it flows better than googledocs. This feels…
vnxli on HN
Encounter generator is useful
From 1 comment
Very cool- signed up, but am at work right now so I don't have time to delve really deeply into it. The encounter generator looks pretty great, the few tests I performed seemed…
zrobotics on HN
Objections
Signup form lacked privacy policy and clarity on email use
From 1 comment
There is no explanation of how you use my email address before providing it. If this is a free service then I assume that I am the product. There is no privacy policy.…
gatherhunterer on HN
Login and signup failed for one user
From 1 comment
I can't login or signup for some reason so I guess I can't look at it today.
thesquib on HN
Only SRD rules available, no PHB content
From 2 comments
Do you give access to the PHB content or just the standard rule set?
sakian on HNJust standard rule set at the moment. Hopefully can expand on this in the future!
montagh451 on HN
Requests
Keyboard navigation and quick search
From 3 comments
I've thought a lot about making a tool like this, and you've accomplished a lot of what I had in mind. It looks awesome! One piece of feedback that would make or break this tool…
tomtheelder on HNI actually think that being able to operate the quicksearch with just a keyboard would be most of what I would want! In addition, I think being able to set up some sort of quick…
tomtheelder on HNA version using vi bindings would be amazing.
berbec on HN
Custom monsters and editable monster stats
From 2 comments
Can you edit the monster stats for an encounter?
SubiculumCode on HNGreat to hear! Thanks for checking it out. I have some improvements coming to the encounter generator coming very soon! At the moment, you can only import monsters from the SRD…
montagh451 on HN
Public sharing of pages and characters
From 2 comments
Hey friend, this looks awesome! I spent some time playing around with a similar idea but ended up chasing it from a different angle (a tool you could use to create arbitrary…
tomlagier on HNPublic/sharing options is something very high on my priority list. I wanted to get the core functionality right before moving on to that feature set. As for the js bundles,…
montagh451 on HN
Integration with D&D Beyond
From 1 comment
Love the editor. Great tool to write stories. Please consider connecting with D&D Beyond for things like items, characters, monsters, etc. They already have so much content…
GeertJohan on HN
Music playlist embedding
From 1 comment
Looks great! One tool that I would love to have, and that every DM I know would as well: integrated music handling. I'd love to upload music files, and be able to embed looped…
JoshTriplett on HN
Questions
Is it open source?
From 1 comment
Very cool, since this is HN I would be nice to see what you're using to create this, is there a plugin system, roadmap, open source?
wyck on HN
Is there a Pathfinder version?
From 2 comments
Pathfinder 1.0 and 2.0 in the future?
SubiculumCode on HNAmazing, would love to see a pathfinder (2) version (the D&D 3.5 spiritual successor)
gdevenyi on HN
Alternatives named
Roll20
From 2 comments
There is Roll20, which allows you to play in online campaigns.
Aeolun on HNVery cool- signed up, but am at work right now so I don't have time to delve really deeply into it. The encounter generator looks pretty great, the few tests I performed seemed…
zrobotics on HN
Fantasy Grounds
From 1 comment
> The other day I was thinking about some kind of online service that would let you join a D&D like distributed party Sounds like a virtual tabletop, of which there are many,…
dragonwriter on HN
5e.tools
From 1 comment
Check out https://5e.tools/ they have a great API.
miah_ on HN
Dungeon mapper (monk-e-boy)
From 1 comment
A dungeon mapper, open source, it saves maps to the URL so no signup needed and they are easy to share with players. https://monk-e-boy.github.io/dungeon-mapper/ Very simple to…
monk_e_boy on HN