CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased

Added

• Portuguese translation

• French translation

• Automatically bolds the first row of tables

• Added optional proficiency-bonus item to \DnDMonsterDetails that will be displayed next to the monster or NPC's challenge rating, as is the style in Candlekeep Mysteries and dndbeyond.

Changed

[0.8.0] - 2020-04-21

Added in 0.8.0

• \DndSetFonts allows setting of font family and style throughout the document
• Added Spanish captions
• Added styling for the Table of Contents, using the titletoc package
• Added styling for \part
• Added colors from the 2018 Basic Rules
• Added nodeprecatedcode option to exclude deprecated code from building
• Added \DndFeatHeader

Changed in 0.8.0

• Rewrite internals in LaTeX3
• dndtable becomes DndTable
• commentbox, paperbox, and quotebox become DndComment, DndSidebar, and DndReadAloud
• \subtitlesection, \spellheader, \area, and \subarea become \DndItemHeader, \DndSpellHeader, \DndArea, and \DndSubArea
• monsterbox becomes DndMonster
• Separated language files
• Added contour to styling for \chapter

0.7.1 - 2019-07-18

Added in 0.7.1

• Added DndDropCapLine command to create drop capital letters at chapter beginnings
• Configured CI to compile example document under pdfTeX, LuaTeX, and XeTeX.
• Japanese translation

Changed in 0.7.1

• Sans serif title font now provided by kp-fonts
• Sans serif body font now provided by gillius
• Overhaul of whitespace and styling

0.7.0 - 2019-02-09

Added in 0.7.0

• Added bg package option with full, print, and none as possible values.
• Added boolean layout package option to control whether the package formats the document on load.
• Added nomultitoc package option to toggle multi-column table of contents.
• Added dndbook document class.
• Added low-resolution background file as an option.
• Added Russian localization support.
• Added keycommands to generate text for melee, ranged, and hybrid (melee or ranged) attacks within monsterboxes. Includes localization support for the various phrases used.
• Added commands to generate titled sections for map areas and sub-areas, with associated counters and automatic reference labelling (as area:<title>).
• Added commands to help generate spell lists.

Changed in 0.7.0

• Made monsterbox text the width of the column and the background spills into margin and column separator.
• Removed excess space before and after monsterbox.
• Challenge rating on monsterbox now only needs the CR number.
• monsterbox renamed monsterboxbg. monsterbox is now an alias that maps to monsterboxbg or monsterboxnobg, depending on the value of the bg package option.
• Limited set of pre-loaded tcolorbox libraries to breakable, skins, and xparse.
• Title formats for sections now explicitly use \RaggedRight to avoid poor layout appearance when using justified output.
• Prevents page breaks immediately following section/subsection/subsubsection titles.
• Removed deprecated dnditemtable.
• Removed deprecated bg-a4 and bg-letter package options.
• Removed deprecated lmss environment.

Fixed in 0.7.0

• Display monster elements with hanging indents.
• Allow \monstersection before sectioning command(s).
• Removed excess space after \dice.
• monsteraction: Only add a period to the action name if provided one.
• Set fontlower on all tcolorbox environments.
• Fixed footer scroll and text alignment.
• Added \xpname to localization support.
• Added localization to XP number

Deprecated in 0.7.0

• Deprecated bg-full, bg-none, and bg-print package options. Use bg package option instead.
• Deprecated custom \hline in stat blocks. Use \dndline instead.

0.6.0 - 2017-10-12

Added in 0.6.0

• Added bg-none option to disable background image.
• Defined coral-coloured dnditemtable environment.
• Added monsterboxnobg environment for stat blocks without a background image.
• Defined \header command for table headers.
• Defined \subtitlesection command to format short object descriptions.
• Customized \tableofcontents.
• Added custom centred column type (Y) for dndtable.
• Defined \dice macro to compute average dice roll.
• Added localization support.
• Added Italian localization.
• Defined bold italic \paragraph and \subparagraph commands.
• Customized itemize to match book style.
• Added themecolor and customizable box colours.
• Defined additional colours matching core books.
• Defined spell environment to format spells.
• Added plain footer style for bg-none package option.

Changed in 0.6.0

• Separate fancyhdr code into separate file.
• Switch layout package from fullpage to geometry.
• \stat macro computes modifier automatically.
• Modified dndtable to support multiple columns (default: 2).
• Disable "Chapter" prefix for \chapter.
• Changed suggested class from article to book.
• Enabled ragged alignment by default (disable with justified package option).
• Separated the footer scroll from the background image.

Fixed in 0.6.0

• \stats tables have stable size inside stat block environments.
• Fixed typos in example image.
• Made odd rows transparent in dndtable.
• Fixed paragraph and line spacing.
• Remove breakable parameter from paperbox.
• Allow commas in newtcolorbox titles.

Deprecated in 0.6.0

• Deprecated dnditemtable.
• Deprecated bg-a4 and bg-letter package options.
• Deprecated lmss environment.

0.5 - 2016-03-24

Added in 0.5.0

• Added print variants of background images (bg-print package option).
• Added package option to control letter size background images (bg-letter).
• Added A4 size background images (bg-a4 package option).

Changed in 0.5.0

• Licensed under MIT license.
• Removed dependency on multicols; use twocolumn option for book class instead.

Fixed in 0.5.0

• Fixed footer positioning.
• Fixed spacing inside and around boxes.
• Disabled indentation after boxes.
• Enabled indentation within boxes.

Removed in 0.5.0

• Removed monster environment.

0.2 - 2016-03-07

Added in 0.2.0

• Added preview to README.
• Defined monster and monsterbox environments for formatting monster stat blocks.
• Defined dndtable environment for formatting tables.
• Defined quotebox environment for formatting dialogue.
• Added old paper style background images.
• Added fancy page footers.
• Defined paperbox environment to format sidebars.

Changed in 0.2.0

• Reorganized package layout.
• Matched colours against published PDFs.
• Removed numbering from section titles.
• Set \raggedcolumns to flush content to top of column.

0.1 - 2015-05-12

Added in 0.1.0

• Defined green commentbox environment.
• Section and subsection titles.