Project Details
Overview
Running JoJo-style tabletop combat by hand means constantly cross-referencing rank tables, adding up dice pools, and tracking half a dozen resource types at once. Star Road Toolkit is a browser-based dossier and battle lab for the fan-made Star Road Edition ruleset: build a Stand, simulate combat odds, plan ACT evolution, and track session resources, all client-side with autosave.
The Tools
Stand Builder
Assign parameters and track point budget while building a Stand user
Dice Lab
Simulate rolls and calculate odds across 5000-round opposed scenarios
ACT Planner
Design evolution across ACT forms and Learning Points progression
Secret Actions
Write, track, and dramatically reveal Secret Actions during a session
Resource Tracker
Track Resolve, Plot Points, Health, Spin, Hamon, and Bizarre Points in one place
Campaign Manager
Manage multiple characters and campaigns from a single dashboard
How It Works
I
Create a character and build their Stand in the Stand BuilderII
Simulate combat odds in the Dice Lab across thousands of roundsIII
Plan ACT evolution and Learning Points progression as the character growsIV
Track Secret Actions, Resolve, Plot Points, and Health during a sessionV
Autosave keeps progress current, with manual save/load for character filesTechnical Decisions
Fully client-side, no accounts: characters are stateless dossiers, not multiplayer sessions, so a backend would add friction without adding value. Progress is autosaved locally, with export/import for character files.
Rank-based dice scaling: Star Road Edition's F-through-S rank ladder maps each stat rank to a dice formula and modifier, a homebrew system that needed its own probability tables rather than a generic dice library.
Monte Carlo simulation for odds: the Dice Lab runs opposed rolls thousands of times rather than computing closed-form probabilities, since Star Road's stacking modifiers and rank thresholds are easier to simulate than to solve analytically.
Original and Shattered ruleset support: the toolkit switches between Star Road's Original and Shattered rule variants, so the same tools stay usable across both versions of the fan ruleset.
What's Next
- Standless discount calculation for non-Stand characters
- Trait and flaw balance warnings during character creation
- Resource Tracker sync directly from the Stand Builder