Hero Forge Style Guide: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 18:01, 5 February 2024

Hero Forge is the preferred source for all character portraits and tokens for use in Foundry. It allows for a consistent across across non-player and player characters alike.

Hero Forge Skin Tones

H6
H5
H4
H3
H2
H1

File Names

Filenames for generic tokens take the form of:

[base]-[tag]-[meta][gender]-[skin]-[clothes]-[tag]-t.png

Hero Forge Colors ^{^[edit]}
Color	Code
`r`	Red
`o`	Orange
`y`	Yellow
`g`	Green
`u`	Blue
`v`	Violet
`k`	Black
`b`	Brown
`w`	White
`p`	Pink
`e`	Grey

[base] is a general description, describing the general use of the token, something like casual, convict, or cutter.
[meta] is the character's metatype: h for human, d for dwarf, e for elf, o for ork, t for troll, or x for none-of-the-above.
[gender] is the character's gender: m for male, f for female, o for other, x for none.
[skin] describe the character's skin tone, generally a two-letter code from the list to the right.
[clothes] is another two-letter code, using the values below. Generally speaking, the first letter is the primary or upper-body color and the second is the secondary or lower-body color.
[tag] is optional in either position (drop the extra hyphen when unused), but available for disambiguation if needed. If using more than one word, separate them with an underscore, not a space.

Hair Color

The jury is still out, but users on one of the Hero Forge Facebook groups suggest the appearance of hair can be improved with these settings:

55% Roughness
15% Fuzz
40% Metal High
30% Metal Mid
20% Metal Low

The idea is to more accurately reflect the sheen of human hair and how it interacts with light.

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+[https://heroforge.com Hero Forge] is the preferred source for all {{Category|Character|character}} {{category|Portrait|portraits}} and tokens for use in Foundry. It allows for a consistent across across non-player and {{Category|Player Character|player characters}} alike.
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 Filenames for generic tokens take the form of:
-{{Code|[base]-[meta][gender]-[skin]-[clothes]-[tag]-t.png}}
+{{Code|[base]-[tag]-[meta][gender]-[skin]-[clothes]-[tag]-t.png}}
+{{Table:Hero Forge Colors}}
 * '''[base]''' is a general description, describing the general use of the token, something like {{code|casual}}, {{code|convict}}, or {{code|cutter}}.
 * '''[meta]''' is the character's metatype: {{code|h}} for human, {{code|d}} for dwarf, {{code|e}} for elf, {{code|o}} for ork, {{code|t}} for troll, or {{code|x}} for none-of-the-above.
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 * '''[skin]''' describe the character's skin tone, generally a two-letter code from the list to the right.
 * '''[clothes]''' is another two-letter code, using the values below. Generally speaking, the first letter is the primary or upper-body color and the second is the secondary or lower-body color.
-* '''[tag]''' is optional, but should be used to disambiguate when needed.
+* '''[tag]''' is optional in either position (drop the extra hyphen when unused), but available for disambiguation if needed. If using more than one word, separate them with an underscore, not a space.
-{{Box|{{Table:Hero Forge Colors|float=none}}|float=right}}
+==Hair Color==
+The jury is still out, but users on one of the Hero Forge Facebook groups suggest the appearance of hair can be improved with these settings:
+* 55% Roughness
+* 15% Fuzz
+* 40% Metal High
+* 30% Metal Mid
+* 20% Metal Low
+The idea is to more accurately reflect the sheen of human hair and how it interacts with light.