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Shadowdark Enhancer Wiki

A GM companion suite for Shadowdark RPG on Foundry VTT.

This wiki is your complete manual. The README gives you the quick summary, while everything below covers the details.

Start here

If you just installed the module, read these three in order:

  1. Installation & Setup: install steps, first-run checklist, and what to configure before your first session.
  2. Crawl Strip & Crawl Bar: the always-on party display and the launcher bar for your table tools.
  3. Compendium Packs: where your created content lives and the never-overwrite rules the suite follows.

Everything else can wait until you need it at the table or during prep.

At the table

Tools you run during an active game session.

Page What it covers
Crawl Strip & Crawl Bar Party HP, movement, and Luck at a glance, marching order, crawl rounds, combat HUD
Movement Budgets Turn movement allowances, over-budget warnings or enforcement, rollback to turn start
Random Encounters The 1d6 encounter check, the Encounter Roller, placing results directly on the map
Loot & Treasure Hoard rolls, claimable chat cards, opt-in loot drops on combat end, coin piles
Merchant Shop A live shop window for the whole party, buying and selling against system.coins
Party XP Whole-party XP awards and Shadowdark treasure-XP rules
Downtime Between-crawl activities, the DC step-down ladder, per-attempt costs from your books
Renown The fame track, its four bands, reaction-roll bonuses, awarding and docking points
Pit Fighting Cursed Scroll 2 bouts: venues, stakes scaled to party level, danger calls, twists
Session Recap Automatic session log (loot, XP, combats, rolls, kills) with Discord export

Building content

Tools you use in prep between sessions.

Page What it covers
Importer Hub The front door: paste from your own PDF, preview, commit into suite compendiums
Class & Spell Importers Dedicated workspaces for complex class and spell statblocks
Table Import & Shapes How PDF tables parse deterministically and how to add parsing recipes
Monster Creator Author a Shadowdark monster or NPC from scratch, or remix an existing statblock
Monster Spell Library Extract embedded monster spells into a searchable GM library with source links
Monster Level Guidelines Target stats for level-N monsters: editable baseline table and token re-leveling
Monster Token Art Re-skin your bestiary using token art you already own, referenced and never copied
Magic Item Forge Roll or hand-build magic items using imported Core tables
Forge & Loot Developer preview shell for planned NPC and Rival Crawler generation (console only)

Characters

Page What it covers
Character Builder Guided, ordered level-1 character creation wizard with token art gallery
Export to PDF Fill and download official Shadowdark character sheet PDFs directly from an actor
Mounts & Boats Dedicated Mount and Boat actor types and sheets for Western Reaches travel

Reference

Page What it covers
Settings Reference Every setting, default value, and what it does in your world
Compendium Packs sde-actors, sde-items, sde-tables, and the content contract
Troubleshooting Symptoms, causes, and fixes for common table issues
API for developers game.shadowdarkEnhancer public scripting API

Two things worth knowing up front

You bring your own books. The module ships no copyright sourcebook prose. For Cursed Scroll zines and the Player's Guide to the Western Reaches, it understands the structure of the content (names, page citations, dice formulas, table layouts). You paste text from your own PDF, and the module parses and files it into Foundry documents. See Importer Hub.

Nothing is overwritten or deleted. Every document-creating entry point is GM-only and follows a strict never-overwrite, never-delete contract. Re-importing the same content is idempotent and safe. See Compendium Packs.

Getting help