Filtering NPCs by terrain

[Vassago77]

Is there a way to filter NPCs by terrain? I am trying to build random tables for wilderness encounters and this would help immensely.

BTW, are the NPCs even categorized by terrain? I cannot find that anywhere! Does this field exist in Fantasy Grounds Unity?

Thanks!

Moderator: moved to 5e

[Zacchaeus]

For what ruleset?

If for 5e then no, there's no terrain or biome section for NPC's in any of the WotC books, so there's not a filter for that.

[Vassago77]

Hi!, Yes it's 5e. I forgot to mention.

I was thinking about Xanathar, where there are lists divided by terrrain. Unfortunately, as you say, there is no section for terrain in the NPCs stats in the WotC books.

Is there a way to add this terrain "field" to Fantasy Grounds Unity? Maybe an extension or a mod? So that I could filter the NPCs by terrain?

Thank you Zacchaeus!

[Zacchaeus]

You could do it with an extension. You would need to add the field to the NPC sheet and then somehow populate that field, as well as adding the field to the filter.

[damned]

You can easily add that field by extension.
No data will magically appear in it though.

[Vassago77]

And I guess there is no easy way to do it, I wouldn't even know where to start to learn creating an, let alone do it practically.

Is it a feat that I can do in a couple of days of learning and practicing?

Could you point me out to where I can find the info to do this?

[Vassago77]

You can easily add that field by extension.
No data will magically appear in it though.

Thank you! I liked that you used the word "easily". This gives me hope- I will input the data by myself.

[celestian]

If there is a "field" on the NPC with that data you can use the Encounter Safari extension to do that.

[Vassago77]

If there is a "field" on the NPC with that data you can use the Encounter Safari extension to do that.

Thank you so much! This is exactly what I need AFTER I manage to create an extension adding the field "terrain" to NPC and after having populated it.

Now I need to find out how to create that extension. I hope somebody will point me out to where to study and learn about this.

[celestian]

Thank you so much! This is exactly what I need AFTER I manage to create an extension adding the field "terrain" to NPC and after having populated it.

Now I need to find out how to create that extension. I hope somebody will point me out to where to study and learn about this.

You could start with the extension knocked out and attached. I didn't do testing but it's a function thats similar to my general 2E custom extension I use for doing things like you're wanting (one shot things).

The .ext file is just a renamed zipped file so extract it to your own and edit away to do whatever you need.

/bulkchange [records] [field] Value here

Example:
/bulkchange npc source A new Source Value

Would set the "source" field on ALL npcs to "A new Source Value"

There are various debug outputs in the process so add more if you need and look to see what it's doing.

See attached.