diff --git a/app/imports/api/creature/creatures/CreatureVariables.js b/app/imports/api/creature/creatures/CreatureVariables.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..27fe0af7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/imports/api/creature/creatures/CreatureVariables.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+//set up the collection for creature variables
+let CreatureVariables = new Mongo.Collection('creatureVariables');
+
+// Unique index on _creatureId
+if (Meteor.isServer) {
+  CreatureVariables._ensureIndex({ _creatureId: 1 }, { unique: true })
+}
+
+/** No schema because the structure isn't known until compute time
+ * Expect documents to looke like:
+ * {
+ *   _id: "nE8Ngd6K4L4jSxLY2",
+ *   _creatureId: "nE8Ngd6K4L4jSxLY2", // indexed reference to the creature
+ *   explicitlyDefinedVariableName: {...some creatureProperty}
+ *   implicitVariableName: {value: 10},
+ *   undefinedVariableName: {},
+ * }
+ * Where top level fields that don't start with `_` are variables on the sheet
+**/
+
+export default CreatureVariables;
diff --git a/app/imports/api/creature/log/CreatureLogs.js b/app/imports/api/creature/log/CreatureLogs.js
index 1cab572f..1ba50c1d 100644
--- a/app/imports/api/creature/log/CreatureLogs.js
+++ b/app/imports/api/creature/log/CreatureLogs.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import SimpleSchema from 'simpl-schema';
 import Creatures from '/imports/api/creature/creatures/Creatures.js';
+import CreatureVariables from '/imports/api/creature/creatures/CreatureVariables.js';
 import LogContentSchema from '/imports/api/creature/log/LogContentSchema.js';
 import { ValidatedMethod } from 'meteor/mdg:validated-method';
 import { RateLimiterMixin } from 'ddp-rate-limiter-mixin';
@@ -154,7 +155,6 @@ const logRoll = new ValidatedMethod({
 	}).validator(),
   run({roll, creatureId}){
     const creature = Creatures.findOne(creatureId, {fields: {
-      variables: 1,
       readers: 1,
       writers: 1,
       owner: 1,
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ const logRoll = new ValidatedMethod({
       avatarPicture: 1,
     }});
     assertEditPermission(creature, this.userId);
+    const variables = CreatureVariables.findOne({ _creatureId: creatureId });
     let logContent = []
     let parsedResult = undefined;
     try {
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ const logRoll = new ValidatedMethod({
       let {
         result: compiled,
         context
-      } = resolve('compile', parsedResult, creature.variables);
+      } = resolve('compile', parsedResult, variables);
       const compiledString = toString(compiled);
       if (!equalIgnoringWhitespace(compiledString, roll)) logContent.push({
         value: roll
@@ -183,12 +184,12 @@ const logRoll = new ValidatedMethod({
       logContent.push({
         value: compiledString
       });
-      let {result: rolled} = resolve('roll', compiled, creature.variables, context);
+      let {result: rolled} = resolve('roll', compiled, variables, context);
       let rolledString = toString(rolled);
       if (rolledString !== compiledString) logContent.push({
         value: rolledString
       });
-      let {result} = resolve('reduce', rolled, creature.variables, context);
+      let {result} = resolve('reduce', rolled, variables, context);
       let resultString = toString(result);
       if (resultString !== rolledString) logContent.push({
         value: resultString
diff --git a/app/imports/api/engine/actions/doAction.js b/app/imports/api/engine/actions/doAction.js
index 7d75fdc5..c22deff2 100644
--- a/app/imports/api/engine/actions/doAction.js
+++ b/app/imports/api/engine/actions/doAction.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { ValidatedMethod } from 'meteor/mdg:validated-method';
 import { RateLimiterMixin } from 'ddp-rate-limiter-mixin';
 import getRootCreatureAncestor from '/imports/api/creature/creatureProperties/getRootCreatureAncestor.js';
 import Creatures from '/imports/api/creature/creatures/Creatures.js';
+import CreatureVariables from '/imports/api/creature/creatures/CreatureVariables.js';
 import CreatureProperties from '/imports/api/creature/creatureProperties/CreatureProperties.js';
 import { CreatureLogSchema, insertCreatureLogWork } from '/imports/api/creature/log/CreatureLogs.js';
 import { assertEditPermission } from '/imports/api/creature/creatures/creaturePermissions.js';
@@ -38,6 +39,12 @@ const doAction = new ValidatedMethod({
     let action = CreatureProperties.findOne(actionId);
 		// Check permissions
     let creature = getRootCreatureAncestor(action);
+    const variables = CreatureVariables.findOne({
+      _creatureId: creature._id
+    }, {
+      fields: {_id: 0, _creatureId: 0},
+    });
+    creature.variables = variables;
 
     assertEditPermission(creature, this.userId);
 
@@ -46,6 +53,12 @@ const doAction = new ValidatedMethod({
     targetIds.forEach(targetId => {
       let target = Creatures.findOne(targetId);
       assertEditPermission(target, this.userId);
+      const variables = CreatureVariables.findOne({
+        _creatureId: targetId
+      }, {
+        fields: {_id: 0, _creatureId: 0},
+      });
+      target.variables = variables;
       targets.push(target);
     });
 
diff --git a/app/imports/api/engine/computation/CreatureComputation.js b/app/imports/api/engine/computation/CreatureComputation.js
index 278b3276..fb850129 100644
--- a/app/imports/api/engine/computation/CreatureComputation.js
+++ b/app/imports/api/engine/computation/CreatureComputation.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { EJSON } from 'meteor/ejson';
 import createGraph from 'ngraph.graph';
 
 export default class CreatureComputation {
-  constructor(properties, creature){
+  constructor(properties, creature, variables){
     // Set up fields
     this.originalPropsById =  {};
     this.propsById =  {};
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export default class CreatureComputation {
     this.dependencyGraph = createGraph();
     this.errors = [];
     this.creature = creature;
+    this.variables = variables;
 
     // Store properties for easy access later
     properties.forEach(prop => {
diff --git a/app/imports/api/engine/computation/buildCreatureComputation.js b/app/imports/api/engine/computation/buildCreatureComputation.js
index 2fe3c4b2..83cadace 100644
--- a/app/imports/api/engine/computation/buildCreatureComputation.js
+++ b/app/imports/api/engine/computation/buildCreatureComputation.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import CreatureProperties,
   from '/imports/api/creature/creatureProperties/CreatureProperties.js';
 import { loadedCreatures } from '../loadCreatures.js';
 import Creatures from '/imports/api/creature/creatures/Creatures.js';
+import CreatureVariables from '/imports/api/creature/creatures/CreatureVariables.js';
 import computedOnlySchemas from '/imports/api/properties/computedOnlyPropertySchemasIndex.js';
 import computedSchemas from '/imports/api/properties/computedPropertySchemasIndex.js';
 import linkInventory from './buildComputation/linkInventory.js';
@@ -33,8 +34,9 @@ import removeSchemaFields from './buildComputation/removeSchemaFields.js';
 
 export default function buildCreatureComputation(creatureId){
   const creature = getCreature(creatureId);
+  const variables = getVariables(creatureId);
   const properties = getProperties(creatureId);
-  const computation = buildComputationFromProps(properties, creature);
+  const computation = buildComputationFromProps(properties, creature, variables);
   return computation;
 }
 
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ function getProperties(creatureId) {
     const cloneProps = EJSON.clone(props);
     return cloneProps
   }
-  console.time(`Cache miss fetching from db: ${creatureId}`)
+  // console.time(`Cache miss on creature properties: ${creatureId}`)
   const props = CreatureProperties.find({
     'ancestors.id': creatureId,
     'removed': {$ne: true},
@@ -53,29 +55,41 @@ function getProperties(creatureId) {
     sort: { order: 1 },
     fields: { icon: 0 },
   }).fetch();
-  console.timeEnd(`Cache miss fetching from db: ${creatureId}`);
+  // console.timeEnd(`Cache miss on creature properties: ${creatureId}`);
   return props;
 }
 
 function getCreature(creatureId) {
   if (loadedCreatures.has(creatureId)) {
     const loadedCreature = loadedCreatures.get(creatureId);
-    const creature = loadedCreature.creatures.get(creatureId);
+    const creature = loadedCreature.creature;
     if (creature) return creature;
   }
-  console.time(`Cache miss on Creature: ${creatureId}`);
+  // console.time(`Cache miss on Creature: ${creatureId}`);
   const creature = Creatures.findOne(creatureId, {
     denormalizedStats: 1,
     variables: 1,
     dirty: 1,
   });
-  console.timeEnd(`Cache miss on Creature: ${creatureId}`);
+  // console.timeEnd(`Cache miss on Creature: ${creatureId}`);
   return creature;
 }
 
-export function buildComputationFromProps(properties, creature){
+function getVariables(creatureId) {
+  if (loadedCreatures.has(creatureId)) {
+    const loadedCreature = loadedCreatures.get(creatureId);
+    const variables = loadedCreature.variables;
+    if (variables) return variables;
+  }
+  // console.time(`Cache miss on variables: ${creatureId}`);
+  const variables = CreatureVariables.findOne({_creatureId: creatureId});
+  // console.timeEnd(`Cache miss on variables: ${creatureId}`);
+  return variables;
+}
 
-  const computation = new CreatureComputation(properties, creature);
+export function buildComputationFromProps(properties, creature, variables){
+
+  const computation = new CreatureComputation(properties, creature, variables);
   // Dependency graph where edge(a, b) means a depends on b
   // The graph includes all dependencies even of inactive properties
   // such that any properties changing without changing their dependencies
diff --git a/app/imports/api/engine/computation/writeComputation/writeScope.js b/app/imports/api/engine/computation/writeComputation/writeScope.js
index 6ab6a1e0..04858b8f 100644
--- a/app/imports/api/engine/computation/writeComputation/writeScope.js
+++ b/app/imports/api/engine/computation/writeComputation/writeScope.js
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
+import CreatureVariables from '/imports/api/creature/creatures/CreatureVariables.js';
 import Creatures from '/imports/api/creature/creatures/Creatures.js';
 import { EJSON } from 'meteor/ejson';
 import { omitBy } from 'lodash';
 
 export default function writeScope(creatureId, computation) {
   const scope = computation.scope;
-  const variables = computation.creature?.variables || {};
-  let $set, $unset;
+  const variables = computation.variables || {};
+  delete variables._id;
 
-  if (computation.creature.dirty) {
-    $unset = { dirty: 1 };
-  }
+  let $set, $unset;
 
   for (const key in scope){
     // Remove large properties that aren't likely to be accessed
@@ -26,12 +25,14 @@ export default function writeScope(creatureId, computation) {
     // Only update changed fields
     if (!EJSON.equals(variables[key], scope[key])) {
       if (!$set) $set = {};
-      // Set the changed key in the creature variables
+      /* Log detailed diffs
       const diff = omitBy(variables[key], (v, k) => EJSON.equals(scope[key][k], v));
       for (let subkey in diff) {
         console.log(`${key}.${subkey}: ${variables[key][subkey]} => ${scope[key][subkey]}`)
       }
-      $set[`variables.${key}`] = scope[key];
+      */
+      // Set the changed key in the creature variables
+      $set[key] = scope[key];
     }
   }
 
@@ -39,12 +40,17 @@ export default function writeScope(creatureId, computation) {
   for (const key in variables) {
     if (!scope[key]) {
       if (!$unset) $unset = {};
-      $unset[`variables.${key}`] = 1;
+      $unset[key] = 1;
     }
   }
 
   if ($set || $unset) {
-    const updates = Creatures.update(creatureId, { $set, $unset });
-    console.log('wrote scope: ', updates);
+    const update = {};
+    if ($set) update.$set = $set;
+    if ($unset) update.$unset = $unset;
+    CreatureVariables.upsert({_creatureId: creatureId}, update);
+  }
+  if (computation.creature.dirty) {
+    Creatures.update({_creatureId: creatureId}, {$unset: { dirty: 1 }});
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/imports/api/engine/computeCreature.js b/app/imports/api/engine/computeCreature.js
index c1de8c44..d0a3d469 100644
--- a/app/imports/api/engine/computeCreature.js
+++ b/app/imports/api/engine/computeCreature.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ function computeComputation(computation, creatureId) {
       logError.location = e.stack.split('\n')[1];
     }
     console.error(logError);
+    throw e;
   } finally {
     writeErrors(creatureId, computation.errors);
   }
diff --git a/app/imports/api/engine/loadCreatures.js b/app/imports/api/engine/loadCreatures.js
index e6336680..d7a07154 100644
--- a/app/imports/api/engine/loadCreatures.js
+++ b/app/imports/api/engine/loadCreatures.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { debounce } from 'lodash';
-import CreatureProperties from '/imports/api/creature/creatureProperties/CreatureProperties.js';
 import Creatures from '/imports/api/creature/creatures/Creatures.js';
+import CreatureVariables from '/imports/api/creature/creatures/CreatureVariables';
+import CreatureProperties from '/imports/api/creature/creatureProperties/CreatureProperties.js';
 import computeCreature from './computeCreature';
 
 const COMPUTE_DEBOUNCE_TIME = 100; // ms
@@ -68,7 +69,6 @@ class LoadedCreature {
         },
       });
       
-      self.creatures = new Map();
       // Observe the creature itself
       self.creatureObserver = Creatures.find({
         _id: creatureId,
@@ -87,26 +87,62 @@ class LoadedCreature {
         },
       });
 
+      // Observe the creature's variables
+      self.variablesObserver = CreatureVariables.find({
+        _creatureId: creatureId,
+      }, {
+        fields: { _creatureId: 0},
+      }).observeChanges({
+        added(id, fields) {
+          fields._id = id;
+          self.addVariables(fields)
+        },
+        changed(id, fields) {
+          self.changeVariables(id, fields);
+        },
+        removed(id) {
+          self.removeVariables(id);
+        },
+      });
     });
   }
   stop() {
-    this.creatureObserver.stop();
     this.propertyObserver.stop();
+    this.creatureObserver.stop();
+    this.variablesObserver.stop();
   }
   addProperty(prop) {
     this.properties.set(prop._id, prop);
   }
-  addCreature(creature) {
-    this.creatures.set(creature._id, creature);
-  }
   changeProperty(id, fields) {
-    this.changeMap(id, fields, this.properties);
+    LoadedCreature.changeMap(id, fields, this.properties);
+  }
+  removeProperty(id) {
+    this.properties.delete(id)
+  }
+  addCreature(creature) {
+    this.creature = creature;
   }
   changeCreature(id, fields) {
-    this.changeMap(id, fields, this.creatures);
+    LoadedCreature.changeDoc(this.creature, fields);
   }
-  changeMap(id, fields, map) {
+  removeCreature() {
+    delete this.creature;
+  }
+  addVariables(variables) {
+    this.variables = variables;
+  }
+  changeVariables(id, fields) {
+    LoadedCreature.changeDoc(this.variables, fields);
+  }
+  removeVariables() {
+    delete this.variables;
+  }
+  static changeMap(id, fields, map) {
     const doc = map.get(id);
+    LoadedCreature.changeDoc(doc, fields);
+  }
+  static changeDoc(doc, fields) {
     if (!doc) return;
     for (let key in fields) {
       if (key === undefined) {
@@ -116,10 +152,4 @@ class LoadedCreature {
       }
     }
   }
-  removeProperty(id) {
-    this.properties.delete(id)
-  }
-  removeCreature(id) {
-    this.creatures.delete(id)
-  }
 }
diff --git a/app/imports/server/publications/singleCharacter.js b/app/imports/server/publications/singleCharacter.js
index c2ca8c0c..28d2da6f 100644
--- a/app/imports/server/publications/singleCharacter.js
+++ b/app/imports/server/publications/singleCharacter.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import SimpleSchema from 'simpl-schema';
 import Creatures from '/imports/api/creature/creatures/Creatures.js';
+import CreatureVariables from '/imports/api/creature/creatures/CreatureVariables';
 import CreatureProperties from '/imports/api/creature/creatureProperties/CreatureProperties.js';
 import CreatureLogs from '/imports/api/creature/log/CreatureLogs.js';
 import { assertViewPermission } from '/imports/api/creature/creatures/creaturePermissions.js';
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ Meteor.publish('singleCharacter', function (creatureId) {
       Creatures.find({
         _id: creatureId,
       }),
+      CreatureVariables.find({
+        _creatureId: creatureId,
+      }),
       CreatureProperties.find({
         'ancestors.id': creatureId,
       }),
diff --git a/app/imports/ui/creature/character/characterSheetTabs/BuildTab.vue b/app/imports/ui/creature/character/characterSheetTabs/BuildTab.vue
index 2aad0870..d9ae0e03 100644
--- a/app/imports/ui/creature/character/characterSheetTabs/BuildTab.vue
+++ b/app/imports/ui/creature/character/characterSheetTabs/BuildTab.vue
@@ -27,33 +27,33 @@
       >
         <v-card class="class-details mb-2">
           <v-card-title
-            v-if="creature.variables.level"
+            v-if="variables.level"
             class="text-h6"
           >
-            Level {{ creature.variables.level.value }}
+            Level {{ variables.level.value }}
           </v-card-title>
           <v-list two-line>
             <v-list-item>
               <v-list-item-content>
                 <v-list-item-title
                   v-if="
-                    creature.variables.milestoneLevels &&
-                      creature.variables.milestoneLevels.value
+                    variables.milestoneLevels &&
+                      variables.milestoneLevels.value
                   "
                 >
-                  {{ creature.variables.milestoneLevels.value }} Milestone levels
+                  {{ variables.milestoneLevels.value }} Milestone levels
                 </v-list-item-title>
                 <v-list-item-title
                   v-if="
-                    !(creature.variables.milestoneLevels &&
-                      creature.variables.milestoneLevels.value) ||
-                      (creature.variables.xp &&
-                        creature.variables.xp.value)
+                    !(variables.milestoneLevels &&
+                      variables.milestoneLevels.value) ||
+                      (variables.xp &&
+                        variables.xp.value)
                   "
                 >
                   {{
-                    creature.variables.xp &&
-                      creature.variables.xp.value ||
+                    variables.xp &&
+                      variables.xp.value ||
                       0
                   }} XP
                 </v-list-item-title>
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ import CreatureProperties from '/imports/api/creature/creatureProperties/Creatur
 import { nodeArrayToTree } from '/imports/api/parenting/nodesToTree.js';
 import BuildTreeNodeList from '/imports/ui/creature/buildTree/BuildTreeNodeList.vue';
 import SlotCardsToFill from '/imports/ui/creature/slots/SlotCardsToFill.vue';
+import CreatureVariables from '../../../../api/creature/creatures/CreatureVariables';
 
 function traverse(tree, callback, parents = []){
   tree.forEach(node => {
@@ -152,6 +153,9 @@ export default {
     creature(){
       return Creatures.findOne(this.creatureId);
     },
+    variables() {
+      return CreatureVariables.findOne({ _creatureId: this.creatureId }) || {};
+    },
     classLevels(){
       return CreatureProperties.find({
         'ancestors.id': this.creatureId,
@@ -217,8 +221,8 @@ export default {
         elementId: 'experience-add-button',
         data: {
           creatureIds: [this.creatureId],
-          startAsMilestone: this.creature.variables.milestoneLevels &&
-            !!this.creature.variables.milestoneLevels.value,
+          startAsMilestone: this.variables.milestoneLevels &&
+            !!this.variables.milestoneLevels.value,
         },
       });
     },
@@ -228,8 +232,8 @@ export default {
         elementId: 'experience-info-button',
         data: {
           creatureId: this.creatureId,
-          startAsMilestone: this.creature.variables.milestoneLevels &&
-            !!this.creature.variables.milestoneLevels.value,
+          startAsMilestone: this.variables.milestoneLevels &&
+            !!this.variables.milestoneLevels.value,
         },
       });
     },
diff --git a/app/imports/ui/creature/character/characterSheetTabs/InventoryTab.vue b/app/imports/ui/creature/character/characterSheetTabs/InventoryTab.vue
index 6e3faac6..ad8ef5d7 100644
--- a/app/imports/ui/creature/character/characterSheetTabs/InventoryTab.vue
+++ b/app/imports/ui/creature/character/characterSheetTabs/InventoryTab.vue
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@
               <v-list-item-action>
                 <v-list-item-title>
                   <coin-value
-                    :value="creature.variables && creature.variables.valueTotal && creature.variables.valueTotal.value|| 0"
+                    :value="variables && variables.valueTotal && variables.valueTotal.value|| 0"
                   />
                 </v-list-item-title>
               </v-list-item-action>
             </v-list-item>
-            <v-list-item v-if="creature.variables && creature.variables.itemsAttuned && creature.variables.itemsAttuned.value">
+            <v-list-item v-if="variables && variables.itemsAttuned && variables.itemsAttuned.value">
               <v-list-item-avatar>
                 <v-icon>$vuetify.icons.spell</v-icon>
               </v-list-item-avatar>
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
               </v-list-item-content>
               <v-list-item-action>
                 <v-list-item-title>
-                  {{ creature.variables.itemsAttuned.value }}
+                  {{ variables.itemsAttuned.value }}
                 </v-list-item-title>
               </v-list-item-action>
             </v-list-item>
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ import getParentRefByTag from '/imports/api/creature/creatureProperties/methods/
 import BUILT_IN_TAGS from '/imports/constants/BUILT_IN_TAGS.js';
 import CoinValue from '/imports/ui/components/CoinValue.vue';
 import stripFloatingPointOddities from '/imports/api/engine/computation/utility/stripFloatingPointOddities.js';
+import CreatureVariables from '../../../../api/creature/creatures/CreatureVariables';
 
 export default {
 	components: {
@@ -138,6 +139,9 @@ export default {
         color: 1,
         variables: 1,
       }});
+    },
+    variables() {
+      return CreatureVariables.findOne({ _creatureId: this.creatureId }) || {};
     },
 		containersWithoutAncestorContainers(){
 			return CreatureProperties.find({
@@ -206,9 +210,9 @@ export default {
 		},
     weightCarried(){
       return stripFloatingPointOddities(
-        this.creature.variables &&
-        this.creature.variables.weightCarried &&
-        this.creature.variables.weightCarried.value || 0
+        this.variables &&
+        this.variables.weightCarried &&
+        this.variables.weightCarried.value || 0
       );
     },
 	},
diff --git a/app/imports/ui/creature/slots/SlotFillDialog.vue b/app/imports/ui/creature/slots/SlotFillDialog.vue
index 497b0401..e8c19896 100644
--- a/app/imports/ui/creature/slots/SlotFillDialog.vue
+++ b/app/imports/ui/creature/slots/SlotFillDialog.vue
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
 </template>
 
 <script lang="js">
-import Creatures from '/imports/api/creature/creatures/Creatures.js';
+import CreatureVariables from '/imports/api/creature/creatures/CreatureVariables.js';
 import CreatureProperties from '/imports/api/creature/creatureProperties/CreatureProperties.js';
 import LibraryNodes from '/imports/api/library/LibraryNodes.js';
 import DialogBase from '/imports/ui/dialogStack/DialogBase.vue';
@@ -297,9 +297,9 @@ export default {
         return model;
       }
     },
-    creature(){
-      if (!this.creatureId) return {variables: {}};
-      return Creatures.findOne(this.creatureId);
+    variables() {
+      if (!this.creatureId) return {};
+      return CreatureVariables.findOne({ _creatureId: this.creatureId }) || {};
     },
     currentLimit(){
       return this._subs['slotFillers'].data('limit') || 50;
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ export default {
         if (node.slotFillerCondition){
           try {
             let parseNode = parse(node.slotFillerCondition);
-            const {result: resultNode} = resolve('reduce', parseNode, this.creature.variables);
+            const {result: resultNode} = resolve('reduce', parseNode, this.variables);
             if (resultNode?.parseType === 'constant'){
               if (!resultNode.value){
                 node._disabledBySlotFillerCondition = true;
diff --git a/app/imports/ui/log/CharacterLog.vue b/app/imports/ui/log/CharacterLog.vue
index 6cc4e8c4..4cfdcdab 100644
--- a/app/imports/ui/log/CharacterLog.vue
+++ b/app/imports/ui/log/CharacterLog.vue
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 <script lang="js">
 import CreatureLogs, { logRoll } from '/imports/api/creature/log/CreatureLogs.js';
 import Creatures from '/imports/api/creature/creatures/Creatures.js';
+import CreatureVariables from '/imports/api/creature/creatures/CreatureVariables';
 import { assertEditPermission } from '/imports/api/creature/creatures/creaturePermissions.js';
 import { parse, prettifyParseError } from '/imports/parser/parser.js';
 import resolve, { toString } from '/imports/parser/resolve.js';
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ export default {
         return;
       }
       try {
-        let {result: compiled} = resolve('compile', result, this.creature.variables);
+        let {result: compiled} = resolve('compile', result, this.variables);
         this.inputHint = toString(compiled);
         return;
       } catch (e){
@@ -107,6 +108,9 @@ export default {
     creature(){
       return Creatures.findOne(this.creatureId) || {};
     },
+    variables(){
+      return CreatureVariables.findOne({_creatureId: this.creatureId}) || {};
+    },
     editPermission(){
       try {
         assertEditPermission(this.creature, Meteor.userId());
diff --git a/app/imports/ui/properties/viewers/SkillViewer.vue b/app/imports/ui/properties/viewers/SkillViewer.vue
index 580be486..62adf4a7 100644
--- a/app/imports/ui/properties/viewers/SkillViewer.vue
+++ b/app/imports/ui/properties/viewers/SkillViewer.vue
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ import numberToSignedString from '/imports/ui/utility/numberToSignedString.js';
 import CreatureProperties from '/imports/api/creature/creatureProperties/CreatureProperties.js';
 import AttributeEffect from '/imports/ui/properties/components/attributes/AttributeEffect.vue';
 import SkillProficiency from '/imports/ui/properties/components/skills/SkillProficiency.vue';
-import Creatures from '/imports/api/creature/creatures/Creatures.js';
+import CreatureVariables from '/imports/api/creature/creatures/CreatureVariables.js';
 import getProficiencyIcon from '/imports/ui/utility/getProficiencyIcon.js';
 
 export default {
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ export default {
     },
   },
   meteor: {
+    variables(){
+      return CreatureVariables.findOne({_creatureId: this.context.creatureId}) || {};
+    },
     baseEffects(){
       if (this.context.creatureId){
         let creatureId = this.context.creatureId;
@@ -280,10 +283,8 @@ export default {
     proficiencyBonus(){
       let creatureId = this.context.creatureId;
       if (!creatureId) return;
-      let creature = Creatures.findOne(creatureId)
-      return creature &&
-        creature.variables.proficiencyBonus &&
-        creature.variables.proficiencyBonus.value;
+      return this.variables.proficiencyBonus &&
+        this.variables.proficiencyBonus.value;
     },
   },
 }