Requested Capablities

[bodrin]

Originally Posted by Mathias

How would you envision us presenting the traps and hazards? Would you expect to see them on the tactical console in some fashion? What sort of interactions with the rest of the characters would you expect?

If they were in Hero Lab, how would you use them in a game? Unlike monsters that can have templates, class levels, and all sorts of other variations, there's little to no modification that's done to a trap. Also, for monsters, Hero Lab can track their HP and the spells and effects that are on them, but what would be the advantage of having a hazard in Hero Lab, as opposed to reading it from the book?

It's not that we couldn't present this information, but with the limited resources we have available, and the constant stream of new books to handle, would implementing traps and hazards be of more use to more of our user base than other features we could spend the same time implementing?

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Haunts are Hazards that have an AC and hit points just like a creature and they function similar to a trap. Plus they can be modified too, see carrion crown AP and Gamemastery guide.

[ShadowChemosh]

Originally Posted by bodrin

Haunts are Hazards that have an AC and hit points just like a creature and they function similar to a trap. Plus they can be modified too, see carrion crown AP and Gamemastery guide.

Yea I had thought about doing the haunts for the CB as with the fact they have hit points and stuff they do act more like monsters than traps.

When running my last encounter that had Haunts I entered them in the combat system as Monsters so I can track HP's and AC and their Channel Resistance info.

[bodrin]

Originally Posted by ShadowChemosh

Yea I had thought about doing the haunts for the CB as with the fact they have hit points and stuff they do act more like monsters than traps.

When running my last encounter that had Haunts I entered them in the combat system as Monsters so I can track HP's and AC and their Channel Resistance info.

I always thought a Haunt / Trap mechanism would be a good addition to the core program, similar to the new monster creator recently added, however it's not insurmountable to scratch off HP on a sheet of paper.

What would be really useful is the automatic calculation of HP and hardness of equipment.
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[Mathias]

So we do need to add Haunts.

What about traps and hazards? How would having those in Hero Lab be more helpful than just looking them up in a book?

[bodrin]

Originally Posted by Mathias

So we do need to add Haunts.

What about traps and hazards? How would having those in Hero Lab be more helpful than just looking them up in a book?

Speedy access, instant info and a gentle nudge to remind the DM that there is something in an encounter besides the 4 burning skeletons and wraith that's assailing a party fleeing through a hostile environment.

[Nikmal]

Originally Posted by bodrin

Speedy access, instant info and a gentle nudge to remind the DM that there is something in an encounter besides the 4 burning skeletons and wraith that's assailing a party fleeing through a hostile environment.

This I do agree with. It makes it easier for the GM to remember that there is an actual trap in a particular encounter. I always wanted to add traps somehow but did not know how to go about it. It just makes sense to me

[rob]

Traps and hazards are really starting to venture outside the scope of Hero Lab. They are definitely important to a GM, but they lie within the scope of something like Realm Works instead of Hero Lab. So looks for those to be handled in Realm Works.

[bodrin]

Originally Posted by rob

Traps and hazards are really starting to venture outside the scope of Hero Lab. They are definitely important to a GM, but they lie within the scope of something like Realm Works instead of Hero Lab. So looks for those to be handled in Realm Works.

I agree Realm Works is the ideal place but interoperability between both program's is the best solution. Create a trap, hazard or haunt in HL import the stats to Realm Works or enter the data into RW and then link it to HL's tactical console.

Best of both worlds imo!

[mirtos]

IS there anyway to print a "spell list" for people who dont have spellbooks? Like clerics. As I add more sources, it would be nice to have a printout of just my spell lists...

But only spells i have access to (in other words, if im a 5th level cleric, it should show me spells of level: 0,1,2,3

Even if it uses a lot of paper.

If this doesnt exist, ill add it to requested features.

[AEIOU]

HL is tactical while RW is strategic.

I use HL for the actual game sessions while I envision using RW for planning, scheming and information dissemination. As such, HL is the more logical location for traps and hazards. It needs to get imported into RW just like NPC sheets.