A timeline of updates, new features, and improvements deployed to TaliVault.
Feature Release
Campaign Economy Lens, First-Run Tour & Notification Controls
Launched the Campaign Economy Lens for the Price Guide, calculating live item prices according to custom campaign rarity multipliers, magic availability, and banned item overrides.
Integrated Campaign Lens and Source Scope filters directly into the Price Guide filter bar, complete with campaign badge colors, role indicators, quick-clear chips, and edit economy links.
Added saved filter presets to the Price Guide, allowing DMs and players to save, load, and manage reusable filter configurations across campaigns.
Introduced an interactive first-run platform tour modal with a 360-degree overview of Tables, Campaigns, Calendar, Agreements, and the Price Guide, complete with skip controls.
Added user email notification preferences and opt-out controls in Settings, allowing fine-grained subscription management for check-ins, game changes, requests, and table news.
Campaign Economy is now explicitly toggled On or Off (Off by default); only campaigns with an active economy are shown in the Price Guide's Campaign Lens filter.
Streamlined campaign creation so establishing an economy is optional, with minimizable economy sections on campaign details and a calibrated 0.5x–1.5x magic availability dial.
Recaptured and annotated high-resolution help documentation screenshots across all role handbooks and guides.
Production Release
New Magic Item Prices, How We Price Items & a Full FAQ
TaliVault prices now follow our own curve between the rulebook and the community's price guides, and items used up after one use cost a tenth of a lasting one.
267 items whose rarity misjudges them now have a price set by what they actually do, each with a one-line reason.
New How We Price Items page explains every step, with worked examples.
Items no merchant would sell now carry a Not for Sale seal and still show the book's price.
The Price Guide's Armor & Shield and Staff & Rod filters now include shields and staves.
The Price Guide works fully from the keyboard, and prices no longer wrap onto two lines.
A full FAQ page, linked from the landing page and the footer.
Guests get their own wording in the check-in email, and schedule-change emails show times like 7:00 PM.
TaliVault welcomes any tabletop RPG group; the Price Guide covers D&D 5e items.
Major Feature Launch
The Magic Item Price Guide & Quicksearch
Launched the comprehensive Magic Item Price Guide (/price-guide) spanning 1,937 items across 71 official sourcebooks and both 2014 & 2024 D&D 5e editions.
Engineered sub-16ms instant zero-network quicksearch with tokenized search keys and filters for edition, rarity, item type, attunement, consumable, and max price.
Crafted bespoke Albrecht Dürer copperplate heraldic heater shields for all 9 item categories (Weapons, Armor, Wondrous Items, Rings, Rods, Staves, Wands, Potions, and Scrolls).
Introduced dual-layer market intelligence comparing official DMG anchor ranges directly against TaliVault's calculated economy and pricing rationale.
Added responsive dual-view interface: a locked-column desktop inspection table with expandable item dossiers, and a dedicated tactile card view optimized for mobile devices.
Integrated full SRD rules descriptions for SRD-licensed items, plus sourcebook page citations for non-SRD items.
Added permanent Price Guide link to top navigation across desktop and mobile, for both public visitors and authenticated members.
Production Release
Readability Polish, AI Transparency & Table Landing
Restyled Docs, Legal, Terms, and Privacy pages with tactile parchment card backings and rich oxblood links, eliminating low-contrast text over backgrounds.
Elevated global typography scaling and responsive root sizing across desktop, tablet, and mobile for effortless legibility.
Published upfront AI & Artwork Transparency disclosure (/ai-disclosure) detailing LLM assistance and AI illustration generation.
Revamped landing page with authentic Table previews, clear crew-to-table messaging, and structured FAQ search data.
Updated complete documentation suite with annotated screenshots reflecting the Table architecture.
Refined email templates: clearer subject lines, attendance expectations, moved session diffs, and Dwarf banner framing.
Added hand-drawn graphite monster art to empty states: curious mimic for tables, sleeping wyrmling for campaigns, and a bewildered beholder for the calendar.
Smart email date formatting: session emails outside the coming week now clearly state the date (e.g. 'Dec 25') instead of ambiguous weekdays.
Introduced public changelog tracking daily production releases.
Production Release
Table Settings & Deletion Agreements
Added dedicated Table Settings page allowing table owners and members to manage table configuration.
Implemented table deletion with peer agreement flow, requiring two table members to confirm deletion.
Enhanced automated CI verification test suites and verified production data integrity.
Major Architecture
The Table Rebuild & Price Guide Model
Rebuilt TaliVault from the ground up around Tables, Series, and Agreements, eliminating separate Crews and claim systems.
Introduced peer agreement workflows for schedule adjustments, session cancellations, and roster changes.
Added initial Price Guide exploration with an item catalog and dynamic pricing models.
Updated transactional email headers with full-width versioned 4:1 banners.
Curated House Blade Art
Curated and integrated 16 custom character illustrations in the house graphite sketch style.
Calibrated blade art containers to 3:1 aspect ratio strips with soft edge fades, preventing distortion on wide screens.
Visual Redesign
Parchment Map Redesign & Help Overhaul
Completed full application transition to the tactile 'Parchment Map' aesthetic with warm parchment grounds, brass rules, and wax seal buttons.
Added 10 new character blade illustrations and matching email banners.
Rewrote the public documentation portal (/docs) to match current workflows and role handbooks.
Replaced archaic jargon like 'quorum' with plain, welcoming terms like 'players needed'.
Email Invites & Claimable Nights
Enabled direct email invitations for players who don't yet have an account.
Allowed members to claim standing regular nights for their campaigns.
Simplified invite redemption, connection management, and email RSVP landing pages.
Universal Create & Standing Game Nights
Added Universal Create modal to the top header for instant creation of game nights, sessions, and campaigns.
Implemented flexible session scheduling with standing repeating game nights.
Attendance Polish & Handwritten DM Notes
Refined calendar attendance headcounts and optimized RSVP toggle button layouts.
