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CHA to AC feat

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Sturmrider

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Hi guys,

It is a bear when you are learning a new game system as well as a program. Quick question is there a feat that adds Charisma to your AC as well as your normal bonuses.

My GM went and found a 3.5 feat that does this and says to use it, but I have no idea what the name of it is.

Thank you for your help.
 
I am not aware of such a feat in pathfinder. Although several classes have it as a class ability (like through smite). Here is a sample file you may use with the feat called Charismatic Defense.

Edit: I assume you may not know where these files need to reside. You will need to have "see hidden files" option in windows explorer turned on to do this. Press Alt in Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > View > Hidden Files and folders > Show. Now Herolab should have made a directory path on your computer as "(windows drive):\ProgramData\Hero Lab\data\pathfinder" and it is there where this user file needs to be copied. Once done then load Herolab up. This file has no sources so if it is in your Pathfinder directory it will always load and be available.
 

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Thank you for your help on this, but no joy yet.

I put it in the Herolab ProgramData folder with all my other Herolab data. The only one that does not show in Herolabs after I close and restart is Charismatic Defense. I configured the character with everything turned on. No joy.

Maybe someone could give me the code on this one and I will add it in. I have been exploring the editor and have got a couple of things made, but haven't figured this one out.

If I could find a feat that adds a ability bonus to the AC I could probably figure it out from there I am going over all the feats online in a search for one.
 
Sturmrider said:
I put it in the Herolab ProgramData folder with all my other Herolab data.
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Did you restart HL after adding this?

Sturmrider said:
If I could find a feat that adds a ability bonus to the AC I could probably figure it out from there I am going over all the feats online in a search for one.
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.user files are just text files. So feel free to open up the above file in textpad or notepad++ to see the script and logic used. Or if its in the correct Data folder then open the file in the HL editor.
 
DeltaMasterMind said:
Edit: I assume you may not know where these files need to reside. You will need to have "see hidden files" option in windows explorer turned on to do this. Press Alt in Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > View > Hidden Files and folders > Show. Now Herolab should have made a directory path on your computer as "(windows drive):\ProgramData\Hero Lab\data\pathfinder" and it is there where this user file needs to be copied. Once done then load Herolab up. This file has no sources so if it is in your Pathfinder directory it will always load and be available.
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The better way to tell people cause we have Windows and Mac users is using the tools built into HL.

Start HL and Pathfinder. Then go to "Tools->Explore Folders->Program Data Folder" which will always open the correct folder location to place .user files. :)
 
ShadowChemosh said:
The better way to tell people cause we have Windows and Mac users is using the tools built into HL.

Start HL and Pathfinder. Then go to "Tools->Explore Folders->Program Data Folder" which will always open the correct folder location to place .user files. :)
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I didn't think about that. I will do so from now on. :)
 
Sturmrider said:
Thank you for your help on this, but no joy yet.

I put it in the Herolab ProgramData folder with all my other Herolab data. The only one that does not show in Herolabs after I close and restart is Charismatic Defense. I configured the character with everything turned on. No joy.

Maybe someone could give me the code on this one and I will add it in. I have been exploring the editor and have got a couple of things made, but haven't figured this one out.

If I could find a feat that adds a ability bonus to the AC I could probably figure it out from there I am going over all the feats online in a search for one.
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Just in case you didn't want to open that file:
Timing: Post Attributes/10000
hero.child[ArmorClass].field[tACMisc].value += #attrmod[aCHA]
 
Thank you all for your replies. You have all been a great help. I still don't know why the userfile doesn't show up in the feats. I did ensure it was in the proper folder with all my other data. Then restarted HL at least twice afterwords thinking I had made a mistake.

I still probably did, but I am working on it.
 
If there is a Source defined for the ability, you would also need to make sure that Source is enabled on the character (Configure Hero window, Ctrl+K) ... make sure the desired Source is "checked" to be "on".
 
Thank you for all your help. I turned off my computer last night and when I restarted it and launched Hero Lab the community packs had disappeared as well as all feats and items I had made.

I have spent the morning remaking them and trying to figure out what went wrong. I have got this feat working now so thank you a lot for your help.

Regards,

Larry
 
Okay, that means the files are not being saved in the correct directory - the "Test Now!" button will work if something is in the wrong directory, but on reloading the game system, that will not notice files in the wrong directory.

The correct directory is the default one that the editor tries to save in. You can also get there by choosing Tools menu...Explore Folders...Game System Data Folder from the main HL window.

You must use that folder, and not a sub-folder of that one - HL will not look in subfolders.
 
Sturmrider said:
Thank you for all your help. I turned off my computer last night and when I restarted it and launched Hero Lab the community packs had disappeared as well as all feats and items I had made.

I have spent the morning remaking them and trying to figure out what went wrong. I have got this feat working now so thank you a lot for your help.

Regards,

Larry
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This seems like a bigger issue than incorrect directory saving. I mean the community pack uses HL install which should cause no issues when putting the files where they need to be, yet he is saying he lost the community pack. I am assuming he means the Pathfinder Pack and I will need the OP to verify this. If so you may have something going on which is causing data loss and if needed I will provide help through PM's as this thread would not be an appropriate place to discuss such issues.
 
My guess is that he got a error on load that caused HL to fall into safe mode. That is the most common reason when a person says the "Community Pack" is gone. :)

Especially when they are making stuff in the editor. So remember if HL has an error on Pathfinder load then it goes into safe mode and does not load any .user files.

When you start Pathfinder if you get any errors right click and select COPY and paste the error into this thread.
 
You may be right on the wrong directory. The portfolios I saved were put in a different folder. All other data files went to the correct folder.

Could saving the portfolios in a different folder cause this.
 
Sturmrider said:
You may be right on the wrong directory. The portfolios I saved were put in a different folder. All other data files went to the correct folder.

Could saving the portfolios in a different folder cause this.
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Portfolios are handled separately from the data, and the default folder for portfolios is not the same as the folder where the data goes.
 
Then that's not the issue I have put all the data in the appropriate folder then as I let Hero Lab set that up and park it where it wanted.
 
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