2 posts tagged with "rqg-6-0"

This release follows up on 6.0.0 with a big batch of bug fixes, plus a new Research path for improving Skills and Runes, as well as a fix so healing a serious abdomen wound now restores the useless legs it caused.

I was actually worried about more serious bugs after 6.0.0, especially since I'd just migrated to using Foundry's data models, which are far stricter about what values a document is allowed to have than the plain objects the system relied on before. Apart from the wiki module's invalid compendium data (see Invalid Weapon/Spell Data Cleanup below), nothing major has turned up.

I've also been actively hunting for discrepancies against the rules and found a few minor ones: a wrong special success range for a 6-7% ability chance, and a 75%+ training restriction that blocked every skill regardless of whether it can gain experience or not. This release also includes several visual fixes for the v2 sheets.

Invalid Weapon/Spell Data Cleanup​

 #986

Some older wiki module compendium content shipped with two values that don't match the current data model and get rejected by Foundry's schema validation:

• The Claw, Rip, and Gore natural weapon attacks had an invalid damageType: "cut" instead of Slash, which could show up as "Failed to initialize Item" console errors and make the attack unusable.
• The rune spell Ban had a malformed isRitual value from an authoring typo.

Both trace back to the wiki module's compendium content, present through v1.3.5 (2025-05-25) and fixed in v2.0.0 (2026-07-18). Any item still carrying the invalid value is now repaired automatically on load, regardless of wiki module version — but updating to v2.0.0 or later is still recommended, since it fixes the source data too.

Research & Improve Dialog Fixes​

 #952

Skills and Runes can now be improved through Research on the Improve Ability dialog, alongside the existing Experience and Training paths — mirroring the Research option Characteristics already had. The qualifying roll matches the one used for Experience; on success, the gain is a flat +1% or 1D6-2, chosen before rolling. As with Training, Research is not available for Passions. That it has been missing until now was an oversight.

A few related bugs in the Improve dialogs were fixed alongside this:

• Base the 75%-and-above restriction on whether the ability can gain experience at all (Core p.413), instead of chance alone, and apply the same 75%+ restriction to Research and to Runes, both of which previously stayed trainable/researchable at any chance  #980
• Block skill training at exactly 75%, not just strictly above it  #947
• Require POW training to pass the same POW-gain-roll chance check used for Experience, instead of allowing a free roll  #948
• Derive the category modifier from unmodified source characteristics, so a temporary condition (e.g. a STR/DEX/CON-bonus status effect) no longer shifts the Experience/Research/Training qualifying roll  #954

Abdomen Wound Healing Restores Useless Legs​

 #981

A serious wound to the abdomen (damage at or above the location's max HP) makes the attached legs useless until it heals. Healing that wound back below the threshold was supposed to restore them, but the healing logic always reported no legs to restore, so they stayed useless forever even after the wound had healed. Healing an abdomen wound now correctly restores the legs — to healthy, or to wounded if a leg had taken damage of its own. A leg that's useless from its own damage rather than the abdomen wound is left alone.

Improved Actor Portrait​

 #969

The portrait on the v2 character sheet is no longer clipped by the window top, and its drop-shadow now follows the image's own shape instead of a fixed rectangular box — so round or transparent portraits no longer get a mismatched square shadow. Non-square images are no longer cropped or distorted. Right-clicking the portrait now opens Foundry's native image popout for a larger, on-demand view of the full resolution image.

Other Styling Fixes​

• Give the four standard Power rune pairs fixed tab positions on the v2 sheet regardless of link state  #970
• Fix reputation icon rendering as a broken image in worlds whose stored icon settings predate that key  #976
• Make table styling consistent across all v2 sheet item-list tabs, including a rebuilt Active Effects tab that now shares the same look instead of using its own bespoke table  #978
• Prevent a long cult name from squeezing the name column on the v2 actor sheet  #968
• Fix rqg SVG icons not matching the invert filter when hosting on the Forge, making them white on the light theme  #964
• Fix hit-location and Strike Rank background colors failing to resolve — rendering as transparent or dark blocks over light text — when a per-window theme override applies the theme class directly to the sheet instead of only to an ancestor like the page body  #966

Migration Fixes​

• Fix the Active Effect duration-unit migration re-triggering and reappearing under "Performed Migrations" on every migration instead of running once  #984
• Fix Active Effect path rewrites (e.g. Add Magic Points/Add Hit Points) being silently discarded when the duration-unit migration touched the same effect, and extend the world migration's compendium sweep to module-owned packs too, so content in your own modules now gets migrated along with the world's  #942
• Fix the migration progress bar duplicating instead of updating when migration runs overlap  #961
• Migrate hit-location connectedTo/hitLocationType data that was stored as a stale display name instead of an rqid, which silently broke limb-useless and healing checks with no error  #983
• Stop running the migration that re-links opposing runes, so unlinking a pair to exempt an Illuminated actor from the opposed-rune 100% rule no longer gets reset on the next update  #962

Other Bug Fixes & Improvements​

• Fix MOV and ENC Factor no longer being editable by the GM on the v2 actor sheet header  #965
• Localize hit-location damage notifications (limb severed, useless legs, instant death, bleeding unconscious, head unconscious) that were previously hardcoded in English  #988
• Correct the special success range for a 6-7% ability chance  #946
• Hide the health section and use Magic Points instead for actors with no hit points, such as spirits  #488
• Limit Spirit Magic learning capacity by CHA instead of INT, and fix Sorcery's Free INT accounting and messaging  #944
• Cap Rune Points max by CHA per cult, and default max to 0 instead of null/undefined  #941
• Clear a bow's linked projectile when the linked arrow is unequipped  #655

This release is a large overhaul of the system internals, with the overarching goal of moving this now six-year-old system into Foundry v14's way of doing things. The character and item sheets have been rewritten to use Foundry's V2 document sheets, the data layer has been migrated to use DataModels, and the world migration now generates a detailed report of what changed.

There are also many smaller improvements — from new fields that Active Effects can target to affect a weapon's attack chance, to a combat tracker button that resets the active combatant to the first one. See below for the full list of changes and bug fixes.

RQID Changes​

 #838

Priority Is Now Compared Globally​

Previously, when resolving an RQID (e.g. to link a rune, journal, or spell to its canonical document), a matching World document was always preferred over a matching Compendium document, no matter what Priority value each had. From this version, RQID resolution instead picks whichever matching document has the highest Priority — World or Compendium — and only falls back to preferring the World document when priorities are tied.

In practice, this means: if you have customized or overridden a system document in your World (for example, a house-ruled skill or journal description), and the shipped Compendium version of that document ends up with an equal or higher Priority, the Compendium version may now be used instead of your World override. To keep your World version taking precedence, open it in the RQID editor and make sure its Priority is set higher than the Compendium document it's meant to replace.

Breaking API Changes for Macros and Module Authors​

If you have custom macros or modules calling the RQID API directly, two methods changed shape as part of this update:

• Rqid.fromRqidRegexAll(regex, docPrefix, lang, scope) has been renamed to Rqid.fromRqidRegex, and its scope string ("world" / "packs" / "all") is now an options object: Rqid.fromRqidRegex(regex, docPrefix, lang, { source: "world" | "packs" | "all", mode: "all" | "best" }).
• Rqid.fromRqidCount(rqid, lang, scope)'s scope string is likewise now an options object: Rqid.fromRqidCount(rqid, lang, { source: "world" | "packs" | "all" }).

Existing worlds don't need any changes for this — only custom scripts/macros calling these methods directly need to be updated.

Foundry DataModels​

 #855  #880

All system data — including derived values like skill category modifiers and hit point totals — now uses Foundry's DataModels, a data layer that validates your characters, items, and other documents against a defined structure. This is also the groundwork behind the new effect.add fields described under Active Effects below.

Updating to this version triggers a one-time check of your existing documents against these new rules, repairing anything that doesn't match — a chance to heal documents that may have drifted out of shape over the years. This runs automatically as part of the system migration when you update. If you want to run this check again later, there's a macro for that in the "System Macros" compendium, in the "RuneQuest Glorantha System/Macros" folder.

Structured Migration Reporting​

 #891  #902

When the system migrates your world data, it now provides a detailed migration report showing exactly what was changed. This includes change diffs and migration metadata so you can review what happened. The report is saved as a journal entry in your world, with pages listing what was performed, any issues found, and a summary. If any characters or items could not be fully repaired by the automatic migration, they are listed so you as the GM can look at them manually.

V2 Character & Item Sheets​

 #845  #852

Why the Move to V2​

The character and item sheets have been completely rewritten using Foundry's Application V2 framework. Foundry has deprecated the old V1 application framework and will remove it in a future core version, so this move keeps the system compatible going forward. The V2 sheets are now the default for all characters and items.

Light/Dark Mode & Pop-Out Windows​

V2 sheets support Foundry's light and dark modes, and can be popped out into their own window using Foundry's native pop-out feature — something V1 sheets could not do.

Drag & Drop Rework​

 #787

Drag-and-drop has been reworked. Hovering over a draggable row now reveals a grab icon — grab that icon to drag the item, rather than clicking anywhere on the row. Dropzones also highlight more clearly when dragging something over them, making it easier to see where an item will land.

Item Icon Tooltips​

 #289

Hovering over an item's icon on the Gear, Combat, or Passions tab now shows its description in a tooltip, so you no longer have to open the item sheet just to remember what something does. If you are the GM and the item has GM notes, those are shown in the same tooltip below the description — players never see this part.

CHA Rune Magic Point Limit Per Cult​

 #839

The character sheet now shows the CHA-based rune magic point limit for each cult, making it easier to see how many rune points a character can have in each cult.

Skill Search​

 #193

The Skills tab now has a search field at the top. Type part of a skill's name to instantly filter the list down to matching skills, hiding categories that have no matches — handy for characters with long skill lists. Clearing the field brings back the full list.

Rune Display by RQID​

The Rune tab has gotten a visual makeover. Each rune icon's size and intensity now reflects how strong that rune is — the higher the chance, the bigger and bolder the icon. For opposed rune pairs (e.g. Harmony/Disorder), a balance marker on a line between the two runes shows how far a character leans towards one side of the pair over the other. Where a rune is positioned depends on its opposed rune setting.

Apply Wound dialog makeover​

 #194

The Apply Wound dialog has had a facelift. The title now names both the character and hit location (e.g. "Apply Wound to Left Arm of Vasana"), so it's clear who receives the wound when multiple character sheets are open.

Entering the raw damage dealt shows the armor protecting that hit location (if any) — listing each equipped piece by name and its AP — plus a formula for the effective damage after AP is subtracted. If more than one piece of armor covers the location, each piece's AP can be included or excluded individually — useful, for example, with fall damage, where only soft armor applies — or all at once via a master checkbox.

A second checkbox and formula show whether (and how) the wound also reduces the character's total Hit Points, with the before/after total updating as you type. The button that opens the dialog from each hit location box also traded its old hand-holding-medical icon for a burst symbol.

Heal wound dialog makeover​

The Heal Wound dialog got the same treatment. Two buttons at the top — "Heal One Wound" and "Remove All Damage" — let you either patch up a single wound or clear every wound on the hit location in one go.

When healing a single wound, "Hit Points to Heal" can be dragged in with a slider or typed directly. Below that, "Select Wound to Heal" lists each individual wound on the location so you can pick which one to treat.

The "Heal Wound" button now uses a green heart-pulse icon, and each wound listed under "Select Wound to Heal" shows a burst icon next to its remaining damage value — the same icon used in the Apply Wound dialog.

Spirit Magic Points Editable in Edit Mode​

 #894

Variable Spirit Magic spells can now have their invested points edited directly from the character sheet's Spirit Magic tab. In Edit (green) mode, the points cell becomes a plain number input instead of requiring you to open the item sheet. Play mode and non-variable spells behave as before.

Compact Spell Summary for Rune & Spirit Magic​

 #848

The Rune Magic and Spirit Magic tables no longer show a separate column for each spell attribute. Instead, each spell now shows a compact summary string (its "signature"), similar to how spells are written in the rulebooks — e.g. points, range, duration, and concentration — with the full details available in a tooltip. As part of this change, Ritual Rune Magic spells no longer have their Range and Duration silently dropped from the summary, since those values can still be relevant for ritual casting.

Active Effects​

 #919

The system has been adapted to Foundry v14's new Active Effect format: duration is now a single value + unit instead of separate seconds/rounds/turns fields, and start time/round/turn/combat are now grouped under "start".

Your existing effects are converted to this new format automatically when you update, including moving any legacy MP/HP max bonus paths to the new system.effect.add.magicPoints.max / system.effect.add.hitPoints.max fields described below.

New Additive Fields​

A new system.effect.add namespace exposes additive fields that Active Effects can target in ways that weren't previously possible. None of these values could be targeted by an Active Effect before, with one exception: max Magic Points could be boosted directly through a hack in the old version. The DataModel cleanup removed that hack in favor of its own dedicated field, described below.

system.effect.add.magicPoints.max (on the character)​

A bonus to max Magic Points — for example from a POW storage crystal. In previous versions, an Active Effect could target system.attributes.magicPoints.max directly and it kind of worked, since that value was calculated before effects were applied; the DataModel cleanup now calculates it afterwards, so this dedicated field is needed instead.

system.effect.add.hitPoints.max (on the character)​

A bonus to max Hit Points.

system.effect.add.skillCategoryModifiers.<category> (on the character)​

A bonus to a skill category — for example, to boost all Manipulation skills with an effect.

system.effect.add.melee.attack / system.effect.add.melee.parry / system.effect.add.missile.attack / system.effect.add.missile.parry (on weapon items)​

Bonuses to a weapon usage's attack and parry chance. As before, effects that target fields on an item (rather than the character) need to use the "Custom" application mode.

The fields are divided into melee / missile and attack / parry so effects can be limited to, for example, only melee attacks.

This could be used to create a Bladesharp effect, see below. It's a bit clunky, since you need to create a separate effect for each weapon and point strength, but it does make it possible to build a compendium of spell effects that can simply be dragged onto the actor. This handling will be improved in a future release.

Match Suspension to Equipped Status​

Active Effects on physical items (gear, armor, weapons) now have a "Match Suspension to Equipped Status" option on the effect itself. When enabled, the effect is automatically suspended/unsuspended together with the item's equipped state — for example, an Active Effect on a piece of armor can be set to only apply while the armor is equipped, without needing a separate condition or macro. This option is off by default; enable it on each effect where you want it, or turn on the world setting described below to have it on by default for new effects. As soon as you enable the option on an effect, its suspended state is immediately updated to match the item's current equipped status, rather than waiting for the next time the item is equipped or unequipped. While the option is enabled, the effect's "Effect Suspended" checkbox is greyed out and can't be toggled manually, since its state is now controlled automatically by the item's equipped status.

A new world setting, Default: Match Effect Suspension to Equipped (off by default), controls whether newly created Active Effects on physical items have this option enabled by default; existing Active Effects are left unchanged when you change the setting. Regardless of this world setting, you can always turn the option on or off for each effect individually.

 #869

Active Effects Tab Setting​

The Active Effects tab on the character sheet used to be toggled through a hidden config flag. Now it is a GM-only world setting "Show Actor Effects Tab", making it much easier to find.

It lists every effect on the character along with Start, Duration and "Match Equipped Suspension" columns, plus an early-expiry badge whose tooltip flags possible configuration mistakes. As before, the tab itself is only ever visible to the GM, never to players.

Weapon Effect Modifiers in Combat​

 #918

The Attack and Defence dialogs now show a tooltip breakdown of the target chance, including when a weapon effect modifier (e.g. from an Active Effect on the weapon) is in play. Hovering the chance box reveals how the total was calculated.

Combat Tracker Improvements​

 #899

There is a new GM-only "Activate First Turn" button on the combat tracker. In RuneQuest, everyone states which Strike Rank(s) they act on at the start of the round, which can reorder who goes first — this button lets the GM jump straight to whoever ends up first in the new turn order, instead of clicking "Previous Turn" repeatedly to get back to the start.

Protection Token Effects Support All Creature Types​

 #837

Protection token effects now use regex RQIDs (introduced in RQG 5.3.0), allowing them to work with all creature types instead of only humanoid characters.

Additional Fixes​

• Fix deprecated TableResult#text in fumble rolls ( #840)
• Fix improvement of Runes and Passions not working ( #856)
• Fix Rune Magic cult chooser dialog ( #864)
• Fix cult tabs not filling the width ( #878)
• Fix Rune Magic cannot adjust level on stackable spells ( #831)
• Fix avoiding mutation of roll modifiers during tooltip render ( #885)
• Fix POW crystal Active Effect reads with legacy fallback ( #875)
• Fix drag-drop handling and safe skill embedding ( #698)
• Remove jQuery usage throughout the codebase ( #877)
• Migrate all deprecated Foundry v14 APIs ( #866)
• Improve cult info column spacing on the v2 Rune Magic tab so the Rune Points and cult/god name columns no longer wrap awkwardly, with full text available via tooltip ( #886)
• Fix weapon usage rate model error ( #858)
• Show an informational field instead of the damage bonus selector when a weapon usage's damage formula has no damage bonus placeholder ( #924)
• Fix detached/popped-out v2 application actions (e.g. the Attack dialog) not working ( #872)
• Remove price display from gear items, improve gear tab responsiveness, and improve the view-by-location gear view ( #248)
• Derive skill chance at runtime instead of persisting it, avoiding stale values ( #906)
• Standardize chat message speaker objects ( #909)
• Localize the RQID header button's aria-label, removing a console warning ( #933)