World Anvil

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What Is World Anvil?
     World Anvil Basic
     World Anvil Player
     World Anvil Designer

What Is World Anvil?

World Anvil is intended for both players and game masters, and is adaptable to any game created using Open Game Content. At its heart World Anvil is a database that contains, and is designed to work with, OGC (Open Gaming Content) material covered by the Open Gaming License created by Our Favorite Gaming Company (who shall remain nameless in compliance with the OGL).

It ties together everything in the System Reference Document (SRD) as well as going beyond the SRD into the realm of world design. Thus it is suitable (along with supporting software such as Microsoft Office™ and Profantasy's Campaign Cartographer™) for creating modules, rule books, or even whole game systems based on the SRD and OGC.

We plan to offer World Anvil in three different levels with differing price points and capabilities. World Anvil can thus serve the needs of the most casual and/or cash-strapped gamer, yet also be useful to the professional game designer. Please note the software is being re-written as we speak, so divisions between the levels may disappear entirely. The new design is far more integrated than the old, and more flexible. Check here regularly for updates!

World Anvil Basic (beta-test version)

Available now, but it lacks many of the planned features and is a beta version, meaning it probably has bugs it it. If you do find a bug please email Wolf. In addition the new version is completely different!

World Anvil Basic includes the following features:

Advanced Dice Roller

             Single-click rolls for d100, d30, d20, d12, d10, d8, and d4 (1-99 dice)
             Single-click custom range (user-defined, maximum range 0-9,999)
             Single-click for multiple results (1-10 results per click)
             Results window can hold unlimited number of rolls
             Single-click sum of rolls in result window to a single value
             Supports -10 to +10 modifier
             Supports discarding lowest/highest X rolls in set (4d6 discard the lowest, for instance)
             Supports minimum/maximum per die rolls (treat 1's as 2's, etc).
             Single-click switch between bell-curve (3d6) and linear probability (3-18)
             Single-click between full and half values of roll buttons

	Table Generator similar to Table Master or Table Smith. (under development) Create tables that generate random results Tables can be simple or complex, using Kedalion scripting language. Run Kedalion scripts in a standalone environment Use tables for language generation of names, random encounter tables, or anything else you care to
	Free of charge (actual program, not just beta test versions).
	Downloadable from this site.

World Anvil Player (under development)

Currently under development this level contains all the features of World Anvil Basic. In addition it will support the following features:

	Advanced Player Character Manager Create characters of any level (Single or multi-class) Supports character level advancement Full support for feats, skills, etc. Enforces all prerequisites so characters must follow the rules Character Inventory (weight, speed adjustment, magical item charges, etc) Character Diary (logs notable events dated in both game and real time) Import new skills, feats, classes, races, etc. Export characters and their equipment
	Party Management Manage parties of characters (add/delete) Party Diary (logs notable events dated in both game and real time)
	Printing Support: Character sheets Core Rules Equipment
	Price will be $9.95
	Will be sold on the RPGNow website.

World Anvil Designer (under development)

Currently under development this level contains all the features of World Anvil Player. In addition it will support the following features:

	Add new Core rules or change existing ones, then print or export them Abilities Special Abilities Classes Races Feats Skills
	Design Monsters Import and convert monsters from Our Favorite Game's 1st edition, 2nd edition, or from All The World's Monsters™. Include in module appendices Print in standard format Export for other World Anvil users Allows assignment one or more Kedalion scripts for auto-naming or other purposes.
	Design adventure settings ranging from a single room to an entire multiverse Allows random encounter tables by season and time of day Assign one or more Kedalion scripts for auto-naming or other purposes. Allows inclusion of specific monsters, PCs, or NPCs in the setting Allows specification of weather, currency and calendar systems depending on setting type. Include in module appendices Print out (optionally including related settings, such as a town including all building descriptions) Print or export for other World Anvil users
	Design independent custom weather systems Supports unlimited number of weather systems Supports custom (non-Earth like) seasons and climate ranges Pre-built Standard weather system (assumes a world like Earth) Integrates with calendar system for a particular setting
	Design independent currency systems Automatic conversion between systems as needed Supports unlimited number of currency systems Pre-built Standard currency system (SRD standard)
	Design independent calendar systems Automatic conversion between systems as needed using universal game calendar with "0 date". Tie calendar system to real world calendar or just tag individual game dates with their real-world play dates. Create holidays, special events, etc. Create custom calendar cycles (years, seasons, months, weeks, days of week, or other cycles)
	Price will be $24.95
	Will be sold on the RPGNow website.

World Anvil Requirements

World Anvil needs the following hardware and software to run:

	Pentium III running at 600Mhz (1Ghz recommended) 256MB of RAM (512MB recommended) 400MB of disk space
	Windows 2000 service pack 4 or Windows XP with Service Pack 2. We are currently evaluating plans to run on Windows NT 4 and the Windows 95/98/ME systems as well.
	Unfortunately we can't (and have no plans to ever) support the following operating systems: BeOS Linux (any distribution) Mac OS version 1 thru 9 Mac OS/X Unix (any version) Windows 3.0 or 3.1 Windows CE (runs PDAs and other mobile devices)
	Microsoft .Net version 2.0. If you don't already have it World Anvil will install it for you, but this requires you either log in as administrator or use Run As to install World Anvil as administrator. Most users who run Windows XP Home are already running as administrator so this won't be an issue for them.
	SQL Server Express. If you don't already have it World Anvil will install it for you, but this requires you either log in as administrator or use Run As to install World Anvil as administrator. Most users who run Windows XP Home are already running as administrator so this won't be an issue for them.

In other words, if you don't have .Net 2.0 or SQL server installed, World Anvil can automatically install them for you--but it requires administrator authorization to do so. Once World Anvil is installed you do not need administrator privileges to run it, only to install it, and only if you haven't already installed .Net version 2.0 or SQL Server Express.

We are in the process of redesigning World Anvil for Access 2007 runtime environment, which means World Anvil should run on any system capable of running Office 2007.

Updated: 05/31/2008