Settings Reference

Most Hero Mancer settings live in the Hero Mancer 2 dashboard rather than Foundry’s module configuration list. Open it with the Open Settings button under the Hero Mancer 2 Settings menu entry. The dashboard is GM-only.

Settings are world-scoped unless marked Per-client, which means each user keeps their own value. Settings marked conditional appear only when the module they depend on is active. Number ranges are shown in parentheses after the default.

Save Settings writes every tab at once and closes the panel. Reset This Tab returns the active tab’s fields to their defaults, but nothing is written until you press Save Settings.

Note

Four settings also appear in Foundry’s built-in module configuration list: Disable Welcome Popup, Show Welcome, Require GM Approval, and Archive Submissions.

Abilities tab

See Ability Scores and Hit Points for how players use these methods.

General

Setting	Description	Default
Allowed Ability Score Methods	Which methods players may use to generate ability scores. Choices: Standard Array, Point Buy, Manual Roll, Manual Entry.	All enabled
Allowed Hit Point Methods	Which hit point methods players may choose. Choices: Average, Maximum, Manual.	All enabled
Allow Rerolls	Players may reroll manually rolled values.	On
Max Reroll Attempts	How many times a player can reroll. Set to 0 for unlimited.	2 (0-99)

Standard Array

Setting	Description	Default
Standard Array Formula	Comma-separated scores players must choose from.	15,14,13,12,10,8

Point Buy

Setting	Description	Default
Point Buy Amount	Total points each player has to spend in point buy.	27
Cost Table	The point cost of each ability score. Edit, add, or remove rows.	Scores 8 to 15 cost 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9

Manual Roll

Setting	Description	Default
Manual Roll Formula	The dice formula used by the Manual roll method.	4d6kh3

Score Limits

Setting	Description	Default
Default Ability Score	The starting value for ability scores when creating a new character.	8 (3-20)
Minimum Ability Score	The lowest value allowed for ability scores during creation.	8 (3-18)
Maximum Ability Score	The highest value allowed for ability scores during creation.	15 (10-20)
Multiclass Ability Threshold	Minimum ability score required to multiclass.	13 (0-30)
Disable Multiclassing	Prevent players from adding a second class during character creation or level-up.	Off

Hit Points

Setting	Description	Default
Level 1 Uses Max Hit Die	The primary class gets maximum HP at first level.	On
Reroll 1s on Hit Dice	Manual HP rolls reroll any 1.	Off

Wizard Flow tab

Level

Setting	Description	Default
Starting Level	Level new characters start at.	1 (1-20)
Allow Player Level Override	Players can change their starting level on the Start tab. When off, the campaign default is enforced.	Off

Gold

Setting	Description	Default
Bonus Starting Gold Formula	Roll formula or fixed amount added to every character’s starting gold pool. Leave blank to disable. Dice formulas require a player roll on the Granted Equipment tab. Fixed amounts apply automatically.	Blank (disabled)
Refund Skipped Equipment	Unchecking a granted equipment item adds its price to the shop gold.	On

See Equipment and Gold for how players spend gold.

Magic Items

Setting	Description	Default
Sell Magic Items	Add magic items to the equipment shop, bought from the same gold pool as ordinary gear.	Off
Maximum Magic Item Rarity	Highest rarity of magic item offered in the shop when magic items are enabled. Choices: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Very Rare, Legendary, Artifact.	Uncommon

Identity

Setting	Description	Default
Identity Order	The order the Background, Species, and Class tabs appear in the wizard. Drag a row or use its up and down buttons.	Background, Species, Class
Hide Subclass Feature List	Show only a subclass’s own description in the Identity tab, without the feature list built from its advancements.	Off

Custom Background

See Custom Backgrounds for the builder these settings shape.

Setting	Description	Default
Disable Custom Backgrounds	Remove the custom-background builder option from the Background picker.	Off
Ability Choices	How many ability scores a player selects.	3
Ability Points	Total ability-score points distributed across the chosen abilities.	3
Ability Cap	Maximum points placed in a single ability.	2
Skill Proficiencies	How many skill proficiencies a custom background grants.	2
Tool Proficiencies	How many tool proficiencies a custom background grants.	1
Languages	How many languages a custom background grants.	2
Origin Feats	How many origin feats a custom background grants.	1
Starting Gold	Gold pieces a custom background grants.	50

Content

Setting	Description	Default
Enable Randomizer	Show the Randomize button in the creation wizard. See Randomizer.	On
Trim Sourcebook Suffix	Hide the sourcebook tag in option names.	On
Custom Spellcasting Focus	Items treated as spellcasting focuses, merged into the system list and available in the equipment shop.	Empty

Custom Spellcasting Focus has one collapsible section per focus type. Add Item opens the compendium browser limited to physical items.

Enforcement tab

Required Fields

Setting	Description	Default
Require Biography Fields	Every field on the Biography tab must be filled before a character can be submitted.	Off
Require Character Art	Character art is required. Token art is also required unless “Use Character Art for Token” is enabled.	Off

Approval

Setting	Description	Default
Require GM Approval	Queue player characters for GM review instead of creating them directly. GMs bypass this.	On
Archive Submissions	Keep approved and rejected submissions in a Journal Entry instead of deleting them on resolve.	Off

Turning Require GM Approval off clears the pending-submission lock on every user. See GM Approval for the review workflow.

Exclusions tab

This tab hides specific content from the wizard without disabling any compendium. It has one bucket each for Species, Background, Class, Subclass, Feat, and Item. The Feat bucket browses true feats only.

Click a bucket’s Browse button, check the entries to hide, and confirm. The exclusion is stored as soon as you confirm, so Save Settings and Reset This Tab do not apply to this tab.

Excluded entries no longer appear in the matching wizard picker. Excluded items are also removed from the equipment shop. Exclusions apply to GMs as well as players.

Player Experience tab

Customization

Setting	Description	Default
Allow Player Customization	Players may pick their player color and pronouns during creation.	Off
Allow Token Ring Customization	Players may enable the dynamic token ring and pick its ring and background colors.	Off
Enable 3D Dice	Show 3D dice animations for ability, hit point, and wealth rolls using Dice So Nice. Per-client. Conditional: only appears when Dice So Nice is active.	On

Publishing

Setting	Description	Default
Publish Ability Rolls	Publish rolled ability scores to chat for all users.	On
Publish Starting Wealth Rolls	Publish starting wealth rolls to chat for all users.	On
Publish HP Rolls	Publish manual hit point rolls to chat for all users.	On
Publish Creation Summary	Post a chat card summarizing the new character. Choices: Public, Whisper GM + Owner, Off.	Public
Publish Level-Up Summary	Post a chat card when a level-up is completed, listing hit points gained, ability score changes, and features granted. Choices: Public, Whisper GM + Owner, Off.	Public
Auto-Open Spell Book on Level-Up	Open the Spell Book when a level-up grants new spells. When off, the level-up chat card has a button that opens it. Per-client. Conditional: only appears when Spell Book is active.	Off
Write Calendar Notes	Write Calendaria notes for birthdays, character creation, and level-ups. Conditional: only appears when Calendaria is active.	On

Tenacity Motes

This group only appears when the Tenacity module is active.

Setting	Description	Default
Motes on Character Creation	Motes granted to a character Hero Mancer creates. Zero disables the grant and leaves Tenacity’s own starting motes in effect.	0
Motes on Level-Up	Motes granted each time a character levels up through Hero Mancer. Zero disables the grant.	0

Advanced tab

Behavior

Setting	Description	Default
Hide Other Create Options	Players see only the Hero Mancer 2 button in the Create Actor dialog. GMs see all options.	Off
Show Welcome	Show the Hero Mancer 2 welcome dialog once per session. Per-client.	On
Disable Welcome Popup	Suppress the welcome dialog for every user in this world. Overrides each user’s Show Welcome setting.	Off

Content

Setting	Description	Default
Art Directory	Folder the player art picker is locked to. Players cannot browse above it or switch file sources. GMs are not restricted. Leaving it at / applies no restriction.	/

Tools

Setting	Description	Default
Tokenizer Compatibility	Use Tokenizer 2’s editor for character portrait and token art. Conditional: only appears when Tokenizer 2 is active.	On

Console logging for Hero Mancer is controlled by 3DS:ATLAS. See Integrations for the modules the conditional settings depend on.

Menus

Two entries in Foundry’s module configuration list open windows instead of holding a value. Both are GM-only.

• Hero Mancer 2 Settings: opens the dashboard described on this page.
• Pending Approvals Queue: opens the queue of pending character submissions. See GM Approval.