Great news everyone! (behind the scenes update) (Patreon)

I know you are all waiting in anticipation for new content coming to the MPMB’s Character Record Sheets and I can’t blame you. A lot of cool new shiny things are still to be included and who doesn’t want to play with cool new shiny things? The work is underway, made easy by the fan-led effort on the MPMB Discord Server, for which I am really grateful. I have been working on getting the base code updated to accommodate the latest changes. Thinks of things like better support for companions (e.g. ranger’s companion, artificer’s constructs), an overflow page for the class features (this is still in the design phase, no promises that it will be included in the next version), and the other new optional rules.

However, I have had to postpone further work on the sheet for a bit because something wonderful has happened: my daughter was born just over a week ago!

Life has been a bit hectic since, as we are getting used to being parents. Our daughter came a full 11 days past the due date and to say that those last two weeks weren’t really fun for my girlfriend is an understatement. Add that to the fact that there was a sprout of stress getting the house in order (deadline to fix some code violations), which all rested upon my shoulders as the strict COVID measures here didn’t allow friends, family, or even contractors to help.

To add to the fun (as well as the frustration and exhaustion), our family recently got even bigger with the addition of a puppy! She came to live with us a full five days after our daughter was born. Now you are probably thinking that we are crazy for having a baby and getting a puppy so close together and you wouldn’t be wrong. The puppy was supposed to arrive two and a half months earlier, but that was met with delays upon delays because of the COVID pandemic and the fact that the dog had to be transported across international borders (some of which were closed due to COVID). Unfortunately, we were mostly kept in the dark as to when the puppy could be transported until only days before. As these things go, in the end both the baby and the puppy came on the exact same day! Thankfully, we had some friends to take the puppy in for a few days while we got things sorted.

I think you’ll understand that my priorities shifted away from the character sheet for a while. And those of you who have sent me messages or left comments will have noticed that I haven’t responded to any of them for the last week or so.
As for all of you asking when the new stuff is going to be finished, I can only say “I’m working on it”. It very much depends on my daughter’s sleep schedule (which isn’t great at the moment, she has gotten days and nights confused it seems).

The good news is that the truly hectic times are behind us as you can tell by the fact that I could sit down and write this post. Our house is in order (enough) for now, we are finding our rhythm with the new-born (and the puppy), and even our cat is starting to accept his new housemates (the baby more than the puppy). I should soon find myself with some time to continue working on the sheets.

My apologies that this isn’t the great news you have all been waiting for, but it certainly is great news for me and my family.

TL;DR (too long, didn't read):
Our first child was born and we got a puppy in the same week. Life hasn’t been the same since and there was no time left to work on D&D-stuff. I should be able to pick up where I left soon, but for now there is no fixed schedule for when the new content and next sheet update will be released.