🜂 Mantle of Transcendence - 2025🜂
Automated Transformation, Stat Shifting, and Token Swapping for Fantasy Grounds Unity (5E Ruleset)

Stop rewriting stats by hand.
Stop losing track of original values.
Stop slowing down combat with manual transformation cleanup.

Mantle of Transcendence automates transformation-style stat changes inside Fantasy Grounds Unity so your table can focus on play, not sheet management.

✅ What This Extension Does

• Supports SHIFT: for full transformation-style effects
• Supports ALT: for temporary stat override effects
• Supports IMG: for automatic token swapping
• Changes STR, DEX, CON, INT, WIS, CHA, AC, SPD, SIZE, and TEMPHP
• Swaps tokens on the Combat Tracker and Battle Map when an IMG: effect is applied
• Stores the character’s original values and token automatically before applying changes
• Restores original values and original token automatically when the effect ends
• Supports both single-stat overrides and full-form replacements
• Handles temporary hit point based transformation setups
• Makes beast forms, polymorph-style powers, magical buffs, and homebrew transformations much easier to run

No manual stat edits. No confusion. No messy cleanup after combat.

🧩 Three Main Effect Types

SHIFT:
Used for full transformation-style effects.

ALT:
Used for temporary stat overrides that are not tied to a full form.

IMG:
Used to swap the token to a different image while the effect is active.

All tags must be typed in uppercase.

⚙️ Supported Tags

STR = Strength, DEX = Dexterity, CON = Constitution, INT = Intelligence, WIS = Wisdom, CHA = Charisma, AC = Armor Class, SPD = Speed, SIZE = Size Adjustment, TEMPHP = Temporary Hit Points, IMG = Token Swap

🎯 How It Works

When a character receives a supported effect, Mantle reads the effect text, applies the listed changes, stores the original values, and updates the character automatically.

Example full transformation:

SHIFT: STR 20, DEX 14, CON 16, AC 15, SPD 40, SIZE 1, TEMPHP 30

Example temporary override:

ALT: STR 23

Example token swap:

IMG: wolf

Example combined form change and token swap:

SHIFT: STR 12, DEX 15, CON 12, AC 13, SPD 40, SIZE 0, TEMPHP 11
IMG: wolf

When the effect ends, the original values return automatically.

If a SHIFT form uses TEMPHP, the transformation can be tied to those temporary hit points, allowing the form to end when those temporary hit points are gone.

If an IMG: effect is applied, Mantle swaps the token while the effect is active, then restores the original token automatically when the effect ends.

Works with Beast Combat Actions:

Mantle of Transcendence also works alongside Beast Combat Actions, making it easy to pair automated stat changes and token swapping with ready-to-use beast attack actions. This gives you a smoother transformation setup for Wild Shape style play, polymorph effects, and other creature-based forms inside Fantasy Grounds Unity.

Beast Combat Actions: Click Here

🛠 How To Use It

• Open the character sheet
• Go to the Actions tab or the area where you manage effects
• Create or apply an effect using SHIFT:, ALT:, or IMG:
• Enter the values or token name you want to use
• Apply the effect to the character
• Mantle updates the supported values and token automatically
• When the effect ends, the original values and token return

🔥 Designed For

Wild Shape style play • Polymorph style effects • Homebrew transformations • Beast combat forms • Blessings and magical buffs • Temporary stat replacement • Monster or creature-based form systems • Visual token swapping for transformed forms

📘 Example Uses

Dire Wolf Form
SHIFT: STR 12, DEX 15, CON 12, AC 13, SPD 40, SIZE 0, TEMPHP 11
IMG: wolf

Bear Form
SHIFT: STR 19, DEX 10, CON 16, AC 12, SPD 40, SIZE 1, TEMPHP 30
IMG: brown_bear

Giant Strength
ALT: STR 23

Battle Speed
ALT: SPD 60, AC 2

Defensive Blessing
ALT: AC 18

🧙 Why Use It?

Transformation effects should feel exciting, not clunky.

Mantle of Transcendence keeps form-changing fast, clean, and easy to manage. It gives you the fantasy of transformation without turning the character sheet into extra work.

Let your players transform with confidence.
Let your homebrew forms hit the table fast.
Let Fantasy Grounds handle the stat changes and token swap.

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Effect Modifiers

⚙️ How To Use

WOB: Mantle of Transcendence lets you apply temporary character modifiers through Combat Tracker effects without permanently changing the base character sheet.

Add the effect to the character in the Combat Tracker and use Mantle effect tags in the effect line. Multiple modifiers can be placed on the same line by separating them with semicolons.

Example:
MODAC: 1; MODSAVE: 1; MODSTR: 5; MODNATURE: 5

Positive and negative values are both supported.

Examples:
MODSAVE: 10
MODCHK: 10
MODSKILL: 10
MODSTR: -2
MODAC: 2; MODSPD: 10
MODSAVEDEX: 5; MODCHK: 2; MODSTEALTH: 4

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🧩 Supported Modifier Types

🛡️ Core Combat

• MODAC = modifies Armor Class
• MODSPD = modifies Speed

💪 Ability Scores

• MODSTR
• MODDEX
• MODCON
• MODINT
• MODWIS
• MODCHA

These adjust the linked ability score and any derived math that depends on it.

🛡️ All Saves

• MODSAVE

Applies to all saving throws.

Example:
MODSAVE: 3

🎯 Specific Saves

• MODSAVESTR
• MODSAVEDEX
• MODSAVECON
• MODSAVEINT
• MODSAVEWIS
• MODSAVECHA

Example:
MODSAVEDEX: 5

🧠 All Ability Checks

• MODCHK

Applies to all raw ability checks in the background.

Example:
MODCHK: 4

Note:
MODCHK is applied to the roll logic and does not need to display on the sheet.

🧭 All Skills

• MODSKILL

Applies to all skill checks.

Example:
MODSKILL: 2

🕵️ Specific Skills

Use MOD plus the skill name with spaces removed and punctuation stripped.

Examples:

• MODNATURE
• MODSTEALTH
• MODPERCEPTION
• MODANIMALHANDLING
• MODSLEIGHTOFHAND

Example:
MODNATURE: 5

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🔗 Stacking Behavior

Grouped and specific modifiers can work together on the same effect line.

Example:
MODSAVE: 1; MODSAVEDEX: 2

Result:

• all saves gain +1
• Dexterity saves gain an additional +2

Example:
MODCHK: 2; MODSKILL: 3; MODSTEALTH: 5

Result:

• all ability checks gain +2
• all skill checks gain +3
• Stealth gains an additional +5

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⚠️ Negative Modifiers

Negative values work the same as positive values.

Examples:
MODSAVE: -2
MODCHK: -5
MODSKILL: -3
MODSTR: -4

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📘 Quick Examples

✨ Buff Effect

MODAC: 1; MODSAVE: 2; MODCHK: 1

🕶️ Skill Specialist Effect

MODSKILL: 2; MODSTEALTH: 5; MODPERCEPTION: 3

💥 Strength-Based Effect

MODSTR: 4; MODATHLETICS: 2; MODSAVESTR: 1

☠️ Debuff Effect

MODSAVE: -2; MODCHK: -2; MODSKILL: -2

If there is an issue: --- End User Support: Here

Mantle of Transcendence
Built for FGU 5E
By Universal Battles Books, RPG

Compatibility Notice:
We cannot guarantee this extension will play nice with every other extension. We test against a number of popular extensions, but conflicts can still happen. If you run into issues, try disabling other extensions to identify the conflict.

FixED:

There was an issue where, if the Mantle effect was not manually removed before a character was removed from the Combat Tracker, or if Fantasy Grounds crashed, the character’s original data could be lost and only the SHIFT-transformed data would remain. This has now been fixed by creating a backup of the character’s original values and storing that backup directly on the character sheet through code.