Updated Complete Paizo Spells Module (2036 spells)

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September 30th, 2015, 03:55
Trenloe

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Updated Complete Paizo Spells Module (2036 spells)

I've finally got around to updating the Complete Paizo Spells module based off the PFSRD spells database. I remember why I dislike updating this module as there are so many <tag> errors in the descriptive field that break the FG XML and have to be manually fixed.

Anyway, finally, here is an update module. This covers PFSRD info on Paizo spells up to Adventure Path 95, recent Player Companions and Campaign Setting books. It does not cover Occult Adventures as this hasn't been released to the PRD yet. This module contains 2036 spells!

I've used the same naming convention so, as long as the spell database hasn't renamed spells, you should just be able to replace the old module with this one.

I'm sure there'll be the odd formatting issue in the description field. Please let me know of any issues below.

FG Unity compatible version available here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...l=1#post496705 Thanks Lichtblitz!

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Sept 30th, 2015 Minor update for table format in detect magic and detect evil.
September 30th, 2015, 16:27
Blackfoot

Small issue, the 'Aura Strength' table in 'Detect Magic' is missing an empty column in the second row... this shifts all the other columns in that row left 1 so they don't line up properly. The rest of these tables look MUCH better than in the previous version .. kudos.
September 30th, 2015, 16:49
Trenloe

Thanks BF. I've updated (and bolded the headers) to look like the PRD entry. There was a similar issue with detect evil too, updated that also.
October 3rd, 2015, 05:33
gamerhawaii

Is there the equivalent for the Monsters & NPCs?
October 3rd, 2015, 05:43
Trenloe

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Originally Posted by gamerhawaii

Is there the equivalent for the Monsters & NPCs?

Not every single one released by Paizo, but quite a lot are here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...l=1#post120185

The Pathfinder creature parser will help you get others from PDF to FG module: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...2-Beta-Version
October 12th, 2015, 23:55
Ken L

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I slightly updated my list, it doesn't use any formatted text, but if you don't care about it, it organizes spells by class, and appends the source information in the spell descriptions rather than showing lists by book.

Trens is more pretty, but both will parse well when you import the spell. I'm slowly working on a PFSRD automated scrapper which will scrape all equipment, and spells which will get me better, custom formatting later on. I gave up on using predictive metrics to fix the formatted text entry when I realized that the tags weren't fully formed in some cases.

One thing about scrapping PFSRD is that it doesn't use IP names like 'Deadeye's Arrow' which is turned into 'Shock Arrow' so I'll need to have a post-processor after the fact.

https://imgur.com/Mc53IJA
October 14th, 2015, 05:22
damned

Good work Ken L.
October 31st, 2015, 21:15
gamerhawaii

I noticed that when I am browsing the spells in the list, I see the domain instead of the short description of the spell. Is that intentional?
October 31st, 2015, 22:49
Ken L

Last I remember, the database doesn't have complete short descriptions, with many of the fields left blank so Tren is using something else.
June 6th, 2016, 17:21
Talyn

When I use Spells by Sourcebook, The Dragon's Demand gives the following:

Script Error: [string "common/scripts/windowtitlebar.lua"]: 18: attempt to index local 'nodeTitle' (a nil value)
June 6th, 2016, 17:37
Trenloe

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Originally Posted by Talyn

When I use Spells by Sourcebook, The Dragon's Demand gives the following:

Script Error: [string "common/scripts/windowtitlebar.lua"]: 18: attempt to index local 'nodeTitle' (a nil value)

Thanks for reporting. This will be fixed in the next release - probably not for a couple of months yet.

You can access the one spell in that list (Wall of Light) from the "All Spells" list.
June 6th, 2016, 17:39
Talyn

Ok, it just so happened that was the very first thing I clicked after installing the module and I was like "uh oh!" I went through every other link in the Spells by Sourcebook and didn't get any other errors.

Oh! Forgot to request: when this gets updated, for the sake of consistency would you mind changing APG to Advanced Player's Guide since all the other guides are spelled out? =)
April 16th, 2020, 08:17
Lichtblitz

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I've fixed the original module, so it will run with FGU. Just a few minor encoding errors, I haven't changed any content. I also haven't checked whether it loads correctly in FGC.
April 16th, 2020, 12:57
Trenloe

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Originally Posted by Lichtblitz

I've fixed the original module, so it will run with FGU. Just a few minor encoding errors, I haven't changed any content. I also haven't checked whether it loads correctly in FGC.

Thanks for doing this and sharing with the community!
April 16th, 2020, 18:54
Lichtblitz

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Originally Posted by Trenloe

Thanks for doing this and sharing with the community!

Sure thing.
In case you wish to fix this for your next release: the encoding declaration specifies UTF-8 but the actual encoding was ANSI. It seems FGU is more strict in parsing the XML (which is a good thing in my opinion). So I just converted it into actual UTF-8. That's all I had to do for this module and it works fine, otherwise. Thanks for providing it :-)
April 16th, 2020, 19:05
Talyn

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Originally Posted by Lichtblitz

Sure thing.
In case you wish to fix this for your next release: the encoding declaration specifies UTF-8 but the actual encoding was ANSI. It seems FGU is more strict in parsing the XML (which is a good thing in my opinion). So I just converted it into actual UTF-8. That's all I had to do for this module and it works fine, otherwise. Thanks for providing it :-)

The parser in FGU is incredibly strict. The 'problem' is all the old DLC (1600+ and counting) state the encoding is ISO-8859-1 however in fact FGC allowed ANSI/Windows-1252 and the extra characters it provided, where FGU it absolutely will not. I would double check that this new module still works in FGC. (I have a feeling the FGC parser doesn't actually give a damn about encoding?) But 'backward compatibility' is the reason we're having to 'downgrade' our DLC to remove the extra characters the standard from 1987 doesn't support.
April 16th, 2020, 20:16
Lichtblitz

Yeah, considering backwards compatibility sounds like a real headache. Windows-1252 should work fine in FGU as well, as long as it's properly declared in the XML. Unity is based on .NET and the framework's XML parser is pretty solid and standards-conform.

I'm new to Fantasy Grounds so I went straight to UTF-8 without considering FGC, unfortunately.
April 16th, 2020, 21:37
Talyn

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Originally Posted by Lichtblitz

Unity is based on .NET and the framework's XML parser is pretty solid and standards-conform.

Apparently the cross-platform library will only accept ISO-8859-1 and since that's what all the old DLC says, that's what we're stuck with until FG Classic is sunset in a few years. At least that's what a certain Lunar Sorcerer keeps telling me.
April 16th, 2020, 22:23
Lichtblitz

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Originally Posted by Talyn

Apparently the cross-platform library will only accept ISO-8859-1 and since that's what all the old DLC says, that's what we're stuck with until FG Classic is sunset in a few years. At least that's what a certain Lunar Sorcerer keeps telling me.

Ah, I see. Thanks for your insight! :-)