Hello Adventures!
Exciting times are ahead; in a few days (from the date of this post, at least), D&D Beyond will start allowing the 2024 rules to be available for those that pre-ordered.
What does this mean for DDB Importer?
The short answer is, I'm not entirely sure, but I have some thoughts...
Let's tackle a few bits you may want to know about.
Firstly, 2014 support/continued importing of the characters/spells/items, etc, as they are right now. In order of likelihood:
The proxy or DDB Importer module will need a small update to support it working with the 2014 content as it currently does. This might take a couple of days.
Things will keep working for the 2014 rules, with no changes required.
The proxy or DDB Importer will require a large update that might take a week or more.
Now, the 2024 rules will require an updated D&D System for Foundry (Version 4.0.x). I have been tracking the development of this, submitting bug fixes and rewriting large portions of the DDB Importer parser to support it. The version that will support 2024 rules has had a major overhaul to the core way data is stored on documents (i.e. items, spells, weapons, features etc.).
I don't expect this version of D&D is is going to be released until close to the release of the supporting Foundry 2024 Players Handbook module. This leaves the Importer in an interesting position, as it won't be able to import 2024 content well in the current version of the D&D System, and may import things like changed spells or abilities incorrectly.
The big changes in the 4.x version D&D system mean a lot of modules, especially automation modules are not going to work on day 1.
I shall be working to bring the Importer up to date with the new spell and character changes, but this will be an ongoing process, so please exercise caution if you are jumping straight in.
Enjoy the exciting month for D&D, and thanks for your continued support.
MrPrimate/Jack
Changelog
DDB Importer
Ongoing, not rleased: support for 2024 and the D&D 4.0.x system.
Fix potion of healing damage text parse.
A spell from Book of Ebon Tides broke table parsing, parsing improved.
Icons for features, items and spells will now always be downloaded to prevent failures with effect transference in v12.
Lock DDB Importer to 3.x branch of the D&D System.
Small fix for Druid import warning/error for CR scale
Improve sense parsing in various failure states
Fix for Witchbolt macro in v12 midiqol
Tweaks to Druid Circle of Moon CR scaling.
Tweak to pateron check when generating summoned actors that was causing character imports to fail.
Goggles of night equipped to characters would double bonus.
DDB Adventure Muncher
Quests from the Infinite Staircase Chapters 5-7
Note Licker
Remove deprecated function call in v12.
Tokenizer
When bypassing Tokenizer to use the Filepicker, s3 paths would not open location properly.
When using the compendium search functions in pf2e right click on actor would fail.
Add some mask templates for grid scale dynamic rings.
If using dynamic token rings save token image to dynamic texture field as well as token field to allow proper scaling for grid scaled rings.
Active Auras
Silence compendium example was not working.