D&D 5e Integration

Hero Mancer is built for the D&D 5e (dnd5e) system, and dnd5e is required. The wizard does not invent its own rules for class features, multiclassing, or spell slots. Instead it drives the dnd5e system’s own machinery and presents it inside the creation flow.

Advancements run on dnd5e

When a player picks a race, class, or background and steps through their choices, they are working through the dnd5e advancement system with a wizard front end on top of it. Skill picks, feature grants, ability score improvements, and subclass selections all use the same definitions the system would apply if those items were added to a sheet by hand.

Because of this, what the wizard shows matches what ends up on the finished character sheet. The same flow handles gaining levels later.

• For how individual choices appear during creation, see Advancements.
• For raising a character’s level after creation, see Level Up.

Custom spellcasting focuses

The dnd5e system keeps lists of valid spellcasting focuses that the equipment shop draws from. If your game uses focus items that are not on those default lists, the GM can register them through the Custom Spellcasting Focus setting.

Items added there are merged into the system’s focus pools. They show up alongside the standard options when a character shops for a focus.

• Add items in Settings under Custom Spellcasting Focus.
• Browse and buy focuses on the Equipment and Gold page.

Advancement automation nudge

The dnd5e system has an Advancement Automation option of its own. When it is turned off, features and choices are not applied automatically, which breaks the wizard’s ability to build a complete character.

If Hero Mancer detects that automation is disabled, it whispers the GM a private chat card titled Enable D&D5e Advancement Automation with an Enable Automation button. One click turns the system setting back on. The GM then sees a confirmation that advancement automation is enabled. Players do not see this card.

Note

The whisper goes only to the GM. If creation behaves oddly and no card appeared, see Troubleshooting.

Related modules

Several optional modules extend the dnd5e experience inside the wizard. Each one stays out of the way when it is not installed.

• Spell Book (recommended): after a caster is created, spell selection is handed off to Spell Book. The player can choose to skip it.
• Calendaria (optional): adds a birthday picker and a live age preview, and records a recurring birthday note. See Calendaria.
• Tokenizer 2 (optional): when the Tokenizer Compatibility setting is on, the wizard opens Tokenizer 2’s editor pre-loaded with the character’s name and portrait. Covered on the Integrations page.
• Dice So Nice (recommended): adds per-character 3D dice for ability rolls, controlled by the Enable 3D Dice for Ability Rolls setting. Covered on the Integrations page.

For the full rundown of every supported module, see Integrations.