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Custom Game Mechanics

Content Addition · Campaign manager · Created by Churchwarden
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What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

  I would love it if, rather than only being able to choose the existing game mechanics or suggest one and wait, a template existed to allow for a custom working of mechanics    

How does this feature request address the current situation?

  With the rocky situation around popular TTRPG mechanics, many people are exploring making their own systems, it would be good to allow this as a feature    

What are other uses for this feature request?

  Expanding the creativity without the need to request it, allow for custom rule sets, and could be used for smaller games within the game or story itself as well (for instance if a popular card game existed in the world)

Follow up


I feel like I should specify since it has been mentioned that grandmasters can create custom statblocks. My suggestion was to be able to create custom rulesets, not statblocks. This way they wouldn't need to supply resources for all systems, the user could input them on their own if they chose to.

The Team's Response

Creating new sheets is already possible, it required some basic understanding of templating and possibly some CSS if you want to beautify it.   Any grandmaster can ask for a system to be added and then they can create anything they desire for that system and have their own SRD and list of Statblocks.   There is a new system coming later in the year that will make it much easier to create your own system PAGE but this is not strictly related to this
Current score

37/300 Votes · +8602 points

Votes Cast

  • +300

    by hihi25e
    on 2023-02-03 13:07
  • +100

    by LiaFelis
    on 2023-02-03 09:05
  • +100

    by Elyean Project - Mateusz Wypchlak
    on 2023-02-03 00:56
    It would be helpful for sketching the Elyean Zero Edition system using this feature, because for now we are planning making everything with articles and custom article templates.
  • +300

    by LiefHarbinger
    on 2023-01-31 00:19
  • +100

    by ☀Synemon~Plana☀
    on 2023-01-28 21:02
  • +300

    by Youngree
    on 2023-01-27 04:59
  • +300

    by A Goodhearted T-Rex
    on 2023-01-27 03:49
  • +300

    by TacoIsFried
    on 2023-01-26 15:55
  • +300

    by Dustie
    on 2023-01-26 11:05
  • +300

    by Fates & Fables™
    on 2023-01-25 15:06
  • +300

    by DarkDungeonStudio
    on 2023-01-24 17:09
    I think this is a great idea. Not just for TTRPGs but also for those creating Video Game systems.
  • +300

    by SwarmoGyatso
    on 2023-01-23 20:00
  • +300

    by A Adorable Mlem
    on 2023-01-23 16:48
    Seems like a very reasonable idea considering the current climate of the TTRPG space.
  • +100

    by Jesuisfrog
    on 2023-01-22 19:24
  • +300

    by BlitzDungeoneer
    on 2023-01-21 20:44
  • +100

    by Krawczyk & Weaver
    on 2023-01-20 17:35
  • +300

    by Eden Master
    on 2023-01-20 10:49
  • +100

    by Pete Nelson
    on 2023-01-20 07:06
    This is an interesting idea, but implementing it seems incredibly hard. How much support from WA are you proposing? Rule sets for games range from super simple to super, super complex. I've made my own RPG rule set, and it was a huge amount of work - so much that I never completely finished it. I think this proposal would need some examples of what you are proposing and a LOT more discussion and thinking before it could be implemented.
  • +300

    by Bloody_Oleander
    on 2023-01-19 21:57
  • +300

    by Sarnel
    on 2023-01-19 21:21
    Yea i work on my own system witch are cooperating with entire world. It's even the main reason. For which I'm holding off on transferring my text to worldanvil.
  • +1

    by A Wild Dwarf
    on 2023-01-19 19:20
  • +100

    by Horazath
    on 2023-01-19 11:03
  • +300

    by rainswings
    on 2023-01-19 03:19
    I'd love to try to implement novel systems or build my own, so this is right up my alley
  • +300

    by perkiperk
    on 2023-01-17 20:48
  • +300

    by orribu
    on 2023-01-17 06:31
  • +300

    by Crafty_Dm
    on 2023-01-17 04:31
  • +300

    by Favillion
    on 2023-01-15 00:25
  • +300

    by tyronium
    on 2023-01-14 16:02
  • +300

    by ruskerdax
    on 2023-01-14 08:57
    This sounds like a great feature to complement Grandmaster custom statblocks.
  • +300

    by Cpl.Soletrain
    on 2023-01-14 00:48
  • +300

    by eggoscrombled
    on 2023-01-13 18:57
  • +1

    by Scalenex
    on 2023-01-13 12:20
    I'm not opposed to this, but this seems like it would be very hard to implement. I've gotten by okay using generic articles to showcase my homebrew rules.
  • -300

    by SoulLink
    on 2023-01-13 09:09
    1. This wouldn't be a new feature. You can already implement new statblock templates as a Grandmaster. All of the templates are created by community members and most of them were created by one specific member. So there is nothing in the way of expanding World Anvils reach. The team does not have the resources to provide solutions for all systems.   2. There is another feature request that asks for an easier system to create custom statblocks, as it currently requires technical know-how in template creation with TWIG, HTML, CSS, so anyone who agrees with this should probably go and support that.
  • +300

    by HakaMiki
    on 2023-01-13 06:01
  • +300

    by Ratha
    on 2023-01-13 01:15
  • +300

    by ThersaFerma
    on 2023-01-13 00:08
  • +100

    by DramaticDragons
    on 2023-01-12 23:47
  • +300

    by Churchwarden
    on 2023-01-12 22:08