spell like ability

[toadsoup]

I am new to Herolab and using it for a campaign that uses alot of NPC's. This is a great tool.

In my campaign, I have characters and npc's picking up a spell like ability every level. These are custom spells/abilities and not dependent on class.

I am not seeing an obvious way to add this. I was thinking of just adding them as spells, but not all classes have spells. What would be the best strategy to do this?

Also I tried to simply use the background text box as a place to put the info until I could figure out a better way - but from what I can tell this box doesn't print or export. Is there a way to have it print?

[Mathias]

Is your spell-like ability chosen from standard spells? If so, you may want to take a look at the Trait called Magical Talent. That trait gives you access to a selected level 0 spell as a 1/day spell-like ability.

If you created your spell-like ability as a Trait, and added a script with the following line to it (Timing: First/10000):

hero.child[resTrait].field[resSpent].value -= 1

It would subtract 1 from the number of traits used, each time it was taken - making itself free.

P.S. If you copy magical talent for this, remember to change the uniqueness from "Add Once" to "No" - since you want each character to select this ability multiple times.