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DICE NOTATION ------------- All "hit dice," "count," and "damage" values can be in the form of standard tabletop dice syntax. In other words, you can use 4d10+6 or 1d4-1 to specify a "count" for creatures when prompted. For "hit dice" and "damage", this extends further; you can have multiple dice chained together. These will all work: 1d6+3d8+4 4d8+3+1d6+1 4d6-1+3d6 However, the above examples will NOT work with a "count." Anything following the first full dice string will be truncated. Examples: 4d8+1d8+6 is shortened to 4d8 4d8+6+1d8 is shortened to 4d8+6 d20battle: RUNNING A BATTLE --------------------------- First, use the Edit menus to create the PCs and Creatures and to group them into parties. Then, choose to start a battle and select the party and encounter to use. You can choose to add members to either side by selecting individual units from the menus here. You can also add NPCs and creatures you haven't created with the Ad-Hoc buton. If you don't select a party and/or an encounter, the party/encounter will be formed by the individual units you click here. Once in battle, use the commands listed in the help menu to operate the iniative roster. In addition, double-clicking on a unit will show it's stats, and right-clicking will allow you to damage a unit. Obviously, click "End Battle" when you're done. You can't start a new battle until you end the current one. CONFIGURATION FILES ------------------- The first time any of the d20tools is run (with the exception of d20diceroller), it will create ~/.d20tools. Two files will automatically be created: skills and feats. These files will contain the default (core 3.5) list of skills and feats. You can add additional entries to these files; however, you may need to remove these files if you update d20tools, as the formats for these files may change. Each tool may also create a 'toolnamerc' file in this directory. Most tools accept at least the following configuration option: DATA_FILE=/path/to/data.xml If this option is not present, the default data file will be ~/.d20tools/data.xml. This file will be the default used when opening the save dialog.
