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Vassago Embrace
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Old June 9th, 2018, 06:25 AM
I can’t find the option to create a second hero on a portfolio on the IPad!

If I import an already made portfolio from my PC, it gives me the option to switch between heroes. But I’m not able to create a second hero on the same portfolio using only the IPad!!!

What am I missing?
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Old June 9th, 2018, 11:21 AM
As far as I know you can't. The iPad app is meant to control a single PC character not groups of them. So it does not allow for the ability to add another character to the same .por file. The only exception would be a familiar, animal companion, or maybe a follower added on the other tab.

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Old June 9th, 2018, 01:16 PM
Yes, this is available on the iPad. Within the existing character, click on the icon that looks like the outline of a head and shoulders that's at the top right of the screen, and choose "Create New Hero".
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Old June 9th, 2018, 02:38 PM
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Yes, this is available on the iPad. Within the existing character, click on the icon that looks like the outline of a head and shoulders that's at the top right of the screen, and choose "Create New Hero".
Look at that. Learn something new everyday.

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Old July 13th, 2018, 12:27 PM
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Yes, this is available on the iPad. Within the existing character, click on the icon that looks like the outline of a head and shoulders that's at the top right of the screen, and choose "Create New Hero".
Is there a way of loading a pre-existing character rather than creating a new one? If not, that would be a nice option.
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Old July 13th, 2018, 01:36 PM
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Is there a way of loading a pre-existing character rather than creating a new one? If not, that would be a nice option.
Yes. You can email yourself the .por file or use any cloud service to get the character to the iPad by using the "Import Portfolio" option at the bottom of the app.

You can also use iTunes to load a file to any app like normal.

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Old July 16th, 2018, 10:13 AM
I meant to load multiple pre-generated characters. Occasionally one of my friends can't make our usually scheduled game, and I need to play her character as well as my own for the night.

Normally I just use the iPad for one, and a laptop for the other. It would be nice to be able to load both on the iPad at the same time.

Last edited by Genthar; July 16th, 2018 at 10:15 AM. Reason: Clarity
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Old July 16th, 2018, 10:54 AM
You can't do it in the iPad app at this time, but you can import other portfolios on the desktop, and once that's set up, you can send the combined portfolio over to the iPad for use.
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Old July 16th, 2018, 01:03 PM
Just keep in mind that one or two additional characters (minion, familiars) most iPads can handle. But most will have issues around 5 characters and I doubt anything other than Pro can deal with 10 or more.

Mentioning this as I have seen people try and load 20 NPC encounters on the iPad app and it was not meant to do that.

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Old July 17th, 2018, 11:21 AM
Thanks for the info. A little inconvenient to add it to the portfolio just for the occasional "missing person" game, particularly since it's usually a sort of last minute "I'm not feeling well...can't make it tonight...here's my character" timing, but, oh well.

I figured that was the route since I've done that when building encounters and such when I'm running on the laptop/desktop version, but was hoping for something similar on the iPad, even if it artificially limited to one additional (e.g. max 2 characters) or something.

Thanks for the responses.
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