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Plugin Description
This WordPress plugin is intended to manage vampire character sheets for LARPs and online vampire games.
Features are:
- Online character generation
- Track and assign changes in Experience and other ratings
- Output a PDF character for printing
- Configure character generation rules using templates
- Configure experience point and freebie point costs
- Add/Edit character and source data
- Storyteller approval of XP spends and character background updates
- Display area map using Google API
- Automatically list active characters and what their status is
- Get reports (CSV and PDF) such as character activity
- In-character Private Messaging system
- Send a newsletter with Experience point totals
- Can send notification emails via Mail or SMTP
- Export and import the database to create and restore backups
- (new) Custom WordPress REST API endpoints to allow integration with other applications
Shortcodes
background_table
Display a list of characters with a specific Background. Defaults are highlighted.
Options:
- character – WordPress login name of character to be ‘logged in’ as (ST/admin only)
- background – which background to list (defaults to Status)
- liststatus – only list characters with a specific character status (Alive, Missing, Dead, Staked, Torpor)
- level – only list characters with a specific level of background (all, displayzeros, )
- domain – only list characters in a specific domain (home, )
- heading – show or hide table headings (1, 0)
- columns – define which columns to display in a comma-separated list (level, character, player, clan, domain, background, sector, comment, level, office, sect)
- matchtype – advanced filtering options. Specify what kind of match to make:
- sector – list backgrounds that match the specified sector
- comment – list backgrounds that match the specified comment/specialisation
- characteristic – list backgrounds that match a characteristic from a character
- match – use with matchtype. Specify what to filter on/match to
- loggedinclan – list matches with the clan of the logged in user
- loggedinsect – list matches with the sect of the logged in user
- – list matches the selected level
Examples:
- Display all active characters in the current domain
[background_table level=displayzeros columns=”character,clan,office”]
- Display all dead characters
[background_table columns=”character,clan,player” level=displayzeros court=”” liststatus=Dead]
- Display a list of vampires with Clan Prestige in the same clan as you (logged in)
[background_table columns=”level,character,clan” match=loggedinclan matchtype=comment background=”Clan Prestige”]
Note that for this to work, on the character sheet the character must have the clan name entered
into the comment/specialisation box for the background.
character_detail_block
Display character information for the logged in character.
Options:
- character – WordPress login name of character to be ‘logged in’ as (ST/admin only)
- group – Sub-group of information to display
- char_name – character name
- domain – domain of residence
- pub_clan – public clan, i.e. the clan that they publicly admit to being a member of
- priv_clan – private clan, i.e the clan they actually are
- sire – Name of Sire
- gen – generation
- blood_per_round – number of blood points that can be spent per round
- path_name – Path of Enlightenment name
- path_value – Level of Path of Enlightenment
- bloodpool – Size of the bloodpool
- nature – Character nature (if used)
- demeanour – Character demeanour (if used, and note UK spelling)
- date_of_birth – Date of Birth
- date_of_embrace – Date of Embrace
- status – Character Status (e.g. Alive, Dead)
- status_comment – Comment on character status
- last_updated – date character was last updated (e.g. XP spent)
“Your character was last updated on [character_detail_block group=last_updated].”
character_offices_block
Display the Offices of the logged-in character
Options:
- character – WordPress login name of character to be ‘logged in’ as (ST/admin only)
[character_offices_block]
character_road_or_path_table
Display Path of Enlightenment changes for the logged-in character
Options:
- character – WordPress login name of character to be ‘logged in’ as (ST/admin only)
- group – Sub-group of information to display
- total – current path level
[character_road_or_path_table]
“Your path rating is [character_road_or_path_table group=total].”
character_temp_stats
Show information on Willpower or Blood spends
Options:
- character – WordPress login name of character to be ‘logged in’ as (ST/admin only)
- showtable – show changes in a table (0, 1)
- limit – limit how many rows in the table (defaults to 5)
- stat – specify which stat to display (Willpower, Blood)
[character_temp_stats showtable=1 limit=10 stat=Blood]
character_xp_table
List the XP spends and assignments for the logged in character
Options:
- character – WordPress login name of character to be ‘logged in’ as (ST/admin only)
- maxrecords – limit how many rows in the table (defaults to 20)
[character_xp_table maxrecords=100]
feeding_map
Display the domain/feeding map. Domains and who owns them are defined in the Data Tables
admin section. You will need a valid Google API code for this feature to work.
(https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/tutorial)
[feeding_map]
merit_table
Displays a table of characters with a specific Merit or Flaw.
Options:
- character – WordPress login name of character to be ‘logged in’ as (ST/admin only)
- merit – Merit or Flaw name to list (Default is “Clan Friendship”)
- match – add a filter to the list
- loggedinclan – Comment/specialisation must match that of the clan of the logged in user
- – match the specified value
- liststatus – only list characters with a specific character status (Alive, Missing, Dead, Staked, Torpor)
- heading – show or hide table headings (1, 0)
- domain – only list characters in a specific domain (home, )
- columns – define which columns to display in a comma-separated list (level, character, player, clan, domain, merit, comment, level, sect)
For example, display a list of character with Enmity towards your clan
[merit_table merit=’Clan Enmity’ match=loggedinclan]
office_block
List all the characters with an office or position of power
Options:
- character – WordPress login name of character to be ‘logged in’ as (ST/admin only)
- domain – domain character is an official in
- office – specific office to display
“The ruler of Glasgow is [office_block domain=Glasgow office=Prince].”
spend_button
Displays a button for characters to click to spend Willpower or Bloodpoints.
Options:
- character – WordPress login name of character to be ‘logged in’ as (ST/admin only)
- stat – which Stat the button is for:
inbox_summary
List the last x private messages.
Options:
- list – define what messages to display
[inbox_summary list=5]
Widgets
Character Login Widget
Displays useful links:
- Login/logout
- Character Sheet
- Character Profile
- Spend Experience
- Character Inbox (x unread)
- Addressbook
- Contact Details
Character Background Widget
Displays how much of the character background has been completed.
Sunset/Sunrise Times
Display the times of sunset and sunrise.
WordPress REST API Endpoints
- /wp-json/vampire-character/v1/character : return a list of the active characters (Storyteller only)
- /wp-json/vampire-character/v1/character/ : return character information by character ID (Storyteller only)
- /wp-json/vampire-character/v1/character/wpid&wordpress_id= : return character information by wordpress username
- /wp-json/vampire-character/v1/character/me : return character information for logged-in user
Template Tags
None
Screenshots
View your character sheet
Edit a character sheet
PDF character sheet
Spend Experience
