Sheet Summary
The new D&D 5E Player's Handbook (2024) is here, along with a new compendium reading experience and updates to our 2024 Sheet & Builder. With this release we are officially taking the Character sheet out of Beta, while the Builder will stay in Beta a bit longer as we add additional features and address your feedback. With this release, we’ve introduced a number of new features:
- Compact Layout: The Player sheet now has an alternative layout (that you can access via “Manage Sheet”) that has more information density. This was implemented off the back of all of the feedback we received asking for something more compact!
- Mod Scripts: We’ve unlocked the ability for our new Sheet infrastructure (Beacon) to support Mod Script creation. You can now access the Attributes via “Advanced Tools”. We have started to implement a variety of attributes, with more to come soon! We are also working on porting over the most popular Scripts from the 2014 sheet to make them compatible with the new sheet. Be on the lookout for that imminently! We are also working on documentation to share with all of you on how to move those scripts over so you can bring any personal scripts over that you need!
- 2024 Support: You can use the new 2024 rules for Class, Species, Backgrounds, Feats, Spells, and more within the Builder as you are creating characters. You can also turn on 2024 rule mechanics on the sheet (via “Manage Sheet”), which will use the updated HP and Exhaustion. You are also free to mix and match 2024 with 2014 - the choice is yours!
- New Builder Features: We’ve introduced a new 'review' screen that summarizes your choices and shows any missing choices at a glance; as well as implemented additional ability score methods (Point Buy, Roll, or Manual) alongside Standard Array.
A couple of weeks ago, we also introduced new functionality to allow you to play with both of the official 5E sheets in one campaign. We hope this will help as you start to think about transitioning your tables over to the new sheet.
How to Submit Feedback
We really appreciate all the feedback we received during the Beta, it has helped to shape our updates and future roadmaps, so please keep it coming. This was how we knew that a lot of users wanted a more compact version of the sheet!
We want to hear from you about what you like about the sheet and builder, any bugs, suggestions for features, or any other feedback you have. Please submit any feedback via this form.
What's Next?
This is nowhere close to the end of the road for the new Sheet & Builder, we have a number of additional features and updates planned for the next couple of weeks and beyond. Check out the landing page, which has a summarized roadmap of what to expect over the next few months, FAQs, and more!
Some things that we are working on in the short term:
- Level Up capabilities in the Builder
- Additional slides within the Builder to support Equipment choices & About details
- Search & Filter options across the Builder
- Additional Drag & Drop functionality, including Feats and Proficiencies
- Additional sheet and campaign settings
- Legacy Mod Script compatibility (we are currently working on moving over the Companion Script)