Adding new races

[duffymel]

Hello,

I am wondering when you might be adding in new books and races. For example, the Loxodon race out of the Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica. I would luv to have added races from other books added to have access to them.

Is this something you are planning in the future?

Thanx

 

[Fenris447]

There's no group effort to do so, but between a few of us, they're mostly done. I'm waiting for another user to respond and post their versions of the races so I can integrate it with work I've done on the backgrounds.

I have the Loxodon almost finished but need to figure out how to do the AC calculations. Once I have that I can post a file with just the Loxodon for you to use.

 

[duffymel]

Very cool indeed

 

[dungeonguru]

I have the Loxodon almost finished but need to figure out how to do the AC calculations. Once I have that I can post a file with just the Loxodon for you to use.

In the last couple of patches they added a mechanism that may make this easier for you if you have not tried it:

Create a new racial special and toward the bottom of the page is a new section for Armor Class Calculations. You click the checkmark there, add the base value (which I believe is 12 for loxodon) and then in the AC modifiers button dialog checkmark the Constitution and Shield modifers. HL will take care of the rest. If your loxodon is wearing some sort of armor better than AC 12, HL automatically chooses the better armor calculation.

 

[Fenris447]

Create a new racial special and toward the bottom of the page is a new section for Armor Class Calculations. You click the checkmark there, add the base value (which I believe is 12 for loxodon) and then in the AC modifiers button dialog checkmark the Constitution and Shield modifers. HL will take care of the rest. If your loxodon is wearing some sort of armor better than AC 12, HL automatically chooses the better armor calculation.

You're beautiful. I found the fields and finished the Loxodon! I'm going to make a new post some time in the next few days, reporting what I have so far for Ravnica and getting ideas for how to implement what remains. And I'll include the file with everything I've done so OP can use the now-finished Loxodon!