Welcome to the Raze public roadmap, this is where we share our upcoming features and let our users know where Raze is going.

While this roadmap is more or less set in stone we are always evaluating to see if we need to move things around to better serve our users needs.

It is important to note that this roadmap only highlights big ticket items and does not account for day-to-day bug fixes and general improvements.

Platform Improvements

We’ve just launched our open beta! In-between collecting user feedback and fixing bugs we are taking this time to improve the underlying platform. These changes include:

Improving the user interface for using inline formulas, currently you can only create a formula by using the following textual format %{`field.id`}%
Improving simultaneous dice rolling, currently the dice roller occupies the whole screen and only one player can roll at a time. We are looking at creating a dice tray to roll in and showing other players rolls in a small preview window. This would allow players to all roll together without having to roll one after another
Improving file management, currently users cannot delete files once they have created them. We already have file deletion working on our staging environment but there are a few optimisations we would like to make around how this is handled. It is much easier to make these optimisations before we put file deletion live.

Licensing & Subscriptions

It’s really important to us at Raze that users have choices when it comes to how they use their software. As a result Raze will be launching with two different payment options.

Users will be able to purchase a lifetime license for Raze and host it on their own hardware this model is very similar to what Foundry offers and should cater to users who are reluctant to subscribe to another service.
Users will also have the option to subscribe to a hosted version of Raze and have us manage all of their infrastructure needs. This is very similar to The Forge.

NOTE: You will not need a license to use the subscription version of Raze and you will not need a subscription to use the licensed version of Raze. These two models exist independent of each other.

Tutorials

It is important that we create educational content both for new users to the app and more technical users who wish to self host.

These will most likely take the form of written documentation as well as a small number of video tutorials.

Release!

Once we’ve fixed any bugs found in the open beta and are happy with licensing it will be time for our official release!

Users will continue to be able to use Raze for free but some account limitations will be introduced to those not paying a subscription. Namely free users will be limited to owning only one party.

Templates

Templates are essentially documents a game master can prepare ahead of time with pre-configured formula’s and actions. Their players can then copy these templates and have most of the heavy lifting taken care of.

File browser & Thumbnail view

The more content a user has on Raze the greater their needs for advanced filtering/categorisation tools.

This update will include a complete revamp of the current file manager including features like tags, advanced filters, PDF text search and more.

Additionally this update will bring the thumbnail view to Raze documents this will allow users to bulk delete pages quickly but will also support the ability to copy pages from one document to another, including any actions associated with the page.

Ever wanted to copy a spell description for the source book right into your character sheet? With this update that will be as simple as dragging the page from one document to another!

Raze Documents

PDF’s are great! We love PDF’s but they can sometimes be limited especially when we want to create our own content.

This update will bring a rich text editor to Raze meaning users can author their own content right next to their PDF documents.

This tool will be useful for game masters and players alike whether it be session preparation or keeping session notes, Raze Documents should be useful for everyone!

Content Compendiums

Creating Raze actions for different items, skills, proficiencies, etc… can be an arduous task depending on the complexity of game being played and the character sheet being used. This update will allow users to create compendiums of pre-configured material that can be added to a character sheet sheet with a single click!

The kind of content could be anything from a fifth edition background to Shadowdark’s Horned Helm of Ramlaat. The options really are endless.

Marketplace

With the ability to create document templates and now content compendiums it makes sense to allow users to share this content amongst themselves. Who wants to configure an entire list of magic items when someone else has already done it before them?

We have big plans for what the marketplace could look like but we plan to release in gradual steps and monitor community feedback accordingly.

Triggers

We see this as the final pillar of character sheet automation and we are still finalising the details of what this will look in practice.

What we do know is that the goal here is to allow users to define triggers that can perform a number of concurrent operations on a character sheet. The most basic example of this would be something like fifth editions long rest mechanism. A user would be able to define a ”long rest” trigger and it would reset their hit points, their spell slot tracker, and any other relevant fields they choose.

What’s next?

By the time we get to this stage we are sure there will have been a plethora of other features suggested either by our community or internally at Raze. Whatever the case we plan to keep this roadmap up-to-date so users always know what is coming next.

Raze Public Roadmap