NPC Engineer

[Laerun]

New release today - 0.9.7g. Download from the website or from the first post in this thread. There are quite a few new features added, and some updates. Try it out! Read the changelog or Manual for information on what is new.

Laerun - you should be happier with what it does now. I'll add an input translator for that PDF this week too.
Hawkwind - try this version and see if it changes anything for you.

On another note - I got my first donation through the website this week, and it felt brilliant!

Maasq

That is great Maasq! I am really happy with your progress, keep going...! I made my first donation as well! I started a 'new' Bestiary and I have not had issues yet...!

Laerun

[Myrdin Potter]

Not picking up the spell to hit modifier in this (and all other blocks in this PDF):

Spellcasting. The adept is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 13, +3 to hit). The adept has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): fire bolt, light, mage hand, prestidigitation
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, mage armor, magic missile
2nd level (3 slots): invisibility, misty step, suggestion
3rd level (2 slots): counterspell, lightning bolt

[Laerun]

Can I see the source or Clipboard paste?

[Myrdin Potter]

I pasted it right in the post. I will do the whole one here:

ADEPT
Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Armor Class 11 (14 with mage armor)
Hit Points 22 (5d8)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA
9 (-1)
13 (+1)
11 (+0)
16 (+3)
12 (+1)
10 (+0)
Saving Throws Int +5, Wis +3
Skills Arcana +5, History +5
Senses passive Perception 11
Languages any four languages
Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Spellcasting. The adept is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 13, +3 to hit). The adept has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): fire bolt, light, mage hand, prestidigitation
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, mage armor, magic missile
2nd level (3 slots): invisibility, misty step, suggestion
3rd level (2 slots): counterspell, lightning bolt
ACTIONS
Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d4+1) piercing damage.
No longer mere students of magic, adepts are well on their way to the mage’s true mastery of the arcane arts. Most serious practitioners of wizardry encountered in the world are likely to fit this mold, perhaps with small variations in their lists of spells known. Like other types of spellcasters, they might be solitary practitioners, or members of magical guilds or cabals that share—and quite possibly hoard—power and knowledge.

[Laerun]

Okay, the stats will not work, the Stat block needs to be edited a bit, when you paste in the data, highlight the entire blob of text, do CTRL+J. Also, remove the any statements. The main culprit is the way it is copied and pasted into the clipboard. If that does not help, also paste into a text editor and fix or place the actual stats like they are in the PHB.

[Myrdin Potter]

The stats work fine when I cut and paste it. As a matter of fact, almost everything works fine except for the spell to hit modifier in the spell casting block. I discussed the stats 2-3 pages up in this thread and the program was modified.

There are occasional errors in traits based the spacing, but I can adjust for that.

[Laerun]

Try to remove the statement of 'the adept has the following spells prepared.'

[Maasq]

Hi Myrdin

As with many of the problems you will encounter, the source is slightly off in its presentation compared to WotC stuff. (spell save DC 13, +3 to hit) is usually written (spell save DC 13, +3 to hit with spell attacks) and this is what I check for. I will have a look at shortening it to just '+d to hit' just now - obviously this is trivial to do but I need to make sure there wasn't a reason I went for the longer phrase in the first place!

Laerun, 'The adept has the following wizard spells prepared:' needs to be there - it lets FG know which spell school to check. I think. I certainly make use of it in the parsing. The 'any race' and 'any alignment' are allowed for - anything at all in these positions will show up in the 'tag' and 'alignment' boxes as they are flavour rather than rule text. From a game point of view, I guess it would be better to change them once imported for your game, as the NPC will be of a particular race and alignment. Also that style of statblock is allowed for in NPC Engineer - not counting the madness that the input translators deal with, there are 6 different styles of statblock automatically recognised.

Actually, this whole thing might have been simplified in a recent update. I will check.

Anyway, Myrdin, look for a minor update later to correct for this - it doesn't appear to clash with anything.
**EDIT** I found another bug whilst doing this, so thanks

Maasq

[Myrdin Potter]

The only thing not automatically being picked up in the spell block is the spell to hit modifier, and it is short hand compared to pure WoTC style. I know you are pattern matching, and the more “wild cases” you see, the more you can fine tune it, which is why I am mentioning it.

Laerun - I can just add the spell to hit modifier with one character instead of rewriting the source material which is many characters.

[Myrdin Potter]

Here is an example stat block that the program had issues with the traits section. Also, the spell slot is populated at level 1:

DIABOLIST
Medium humanoid (any race), any non-good alignment
Armor Class 11 (14 with mage armor)
Hit Points 27 (5d8+5)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA
9 (-1)
13 (+1)
12 (+1)
14 (+2)
8 (-1)
16 (+3)
Saving Throws Cha +5
Skills Arcana +4, Deception +5, Persuasion +5, Religion +4
Senses passive Perception 9
Languages Any three languages
Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Pact of the Tome. Part of the diabolist’s power is bound into a magical tome called a Book of Shadows. While the diabolist’s Book of Shadows is on its person, it can cast the following cantrips at will:
fire bolt
guidance
thaumaturgy
In addition, the Book of Shadows contains the following spells that the diabolist can cast as rituals:
augury
identify
find familiar
phantom steed
unseen servant
Eldritch Invocations. Once per long rest, the diabolist can use a spell slot to cast bestow curse. In addition, the diabolist can cast mage armor on itself at will, without using a spell slot and without material components.
Spellcasting. The diabolist is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit). The diabolist casts all of its non-cantrip spells using 3rd-level spell slots, and recovers all of its used slots after a short or long rest. It knows the following warlock spells:
Cantrips (at will): chill touch, minor illusion, prestidigitation
3rd level (2 slots): burning hands, charm person, command, enthrall, hellish rebuke, hex
ACTIONS
Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d4 + 1) piercing damage.