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- <h1>Lesson #15: .lst - Domains ( Part 1, The Basics)</h1>
-
- <p>By Eric C Smith (Maredudd) and Andrew McDougall (Tir Gwaith)</p>
-
- <p class="indent0"><strong>File(s) Covered:</strong> *_domains.lst</p>
- <p class="indent0"><strong>Tags used:</strong></p>
- <p class="indent1"><code><a href="../globalfilestagpages/globalfilesother.html#SOURCEPAGE">SOURCEPAGE</a></code>,
- <code><a href="../datafilestagpages/datafilesdomains.html#DESC">DESC</a></code>,
- <code><a href="../globalfilestagpages/globalfilesother.html#SPELLLEVEL">SPELLLEVEL:DOMAIN</a></code></a></code></p>
- <hr>
-
- <p>The domain file is a simple text file with one 'Domain' per line. There
- is only one domain specific tag in PCGen so most of the heavy
- work in building domains is in the global tags you will use.
- In this class I will go over
- both the domain specific tag as well as a few of the global tags,
- organized into two lessons: The Basics, Lesson 15, covering the
- tags required to create the basic functionality of a domain,
- and The Domain Powers, Lesson 16, that will cover the more advanced
- tags that will be used to add the 'Domain Powers' to
- your domains. Unfortunately, there are so many variations
- of global tags that can be used in any data file, including
- the domain file, that it is impractical to go over them all,
- but I believe that the examples I will
- be using in these two lessons, in conjunction with the
- PCGen documentation, will give you a jump start on building
- your own domains.</p>
- <p>For those of you that have gone through the previous LST Classes, some of
- the global tags will be repetitive. feel free to skip
- those portions if you like. These classes are being written
- for the new LST-coder, so there will be some overlap, but a
- student of the classes does not need to take them in order.</p>
- <p>To help you better understand how to put this file together, I will be using
- several domains as examples, three drawn from the Revised
- Standard Reference Document (RSRD) and one I have made up
- for this class in order to more completely
- demonstrate a few specific global tags. The domains we'll look
- at from the RSRD are <em><strong> </strong></em><em><strong>Law</strong></em>, <em><strong>Trickery</strong></em> and <em><strong>War</strong></em>,
- as well as the new domain of 'Poetry'. Our new
- domain is presented below in the standard RSRD format so you
- can follow along.</p>
- <h3>Example Domain</h3>
- <h4 class="indent1">Poetry Domain</h4>
- <p class="indent1"><strong>Granted Powers:</strong> You add all <strong><em>Perform</em></strong> skills
- to your cleric class skills and automatically <br>
- gain the ability to <strong><em>Scribe
- Scrolls</em></strong> at 3rd level<strong><em>.</em></strong> You cast mind-affecting
- spells at +1 <br>
- caster level. and is graced by <em><strong>Great Intelligence</strong></em> every
- four levels to a maximum of<br>
- 20th level. If you have a charisma score of 12
- or greater you may use <strong>Ventriloquism</strong> <br>
- once a day as a spell-like
- ability.
- <p class="indent1"><strong>Poetry Domain Spells</strong>
- <ol class="indent1">
- <li><em><strong>Hypnotism</strong></em><strong>:</strong> Fascinates 2d4 HD of creatures.</li>
- <li><strong><em>Suggestion</em>:</strong> Compels subject to follow stated course of action.</li>
- <li><em><strong>Geas (Lesser)</strong></em><strong>:</strong> Commands subject of 7 HD or less.</li>
- <li><strong><em>Modify Memory</em>:</strong> Changes 5 minutes of subject\x92s memories.</li>
- <li><strong><em>Song of Discord</em>:</strong> Forces targets to attack each other.</li>
- <li><em><strong>Irresistible Dance</strong></em><strong>:</strong> Forces subject to dance.</li>
- <li><strong><em>Hold Person, Mass</em>:</strong> As hold person, but all within 30 ft.</li>
- <li><strong><em>Charm Monster, Mass</em>:</strong> As charm monster, but all within 30 ft.</li>
- <li><strong><em>Hold Monster, Mass</em>:</strong> As hold monster, but all within 30 ft.</li>
- </ol>
-
- <p><strong>NOTE:</strong> The Poetry Domain is a little overdone, but I wanted
- to demonstrate a number of global tags. I would not recommend
- using the Poetry Domain in your campaign, unless of course you believe the
- pen is mightier
- than the sword . . .</p>
- <p>A quick note on a few general conventions used within this class before
- we jump into it: </p>
- <p>1) I have used the angle brackets, 'Less Than'
- and 'Greater Than' symbols, to indicate where
- your text will be entered when building a domain file.
- Unless explicitly stated in the text of my explanation,
- you will not include the
- angle brackets in your tags.</p>
- <p>2) Coding examples and PCGen tags are identified by <code><code></code> style.</p>
- <p>3) When referencing a specific PCGen object, i.e. domain, feat, weapon,
- etc., I have included the name as <strong><em>EMPHASISED</em></strong> text,
- except for when the object is part of a <code><code></code> example
- or in the case of the class 'Cleric', which is used throughout
- this article.</p>
- <p>Without further adieu, lets jump right into the lesson.</p>
- <hr>
- <p><code><strong><Domain Name></strong></code></p>
- <p>This is the name used for the domain. There is no specific tag associated
- with this entry and it must be the first entry on the domain line. So, our
- example domains lines will begin simply enough with the following entries: </p>
- <p><strong>Example:</strong></p>
- <p class="indent1"><code>War</code> <tab></p>
- <p class="indent1"><code>Poetry</code> <tab></p>
- <p></p>
- <hr>
- <p><strong><code>SOURCEPAGE</code></strong></p>
- <p>This tag is as simple as it looks. It identifies the page within the
- source material where you can find the specific description, powers,
- and spells for the domain you are creating. It takes free-form text
- but most often you will find it in one of two forms. If your source
- material is an OGL book the format is usually <code>SOURCEPAGE:p.<#></code>.
- If you are working from an online source, such as the RSRD, you would
- use the filename, so your tag would look like <code>SOURCEPAGE:<filename>.</code></p>
- <p>Since I have created the Poetry Domain from scratch there is no 'source',
- so there is no <code>SOURCEPAGE</code> tag required, but many functions
- and filters in PCGen use it, so it is good to include it. Therefore,
- I will include the tag with an N/A for the source page.
- I will skip it. The War Domain on the other hand comes from the
- RSRD and therefore
- would use the <code>SOURCEPAGE</code> tag per the example below.</p>
- <p>Note: There are three other <code>SOURCExxx</code> tags (<code>SOURCELONG</code>, <code>SOURCESHORT</code> and <code>SOURCEWEB</code>)
- that will be covered in a separate class so we will not be covering
- them here.</p>
- <p><strong>Example:</strong></p>
- <p class="indent1"><code>War</code> <tab> . . . <tab> <code>SOURCEPAGE:SpellListI.rtf</code></p>
- <p class="indent1"><code>Poetry</code> <tab> . . . <tab> <code>SOURCEPAGE:N/A</code></p>
- <p></p>
- <hr>
-
- <p><code><strong>DESC</strong></code></p>
- <p>Now we are getting to the 'fun stuff'. This tag is a global tag and is used to provide a simple explanation, or
- as Professor Baraks calls it, the 'flavor text', of the powers
- granted to the cleric by the domain. These
- powers can range anywhere from granted feats, spell-like abilities, or
- enhancements to any number of skills and abilities. If you are
- creating a domain based upon your favorite source
- book, you can generally find this information identified as the 'Granted
- Powers' in the domain block. For the Poetry Domain listed above
- and the War Domain, found in the RSRD, the <code>DESC</code> tags
- are reproduced below:</p>
- <p><strong>Example:</strong></p>
- <p class="indent1"><code>War </code><tab><code> DESC:Free Martial Weapon Proficiency with
- deity’s favored <br>
- weapon (if necessary) and Weapon Focus with the deity favored weapon.</code></p>
- <p class="indent1"><code>Poetry </code><tab><code> DESC:You
- add all Perform skills to your cleric class <br>
- skills
- and automatically gain the ability to Scribe Scrolls at
- 3rd <br>
- level. You cast mind-affecting spells at +1
- caster level. and is <br>
- graced by Great Intelligence every
- four levels to a maximum of 20th <br>
- level. If you have a charisma
- score of 12 or greater you may use <br>
- Ventriloquism once a day as
- a spell-like ability.</code></p>
- <p></p><hr>
- <p><code><strong>SPELLLEVEL:DOMAIN</strong></code></p>
- <p>In the domain file this tag provides a list of bonus spells, and their levels,
- that the cleric is granted access to by the domain.</p>
- <p>There are two types of argument regularly used with this tag, used in pairs
- in a pipe (|) delimited list. These arguments are the domain spell level
- slot, appearing as <code><domain name>=<spell level></code>,
- and the name of the spell that fills that level slot. Together, the string
- of arguments will look like this: <code>|<domain name>=<spell level
- 1>|<spell name 1>|<domain name>=<spell level 2>|<spell
- name 2>|<domain name>=<spell level 3>|<spell name 3> .
- . . </code></p>
- <p>Using this format, and looking at the spell list for the War domain, we
- would code the first level War domain spell this way: <War=1|Magic Weapon>,
- with the complete list of spells codded as seen in the complete example below.</p>
- <p>Looking at our sample domain as defined above, the second example below
- shows how we would code the domain spells for the domain of Poetry.</p>
- <p>Oh, and one more thing. When listing a spell you MUST use the name used
- at the beginning of its entry in the spell.lst file and NOT its
- output name. The Poetry domains 3rd level spell, <em><strong>Geas, Lesser</strong></em> is
- a good example. The rsrd_spells.lst file has 'Geas (Lesser)'
- as the name of the spell with its output
- name being <em><strong>Geas, Lesser</strong></em>. Other incarnations
- of the <code>SPELLLEVEL</code> tag
- use comma-delimited data and including a comma in the domain's
- spell list will cause PCGen to ignore the spell reference,
- thereby not granting access to that spell as a domain spell.</p>
- <p><strong>Example:</strong></p>
- <p class="indent1"><code>War</code> <tab> . . . <tab> <code>SPELLLEVEL:DOMAIN|War=1|Magic
- Weapon|War=2|Spiritual <br>
- Weapon|War=3|Magic Vestment|War=4|Divine Power|War=5|Flame
- Strike|<br>
- War=6|Blade Barrier|War=7|Power Word Blind|War=8|Power Word Stun|<br>
- War=9|Power
- Word Kill</code></p>
- <p class="indent1"><code>Poetry</code> <tab> . . . <tab> <code>SPELLLEVEL:DOMAIN|Poetry=1|Hypnotism|Poetry=2|<br>
- Suggestion|Poetry=3|Geas
- (Lesser)|Poetry=4|Modify Memory|Poetry=5|<br>
- Song of Discord|Poetry=6|Irresistible
- Dance|Poetry=7|Hold Person (Mass)|<br>
- Poetry=8|Charm Monster
- (Mass)|Poetry=9|Hold Monster (Mass)</code></p>
- <p></p>
- <hr>
- <h3>Conclusion: The Domain File Entry</h3>
- <p>My domain entry now looks like this (all on a single line.):</p>
-
- <ul class="indent0">
- <il><code>Poetry</code><tab></il><br>
- <il><code>SOURCEPAGE:SpellListI.rtf</code><tab></il><br>
- <il><code>DESC:You add all Perform skills to your cleric class skills <br>
- and
- automatically gain the ability to Scribe Scrolls at 3rd <br>
- level. You cast
- mind-affectng spells at +1 caster level <br>
- and is graced by Great
- Inteligence every four levels to a <br>
- maximum of 20th level. If
- you have a charisma score
- of 12 <br>
- or greater you may use Ventriloquism once a day as a <br>
- spell-like
- ability.</code><tab></il><br>
- <il><code>SPELLLEVEL:DOMAIN|</code></il><br>
- <il class="indent1"><code>Poetry=1|Hypnotism|</code></il><br>
- <il class="indent1"><code>Poetry=2|Suggestion|</code></il><br>
- <il class="indent1"><code>Poetry=3|Geas (Lesser)|</code></il><br>
- <il class="indent1"><code>Poetry=4|Modify Memory|</code></il><br>
- <il class="indent1"><code>Poetry=5|Song of Discord|</code></il><br>
- <il class="indent1"><code>Poetry=6|Irresistible Dance|</code></il><br>
- <il class="indent1"><code>Poetry=7|Hold Person (Mass)|</code></il><br>
- <il class="indent1"><code>Poetry=8|Charm Monster (Mass)|</code></il><br>
- <il class="indent1"><code>Poetry=9|Hold Monster (Mass)</code></il>
- </ul>
-
- <p></p><hr>
- <p>Well, that's
- everything you need to add new domains to your
- campaign, albeit, only the most basic of functionality
- will exist. You may have noted a number of abilities
- are included in the <code>DESC</code> tag that this domain entry doesn't
- implement. To see how to implement these abilities, or Domain
- Powers, we will move to the next lesson.</p>
- <p>Maredudd</p>
- </body>
-</html>
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+<html>
+<head>
+
+<!--
+PCGen Documentation Project
+$Author: nuance $
+$Date: 2007-06-29 $
+$Revision: 241 $
+Contributors:
+Eric C Smith - mareduddATblackrootDOTorg
+Andrew McDougall (Tir Gwaith) - TirDOTGwaithATgmailDOTcom
+Description:
+Provides information on List files.
+-->
+ <title>LST File Class</title>
+
+
+ <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../pcgen.css">
+
+ <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
+
+</head>
+
+
+ <body>
+
+<h1>Lesson #15: .lst - Domains ( Part 1, The Basics)</h1>
+
+<p>By Eric C Smith (Maredudd) and Andrew McDougall (Tir Gwaith)</p>
+
+<p class="indent0"><strong>File(s) Covered:</strong>
+*_domains.lst</p>
+
+<p class="indent0"><strong>Tags used:</strong></p>
+
+<p class="indent1"><code><a href="../globalfilestagpages/globalfilesother.html#SOURCEPAGE">SOURCEPAGE</a></code>,
+<code><a href="../datafilestagpages/datafilesdomains.html#DESC">DESC</a></code>,
+<code><a href="../globalfilestagpages/globalfilesother.html#SPELLLEVEL">SPELLLEVEL:DOMAIN</a></code></p>
+
+<hr>
+<p>The domain file is a simple text file with one 'Domain' per
+line. There is only one domain specific tag in PCGen so most of the
+heavy work in building domains is in the global tags you will use. In
+this class I will go over both the domain specific tag as well as a few
+of the global tags, organized into two lessons: The Basics, Lesson 15,
+covering the tags required to create the basic functionality of a
+domain, and The Domain Powers, Lesson 16, that will cover the more
+advanced tags that will be used to add the 'Domain Powers' to your
+domains. Unfortunately, there are so many variations of global tags
+that can be used in any data file, including the domain file, that it
+is impractical to go over them all, but I believe that the examples I
+will be using in these two lessons, in conjunction with the PCGen
+documentation, will give you a jump start on building your own domains.</p>
+
+<p>For those of you that have gone through the previous LST
+Classes, some of the global tags will be repetitive. feel free to skip
+those portions if you like. These classes are being written for the new
+LST-coder, so there will be some overlap, but a student of the classes
+does not need to take them in order.</p>
+
+<p>To help you better understand how to put this file together, I
+will be using several domains as examples, three drawn from the Revised
+Standard Reference Document (RSRD) and one I have made up for this
+class in order to more completely demonstrate a few specific global
+tags. The domains we'll look at from the RSRD are <em><strong>
+</strong></em><em><strong>Law</strong></em>,
+<em><strong>Trickery</strong></em> and <em><strong>War</strong></em>,
+as well as the new domain of 'Poetry'. Our new domain is presented
+below in the standard RSRD format so you can follow along.</p>
+
+<h3>Example Domain</h3>
+
+<h4 class="indent1">Poetry Domain</h4>
+
+<p class="indent1"><strong>Granted Powers:</strong>
+You add all <strong><em>Perform</em></strong>
+skills to your cleric class skills and automatically <br>
+
+gain the ability to <strong><em>Scribe Scrolls</em></strong>
+at 3rd level<strong><em>.</em></strong> You
+cast mind-affecting spells at +1 <br>
+
+caster level. and is graced by <em><strong>Great
+Intelligence</strong></em> every four levels to a maximum of<br>
+
+20th level. If you have a charisma score of 12 or greater you may use <strong>Ventriloquism</strong>
+<br>
+
+once a day as a spell-like ability. </p>
+
+<p class="indent1"><strong>Poetry Domain Spells</strong>
+</p>
+
+<ol class="indent1">
+
+ <li><em><strong>Hypnotism</strong></em><strong>:</strong>
+Fascinates 2d4 HD of creatures.</li>
+
+ <li><strong><em>Suggestion</em>:</strong>
+Compels subject to follow stated course of action.</li>
+
+ <li><em><strong>Geas (Lesser)</strong></em><strong>:</strong>
+Commands subject of 7 HD or less.</li>
+
+ <li><strong><em>Modify Memory</em>:</strong>
+Changes 5 minutes of subject’s memories.</li>
+
+ <li><strong><em>Song of Discord</em>:</strong>
+Forces targets to attack each other.</li>
+
+ <li><em><strong>Irresistible Dance</strong></em><strong>:</strong>
+Forces subject to dance.</li>
+
+ <li><strong><em>Hold Person, Mass</em>:</strong>
+As hold person, but all within 30 ft.</li>
+
+ <li><strong><em>Charm Monster, Mass</em>:</strong>
+As charm monster, but all within 30 ft.</li>
+
+ <li><strong><em>Hold Monster, Mass</em>:</strong>
+As hold monster, but all within 30 ft.</li>
+
+</ol>
+
+<p><strong>NOTE:</strong> The Poetry Domain is a
+little overdone, but I wanted to demonstrate a number of global tags. I
+would not recommend using the Poetry Domain in your campaign, unless of
+course you believe the pen is mightier than the sword . . .</p>
+
+<p>A quick note on a few general conventions used within this
+class before we jump into it: </p>
+
+<p>1) I have used the angle brackets, 'Less Than' and 'Greater
+Than' symbols, to indicate where your text will be entered when
+building a domain file. Unless explicitly stated in the text of my
+explanation, you will not include the angle brackets in your tags.</p>
+
+<p>2) Coding examples and PCGen tags are identified by <code><code></code>
+style.</p>
+
+<p>3) When referencing a specific PCGen object, i.e. domain,
+feat, weapon, etc., I have included the name as <strong><em>EMPHASISED</em></strong>
+text, except for when the object is part of a <code><code></code>
+example or in the case of the class 'Cleric', which is used throughout
+this article.</p>
+
+<p>Without further adieu, lets jump right into the lesson.</p>
+
+<hr>
+<p><code><strong><Domain Name></strong></code></p>
+
+<p>This is the name used for the domain. There is no specific tag
+associated with this entry and it must be the first entry on the domain
+line. So, our example domains lines will begin simply enough with the
+following entries: </p>
+
+<p><strong>Example:</strong></p>
+
+<p class="indent1"><code>War</code>
+<tab></p>
+
+<p class="indent1"><code>Poetry</code>
+<tab></p>
+
+<p></p>
+
+<hr>
+<p><strong><code>SOURCEPAGE</code></strong></p>
+
+<p>This tag is as simple as it looks. It identifies the page
+within the source material where you can find the specific description,
+powers, and spells for the domain you are creating. It takes free-form
+text but most often you will find it in one of two forms. If your
+source material is an OGL book the format is usually <code>SOURCEPAGE:p.<#></code>.
+If you are working from an online source, such as the RSRD, you would
+use the filename, so your tag would look like <code>SOURCEPAGE:<filename>.</code></p>
+
+<p>Since I have created the Poetry Domain from scratch there is
+no 'source', so there is no <code>SOURCEPAGE</code> tag
+required, but many functions and filters in PCGen use it, so it is good
+to include it. Therefore, I will include the tag with an N/A for the
+source page. I will skip it. The War Domain on the other hand comes
+from the RSRD and therefore would use the <code>SOURCEPAGE</code>
+tag per the example below.</p>
+
+<p>Note: There are three other <code>SOURCExxx</code>
+tags (<code>SOURCELONG</code>, <code>SOURCESHORT</code>
+and <code>SOURCEWEB</code>) that will be covered in a
+separate class so we will not be covering them here.</p>
+
+<p><strong>Example:</strong></p>
+
+<p class="indent1"><code>War</code>
+<tab> . . . <tab> <code>SOURCEPAGE:SpellListI.rtf</code></p>
+
+<p class="indent1"><code>Poetry</code>
+<tab> . . . <tab> <code>SOURCEPAGE:N/A</code></p>
+
+<p></p>
+
+<hr>
+<p><code><strong>DESC</strong></code></p>
+
+<p>Now we are getting to the 'fun stuff'. This tag is a global
+tag and is used to provide a simple explanation, or as Professor Baraks
+calls it, the 'flavor text', of the powers granted to the cleric by the
+domain. These powers can range anywhere from granted feats, spell-like
+abilities, or enhancements to any number of skills and abilities. If
+you are creating a domain based upon your favorite source book, you can
+generally find this information identified as the 'Granted Powers' in
+the domain block. For the Poetry Domain listed above and the War
+Domain, found in the RSRD, the <code>DESC</code> tags are
+reproduced below:</p>
+
+<p><strong>Example:</strong></p>
+
+<p class="indent1"><code>War </code><tab><code>
+DESC:Free Martial Weapon Proficiency with deity’s favored <br>
+
+weapon (if necessary) and Weapon Focus with the deity favored weapon.</code></p>
+
+<p class="indent1"><code>Poetry </code><tab><code>
+DESC:You add all Perform skills to your cleric class <br>
+
+skills and automatically gain the ability to Scribe Scrolls at 3rd <br>
+
+level. You cast mind-affecting spells at +1 caster level. and is <br>
+
+graced by Great Intelligence every four levels to a maximum of 20th <br>
+
+level. If you have a charisma score of 12 or greater you may use <br>
+
+Ventriloquism once a day as a spell-like ability.</code></p>
+
+<p></p>
+
+<hr>
+<p><code><strong>SPELLLEVEL:DOMAIN</strong></code></p>
+
+<p>In the domain file this tag provides a list of bonus spells,
+and their levels, that the cleric is granted access to by the domain.</p>
+
+<p>There are two types of argument regularly used with this tag,
+used in pairs in a pipe (|) delimited list. These arguments are the
+domain spell level slot, appearing as <code><domain
+name>=<spell level></code>, and the name of
+the spell that fills that level slot. Together, the string of arguments
+will look like this: <code>|<domain
+name>=<spell level 1>|<spell name
+1>|<domain name>=<spell level
+2>|<spell name 2>|<domain
+name>=<spell level 3>|<spell name 3>
+. . . </code></p>
+
+<p>Using this format, and looking at the spell list for the War
+domain, we would code the first level War domain spell this way:
+<War=1|Magic Weapon>, with the complete list of spells
+codded as seen in the complete example below.</p>
+
+<p>Looking at our sample domain as defined above, the second
+example below shows how we would code the domain spells for the domain
+of Poetry.</p>
+
+<p>Oh, and one more thing. When listing a spell you MUST use the
+name used at the beginning of its entry in the spell.lst file and NOT
+its output name. The Poetry domains 3rd level spell, <em><strong>Geas,
+Lesser</strong></em> is a good example. The rsrd_spells.lst
+file has 'Geas (Lesser)' as the name of the spell with its output name
+being <em><strong>Geas, Lesser</strong></em>.
+Other incarnations of the <code>SPELLLEVEL</code> tag use
+comma-delimited data and including a comma in the domain's spell list
+will cause PCGen to ignore the spell reference, thereby not granting
+access to that spell as a domain spell.</p>
+
+<p><strong>Example:</strong></p>
+
+<p class="indent1"><code>War</code>
+<tab> . . . <tab> <code>SPELLLEVEL:DOMAIN|War=1|Magic
+Weapon|War=2|Spiritual <br>
+
+Weapon|War=3|Magic Vestment|War=4|Divine Power|War=5|Flame Strike|<br>
+
+War=6|Blade Barrier|War=7|Power Word Blind|War=8|Power Word Stun|<br>
+
+War=9|Power Word Kill</code></p>
+
+<p class="indent1"><code>Poetry</code>
+<tab> . . . <tab> <code>SPELLLEVEL:DOMAIN|Poetry=1|Hypnotism|Poetry=2|<br>
+
+Suggestion|Poetry=3|Geas (Lesser)|Poetry=4|Modify Memory|Poetry=5|<br>
+
+Song of Discord|Poetry=6|Irresistible Dance|Poetry=7|Hold Person (Mass)|<br>
+
+Poetry=8|Charm Monster (Mass)|Poetry=9|Hold Monster (Mass)</code></p>
+
+<p></p>
+
+<hr>
+<h3>Conclusion: The Domain File Entry</h3>
+
+<p>My domain entry now looks like this (all on a single line.):</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+ <code>Poetry</code><tab><br>
+
+ <code>SOURCEPAGE:SpellListI.rtf</code><tab><br>
+
+ <code>DESC:You add all Perform skills to your cleric
+class skills <br>
+
+and automatically gain the ability to Scribe Scrolls at 3rd <br>
+
+level. You cast mind-affectng spells at +1 caster level <br>
+
+and is graced by Great Inteligence every four levels to a <br>
+
+maximum of 20th level. If you have a charisma score of 12 <br>
+
+or greater you may use Ventriloquism once a day as a <br>
+
+spell-like ability.</code><tab><br>
+
+ <code>SPELLLEVEL:DOMAIN|</code><br>
+
+ <code>Poetry=1|Hypnotism|</code><br>
+
+ <code>Poetry=2|Suggestion|</code><br>
+
+ <code>Poetry=3|Geas (Lesser)|</code><br>
+
+ <code>Poetry=4|Modify Memory|</code><br>
+
+ <code>Poetry=5|Song of Discord|</code><br>
+
+ <code>Poetry=6|Irresistible
+Dance|</code><br>
+
+ <code>Poetry=7|Hold Person
+(Mass)|</code><br>
+
+ <code>Poetry=8|Charm Monster
+(Mass)|</code><br>
+
+ <code>Poetry=9|Hold Monster
+(Mass)</code>
+ <p></p>
+
+</blockquote>
+
+<p></p>
+
+<hr>
+<p>Well, that's everything you need to add new domains to your
+campaign, albeit, only the most basic of functionality will exist. You
+may have noted a number of abilities are included in the <code>DESC</code>
+tag that this domain entry doesn't implement. To see how to implement
+these abilities, or Domain Powers, we will move to the next lesson.</p>
+
+<p>Maredudd</p>
+
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