Matthew T. said:
currently as a GM being able to edit handouts outside on the website, versus inside the app, would be great.(intact came to the suggestion thread in hopes of suggesting this. Making them edited should be rather easy since they can use the same technology that i'm currently making this post with.)
+1 from me. I don't need to journal to show the built-in character sheets or allow editing with any kind of urgency, but it really couldn't take long to implement at minimum a page title match the open journal entry instead of the campaign name. And while it wouldn't be as simple to implement the folders or tag structure... at least one of those should get done soon.
+1, specifically for the ability to create and edit characters outside of a game. Sometimes I just want to make a character and then be able to select/export that character for a game later, and it's baffling to me that this isn't an option here.
David A. said:
+1 from me
Also please put the folder structure into the external journal
Yes, +1, +1000 to this
Jay R. said:
+1 to folder and tag structure for external journals. It's a mess RN.
+1. Total mess indeed.
Feature of this:
Needs to have In-Line editing of "Bio Tab" on Characters, and Handouts text. For those who have the game's permission to edit that item, of course.
I really think this is a great add to Roll20. I currently have my Character sheets in a Vault to make it easy to export them to a PFS game. If the Character goes up a level or needs to change inventory or spells between games I need to export the sheet to a PCTest site, shift to PCTest, make the changes, sign out of PCTest, sign into the Vault, import the new Character sheet from PCTest.
It would make me VERY happy to be able to go to the Vault, edit the Character sheet, and be able to export it to the new game. This would be true especially when I am in a Con and only have 30 to 60 minutes between games.
+1 - I make extensive use of Journal entries, for myself and for the players, and having material visible, organized, and editable externally would be a tremendous add.
admiralnlson said:
Jay R. said:
+1 to folder and tag structure for external journals. It's a mess RN.
+1. Total mess indeed.
THIS. PLEASE. I would LOVE to have some more headings in the External Journal. Currently the two headings, "Characters" and "Handouts" are not nearly enough. I'd love to be able to arrange my PCs, NPCs, and Monsters under different headings, instead of them all being "Characters". I'd also love to have Maps, Items, and Lists be under separate headings instead of all being lumped under "Handouts".
Matthew T. said:
currently as a GM being able to edit handouts outside on the website, versus inside the app, would be great.(intact came to the suggestion thread in hopes of suggesting this. Making them edited should be rather easy since they can use the same technology that i'm currently making this post with.)
+1
I'm GM too, so adding new entries or updating old ones is paramount
there's been a rumor that Roll20 might be working on some version of this.
At Roll20CON 2021 the staff announced that "The charactermancer is coming OUT" and alluded to mixing it with the existing Character Vault feature. I hope this means that Character Creation & Editing will be editable in a webpage outside the tabletop (for all Character Sheets, and including the Bio tab, and Handouts also, as-per Riley Dutton's OP) . It really wasn't entirely clear, and since they said Charactermancer it left me confused whether feature would be targeted to 5E D&D, or site-wide system agnostic as the OG's intended.
Anyone know or able to announce/confirm the future of External Journal at this time?
+1
I do hope that I am not beating a dead beholder, but I really need this feather for my upcoming games, but I see that this has only been "talked about" but never a priority for Roll20. Please take this as one more blow of the hammer for this!! External character editing or internal editing in the Vault, make no difference to me.
This would be an excellent feature! I don't care about being able to edit character sheets outside of game, but being able to view them would be a great update! Definite +1!!
Drifter96, you might want to check out the Roll20 Mobile Companion App. It will let you open your character sheet on your phone or tablet, outside the VTT. Any rolls you make will go to the VTT's chat and in most cases, you'll need to use the VTT to edit the character.
Does it work with any game system besides D&D 5E?
Carlos S. said:
Drifter96, you might want to check out the Roll20 Mobile Companion App. It will let you open your character sheet on your phone or tablet, outside the VTT. Any rolls you make will go to the VTT's chat and in most cases, you'll need to use the VTT to edit the character.
I've somehow managed to be using Roll20 for over four years without discovering there was an external Journal, but having found it, I'm underwhelmed.
As the OP (who now works for Roll20) noted 9 years ago it's "unfinished", but could be useful as a way to view handouts on a separate screen (or device) without logging into the game twice. It could also be a quick way to check on an entry. However, as it is now, I can't see it as useful since it lacks any reference to the structure (folder hierarchy and entry sequence) of the in-game journal entries.
And yes, there are other ways to accomplish many of the same things (logging in on a second device), so it's clearly not the first priority, but given the complete shake-out that is going on between Jumpgate, and new Character Sheets capability, this feels like something that ought to be fixed. So I'm adding my +1 to this.
My suggestions: (all under the heading of "finish it"):
