The Bark Blog
Every week we pick the best story from the build and dig into it: what shipped, why we went that way, what broke, and how we got out of it. Real screenshots, no fluff.
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Week four: a monster is just a hero the DM runs
The DM got the same combat wheel the players have, monster hits now land conditions on heroes' phones, Hold Person and Bless finally do what they say, and heroes picked up companions. Here's how Cerberus learned to run the other side of the fight.
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Week three: the week the sword actually caught fire
Every SRD magic item now does something on the sheet, level ups get a gold burst, the combat wheel learned to move, and the dice roller turned into a shaker. Here's how Cerberus learned to celebrate.
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Week two: the week Cerberus got a DM
A DM screen that runs the fight, damage that lands where it's aimed, buffs that show up on the right sheet, actual battle music, and a playtest that found 101 things. Here's how the table came together.
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Week one: from an empty repo to a combat wheel
A 5E character builder, a tap-to-roll table sheet and three versions of a combat screen in seven days. Here's the rule I set on day one, and how the turn became a wheel.