[Pcgen-trackers] [JIRA] Assigned: (DATA-93) [Pathfinder] Add full feat/trait descriptions

[Andrew M. (JIRA) <ji...@pc...>]

     [ http://jira.pcgen.org/browse/DATA-93?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Andrew Maitland reassigned DATA-93:
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    Assignee: Stefan Radermacher  (was: Andrew Maitland)

Revision: 12929
- Feats only. I don't have Traits available to me currently.

> [Pathfinder] Add full feat/trait descriptions
> ---------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: DATA-93
>                 URL: http://jira.pcgen.org/browse/DATA-93
>             Project: Data
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: Pathfinder
>    Affects Versions: 5.16.3
>            Reporter: David R. Bender
>            Assignee: Stefan Radermacher
>
> Hi all,
> If someone can raise a JIRA for this then we can start to look into it.
> Thanks!
> K
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Andrew Wilson <an...@ri...> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for the info, Susan. But, we shouldn't *all* have to do this for
> > > info
> > > that PCGen is allowed to use, not if the data team can do it once and
> > > everyone
> > > benefits.
> > >
> > > andrew
> > >
> > > On 27 August 2010 15:03, Susan Dittmar <Sus...@gm...<Susan.Dittmar%40gmx.de>>
> > > wrote:
> >> > > Hi Kizan,
> >> > >
> >> > > Quoting rexhammerforge (ya...@go... <yahoo6%40gotbowie.com>):
> >>> > >> My reason for asking was that the homebrew APG feats that I picked up
> >>> > >> from the Files section have the full text description in them and showed
> >>> > >> up with them on our character sheet. For other feats we added a notes
> >>> > >> field (linked to the Description field) to our character sheet that we
> >>> > >> were copy/pasting the full text from the PDF into. My six players
> > > players
> >>> > >> were/are spending a lot of time fighting for time with the two rule
> > > books
> >>> > >> that I have.
> >> > >
> >> > > I had similar 'problems' for some of my characters (not pathfinder
> > > though,
> >> > > so no direct help there). So I created a custom data set that just adds
> >> > > those descriptions I missed.
> >> > >
> >> > > I don't have many examples at hand right now, though it's quite simple.
> >> > > First you have to find out what the Feat's / Trait's name is and in what
> >> > > kind of object it's coded (Feat, Ability, ...). Then you add them to your
> >> > > custom file of the same kind of objects. For Feats it's just
> >> > >
> >> > > Name of Feat.MOD<TAB>DESC:new description here
> >> > >
> >> > > The full text has to be on one line, and <TAB> stands for hitting the
> >> > > tabulator key.
> >> > >
> >> > > For ability type of objects it's only slightly more complicated, as there
> >> > > you have to add the category to the name. Here's an example from the
> > > RSRD,
> >> > > again all on one line:
> >> > >
> >> > > CATEGORY=Special Ability|Quickness.MOD<TAB>DESC:Although not particularly
> > > dextrous, you are supernaturally quick. You can take an extra standard
> > > action or move action during your turn each round.
> >> > >
> >> > > That way the descriptions will be with the feats and you need not look up
> >> > > those notes when you need them.

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