Review all items, spells, etc.

HippyCraig · March 1st, 2016, 05:05 PM

Is there an easy way to review all items, spells, etc without adding a class to a hero, more of a general lookup window.

For example as a GM I want to easily look up a spell that a player is using even if I dont have his profile loaded on my machine. My players arent using HL to keep track of their characters.

MNBlockHead · March 1st, 2016, 08:01 PM

I've entered my player's info into HL myself. Makes things easier during play. Two of my players use HL and will give me updated POR files. The other use paper. I print out their character to paper form HL and they either leave their character sheet with me until the next session or I take a picture of the character sheet so that I can update HL. During the game, I only use HL so that I can easily see their stats.

HippyCraig · March 2nd, 2016, 01:00 PM

I can try that but is there an easy lookup of all spells across classes in HL?

Mathias · March 2nd, 2016, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by HippyCraig

I can try that but is there an easy lookup of all spells across classes in HL?

Try entering the Magic tab, filter for "scroll", and then use a scroll of the correct level to look up all the spells available at that level.

MNBlockHead · March 2nd, 2016, 07:56 PM

RealmWorks is actually the more appropriate tool for a mechanics reference. Waiting patiently for the CM to go live so I can get all the SRD into RW.

HippyCraig · March 4th, 2016, 06:56 AM

So I get what your saying but that is a lot of duplicate stuff. How do you think that should be handled. I can see stubbing out a monster in RW but refrencing a profile of the monster for stats that stored in RW that links to HL. But what about spells, I dont think there is a way to stub it out to ref HL, and items, etc.

What do you think?

MNBlockHead · March 4th, 2016, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by HippyCraig

So I get what your saying but that is a lot of duplicate stuff. How do you think that should be handled. I can see stubbing out a monster in RW but refrencing a profile of the monster for stats that stored in RW that links to HL. But what about spells, I dont think there is a way to stub it out to ref HL, and items, etc.

What do you think?

I'm still very new to HL and am figuring it out. Would be interested in learning how others use the two together. I think of RW as where my core rulebooks and core rulebooks go. HL is the character sheet.

Right now, I'm only linking to HL for actual encounters.

I create my monsters in RW so I get autolinking and can reveal information, rumors, etc. about them to players. I put the statblocks in the article itself. I am thinking of going through and adding links to HL but to do that I have to create a por for each Monster and that is a lot of work. So I'm sticking to only doing it for major encounters where I'll want to use the HL tactical console.

My desire is that when the Content Market is release that I can buy the Monsters as articles and that they will have HL PORs included that I can open if I own HL.

As for spells, there really is no way to "link" them because HL is a character management application, not a reference. If you don't want to have POR files for your player's characters, then you should have the spell information in RW to look it up. Unfortunately, until the CM is released, we will have to enter spells into RW ourselves. I've already add all the spells in RW, so I'm not sure what I'll do when they are available i the CM. I probably won't bother brining them into my realm.

daplunk · March 4th, 2016, 12:02 PM

I doubt I would review in the application. I'll use the physical books for all my planning etc and then use HL to simply setup what I plan.

ShadowChemosh · March 4th, 2016, 12:46 PM

Just to be sure everyone is on the same page Realm Works and Hero Lab are both products produced by Lone Wolf but have different uses.

I am with MNBlockHead that the "reference" of spells (ie rules) would be most helpful inside of RW not HL. RW is the DM tool for running the game as its a fantastic replacement for pdfs/books.

Then HL would only be for a specific monster/encounter and running the monster (attacks, hit points, conditions). If player suddenly castes Spell X you would want to reference the data inside of RW to see how the spell works.

Aaron · March 4th, 2016, 12:59 PM

I seem to recall that there was a kind of snippet which translates a portfolio to its statblock and displays that in RW?

HippyCraig Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 96 March 1st, 2016, 05:05 PM	Is there an easy way to review all items, spells, etc without adding a class to a hero, more of a general lookup window. For example as a GM I want to easily look up a spell that a player is using even if I dont have his profile loaded on my machine. My players arent using HL to keep track of their characters.
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MNBlockHead Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Twin Cities Area, MN, USA Posts: 1,325 March 2nd, 2016, 07:56 PM	RealmWorks is actually the more appropriate tool for a mechanics reference. Waiting patiently for the CM to go live so I can get all the SRD into RW. RW Project: Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition homebrew world Other Tools: CampaignCartographer, Cityographer, Dungeonographer, Evernote
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daplunk Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 2,294 March 4th, 2016, 12:02 PM	I doubt I would review in the application. I'll use the physical books for all my planning etc and then use HL to simply setup what I plan.
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Aaron Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 6,793 March 4th, 2016, 12:59 PM	I seem to recall that there was a kind of snippet which translates a portfolio to its statblock and displays that in RW?
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