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Where Story and Rules Ignite

They say the best tools disappear — you stop noticing them and just create. That's what March has been about. We've been deep in the workshop, hammering out the biggest set of changes Abraxas Forge has seen since launch. Here's what came out the other side.

A Brand New Character Sheet

The old character sheet served us well. We gave it a proper send-off and replaced it with a unified character view — one seamless experience whether you're building a character for the first time or revisiting a veteran of twelve sessions.

Everything is cards now. Powers, advantages, disadvantages, martial arts — each one lives on a flip card you can inspect, reorder, and organize with drag-and-drop. Prefer a compact list? Toggle it. Want to zoom in on a single power's details? Click it. The view remembers how you like it.

Spend Points Without the Anxiety

Character advancement used to feel permanent. One wrong click and you're doing math in reverse.

Not anymore. The new spending mode wraps every change in a transaction. Add a power, bump a rank, slap on a limitation — then review everything before you commit. Changed your mind? Roll it back. The system also takes snapshots of your character before each commit, so you can always look back at where you were.

Think of it as version control for your character. Because that's literally what it is.

The Encounter Tracker Levels Up

GMs, this one's for you. The encounter tracker now supports NPC Quick Build — punch in a campaign band and party size, and it generates stat blocks scaled to your group. Assign targets, track body points, roll group initiative for NPC units, and mark the fallen with a deceased toggle.

It's everything you need to run combat without burying your nose in a spreadsheet.

Linked Powers Actually Link

Linked limitations finally work the way the rules intended. Select the parent power from a dropdown, and the system handles the rest — proportional rank scaling, activation gating, and server-side cascade. Toggle a power off, and its linked children follow. No more bookkeeping.

Rules Accuracy, Everywhere

We've been cross-referencing the Abraxas rules and tightening every formula we could find. Power costs, rank advancement, range calculations, drain, flash defense, flight, reflection — if it has a number, we double-checked it. Characters now auto-reconcile against the latest game rules on load, and a new data normalizer quietly fixes legacy formatting issues behind the scenes.

The goal is simple: you think about your character, not the math.

Power Pool & Upkeep, Refined

Upkeep controls got a visual overhaul — toggle switches and inline rank scalers replace the old clunky interface. The nameplate now shows a glassmorphic upkeep indicator so you always know what's active. Power Pool loadouts animate in with a card-dealing effect, and skill modifiers respect which powers are actually loaded.

Oh, and shift+click any die code on your character sheet to instantly roll it. You're welcome.

What's Next

We're not slowing down. There's more rules accuracy work in the pipeline, more quality-of-life polish, and some features we're not ready to talk about yet.

As always, your feedback drives what we build. Drop into the Discord and tell us what's working and what isn't.

Now get back in there and forge something.