HLRender

winterstew · April 7th, 2019, 05:18 AM

I have always struggled as a game master running a big battle using electronic resources. Between having to switch tabs for characters, the brief delay due to load speed, and the lack of tactile memory cues; I just prefer to have some things on paper.

I wrote HLRender so that I could use the power of character design in Hero Lab but still have 5x8 stat block cards in a format similar to the layout in the bestiaries.
I finally feel like it is something that might be useful to others, so if you are OK with a Python 2.7 application, take a look.

winterstew · April 10th, 2019, 11:32 PM

Just added Google Sheets support, so now in addition to being able to create stat block cards with Google Slides it can be used for generating a reference sheet of stats for the party as a spreadsheet.

Aaron · April 11th, 2019, 07:09 AM

Neat! Good job!

Krothos · April 11th, 2019, 09:39 AM

These are very good!

How do you handle stat blocks that don't fit on one page?

winterstew · April 11th, 2019, 09:48 AM

Sadly it can not dynamically create a new page if needed.

However if you are expecting a lot of verbiage, you can use a multipage template and then list all the pages you want to use as options to the renderer.

Aaron Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 6,793 April 11th, 2019, 07:09 AM	Neat! Good job!
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Krothos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 463 April 11th, 2019, 09:39 AM	These are very good! How do you handle stat blocks that don't fit on one page?
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winterstew Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 13 April 11th, 2019, 09:48 AM	Sadly it can not dynamically create a new page if needed. However if you are expecting a lot of verbiage, you can use a multipage template and then list all the pages you want to use as options to the renderer.
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