Originally Posted by
Trenloe
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OPTIONS presents the user with a list of options to select (using "OPTIONS choice"). There are then two sub-options to this: "item" (which results in the items selected in the options list being added to the PC) and "XREF=XXX" which results in the relevant value selected being added to the PC XREF variables. The examples in the Google doc cover all three types - I've added a xref example. Plus there are a few examples in the Core Rules - the most class kits have item options, and there's only a couple of examples of the xref option: "Vengeful Hatred" feat and "Dragon Instinct" lookup data (which is the example in the Google doc).
I've added some information about the FILTER keyword in the Google doc as follows:
Automation entries can have a FILTER:Class=XXXX entry within the automation field. Currently only “Class” is supported. This allows all automation after the FILTER keyword to be applied only to a character who has a specific class.
For example: [Athletics trained]FILTER:Class=Druid[FEAT add animal companion|no|druid][SPELL add heal animal|focus spells|1]
This results in every PC being trained in athletics, but only PCs whose class is “druid” will also get the additional automation (FEAT and SPELL) applied when the record with the automaton is added to the character.