This is a really experimental feature that's definitely a bad idea. It's a bit of a hack. Ok, it's several bits of a hack, but, hey, it Works On My Machine(tm). :)
It allows you to patch the system's compendiums to update or delete items in them. Permanently.
It runs every time the system is ready (i.e. with every refresh), so it'll keep patching compendiums until you disable it.
To get rid of the changes it has made, disable the feature and reinstall pf2e. (Permanent change, remember?)
Note that any items with either of the traits "(HOUSEPATCHED)" or "(CCC PATCHED)" are ignored. I.e. if you need to update an already patched item, remove those traits from the item manually before refreshing. Or update pf2e.
It is not supported. At all. If anything breaks due to this, you get the keep all the pieces...
Oh, and do TAKE A BACKUP before trying this. (Or, better yet, don't try it.)
To use it, enter a json array like the following example in the text field in the settings, do not add extra newlines.
There is very little error handling. If you type the uuid wrong it just doesn't update anything (or the wrong thing, depending on what mistake you made). It might complain about bad json and delete what you entered. Or it might brick your world. You did take a backup, right?
The name and reason fields are optional and are not read by the patcher, they exist so you can document what the uuid points to. (Actually, you can enter whatever fields you want other than "action", "uuid" and "data". Schemas? Bah. We don't need no stinking schemas...)
The array must start with a json that unlocks the compendium, then any number of jsons that update or delete entries, and finally a json that locks the compendium.
You can change any number of compendiums, but you must unlock and lock each compendium individually.
The example below is, not coincidentally, the relevant bits of my current houserules. :)
[
{
"action": "unlock",
"uuid": "Compendium.pf2e.equipment-srd.YBKhjWqFuvgkArba"
},
{
"action": "unlock",
"uuid": "Compendium.pf2e.feats-srd.Item.aFygWxgSv82WyCsl"
},
{
"action": "unlock",
"uuid": "Compendium.pf2e.spells-srd.Item.TCk2MDwf5L5OYjFC"
},
{
"action": "update",
"uuid": "Compendium.pf2e.equipment-srd.YBKhjWqFuvgkArba",
"name": "Cassisian Helmet",
"reason": "Too good, no reason to not buy one. And, I suspect it'll go away/be changed a lot in the remaster.",
"data": {
"system.traits.rarity": "uncommon"
}
},
{
"action": "update",
"uuid": "Compendium.pf2e.equipment-srd.Item.7dkdtY9cTXM3gMon",
"name": "Phantasmal Doorknob (Greater)",
"reason": "Dazzled is fine, Blinded? Not so much.",
"data": {
"system.traits.rarity": "uncommon"
}
},
{
"action": "update",
"uuid": "Compendium.pf2e.equipment-srd.Item.9BXiGLvOFxDBmQrQ",
"name": "Phantasmal Doorknob (Major)",
"reason": "Dazzled is fine, Blinded? Not so much.",
"data": {
"system.traits.rarity": "uncommon"
}
},
{
"action": "update",
"uuid": "Compendium.pf2e.feats-srd.Item.aFygWxgSv82WyCsl",
"name": "Acrobat Dedication",
"reason": "It's beginning to irritate me.",
"data": {
"system.traits.rarity": "uncommon"
}
},
{
"action": "update",
"uuid": "Compendium.pf2e.feats-srd.Item.49mBVNF4SK6iYdJm",
"name": "Unconventional Weaponry",
"reason": "Do humans that don't use flickmaces even exist?",
"data": {
"system.traits.rarity": "uncommon"
}
},
{
"action": "update",
"uuid": "Compendium.pf2e.equipment-srd.Item.XaHXxSpSCgLGYhbs",
"name": "Imp Shot",
"reason": "Flatfooted and a penalty for most/all of a combat? At level 5? Nope.",
"data": {
"system.traits.rarity": "uncommon"
}
},
{
"action": "update",
"uuid": "Compendium.pf2e.equipment-srd.Item.T7o5nMvWS8YeJOst",
"name": "Black Tendril Shot (Lesser)",
"reason": "Multi-round Slow is just boring. And too easy to get with this.",
"data": {
"system.traits.rarity": "uncommon"
}
},
{
"action": "update",
"uuid": "Compendium.pf2e.equipment-srd.Item.16INAWEN5mkuGTga",
"name": "Black Tendril Shot (Moderate)",
"reason": "Multi-round Slow is just boring. And too easy to get with this.",
"data": {
"system.traits.rarity": "uncommon"
}
},
{
"action": "update",
"uuid": "Compendium.pf2e.equipment-srd.Item.NOPrIz6UNxof1M5d",
"name": "Black Tendril Shot (Greater)",
"reason": "Multi-round Slow is just boring. And too easy to get with this.",
"data": {
"system.traits.rarity": "uncommon"
}
},
{
"action": "update",
"uuid": "Compendium.pf2e.equipment-srd.Item.0Tu55QMhTXAijFvl",
"name": "Saurian Spike (Major)",
"reason": "Precise scent is annoying.",
"data": {
"system.traits.rarity": "uncommon"
}
},
{
"action": "update",
"uuid": "Compendium.pf2e.spells-srd.Item.TCk2MDwf5L5OYjFC",
"name": "Cloak of Colors",
"reason": "Actually not sure about this one. Leaving it in for now.",
"data": {
"system.traits.rarity": "uncommon"
}
},
{
"action": "update",
"uuid": "Compendium.pf2e.equipment-srd.Item.7JVgLiNTAs4clEW8",
"name": "Aim-Aiding Rune",
"reason": "Adds pf2e-perception support as per https://github.com/reonZ/pf2e-perception/wiki#alchemist-googles",
"data": {
"system.rules": [
{
"key": "PF2ePerception",
"type": "cover",
"selector": "ignored",
"targets": "allies"
}
]
}
},
{
"action": "update",
"uuid": "Compendium.pf2e.feats-srd.Item.y2XeMe1F18lIyo59",
"name": "Blind-Fight",
"reason": "Adds pf2e-perception support to Blind-Fight as per https://github.com/reonZ/pf2e-perception/wiki#blind-fight",
"data": {
"system.rules": [
{
"key": "PF2ePerception",
"type": "visibility",
"selector": "noff"
},
{
"key": "PF2ePerception",
"type": "visibility",
"affects": "other",
"selector": "dc",
"targets": "concealed",
"value": 0
},
{
"key": "PF2ePerception",
"type": "visibility",
"affects": "other",
"selector": "dc",
"targets": "hidden",
"value": 5
},
{
"key": "PF2ePerception",
"type": "visibility",
"affects": "other",
"selector": "reduce",
"targets": "undetected",
"predicate": [
{
"or": [
"target:distance:5",
"origin:distance:5"
]
},
{
"or": [
{
"gte": [
"self:level",
"target:level"
]
},
{
"gte": [
"self:level",
"origin:level"
]
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
},
{
"action": "update",
"uuid": "Compendium.pf2e.feats-srd.Item.xn6EaAbQlAB5ZGe6",
"name": "Winter Sleet",
"reason": "*That* much Prone? Nope. Rewritten. (Not too sure about Slowed. Leaving it in for now.)",
"data": {
"system.description.value": "<p>Bone-chilling, swirling sleet surrounds you, cruel as deepest winter. Surfaces in your kinetic aura are coated in slippery ice. A creature that moves on the surface must make a @Check[type:reflex|dc:resolve(@actor.attributes.classOrSpellDC.value)]{Reflex save} or @Check[type:acrobatics|dc:resolve(@actor.attributes.classOrSpellDC.value)]{Acrobatics check}, becoming @Compendium[pf2e.conditionitems.Off-Guard]{Off-Guard} on a failure and falling @Compendium[pf2e.conditionitems.Prone]{Prone} on a Critical Failure. You're immune to these effects.<br>If a creature on the ice is critically hit by one of your water impulses or critically fails at a save against one, that creature is @Compendium[pf2e.conditionitems.Slowed]{Slowed 1} until the end of it's next turn.</p>"
}
},
{
"action": "update",
"uuid": "Compendium.pf2e.feats-srd.Item.g0fyway0FkdSo7ZE",
"name": "Quick Spring",
"reason": "Eh. Nope. Rewritten.",
"data": {
"system.description.value": "<p>Ishii Bunji is a skilled tumbler, and learning his technique allows you to propel yourself across the battlefield faster than your enemies can react. The first time you successfully @UUID[Compendium.pf2e.actionspf2e.Item.Tumble Through] an enemy's space your speed increases by 30 feet until the end of the round.</p>"
}
},
{
"action": "lock",
"uuid": "Compendium.pf2e.equipment-srd.YBKhjWqFuvgkArba"
},
{
"action": "lock",
"uuid": "Compendium.pf2e.feats-srd.Item.aFygWxgSv82WyCsl"
},
{
"action": "lock",
"uuid": "Compendium.pf2e.spells-srd.Item.TCk2MDwf5L5OYjFC"
}
]The available actions are:
unlock: Unlock the compendium for editing. It takes the uuid of a compendium entry to unlock a compendium, it doesn't matter what entry.update: Update the compendium entry with the given data. It takes a uuid of a compendium entry to update and the data to update it with.delete: Delete the compendium entry. It takes a uuid of a compendium entry to delete.lock: Lock the compendium if it is unlocked. It takes the uuid of a compendium entry to unlock a compendium, it doesn't matter what entry.
Build uiids by opening the compendium, right-clicking on the entry, and copying the uuid from the url.
Build the data for the update action by looking at the json for a compendium entry and copying the data you want to change.