CHAPTER 01 / CHARACTER DESIGN
Card Workshop
A layered Character-card frame, calibrated against Drystan’s approved WOT-001 card.
Canon protection: WOT-001 is loaded from the verified Master Card Tracker. Changes are draft previews, not approved canonical revisions. Original Drystan card is shown separately for comparison.
Identity Card header & metadata
Gameplay Locked geometry: HP → ATK → DEF → SPD
Trait & rules Panel is intentionally blank without Trait
No flavor text is printed in the Character Trait panel. Other artwork must remain behind opaque panels.
Artwork Upload an illustration without its card frame
Drystan now uses the approved unframed CHAR-DRY-005 illustration, with the finished WOT-001 card kept separately as a reference. Approved unframed artwork ↗. For other cards, upload clean unframed character artwork; do not use a flattened completed card as the illustration.
Production QA Draft-only proofs
Versioned CharacterFrame-v1 proposal. Compare with WOT-001 using the reference overlay. All panels stay opaque; no source records are modified. The PNGs are visual proofs, not manufacturing-certified print files.
Batch proof includes only Character drafts with their own assigned illustration. Cards without clean artwork are excluded and flagged, never silently substituted with the finished card raster.
Project Library Pull actual card details from your sources
Source: ARETH MASTER Card Tracker. Bundled read-only snapshot of 156 Character cards was exported on November 2, 2026. Select a Character below and choose Pull into editor. This does not change canon or the Google Sheet.
To refresh from your private project files, export the MASTER Cards tab as CSV and import it here. An ordinary local HTML file cannot silently access private ChatGPT Project files or authenticated Google Drive. Optional URL sync works only with an authorized, CORS-enabled CSV/JSON endpoint—do not make private canon files public merely to use it.
Verified 156-card snapshot ready; no live connection is active.
Live private Google Sheet (optional, read-only): Connect with a Google OAuth Web Client ID that you own. The optional connector requests only
spreadsheets.readonly access and reads the MASTER Cards tab from the official tracker. Google sign-in requires this app to run on http://localhost:8765 (or an authorized HTTPS origin); it does not work from a file:// URL. Authentication stays in this browser session and never writes to Drive.For setup, see GOOGLE_LIVE_SYNC.md. No account connection is assumed. The official master workbook remains the source of truth.
Frame asset manager Replace provisional graphics with approved originals
The eight class banners, five rarity badges, four combat stat icons, and standard Coin/MP symbols are derived from their approved graphics-library source files. Color cutouts have been converted to transparency, not redrawn. Upload replacements for corrections, and save Studio JSON to retain them.
Transparent PNGs are preferred. Original artwork is under all protected opaque parchment interfaces.
Card data Import / export working files
Import a UTF-8 CSV exported from the MASTER Cards sheet, or open a saved studio JSON file. CSV import works with the existing tracker headers and does not change Google Drive.
Project records verified against the Master Tracker on November 2, 2026; studio edits remain local.
Template in development
No provisional frame will be presented as canon. We will add this type once its layout and production assets have been approved.
