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12.0 NPC & Player Codex
The Codex is where your characters live. The NPC Codex holds non-player characters; the Player Codex holds player-owned ones. From a character card, "View" opens the full profile. Game Masters and Character Codexers also see a green "Edit" button (full edit) and a yellow "Edit" button with a lightning icon (a quick-edit modal for fast changes).
Track characters in your world and story in one convenient place. Chronica NPC Codex main screen
Track character data for all of your player characters. Chronica Player Codex main screen

12.1 Creating & Editing Characters

Click "New Character" on either codex. The form is large — fill in only what you need:

  • Name, Gender, and a Status (alive, deceased, missing, and so on).
  • Game Master Settings (GMs) — a Profile Template and a Secret? toggle to hide an NPC from players.
  • A Codex Folder (the label reads "NPC Codex Folder" or "Player Codex Folder" depending on whether a player owns the character).
  • Main card stats and any custom character stats you've set up.
  • Description, Notes, GM Secrets (GMs), and Personal Secrets (the owner and GM).
  • An image (uploaded or from the Image Library).
Assigning a player

To make a character a player's, pick them in the Player Owner dropdown, and use the Player Character Label dropdown to mark it as a Main Character, mount, familiar, or a Controlled NPC (an NPC a player manages, which appears under its own tab in the NPC Codex). There's also a Private? toggle: a private character is visible only to its player owner and the GM (it can't be set on unowned NPCs).

Edit and track player character and NPC data on Chronica Chronica edit character screen

12.2 Character Profiles

A character's profile gathers everything about them: description and notes, Flair (custom blurbs — see Character Flair), Connections to other characters, Kinship Ranks, and Links. The green "Edit Abilities" button pulls in abilities from your Abilities admin. Game Masters and Character Codexers can also Duplicate an NPC from its profile. Personal Secrets show to the owner and GM only.

12.3 NPC Folders

Game Masters can organize the NPC Codex with the "Manage Folders" button. Add folders with "New NPC Folder" and optionally collect them into Groups (with "New Group"); both can be dragged to reorder. Marking a folder secret hides it and its NPCs from players on the Codex. The Player Codex has its own folders managed the same way.

12.0 NPC & Player Codex