Basilisk's Thread of Stupid Questions

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September 22nd, 2016, 03:47
BasiliskOnline

Basilisk's Thread of Stupid Questions
Hey guys, I feel like I'm gonna run afoul of alot of questions as i start my way through this zany adventure that is Fantasy Grounds. I think I run into a problem with the shear wealth of information available, I end up spending forever combing through tangentially connected but unhelpful atm information. So i figure instead of cluttering the forums up with question after question, unless you'd prefer that :P, I plan to lump them all here. I feel like many new players without anyone with experiencing assisting them will run into these, so it might be helpful to new players like me.

QUESTION ONE: Im testing with how everything works, I have an ultimate license. My Wife has a demo account to help me figure things out and we are currently working on character creation. I thought she should have access to everything I do as the GM while we are sharing a connection. Yet she cant see the spells to select her sorcerer's spells, and when i drag and drop them into the chat window she gets an error. how does the GM share resources with players? (Yes, she is logged in through the settings and i see the modules loaded)

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Originally Posted by damned

Go into Libraries and activate the module and then drag the green sharing icon on to it. Players will then have the option to activate this in their own Library modules window.

QUESTION TWO: Is there Healing Potion automation?

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Originally Posted by Zacchaeus

Have a look at this. It shows you how to set up a healing effect. Obviously you'll want better names and description than are in the graphic. Also you can set this up in 'preparation' mode to be usable only once so when it is consumed it goes away and won't come back again until you get another one.
It's probably quite useful to have a read through the rest of that effects article if you are just starting out trying to get your head around them

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Originally Posted by damned

I dont know if the Healing Potion has any automation... I type +2 in the Modifier and then roll 2d4 and then [CTRL] drag the result on to the players Wounds and that subtracts that number from their wounds....
There are probably better answers... It will actually show this as a Healing action.
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Originally Posted by Trenloe

Follow these steps as the GM (numbered in the screenshot below):

Roll the 2d4+2 as damned mentions above.
Hold down the CTRL key and drag from the roll result of step #1 and drop on the Wnd column in the combat tracker.
The chat window reflects the -9 being applied to wounds as a healing action.

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...chmentid=15429

The player can do a similar process, but they can't drop on the combat tracker - CTRL+drag the roll result number to the HP "Wnd" field on the first (Main) page of the character sheet.
September 22nd, 2016, 03:53
damned

Go into Libraries and activate the module and then drag the green sharing icon on to it. Players will then have the option to activate this in their own Library modules window.
September 22nd, 2016, 03:55
BasiliskOnline

OHHH! I had no idea those lil thingies at the bottom were draggable. Thanks man, you're a damned treasure!
September 22nd, 2016, 04:00
Trenloe

And, in future, if you get an error please let us know what the error is so we have a better idea about what the problem is - telling us you get an error but no details usually doesn't help. We could kinda guess for this one, but that might not be the case in future. :)

And/or look at the error message, it may be informative! ;)
September 22nd, 2016, 06:34
BasiliskOnline

You re absolutely right, Trenloe! My bad xD

on another note, *sets up the Damned summoning circle* Im running a mock combat with myself to get use to the features. How does one take a healing potion? its not in the action tab and ive dropped vrious ways of dropping various things on various places xD
September 22nd, 2016, 07:07
Skellan

*Summoning circle causes a chaos manifestation and you get me instead....*

Which ruleset are you using? 5E?
September 22nd, 2016, 07:18
BasiliskOnline

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Originally Posted by Skellan

*Summoning circle causes a chaos manifestation and you get me instead....*

Which ruleset are you using? 5E?

yes! sorry, 5E
September 22nd, 2016, 07:23
Myrdin Potter

Healing potions are not built in automated. You need to either build an effect or say that you are drinking one, manually lower your inventory, and then roll 2d4 and add 2 and manually adjust your hp (or the DM can adjust)
September 22nd, 2016, 07:25
damned

I dont know if the Healing Potion has any automation... I type +2 in the Modifier and then roll 2d4 and then [CTRL] drag the result on to the players Wounds and that subtracts that number from their wounds....
There are probably better answers... It will actually show this as a Healing action.
September 22nd, 2016, 10:10
Zacchaeus

Have a look at this. It shows you how to set up a healing effect. Obviously you'll want better names and description than are in the graphic. Also you can set this up in 'preparation' mode to be usable only once so when it is consumed it goes away and won't come back again until you get another one.
It's probably quite useful to have a read through the rest of that effects article if you are just starting out trying to get your head around them
September 22nd, 2016, 13:26
jshauber

Something we have done in our Castles & Crusades game is to set up an ATTACK for each heal and just have it apply negative damage.

I have yet to try this in 5E but I don't see why it wouldn't work.
September 22nd, 2016, 17:55
BasiliskOnline

Thanks all! I think as i try to google and find stuff in the forums, one of the main hurdles i come across is i know alot of functionality was added in FG3 and most all the data i find is pertinent to Pre-3. So im never sure if the information im getting is correct or just out of date! Being able to drag the dice to the wounds to get it to auto affect them is good advice.
September 22nd, 2016, 18:12
Skellan

I think the wiki should be up to date, so that's a good place to start. Good luck exploring FG
September 22nd, 2016, 18:13
BasiliskOnline

Quote:

Originally Posted by damned

I dont know if the Healing Potion has any automation... I type +2 in the Modifier and then roll 2d4 and then [CTRL] drag the result on to the players Wounds and that subtracts that number from their wounds....
There are probably better answers... It will actually show this as a Healing action.

I have tried [CTRL] dragging and dropping them onto the wounds on the character sheet as the Player, and the combat tracker as the GM, neither seemed to have any affect...
September 22nd, 2016, 18:23
Nylanfs

Drop on the token of the char
September 22nd, 2016, 18:34
Trenloe

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Originally Posted by BasiliskOnline

I have tried [CTRL] dragging and dropping them onto the wounds on the character sheet as the Player, and the combat tracker as the GM, neither seemed to have any affect...

Follow these steps as the GM (numbered in the screenshot below):
1. Roll the 2d4+2 as damned mentions above.
2. Hold down the CTRL key and drag from the roll result of step #1 and drop on the Wnd column in the combat tracker.
3. The chat window reflects the -9 being applied to wounds as a healing action.
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...chmentid=15429

The player can do a similar process, but they can't drop on the combat tracker - CTRL+drag the roll result number to the HP "Wnd" field on the first (Main) page of the character sheet.
September 22nd, 2016, 18:36
Trenloe

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nylanfs

Drop on the token of the char

FYI - that won't work in this example, as the roll is not tagged as healing - it is just a number, so dragging a number to a token won't do anything as FG doesn't know what the number is. You need to drag the number to a specific field for it to be appropriately applied - in this case the Wnd field.
September 22nd, 2016, 18:41
BasiliskOnline
Quote:
Originally Posted by Trenloe

Follow these steps as the GM (numbered in the screenshot below):

Roll the 2d4+2 as damned mentions above.
Hold down the CTRL key and drag from the roll result of step #1 and drop on the Wnd column in the combat tracker.
The chat window reflects the -9 being applied to wounds as a healing action.

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...chmentid=15429

The player can do a similar process, but they can't drop on the combat tracker - CTRL+drag the roll result number to the HP "Wnd" field on the first (Main) page of the character sheet.
Quote:

Originally Posted by Trenloe

FYI - that won't work in this example, as the roll is not tagged as healing - it is just a number, so dragging a number to a token won't do anything as FG doesn't know what the number is. You need to drag the number to a specific field for it to be appropriately applied - in this case the Wnd field.

Boom! thats what i was missing, thanks Tren. You guys are great! :)