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Auto-Update DnD Beyond on sheet change

Open ZeroXNoxus opened this issue 1 year ago • 2 comments

Describe the solution you'd like As the title suggests, I was wondering if a process could be written that automatically sends the actor sheet updates from FoundryVTT to DnDBeyond? It could likely work by listening to an event for the update of the actor sheet and then submiting the changed data to DnDBeyond via the "Update D&D Beyond with changes" function. To store the related character URL on DnDBeyond, a field could be set for each character sheet by the DM.

This would allow players to view their actor sheets on a different device while the DM changes the values (eg. hp) on the game canvas. This functionality would be really helpful for playing in person at a table while using Foundry as a virtual tabletop. Players could view their character sheet on their mobile devices (eg. the mobile app) and always be up-to-date with the changes done by the DM.

Describe alternatives you've considered A function that works together with "Beyond20" which updates FoundryVTT actors from DnDBeyond automatically. This could automatically send changes between VTT and Beyond, though this likely only works on desktop devices.

ZeroXNoxus avatar Jan 23 '24 15:01 ZeroXNoxus

There is limited support for this in the current Dynamic DDB Update for Undying supporters. There are a couple of considerations though, due to how the DDB sheets work, in that at the moment there is no immediate updates to the character sheets without a refresh (but I think it might be possible to add limited support here, for somethings like hp).

MrPrimate avatar Jan 23 '24 17:01 MrPrimate

I'm currently working on making the character sheets of FoundryVTT some-what responsive for smartphones, but as we all know, Foundry is... poorly written for mobile devices and needs MANY fixes to make it useable.

DnDBeyond already did the legwork required for a good visualisation of digital character sheets, so I was hoping your module could be one solution while I work on the mobile sheets :D

ZeroXNoxus avatar Jan 24 '24 09:01 ZeroXNoxus