SC - Item Rarity Colors
Color item rarities and spells in D&D 5e, with full control for item sheets, actor inventories, and the Foundry item directory.
Compatible with Foundry VTT v13 and v14.
What This Module Does
- Lets you configure colors and effects for each rarity in one place.
- Supports gradient and glow effects where available.
- Works with both default D&D 5e sheet and Tidy sheet.
- Includes built-in theme presets for item rarities, with manual overrides whenever you want a custom look.
- Applies visuals to:
- item sheets
- actor inventory rows
- Foundry item directory rows
- Includes a rarity list manager (add, remove, rename, reorder, show/hide).
- Plays nicely with Custom DND5E rarity data when both modules are active.
- Includes Spell School color configuration for spells, built-in spell theme presets, and optional per-level variants.
- Gives unidentified items their own style, so their colors do not reveal the real rarity, and can hide their image too: shadowed, as a silhouette, blurred, or swapped for a stand-in image per kind of item (swords, axes, armor, rings, potions, and so on), with an optional question mark over it.
Installation
- In Foundry VTT, go to Add-on Modules → Install Module.
- Paste this manifest URL:
https://github.com/Shattered-Codex/sc-item-rarity-colors/releases/latest/download/module.json - Install and enable SC - Item Rarity Colors in your world.
Compatible with Foundry VTT v13 and v14 and dnd5e.
Configuration Screens
Open: Configure Settings → Module Settings → SC - Item Rarity Colors
The module shows three buttons there — Open settings, Configure items, and Configure spells — followed by links to the wiki, Patreon, and Discord.
Module Settings Window
Open settings groups the module options in one window:
- Rarity list — add, rename, reorder (drag), or hide rarities.
- Unidentified items — choose who sees the unidentified style: players, everyone, or nobody.
- Integrations — copy rarity colors to Tidy 5e Sheet while Tidy is active.
- Animations — disable animated effects for this browser. Effects also respect reduced-motion preferences.
- Diagnostics — enable debug logs for this browser.
Item Colors and Theme Presets
Open Configure items, select a rarity, and use the Colors tab to adjust its item sheet, inventory, and sidebar appearance. Choose a built-in theme preset to apply a palette across the built-in rarity tiers, then fine-tune individual fields.
Animated Effects
Use the Effects tab to configure auras, particles, waves, and icon effects. The previews show the selected rarity's appearance on each surface.
Unidentified Items
The D&D 5e system controls whether an item is identified. Select Unidentified at the bottom of the rarity list to configure the style used in place of its real rarity.
Its Image tab can show the real image, darken it with Shadowed (the default), draw a Silhouette, blur it, or replace it with an image By item type. Choose your own images for swords, axes, armor, rings, potions, and other categories with the file picker.
You can add a question mark and choose whether the image treatment applies to item sheets, inventories, and the sidebar and compendiums. These changes affect the on-screen appearance; the item's stored image stays unchanged.
Spell School Colors
Open Configure spells to style spells by magic school. Enable level variants to configure each combination of school and spell level. Built-in spell theme presets provide a starting palette before individual adjustments.
Tidy 5e Previews
Switch the editor preview to Tidy 5e to check colors and effects against Tidy's layout. The Tidy-specific controls are available while Tidy is active.
In-Game Results
D&D 5e Item Sheet
D&D 5e Spell Sheet
Tidy 5e Unidentified Item
Foundry Items Directory
Notes
- Rarity visuals are configurable per rarity tier.
- Built-in presets are available for both item rarity themes and spell school themes.
- You can keep your rarity list minimal or fully custom.
- If Custom DND5E is enabled, rarity data can stay synchronized.
- Supports Foundry VTT v13 and v14.
Support and Feedback
Thank you for using SC - Item Rarity Colors.
If this module helps your table, please consider supporting Shattered Codex on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/c/shatteredcodex
For bugs, ideas, or suggestions, feel free to open an issue anytime:
https://github.com/Shattered-Codex/sc-item-rarity-colors/issues