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August 29th, 2019, 10:32 #21
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I am the DM in our game. When we read the description of both aspects and seeing how infrequently it will actually happen (5% of the time), I said we would roll every time if we can. At level 5, he only has 9 spell slots so he can only cast (if he uses all his sorcery points to convert to spells...) at a max 11 spells before he is out of spell slots - aka 50% chance per long rest that something may or may not happen.
Still what you are saying is, adding the WMS name in the power as a reminder and then adding the Table link in the description of the power as I have done already is as good as it gets... I embedded screenshots of the players character sheet for example purposes in my last post.
So even if the player has a preference on the style to the Mode for the actions tab (Standard, Preparation, or Combat), in order to get multiple actions that have various use cases grouped together, you would need to use the preparation view? I don't really understand the need for different modes on the actions tab... Do you have a link or a video explaining the reasoning behind them? Especially since most of the time, Standard and Combat look virtually identical. Are the only times Standard and Combat are really any different is if you are playing a character that has to prepare or pick spells at the beginning of the day (i.e. Cleric, Druid, Paladin, and Wizard)?
What is the line about Pact Magic for? I know that Warlocks are the only ones that use Pact Magic however I don't see the correlation between it and how it's any different than the typical Spellcasting line? Isn't the only difference wording but really it is the same? Or does it instead group all the spells together when you use it, since as a warlock you only have your cantrips and the highest level of spell to use as slots for all of your other spells.Last edited by Shireling; August 29th, 2019 at 10:53.
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August 29th, 2019, 11:25 #22
The modes have different uses. You would use Standard mode when editing powers. Preparation mode is used to check off prepared spells, edit the number of power uses, edit spell slots as well as change the status of weapons carried/equipped. Combat mode is what you would normally use when playing. Each mode shows different information. If there was only one mode then everything would be shown at once and that would lead to the possibility of inadvertent editing of things as well as looking very messy. Most of the time your players will be in combat mode which cuts down the information shown to just what is needed for combat.
Pact Magic is, as you say, only for Warlocks. Warlocks don't have the same number or level of spell slots as other spellcasters do (The number of spell slots that a given caster has depends on whether they are a full, half or one-third caster and their spellcasting level). Since Warlocks spell progression is different then there is a need for a separate line of slots. Warlocks also recover slots on a short rest, whereas other spellcasters don't.
Oh and links:
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/wiki/...de_and_Display
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...reation-VideosLast edited by Zacchaeus; August 29th, 2019 at 11:28.
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May 8th, 2020, 13:21 #23
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What if instead of needing an extension for the Wild Surge roll table, I have a power group on the actions tab for a player's magic items so they could have easy access to the descriptions of what the items do, if they have to keep track of charges they can use the preparation mode to keep track... Is there a way to automate the charge rolls on a Wand of Fireballs for instance:
1. When you take a long rest, it automatically rolls the 1d6+1 expended charges and regains that number of uses but not all uses unlike the regular daily use powers where you regain all of them.
2. Or if you use the last daily use of that item, there is an option that will recognize this type of uses (because it is a custom number with d6s, d4s, etc) and will auto roll a d20 to see if the item is crumbled and destroyed from rolling a nat 1.
I feel like this would need to be a carefully written or designed extension to add another preparation type beyond Daily, Rest, and Once...Last edited by Shireling; May 8th, 2020 at 13:27. Reason: Clarification of Inquiry or Request
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May 8th, 2020, 13:26 #24
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The other option I am considering is items like a Bag of Tricks... If again, I use a power group on the actions tab of a character sheet to track the magic items and their powers, right now a player has to use three clicks to navigate to the item description, then click on the link to the roll table, and then roll on the roll table to see the outcome of wanting to use a magic item. Is there an effect that I can add (use the cast or effect feature with appropriate syntax) to roll on the roll table instead of having it become a navigation nightmare?
Would this be another extension or do I not know what effect to add or how to word it properly under the spell group or power group?Last edited by Shireling; May 8th, 2020 at 13:28.
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May 8th, 2020, 16:06 #25
For things like Wands with charges yes you would set up a power group for the wand, drag in the spell that the wand casts and use preparation mode to set the limit of the charges. Ticking off or regaining charges is a manual process; there's no automation for that nor is there any extension that I am aware of.
As for the bag of tricks nothing has changed since your post above. There is no effect that will allow a table roll. Your players can of course drag the table link into their shortcut bar so that they can just click that to bring up the table.If there is something that you would like to see in Fantasy Grounds that isn't currently part of the software or if there is something you think would improve a ruleset then add your idea here https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featu...rerequests.php
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May 8th, 2020, 18:42 #26
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I totally agree that this makes sense to allocate the max number of charges based on the spell being cast that is associated with the item...
I completely agree that ticking off charges is a manual process but regaining charges is not. If the preparation mode is set for once, yes it is manual (very similar to ammunition with ranged and thrown weapons). For daily or rest modes under preparation, those are reset to full when you take the respectively corresponding long or short rests. That being the case, I didn't know if automation could be created using a similar UI to the heal and/or damage effects where you can have a UI with custom input to set up the amount that could be re-rolled.
Example is a Wand of Fireballs. Spell is Fireball. There is a total of 7 charges and you regain 1d6 +1 charges at dawn. So you would have the total number be 7 daily but the extension would instead be called custom not daily and each long rest it would roll 1d6 + 1 and regain the number of charges up to the max... again 7. Also, if you used all the charges the extension could roll a d20 and on a roll of 1 it could output into the chat a message saying "the item crumbled and was destroyed" and then the extension could call the delete item function and remove the item from the power group. You could apply this extension to quite a few different magic items that have similar rollable recharge systems...
Clearly, I have thought about this for a little while but the issue is that I don't really know how to code in lua so I don't know how to build a custom extension properly. And I don't know how to open up other extensions that I currently use to see how they are coded to build my own. Any suggestions on how to learn or best things to watch? It is like building custom items and other things within Fantasy Grounds - I had to spend a lot of time experimenting, watching YouTube videos, and combing over the Wiki page and discussion boards to find what I was looking for.Last edited by Shireling; May 8th, 2020 at 18:50.
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May 8th, 2020, 23:05 #27
Automation to do what you want could be created, via an extension that modifies the behavior of the ruleset using XML with LUA coding. But, without an extension to customize the behavior, i.e. through the interface itself, you won't be able to get the behavior you want. If you have the number of charges/spell/action set to daily, they will all reset upon a long rest. Instead if you set them to Once, they will not recharge, and you will have to manually reset them.
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March 15th, 2021, 10:33 #29If there is something that you would like to see in Fantasy Grounds that isn't currently part of the software or if there is something you think would improve a ruleset then add your idea here https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featu...rerequests.php
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Here is the original version of the file (the most recent I have).
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