Thread: 5E Encounter Calc
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December 12th, 2016, 06:15 #21
Hi there,
I really find this extension useful, and I'm grateful with its creator.
I was using it the other day and I found some errors/bugs with the formulas used to calculate the Difficulty Level:
1.- Everything starts fine, you select whether to use the party sheet or the combat tracker as a reference.
2.- Then it automatically calculates the Party XP Threshold which it does perfectly.
3.- Then the extension analyzes the total number of Monsters/NPCs to choose a correct modifier from the Encounter Multipliers Table. Which is OK.
4.- In the end, it applies the multiplier to the Encounter's Total XP and it compares it to the Partys XP Threshold to give you a final result.
The problem is: The extension NEVER takes into consideration the "Party Size" Adjustment to the multiplier.
The problem with this is, the extension will work perfectly for a party containing 3 - 5 characters. But according to the DMG p83 under "Party Size". This calculations are wrong when having less than 3 players or more than 5 because it doesn't take into consideration the Party Size.
I'm no programmer or anything but I would strongly suggest to modify the extension's code to account for this.
Cheers!
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December 12th, 2016, 07:34 #22
My apologies SirArion. I read your reply on my phone and then forgot all about it. I think your issue was caused by having character sheets on your combat tracker that don't have a level. The extension now ignores allied characters that don't have a level when determining party difficulty (but it still includes them for adjusting the party size multiplier). I'm not happy about ignoring them, but I don't have any idea what xp to add for them.
whiteTiki: Good catch. I don't think I've ever read the party size adjustment section of the formula. It does that now.
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December 14th, 2016, 01:59 #23
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Thanks Fudly, at least knowing what is causing it lets me work around it. We have a familiar on the Combat Tracker. I will pull it to use the Calculator properly.
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December 14th, 2016, 21:40 #24
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January 10th, 2017, 19:48 #25
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I get this error when i have enable the .ext
Attachment 17349
When i disable the .ext the error disappears.
Any thoughts?
Ruleset 5e
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January 10th, 2017, 21:58 #26
I would guess that there is a problem with one of the token images you have set for a monster in an encounter you're trying to add to the combat tracker, but I have no idea what problem that could be. Does it do that for every encounter or just that one? I assume your fantasy grounds is fully patched?
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January 10th, 2017, 23:10 #27
You are trying to add a token to an image which doesn't exist. Looks like the encounter is trying to place the Tokens onto a map it can't find. Either the map is misnamed or doesn't exist. Pretty sure that's the problem anyway
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January 10th, 2017, 23:29 #28
Some further info here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...l=1#post313338
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April 2nd, 2017, 00:07 #29
It appears as though this extension messes with the random encounters (the generate button doesn't appear).
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April 12th, 2017, 00:28 #30
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