Astral Updates: Templates and TableTop Chat!

It’s been a busy time here in the Astral Plane! We’ve recently launched several exciting new updates; read on for the juicy details.

Starter Game Templates

New Astralnauts now have three expertly designed game templates to choose from: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, Call of Cthulhu, and Pathfinder 2nd Edition. These starter games come with pre-generated maps, characters, and story ideas. Here’s a teaser:

New Character Menu

We’ve added new features to the Character Window, including tabs for Actions and Notes!

• Actions: An Action is something your character does or emotes. You can define these things (e.g. emotes, rolls, etc) by creating an Action in the Character Window. When clicked, these actions will be performed as your character!
• Notes: Players and GMs each have tabs for convenient note-taking during game sessions. (GM Notes are hidden to players.)

TableTop Chat

We’ve given our trusty Dice Roller a major update. It’s now TableTop Chat because you can roll dice, evoke character actions, and chat with your fellow players, all in one convenient location! When you create Actions and Attributes in the Character Window, these appear in the TableTop Chat during your game. TableTop Chat also supports markdown so you can add an engaging visual element to your discussion.

Note: This development means that we’ll be sunsetting our current Dice Roller in the near future. We’ll be sure to give you a heads up when that will take effect. For now, you can still access the Dice Roller via the Game Journal page.

Character Templates

A Character Template is like a character sheet; it contains all of a character’s information, including their stats, attributes, background, and more. Here’s how it works: when you select a game system in Astral, any characters you make in that game will use the relevant Character Template.

Character Templates are designed to cut down on your prep time! Get started with Templates for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, Call of Cthulhu, and Pathfinder 2nd Edition.

Here’s a quick peek at the Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Character Template:

What are you most excited to try? Let us know! Join our Discord channel, post in our Forums, or say hi on social media (Twitter and Facebook).