Editor and Scripting Resources

[cybersavant]

Hi.

Just wondering if this is the right forum for this question:

i want to add some things to HL Pf for my homebrew world

1- new classes
2- new races
3- 0th lvl - basically an extra trait and hps = con mod

[Silveras]

I think the "Useful Macros" section of the "Where Do I Find... " page in the manual would be a good place to add information on the #situational macro.

Also, it might be good to add the rudimentary information about Caster Level there.

[Dami]

Originally Posted by cybersavant

Just wondering if this is the right forum for this question:
i want to add some things to HL Pf for my homebrew world
1- new classes
2- new races
3- 0th lvl - basically an extra trait and hps = con mod

Yes, this is the right place to ask questions when you have problems with doing something in HL PF.
You can use the editor to add custom races and classes. Try looking at how other races/classes have been done and you should be able to copy some of that information to set up your own. Also check out:
Hero Lab FAQ, Editor Tutorials and Videos, Editor & Scripting Resources.
There's also the "Help" within HL and the editor that can assist you.

[cybersavant]

Looked through there - i'm just not 'getting it' - trying to input the Super Genius Games Vanguard revised class to HL

[Dami]

Originally Posted by cybersavant

Looked through there - i'm just not 'getting it' - trying to input the Super Genius Games Vanguard revised class to HL

Can you be specific about what you are having problems with? For example, I think I'd have problems with the weapon bond, but the bulk of the Vanguard class looks fairly straightforward.
Have you set up the basics - BA, saves, skills, etc? Class abilities and spells take some more work but most don't look that complicated.

[cybersavant]

No i haven't. Not real clear on where to do that. I've taken a class .user file and plopped it into WORD to look at maybe just modifying it - comes to 100pages to read through - maybe i'll get a start on the weekend.

Thanks for replying

[EightBitz]

Originally Posted by cybersavant

No i haven't. Not real clear on where to do that. I've taken a class .user file and plopped it into WORD to look at maybe just modifying it - comes to 100pages to read through - maybe i'll get a start on the weekend.

Thanks for replying

Nooooooooo! Do NOT use Word for .user files. Download and install Notepad++. It's free and will work much better for this purpose.

https://notepad-plus-plus.org

[Dami]

I second EightBitz' suggestion in not using MS Word. Notepad++ is exellent if you actually want to look at the XML in user files.
As a starting point though, I'd suggest you use the HL editor and open one of the Community Files that has Classes in it - that way you can see the buttons/tabs/etc that are available to help you build a class and shows you how someone else put the Class together.

[TheBullDog]

Can we get a more complete list of fields and tags?

[bennowak]

My party uses standard races, but raised to 15 RP for our campaigns.
Attempting to raise a Xeph to 15 as follows.
Advanced: +4 Dex, -2, STR, +2 mental (4RP)
Fast (1RP)
Quick Reactions (2RP)
Stalker (1RP)

In the Editor, I can copy the base Xeph and manually adjust the DEX, STR, and mental but it is not recognizing the Fast or Quick Reactions.

And then when I publish, it says I exceeded the 10 RP.