Rules Lite New World of Darkness

[PneumaPilot]

Thank you, sir. I never thought someone would actually use as many Equipment lines as you did, Slu. I thought, surely no one could passibly carry that much stuff. Apparently I need to re-read my copy of "The Things They Carried".

[Valarian]

I'll echo Foen, a very neat design. I take the point about the dice modifiers. It's been a while since I played WoD. I've got the NWoD book and Vampire, but not played them yet. I'd be interested in the ruleset.

One further suggestion. There are three spare tabs on the sheet. These could be used to supply game specific details for the other NWoD games. Maybe even as extensions for the ruleset. Something to have a think about for the future.

[turelus]

Just saw this thread and THANK YOU!
I have been waiting on a WoD ruleset for a long time.

Keep up the good work!

[Bidmaron]

Hi

You might want to consider amending the notes section to allow the GM to add hidden notes to a character sheet (visible from the GM's view of the character sheet, but hidden in the player's view).


Basically it provides for two data entry areas, then hides one of them and expands the other if the user isn't the host (GM).

This should replace the windowclass definition in charsheet_notes.xml.

Hope that helps

Foen

Foen, are there any rulesets using this mod right now?

[PneumaPilot]

My troupe is playing through one story as mortals starting tonight. After we finish that, we will be transitioning into a Hunter: The Vigil game. So I will have to modify the ruleset for use with Hunter in the next week or two. I definitely plan to use the extra tabs on the sheet to add new information specific to Hunter (Endowments, Tactics). I also will change the front page to include Hunter information like Profession and Compact or Conspiracy.

In the meantime, for folks like turelus, is there any accepted place to upload rulesets so that others can get a hold of them? I would probably need to clean the thing up first. There is SO much unused D20 stuff lying around in all the various folders. I've just been afraid to delete much of it because it's all cross-linked up the wazoo. I don't want everything failing because I deleted a script or xml file referenced in like 20 others.

[Oberoten]

Hi

You might want to consider amending the notes section to allow the GM to add hidden notes to a character sheet (visible from the GM's view of the character sheet, but hidden in the player's view).

The script for this is quite straightforward:

  <windowclass name="charsheet_notes">
    <placement>
      <size>
        <width>252</width>
        <height>611</height>
      </size>
    </placement>
    <nodelete />
    <script>
      function onInit()
        if User.isHost() then
          --[[ GM view, include GM notes ]]
          gmframe.setVisible(true);
          gmframelabel.setVisible(true);
          gmnotes.setVisible(true);
          frame.setAnchoredHeight(395);
        else
          --[[ Player view, exclude GM notes ]]
          gmframe.setVisible(false);
          gmframelabel.setVisible(false);
          gmnotes.setVisible(false);
          frame.setAnchoredHeight(570);
        end
      end
    </script>
    <sheetdata>
      <!-- PLAYER NOTES -->
      <genericcontrol name="frame">
        <anchored>
          <top>
            <anchor>top</anchor>
            <offset>20</offset>
          </top>
          <left>
            <anchor>left</anchor>
            <offset>15</offset>
          </left>
          <right>
            <anchor>right</anchor>
            <offset>-29</offset>
          </right>
          <size>
            <height>395</height>
          </size>
        </anchored>
        <frame>
          <name>sheetgroup</name>
        </frame>
      </genericcontrol>
      <stringcontrol>
        <anchored>
          <to>frame</to>
          <position>insidetopleft</position>
          <offset>15,14</offset>
        </anchored>
        <font>sheetlabel</font>
        <static>Character Notes</static>
      </stringcontrol>
      <stringfield name="notes">
        <anchored>
          <top>
            <parent>frame</parent>
            <anchor>top</anchor>
            <offset>25</offset>
          </top>
          <bottom>
            <parent>frame</parent>
            <anchor>bottom</anchor>
            <offset>-10</offset>
          </bottom>
          <left>
            <parent>frame</parent>
            <anchor>left</anchor>
            <offset>15</offset>
          </left>
          <right>
            <parent>frame</parent>
            <anchor>right</anchor>
            <offset>-15</offset>
          </right>
        </anchored>
        <multilinespacing>20</multilinespacing>
        <font>sheettext</font>
        <frame>
          <name>textline</name>
          <offset>2,0,2,0</offset>
        </frame>
      </stringfield>
      <!-- GM NOTES -->
      <genericcontrol name="gmframe">
        <anchored>
          <to>frame</to>
          <position>below</position>
          <offset>0</offset>
          <size>
            <height>175</height>
          </size>
        </anchored>
        <frame>
          <name>sheetgroup</name>
        </frame>
        <invisible/>
      </genericcontrol>
      <stringcontrol name="gmframelabel">
        <anchored>
          <to>gmframe</to>
          <position>insidetopleft</position>
          <offset>15,14</offset>
        </anchored>
        <font>sheetlabel</font>
        <static>GM Notes</static>
        <invisible/>
      </stringcontrol>
      <stringfield name="gmnotes">
        <anchored>
          <top>
            <parent>gmframe</parent>
            <anchor>top</anchor>
            <offset>25</offset>
          </top>
          <bottom>
            <parent>gmframe</parent>
            <anchor>bottom</anchor>
            <offset>-10</offset>
          </bottom>
          <left>
            <parent>gmframe</parent>
            <anchor>left</anchor>
            <offset>15</offset>
          </left>
          <right>
            <parent>gmframe</parent>
            <anchor>right</anchor>
            <offset>-15</offset>
          </right>
        </anchored>
        <multilinespacing>20</multilinespacing>
        <font>sheettext</font>
        <frame>
          <name>textline</name>
          <offset>2,0,2,0</offset>
        </frame>
        <invisible/>
      </stringfield>
    </sheetdata>
  </windowclass>

Basically it provides for two data entry areas, then hides one of them and expands the other if the user isn't the host (GM).

This should replace the windowclass definition in charsheet_notes.xml.

Hope that helps

Foen

Would it be okay if I used this script on my Ars Magica ruleset as well?

- Obe

[PneumaPilot]

Obe, do you really have to ask permission? I've seen a lot of stuff in these forums dealing with people asking about which copyrights to put on things, etc. I was under the impression that anything fan-made built in an open source community like this that is not for sale is pretty much legal-free. For instance, I can make a 'star-wars' themed movie with me and my friends without acknowledging copyrights or whatnot. Shouldn't the same be true for this stuff?

[Oberoten]

Probably not, but it is the polite thing to do when the code was meant for you.

- Obe

[PneumaPilot]

Gotcha. Well, anybody and everybody has permission to use and permute anything I make for this program. I just need to know how to go about sharing it with people other than my players.

[Oberoten]

I'd be willing to host at my webspace for you.

- Obe