'Poly D&D- Coordination Thread. - Page 10

Jamski · July 28, 2003, 16:18

With hit rolls and saves? I think not

Not to mention calculation of weight carried, exp for next level, skills and feats with bonuses etc. These sheets save many a DMs life.

-Jam

The Mad Monk · July 28, 2003, 16:24

How about a giant virtual party? It's unlikely that everyone will play at once, so there should be enough thumb twiddlers to give you the half dozenish active characters you want at any given time.

Jon Miller · July 28, 2003, 16:25

that is a real hassle to use, can you give any instructions?

Jon Miller

Jamski · July 28, 2003, 16:35

Its a hassle?

Ok, if you say so, here goes. Fill in the name on the top, and YOUR name too
Then use the little arrows to get the drop-down for your class, and type the level in the box next to it.
Then fill in your stats, which will then automatically fill in half the other boxes for you.
Mark the boxes for the skills you take, and the levels of those skills in the box to the right. This will automaticall workout all the skill check rolls.
Fill in your weapons (select melee or missile with the drop down box) and armour. This will automatically calculate your AC. The description box you can type what you like, the others will only take numbers, I think.
Fill in any other equipment, feats, and spells (just a bit of typing)

How's that for starters - I allow all first level Chars to take max hit points, so put that in too at the top, and alignment.

Ta-Daa! finally put 0 (zero) in the box for XP, and we're all done, I think.

-Jam

Jon Miller · July 28, 2003, 16:37

whenever I leave a box, I get a bunch of errors and whatever was in that box disappears

Jon Miller

Jamski · July 28, 2003, 16:39

Oh, and put my e-mail in the box on the top-left, and press save sheet. If that doesn't work, save it and send manually.

-Jam

Jamski · July 28, 2003, 16:40

Which box?

-Jam

Jon Miller · July 28, 2003, 16:40

any box

Jon Miller

Jamski · July 28, 2003, 16:43

eh?

It all works fine for me. You do have the latest Adobe, don't you?

Well, if you're the only exception, I can fill in your sheet for you - but only becuase I like you

-Jam

Jon Miller · July 28, 2003, 17:00

I tried updating

it still didn't work afterwards

Jon Miller

FrustratedPoet · July 28, 2003, 17:05

The sheet works fine for me, btw .. not that I'm playing anymore. I thought I'd check it out though. It's 100 times better than any other supposed 'automated' charsheet I've ever found on the 'net. I can imagine this making the DMs job much easier.

Jon Miller · July 28, 2003, 17:08

hmm

maybe even with all that updating I wasn't all the way up to date

I will try again after this

Jon Miller

Jon Miller · July 28, 2003, 17:13

downloaded and installed right off the website

still no good

Jon Miller

The Mad Monk · July 28, 2003, 17:15

Quote:

Originally posted by Jamski
Its a hassle?

Ok, if you say so, here goes. Fill in the name on the top, and YOUR name too
Then use the little arrows to get the drop-down for your class, and type the level in the box next to it.
Then fill in your stats, which will then automatically fill in half the other boxes for you.
Mark the boxes for the skills you take, and the levels of those skills in the box to the right. This will automaticall workout all the skill check rolls.
Fill in your weapons (select melee or missile with the drop down box) and armour. This will automatically calculate your AC. The description box you can type what you like, the others will only take numbers, I think.
Fill in any other equipment, feats, and spells (just a bit of typing)

How's that for starters - I allow all first level Chars to take max hit points, so put that in too at the top, and alignment.

Ta-Daa! finally put 0 (zero) in the box for XP, and we're all done, I think.

-Jam

What happens when you branch out into different classes?

Jon Miller · July 28, 2003, 17:15

hmm, after updating, reinstalling, and updating it again, it appears like it might be working

Jon Miller

Jamski · July 28, 2003, 17:28

JM : YAY!

Mad Monk : There's four boxes at the top for class and level. It will calculate the saves and attacks for multiclass chars correctly too. Simply play with it and you'll see. Put 12 levels as Mage and 8 as Fighter and look at what you get. Nice eh?

FP : Yes, it is rather lush isn't it?

-Jam

Hot Mustard · July 28, 2003, 19:38

"Rags" saved and sent. Nice sheet.

Jon Miller · July 28, 2003, 19:40

mine will be saved and sent once I get a few questions answered

Jo Miller

Hot Mustard · July 28, 2003, 19:41

Quote:

Originally posted by Jamski
With hit rolls and saves? I think not

Not to mention calculation of weight carried, exp for next level, skills and feats with bonuses etc. These sheets save many a DMs life.

-Jam

I tried to set a good example with the characters I posted. (They had all that and even funds down to the last copper!)

Jon Miller · July 28, 2003, 19:45

mine had saves and funds down to the last copper

didn't have hit rolls, but I could have easily given them

some of our players don't know how to do that stuff, and I would recommend just makeing a character up from their idea (I am thinking Slowwhand here)

Jon Miller

Hot Mustard · July 28, 2003, 19:51

I wasn't implying that our newbs were negligent or anything - quite a few put a lot together.

I was merely pointing out that a few put up everything Jam mentioned, and some went beyond the core sourcebooks.

Jon Miller · July 28, 2003, 19:54

I went into the Forgotten Realms Sourcebooks

will go more into them as I level

Jon Miller

Sandman · July 28, 2003, 21:31

Ok, sent it. It's slightly incomplete, however. My post on the character thread has rage stats worked out already, which will probably be helpful to you.

Jamski · July 29, 2003, 07:09

Ok boys, I got the forms, but they're all corrupted and then my computer hangs.

I'll just have to do it the slow way...

-Jam

Jamski · July 29, 2003, 07:10

So, I have Jon, Monk, dejon and Sandman showing interest so far...

-Jam

FrustratedPoet · July 29, 2003, 07:36

Quote:

Originally posted by Jamski
Ok boys, I got the forms, but they're all corrupted and then my computer hangs.

I'll just have to do it the slow way...

-Jam

Do you have the commercial version of Adobe, wheras everyone else has the free Adobe Reader? That might explain it, but I'm certainly no expert.

Makeo · July 29, 2003, 08:00

i'm in too. not at home but have downloaded the form, so will complete when i get home. next to the class drop down there was one with WILL fort ref etc in it? what do i put in there?

Jon Miller · July 29, 2003, 11:15

nothing I think

unless you get a feat that gives you special bonuses, or a race, you want to just let it handle everything from what you put into the stats

whatch out when you save it, somehow I managed to just save the template and not what was in it

Jon Miller

Lonestar · July 31, 2003, 21:13

There better not be any Redneck Trees.

MattH · July 31, 2003, 21:40

Quote:

Originally posted by Lonestar
There better not be any Redneck Trees.

baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!