Pathfinder Creature Parser - Alpha release

Hmm...well, I disagree, but it's your parser! I think the blank line between paragraphs is actually very helpful when you have a long block of text, as it enables you to scan through quickly and find the section you're looking for. I've used this layout myself with several high-level monsters, and - like Blackfoot - I found that I preferred readability over less scrolling. Most abilities have more than a line or two of text, so the overhead of one more line per paragraph isn't that great. I realise that the original Pathfinder stat blocks don't have blank lines between abilities, but they have indented paras instead, which allows the quick visual scan to work.

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Originally Posted by Trenloe

Using the paragraph "<p>" tags is exactly what I originally used when I first started doing some formatting in the "other" tab. This creates a double new line - i.e. a blank line between each paragraph tag.

But, as mentioned above (post #155), for creatures with a lot of info in the other tab this results in a very long entry - which has to be scrolled through, even with a big window. It seemed clunky, so I removed the <p> for anything other than new sections.

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Having said that, I have started experimenting with format changes as part of the spell parsing functionality in V1.1 (next release). On the left is an example of the current format of "Cleric Spells Prepared" and on the right is the same creature with <p> tags between each spell level. I'd like to be able to reduce the spaces between each line, but I don't think this is possible in the FG formattedtext control.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...Formatting.JPG

And as a teaser, here is the spell tab for the same creature in V1.1. I still need to do coding for spontaneous spell casting and spell like abilities. And then lots and lots of testing.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...l%20Teaser.JPG

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Originally Posted by Callum

Hmm...well, I disagree, but it's your parser! I think the blank line between paragraphs is actually very helpful when you have a long block of text, as it enables you to scan through quickly and find the section you're looking for. I've used this layout myself with several high-level monsters, and - like Blackfoot - I found that I preferred readability over less scrolling. Most abilities have more than a line or two of text, so the overhead of one more line per paragraph isn't that great. I realise that the original Pathfinder stat blocks don't have blank lines between abilities, but they have indented paras instead, which allows the quick visual scan to work.

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I agree - blank lines between actual paragraphs is what is needed. But not blank lines between every new line/sub-section - which is what I was trying to explain regarding the <p> tags within the FG formattedtext control.

I'm really not going to do much work on this for a while. If you manage to come up with some good formatting without blank lines between sub-sections (i.e. don't just throw <p> tags everywhere) let me know the FG code and I'll look at it.


Thanks. :)

I hope I didn't come across as brusque and dismissive in the previous post? What I was trying to say was: I'll look at putting the <p> tags in sometime in the future, but what I'd really like is a way of doing new-lines without the extra blank line (like the HTML <br> tag). So, if anyone comes up with a way of doing this, please let me know.

Wow, that looks fantastic, Trenloe! If you can get it to automatically populate the Spells tab, that'll save a huge amount of time in getting the NPCs ready for play. You could also then keep the spells listing on the Other tab in its compact form - though I would put spaces either side of the dash that comes just before each level's list of spells, and maybe add a semicolon at the end of each level, too.

I'd still like to lose all the colons, and also the underlining except for section headings, but I can manually change those if you're going to do all the spells for me! ;)

Damn you, you've got me looking at options now... ;)

A couple of options that do compact down the spells without the blank line: the first is using a table, the second is using a list. I'm liking the list. :)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...%20Options.JPG

Yes, I like the list, too - it seems odd when you first look at it, but makes sense when you get used to it. I notice that Blackfoot said earlier that he didn't like a bulleted spell list, though, and the table format is closer to the original.

I wouldn't put the spell levels in bold. You could try putting each entire line of spells in italics (eg from implosion to miracle).

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Originally Posted by Trenloe

Damn you, you've got me looking at options now... ;)

A couple of options that do compact down the spells without the blank line: the first is using a table, the second is using a list. I'm liking the list. :)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...%20Options.JPG

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I like the list too.:)

Cheers,
SF

i just dont want to meet this monster - ever.

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Originally Posted by damned

i just dont want to meet this monster - ever.

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Oh, come on! Just Once. :D

Cheers,
SF

I'm going to say one more thing, and then leave Trenloe to get on with his outstanding work. If you're going to keep the colons, they should be adjacent to the word to their left. That underlined space haunts my dreams!

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That underlined space haunts my dreams!

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I like haunting people's dreams, so I think I'll just leave it in! ;)

Being serious, there is actually no space in the formattedtext code, for example the following appears with a space before the : despite there not being one in the data.

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b><u>Spell-Like Abilities</u>:</b>

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Looks like the formattedtext control is adding the space in.

Looks like your dreams will be forever haunted! :-o

Or, I may just remove them - I'll see how I feel. I actually like them! :D

You're quite right, Trenloe -the formattedtext control adds a space in after a section of formatted text. I've noticed this when applying formatting using the GUI, and I've learned to always include punctuation in the formatting to minimise the appearance of extraneous spaces! This means that the punctuation itself gets formatted, which is not ideal, but is definitely the lesser of the two evils. So, in your example, you need to change

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<b><u>Spell-Like Abilities</u>:</b>

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<b><u>Spell-Like Abilities:</u></b>

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in order to get rid of that haunting space.

I actually don't mind the colons, myself - dumping them seems to be a stylistic decision that Paizo have made. So I'd be happy to put them back in to ability descriptions, for example:

Explosive Rebirth (Su): When killed, a star archon explodes...

For spell lists (and SLAs, etc), the colon needs to go after the parenthetical info, as in:

Cleric Spells Prepared (CL 19th; concentration +26):

Also, whether or not you keep them in other places, they really shouldn't appear after section headings:

Special Abilities

Personally, I like the colons... I might like them better without the space between the text and the underlined title.. but I tend to add them when I reconstruct my 'Other' tabs.

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Originally Posted by Blackfoot

Personally, I like the colons... I might like them better without the space between the text and the underlined title.. but I tend to add them when I reconstruct my 'Other' tabs.

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What he said.

Hey guys,
I am working with some stat blocks from some third party adventures from Frog God and Necromancer. They are formatted for Pathfinder but the dont seem to go through the parser right. I was wondering if someone could take a look at a sample and tell me whats wrong with it and if its a simple edit I can do them all that way.
Thanks , Mac


DREAD WRAITH CR 11
XP 12,800
LE Large undead (incorporeal)
Init +13; Senses darkvision 60 ft., lifesense 60 ft.; Perception
+23
Aura unnatural aura (30 ft.)
AC 26, touch 26, flat-footed 16 (+7 deflection, +9 Dex, +1
dodge, –1 size)
hp 184 (16d8+112)
Fort +12; Ref +14; Will +14
Defensive Abilities channel resistance +2, incorporeal; Immune
undead traits
Weakness sunlight powerlessness
Spd fly 60 ft. (good)
Melee incorporeal touch +20 (2d6 negative energy plus 1d6
Con drain)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Special Attacks create spawn
Str —, Dex 28, Con —, Int 17, Wis 18, Cha 24
Base Atk +12; CMB +13; CMD 40
Feats Improved Natural Attack (incorporeal touch), Blind Fight, Combat Reflexes, Improved Initiative, Dodge, Mobility,
Spring Attack, Step Up
Skills Diplomacy +23, Fly +30, Intimidate +26, Knowledge
(planes) +19, Knowledge (religion) +22, Perception +23,
Sense Motive +23, Stealth +24
Languages Common, Giant, Infernal
Create Spawn (Su) A humanoid slain by a dread wraith becomes
a full ordinary wraith in 1d4 rounds. Spawn are under
the command of the wraith that created them until its death, at
which point they lose their spawn penalties and become freewilled
wraiths. They do not possess any of the abilities they
had in life.
Constitution Drain (Su) Creatures hit by a dread wraith’s
touch attack must succeed on a DC 25 Fortitude save or take
1d6 points of Constitution drain. On each successful attack, the
wraith gains 5 temporary hit points. The save DC is Charismabased.
Lifesense (Su) A dread wraith notices and locates living creatures
within 60 feet, just as if it possessed the blindsight ability.
Sunlight Powerlessness (Ex) A dread wraith caught in sunlight
cannot attack and is staggered.
Unnatural Aura (Su) Animals do not willingly
approach within 30 feet of a dread wraith, unless a master
makes a DC 25 Handle Animal, Ride, or wild empathy
check.

I think I figured it out. Theres no paragraph space between the divisions.

This may be obvious to some, but just came across this one. A monster name with a period will blow things up. For example, Mr. Plugg in the skull and shackles ap.

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Originally Posted by Talen

This may be obvious to some, but just came across this one. A monster name with a period will blow things up. For example, Mr. Plugg in the skull and shackles ap.

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Thanks for raising this.

A little bit more info about exactly what "will blow things up" means would have helped me identify the issue quicker. I was quite disappointed when there were no fragments of NPC statblocks flying around - it really wasn't that impressive! ;)

I've included a fix in version 2.0 - which will hopefully be out next month.

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Originally Posted by Trenloe

Thanks for raising this.

A little bit more info about exactly what "will blow things up" means would have helped me identify the issue quicker. I was quite disappointed when there were no fragments of NPC statblocks flying around - it really wasn't that impressive! ;)

I've included a fix in version 2.0 - which will hopefully be out next month.

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Sorry, was sending this as I was walking out the door! Here's what happened: the parse created the mod and I didn't notice an error. But when I opened the mod and tried to add mr. Plugg to my list of mpc's, a new blank npc would be created in my mod when i tried to open him prior to dragging him over and fg would hang and crash when I did drag him over.

The pyrotechnics may, admittedly have been unrelated to the parser.

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Originally Posted by Talen

and fg would hang and crash when I did drag him over.

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I've been noticing this happen with items in parcels in FG as well. Perhaps the bug is not just in the parser. Perhaps items such as 'rope, hemp (50 ft.)' have problems with the period in the object creation process... Just a thought.

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Originally Posted by Nickademus

I've been noticing this happen with items in parcels in FG as well. Perhaps the bug is not just in the parser. Perhaps items such as 'rope, hemp (50 ft.)' have problems with the period in the object creation process... Just a thought.

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This is completely related to how the XML name tag is handled within Fantasy Grounds. i.e. the <rope, help (50 ft.)> XML start tag for the record in the module.

For the creature parser I had a already written code to remove most incompatible characters from the XML name, I just hadn't included a period because it is actually valid for normal XML tags - obviously not for FG.

So, Im very rusty with the parser and I must be missing something in this text. Anyone able to take the time and spot my mistake?

HOLY AHENDILE Sub1 CR 2
xp 100
Female human sorcerer 3
LE Medium humanoid (human)
Init +2; Senses low-light vision; Perception +0
DEFENSE
AC 16, touch 12, flat-footed 14 (+4 armor, +2 Dex)
hp 19 (3d6+6)
Fort +2, Ref +3, Will +3
Resist cold 5, fire 5
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.
Melee mwk dagger +1 (1d4–1/19–20)
Bloodline Spell-Like Abilities (CL 3rd; concentration +6)
6/day—minute meteors (1d4+1 fire, DC 14)
Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 3rd; concentration +6)
1st (6/day)—burning hands (DC 14), mage armor, ray of
enfeeblement (DC 14)
0 (at will)—acid splash, bleed (DC 13), daze (DC 13), detect
magic, read magic
TACTICS
Before Combat: Holy Ahendile casts mage armor on herself.
During Combat: Holy Ahendile uses ray of enfeeblement to
weaken a strong melee threat. She hesitates to use burning
hands for fear of damaging the property, but she casts it
anyway once she has taken any damage. She uses her wand
of cure light wounds to heal her allies, though she uses her
False Casting feat to hide the true nature of her healing magic.
Morale: If reduced to fewer than 10 hit points, she uses her
wand to heal herself. If unable to heal herself or convinced
that she has lost, Ahendile orders her surviving thugs to
cover her retreat.
STATISTICS
Str 8, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 12, Wis 10, Cha 17
Base Atk +1; CMB +0; CMD 14
Feats Defensive Combat Training, False Casting, False Focus,
Magical Aptitude
Skills Bluff +9, Knowledge (local) +2, Knowledge (religion) +5,
Sleight of Hand +3, Spellcraft +9, Use Magic Device +11
Languages Common, Hallit
SQ false piety, lay healer
Combat Gear potion of invisibility, scroll of scare, wand of cure
light wounds (25 charges); Other Gear mwk dagger, silver
unholy symbol of Razmir, 113 gp
SPECIAL ABILITIES
False Piety (Ex) A Razmiran priest gains Knowledge (religion)
and Perform as class skills, but loses Appraise and Fly as
class skills. She gains half her level as a bonus to activate
spell trigger and spell completion items that use divine
spells. She gains False Focus as a bonus feat but does not
gain Eschew Materials.
Lay Healer (Su) At 3rd level, the Razmiran priest adds aid
to her list of spells known. At 5th level she adds remove
disease to her list of spells known. These replace the
bloodline spells that she would normally gain at 3rd and 5th
level respectively.

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Originally Posted by Talen

So, Im very rusty with the parser and I must be missing something in this text. Anyone able to take the time and spot my mistake?

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Where's it failing? What errors are you getting?

It really helps if you let us know exactly what issue you are experiencing when posting about issues - this helps anyone who looks at this for you to know exactly where to look, and doesn't waste their time trying to work out what problem you're having.

You get a faster response and the people who help you aren't spending additional time trying to work out what your issue is.

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Originally Posted by Talen

So, Im very rusty with the parser and I must be missing something in this text. Anyone able to take the time and spot my mistake?

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Works fine for me. Just copied and pasted the text into Notepad++, save the text file and parsed.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/.../TalenTest.JPG

Thanks for the quick response Trenloe, and understood. Here's the screenshot of what I saw that made me think there was an error along with the log file.




Attachment 4659Attachment 4660

Its not "HOLY AHENDILE Sub1" that is causing the problem - it is the CR entries without a space between CR and the number - e.g. "RAMZIRI THUG CR1" - put a space between the CR and the 1.

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Originally Posted by Trenloe

Its not "HOLY AHENDILE Sub1" that is causing the problem - it is the CR entries without a space between CR and the number - e.g. "RAMZIRI THUG CR1" - put a space between the CR and the 1.

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Thanks for taking the time to help!

I'm having a problem with the same adventure as Talen but with the higher tier BBEG

this is my critter

HOLY AHENDILE CR 5
xp 2
Female human sorcerer (Razmiran priest) 6
LE Medium humanoid (human)
Init +2; Senses low-light vision; Perception +0
DEFENSE
AC 16, touch 12, flat-footed 14 (+4 armor, +2 Dex) hp 35
(6d6+12)
Fort +4, Ref +5, Will +6
Resist cold 5, fire 5
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.
Melee mwk dagger +3 (1d4–1/19–20)
Bloodline Spell-Like Abilities (CL 6th; concentration +10)
7/day—minute meteors (1d4+3 fire, DC 17)
Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 6th; concentration +10)
3rd (4/day)—lightning bolt (DC 18), remove disease (DC 17)
2nd (6/day)—acid arrow, aid, flaming sphere (DC 17)
1st (7/day)—burning hands (DC 16), mage armor, magic
missile, ray of enfeeblement (DC 15)
0 (at will)—acid splash, bleed (DC 14), daze (DC 14), detect
magic, prestidigitation, read magic, resistance
STATISTICS
Str 8, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 12, Wis 10, Cha 18
Base Atk +3; CMB +2; CMD 17
Feats Defensive Combat Training, False Casting, False Focus,
Magical Aptitude, Spell Focus (evocation)
Skills Bluff +13, Knowledge (arcana) +6, Knowledge (local) +2,
Sleight of Hand +5, Spellcraft +12, Use Magic Device +15
Languages Common, Hallit
SQ false piety, lay healer
Combat Gear potion of invisibility, scroll of bear’s endurance,
scroll of levitate, scroll of scare, wand of cure moderate
wounds (12 charges); Other Gear mwk dagger, aegis of
recoveryAPG, cloak of resistance +1, silver unholy symbol of
Razmir, 18 gp
SPECIAL ABILITIES
False Piety (Ex) A Razmiran priest gains Knowledge (religion)
and Perform as class skills, but loses Appraise and Fly as
class skills. She gains half her level as a bonus to activate
spell trigger and spell completion items that use divine
spells. She gains False Focus as a bonus feat but does not
gain Eschew Materials.
Lay Healer (Su) At 3rd level, the Razmiran priest adds aid
to her list of spells known. At 5th level she adds remove
disease to her list of spells known. These replace the
bloodline spells that she would normally gain at 3rd and 5th
level respectively.


and this is my error

Reading data file: C:\Users\falafel\Documents\Falafel\Documents\glass river\holyglasstxt.txt
Logging to: C:\Users\falafel\Documents\Falafel\Documents\glass river\holyglasstxt.txt.log
Formatting creature stat block: HOLY AHENDILE CR 5
Error in FormatDataFile, Message: startIndex cannot be larger than length of string.
Parameter name: startIndex
Formatting creature stat block: level respectively.
Processing creature: HOLY AHENDILE
Processing creature:
Error in ReadWriteFormattedCreature, Message: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
Processing creature:
Error in ReadWriteFormattedCreature, Message: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
Processing creature:
Error in ReadWriteFormattedCreature, Message: The empty string '' is not a valid local name.
Error in btnStartParse_Click, Message: The Writer is closed or in error state.
Module file created: C:\Users\falafel\Documents\Falafel\Documents\glass river\holyglasstxt.mod

any ideas and apologies if we have both ruined the playing of this adventure for you

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I'm having a problem with the same adventure as Talen but with the higher tier BBEG

this is my critter

HOLY AHENDILE CR 5
xp 2
Female human sorcerer (Razmiran priest) 6
LE Medium humanoid (human)
Init +2; Senses low-light vision; Perception +0
DEFENSE
AC 16, touch 12, flat-footed 14 (+4 armor, +2 Dex) hp 35
(6d6+12)
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The HP entry is not on it's own line. Change it to:

AC 16, touch 12, flat-footed 14 (+4 armor, +2 Dex)
hp 35 (6d6+12)

A good indicator for this is that when you get your first error, don't click the OK button but look in the .fpf file as well as the .log file at that point - this will give a better idea of where the error was occurring.

The .fpf file is a first-pass parsing of the statblock - putting the information in labelled lines. So, it can be easier to see where errors are occurring. For this specific creature the .fpf file showed the following when the first error occurred (again, don't press the OK button when the first error appears):

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DESCRIPTION:
NAME:HOLY AHENDILE CR 5
XP:xp 2
TYPE:Female human sorcerer (Razmiran priest) 6 LE Medium humanoid (human)
INIT:Init +2; Senses low-light vision; Perception +0

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Nothing more was in the .fpf file, so this started me looking at the lines following the initiative line in the statblock, which led me to seeing that HP was not on it's own line.

thanks a lot

Another problem stat block
any help would be appreciated

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Another problem stat block
any help would be appreciated

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2 issues:

1. VETERAN BUCCANEER CR 2 didn't have a space between Ranged and mwk - put the space in and the errors will be fixed. The parser looks for "Ranged " (with a space on the end) and so wouldn't find this entry.
2. ALMANT ENDERIOShl CR 5 has "statistics" in the tactics list at the beginning of a line, 2 lines above the main "STATISTICS" header (which is used as an important placeholder in the parser). Move the "statistics" in tactics onto the end of the previous line and this should parse fully - this would not raise an error, but all statblock info after this point would not be parsed.

Thanks for that, I will be able to run a PFS session this week

I'm encountering an oddity.

I'm attempting to get all the Feats listed under the Special Abilities section.

If I use the below text, I don't get an error, but the format appears to ignore that the Feats are listed on their own lines, and combines them to the previously listed Special Ability.

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Special Abilities
+4 bonus on initiative checks You gain the Alertness feat while your familiar is within arm's reach.
Allied Spellcaster +2 vs. SR if adj ally with same feat. More if has same spell.
Combat Casting +4 to Concentration checks to cast while on the defensive.
Deliver Touch Spells Through Familiar (Su) Your familiar can deliver touch spells for you.
Empathic Link with Familiar (Su) You have an empathic link with your Arcane Familiar.
Focused Spell You can cast a spell that gains +2 DC against one of its multiple targets.
Force Missile (8/day) (Sp) Magic Missile hits for 1d4+3
Greater Spell Focus (Evocation) +1 to the Save DC of spells from one school.
Hero Points (1) Hero Points can be spent at any time to grant a variety of bonuses.
Intense Spells +3 (Su) Evocation spells deal listed extra damage.
Magical Lineage (Burning Hands) A chosen spell counts as 1 level lower when metamagic feats are applied to it.
Share Spells with Familiar Can cast spells with a target of "You" on the familiar with a range of touch.
Speak with Animals (Ex) Your familiar can communicate with animals similar to itself.
Speak With Familiar (Ex) You can communicate verbally with your familiar.
Spell Focus (Evocation) Spells from one school of magic have +1 to their save DC.
Varisian Tattoo (Evocation) Spells from chosen school gain +1 caster level.
Wrath (Evocation) Evokers revel in the raw power of magic, and can use it to create and destroy with shocking ease.

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If I use the following text:

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Special Abilities
Allied Spellcaster +2 vs. SR if adj ally with same feat. More if has same spell.
Combat Casting +4 to Concentration checks to cast while on the defensive.
Magical Lineage (Burning Hands) A chosen spell counts as 1 level lower when metamagic feats are applied to it.
Hero Points (1) Hero Points can be spent at any time to grant a variety of bonuses.
Share Spells with Familiar Can cast spells with a target of "You" on the familiar with a range of touch.
Focused Spell You can cast a spell that gains +2 DC against one of its multiple targets.
Spell Focus (Evocation) Spells from one school of magic have +1 to their save DC.
Greater Spell Focus (Evocation) +1 to the Save DC of spells from one school.
Varisian Tattoo (Evocation) Spells from chosen school gain +1 caster level.
Wrath (Evocation) Evokers revel in the raw power of magic, and can use it to create and destroy with shocking ease.
+4 bonus on initiative checks You gain the Alertness feat while your familiar is within arm's reach.
Deliver Touch Spells Through Familiar (Su) Your familiar can deliver touch spells for you.
Empathic Link with Familiar (Su) You have an empathic link with your Arcane Familiar.
Force Missile (8/day) (Sp) Magic Missile hits for 1d4+3
Intense Spells +3 (Su) Evocation spells deal listed extra damage.
Speak with Animals (Ex) Your familiar can communicate with animals similar to itself.
Speak With Familiar (Ex) You can communicate verbally with your familiar.

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I get the following error:
Database Error: A XML parse error occurred processing file AsGoodAsItGetsNPCs:db.xml - Error on line 46: Error reading end tag.

The following also throws the same error, but won't throw an error if I remove the Focused Spell line.

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Special Abilities
Deliver Touch Spells Through Familiar (Su) Your familiar can deliver touch spells for you.
Empathic Link with Familiar (Su) You have an empathic link with your Arcane Familiar.
Force Missile (8/day) (Sp) Magic Missile hits for 1d4+3
Intense Spells +3 (Su) Evocation spells deal listed extra damage.
Speak with Animals (Ex) Your familiar can communicate with animals similar to itself.
Speak With Familiar (Ex) You can communicate verbally with your familiar.
Focused Spell You can cast a spell that gains +2 DC against one of its multiple targets.

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Perhaps it has to do with the order of items listed in this line?


SQ +4 bonus on initiative checks, arcane bonds (sukooth, scorpion, greensting), deliver touch spells through familiar, empathic link with familiar, force missile (8/day), hero points, intense spells +3, share spells with familiar, speak with animals, speak with familiar, specialized schools (wrath [evocation])


The parser doesn't throw any errors. The error I'm getting appears in FG when I activate the module.

The parser lumps all of the special abilities section into one big lump of text and then attempts to format them based off finding an ability type of (Sp), (Su) or (Ex) - it was designed this way as all Paizo statblocks list the ability type and they are frequently on multiple lines, especially when copied from a PDF.

In order to get it to parse other special abilities, add a (Sp) for spell like abilities, (Su) for Supernatural abilities and (Ex) for Extraordinary Abilities. More info on these here: https://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/...cial-abilities

Also, the parser will identify where the special ability title begins by looking back for a period (.) and then will put the title on a new line and with a bold font. The parser then uses the FG formatted text XML tags of <p></p> to split lines as new paragraphs and <b></b> to highlight the ability titles in bold.

So, in order to get it to work properly (only for special abilities):

1. Add a (Sp), (Su) or (Ex) after each ability title.
2. Make sure the end of the previous line has a period. Some Hero Lab abilities do not do this so keep an eye out for them.

If you get a XML error when you open the NPC in Fantasy Grounds it is more than likely that this line splitting and ability title highlighting has not worked and the formatted text control XML tags are out of synch. If you know XML you can look in the db.xml file created in a folder in the directory containing the text parse (folder name is the same as the text file) - look for the <text type="formattedtext"> section and try to work out where the <p></p> and <b></b> tags are causing the error - if you're not familiar with XML don't worry about it.

I think you are getting the error due to the following lines:

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Empathic Link with Familiar (Su) You have an empathic link with your Arcane Familiar.
Force Missile (8/day) (Sp) Magic Missile hits for 1d4+3
Intense Spells +3 (Su) Evocation spells deal listed extra damage.

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When the parser reaches the "Intense Spells +3 (Su)" section it will parse back for a period - which is before the "Force Missile" entry. Force missile has already been formatted correctly (because the previous line ends in a period) but the parser thinks this is the beginning of the "Intense Spells" section and so throws some <p> and <b> tags in there which more than likely break the XML and give the error you are seeing.

Simple fix - put a period on the end of the Force Missile line:

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Force Missile (8/day) (Sp) Magic Missile hits for 1d4+3.

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Hope the above makes sense and that the period fix works.

Darn it! You beat me by 19 minutes!

I figured out the issue as well. =)

Trenloe, did you ever address the issue that the 'xp' element of the parser is creating a string for a number definition? I'm not sure this information gets used anyway.. but it seems like it would create an error if it was.
Example of output from version 1.0.0.15:

Code:

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<xp type="number">XP 200</xp>

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