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Wolfheart
February 15th, 2026, 13:33
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A good while ago I asked some questions on Reddit and I got some solid advice and a tip that I should check out templates (thank you LordEntrails!)

So yesterday I finally found the time to dive into this and it's GREAT. I've started a generator to create noble houses for a homebrew fantasy city and it went well until now.

I have so far created a text that refers to eight tables and it's fun to make. I'm using the online manual as support.

This will be hard to explain...

So I have eight tables linked, from [Random Noble House 01: Current Status] to [Random Noble House 08: Claims].

I decided I needed to add another nested table to [Random Noble House 07A: Mottos] (it had two, but it wasn't good enough so I made a third subtable linked to 07B).

After I did this, FG hangs for a while, then I get the log up.

I'm using RULESET: Dungeons and Dragons (5E). It also loads RULESET: Core RPG ruleset, I suppose that it's meant to. This is what follows:

[WARNING] Frame tabs contains out-of-range-values in BottomLeft.
[ERROR] Script execution error: [string "CoreRPG:scripts/manager_dice.lua]233: stack overflow

I tried making a new template and copying over the stuff from the first, but the same happens, except I only get the [ERROR] and not the [WARNING].

I also tried making a new template and ONLY use [Table 07A] with the nested 07B and 07C, then it doesn't do anything

All the tags are correct, the stuff in [] and the stuff in <>.

Anyone have an idea as to what's going on?

EDIT: Rewriting into a new template, it definitely is the three nested tables creating the problem. Is it simply that the template can't handle more than two nested tables?

Zacchaeus
February 15th, 2026, 14:31
There's probably an error somewhere in the chain. You can chain tables together but the results aren't likely to be too great, depending on how you are referencing them.

Wolfheart
February 15th, 2026, 15:23
There's probably an error somewhere in the chain. You can chain tables together but the results aren't likely to be too great, depending on how you are referencing them.

Alright, thank you. By chain you mean the same as "nestled" right? And what won't be great? (Sorry for more questions)

EDIT: I figured it out! But it helped to just write it down and come here. The problem was indeed an error in the chain: I had somehow linked the third table to the first table, creating a loop. All I Had to do was clear the links on table three and everything is fine.

Thanks again