This page acts as an index of a variety of tools which can be used to aid you in writing 5eTools Homebrew files.
These are the place to start, the key tools for building homebrew that works on the site.
The schema controls what is considered to be correct data; whether you choose to reference it or not, your brew won’t be added if it doesn’t pass the checks.
This is a list of tools made by the community, they usually do specific things or support specific programs.
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generation Tool for homebrew maps¶ VSCode Extensions
- 5eT Homebrew Snippets By GoR: A VSCode extension to provide quick insertion of homebrew structures
- 5e Tools TextMate Grammar By Tree: VSCode extension providing TextMate Grammar that highlights and tags 5e Tools JSON data.
The features of these extensions are both implemented into the extension above.
If you intend to use both you are advised to add the one above instead to avoid conflicts.
These are useful tools that are widely used for things other than just 5eTools.
These are useful tools but are potentially less trustworthy.
- PDF Copy Paster A small background program for Windows that automatically removes any line breaks from content copied from PDF readers
- PDF Image Extractor A hacky mess that bulk extracts images from PDFs
These tools are closed executables with no provenance; use at your own risk.
These tools are no longer used but are recorded for legacy purposes.