PhilFischer
July 22nd, 2014, 04:55
I have some questions about PFRPG in general including weapons, combat tracker and the action tab on character sheets as well as others.
First regarding weapon and damage entries on character sheets and on the combat tracker:
a) It does not appear that weapons on the Action tab of a character sheet, when loaded on to the Combat Tracker, load the Atk field automatically for that entry.
b) Entries for the Atk field on the CT appear like: +1 Mithril Keen Flaming Burst Rapier +12/+7 (2d6+4/15-20). I assume the following
b1) Using the following entry, there is no way to set the weapon critical multiplier, that is (2d6+4/15-20x3) does not multiply crit dmg by x3.
b2) There is no way to add the 1d10 for crit dmg (for Burst) to the dmg entry, i.e. (2d6+4/15-20,1d10)
b3) There is no way to add the type of damage (Fire) for a single die using this damage notation.
c) Hence, the Action tab on the character sheet. Using that form interface for a weapon allows:
c1) easily change the crit multiplier, on crit, magic plus, etc
c2) still no way to add burst damage unless you make a second weapon with it. It is supported by having 2x for regular wpn dmg, 2x for fire/ice dmg, and 1x for the 1d10 burst dmg. Very nice!!
c3) allows full damage type for each die type!
d) Based on this info the Action tab is superior to using the Combat Tracker. However if you still use the Targets feature on the CT, you can still use the Actions tab of the character sheet to roll To-Hit and Damage.
e) The defense section on the CT (the shield) is for informational purposes only. There is no way to set, or temporarily set the entry in the CT to FF (flat footed) or Tch (Touch) type AC or even use this section in some way (dragging the Tch AC to an attack in the Chat window). Is there anywhere else to do so? Actually change the AC to FF, Tch, etc?
f) Does 5e pretty much work like this Action tab weapon?
First regarding weapon and damage entries on character sheets and on the combat tracker:
a) It does not appear that weapons on the Action tab of a character sheet, when loaded on to the Combat Tracker, load the Atk field automatically for that entry.
b) Entries for the Atk field on the CT appear like: +1 Mithril Keen Flaming Burst Rapier +12/+7 (2d6+4/15-20). I assume the following
b1) Using the following entry, there is no way to set the weapon critical multiplier, that is (2d6+4/15-20x3) does not multiply crit dmg by x3.
b2) There is no way to add the 1d10 for crit dmg (for Burst) to the dmg entry, i.e. (2d6+4/15-20,1d10)
b3) There is no way to add the type of damage (Fire) for a single die using this damage notation.
c) Hence, the Action tab on the character sheet. Using that form interface for a weapon allows:
c1) easily change the crit multiplier, on crit, magic plus, etc
c2) still no way to add burst damage unless you make a second weapon with it. It is supported by having 2x for regular wpn dmg, 2x for fire/ice dmg, and 1x for the 1d10 burst dmg. Very nice!!
c3) allows full damage type for each die type!
d) Based on this info the Action tab is superior to using the Combat Tracker. However if you still use the Targets feature on the CT, you can still use the Actions tab of the character sheet to roll To-Hit and Damage.
e) The defense section on the CT (the shield) is for informational purposes only. There is no way to set, or temporarily set the entry in the CT to FF (flat footed) or Tch (Touch) type AC or even use this section in some way (dragging the Tch AC to an attack in the Chat window). Is there anywhere else to do so? Actually change the AC to FF, Tch, etc?
f) Does 5e pretty much work like this Action tab weapon?