Custom MAgus Archtype

[Kaleb]

Arron and Collin, I would like to know if Lone Wolf would take a custom job to create a custom arch type by modifying the Bladebound archtype for the Magus.

The portion of the blade bound archtype that I would like to change is to make the black blade follow the ego rules for standard intelligent magic weapons and remove the one hand slashing weapon requirement. I would like the bladebound revised to be able to use all one handed and two handed weapons except polearms.

The reason I am asking Lone Wolf about this is what I want changed seems to be coded outside of the editor.

I would gladly pay what ever you think is fair for this.

 

[Aaron]

Er, that'd be Colen's call and I'll point him at this thread, but I am worried that accepting payment for direct changes to the core files sets a bad precedent. With time demands as tight as they are it seems unfair to divert resources away from the requests of "standard" users in favor of people who are willing to pay.

 

[Aaron]

It looks like you asked about changing the weapons a black blade could select before, in June, and I gave some advice on the issue.

http://forums.wolflair.com/showthread.php?t=49630&highlight=black+blade

The ego thing I'll have to look into further.

 

[Colen]

Hi Kaleb,

Thanks for your question! Unfortunately we're unable to make customised changes to the game logic like this. Would it work if you simply ignored the "standard" black blade and built your own, customized one as a regular magic weapon?

 

[ShadowChemosh]

Thanks for your question! Unfortunately we're unable to make customized changes to the game logic like this.

Damn! I would have so started to pay large sums to get some changes done or things added like *cough* namespaces *cough*

 

[Aaron]

What are namespaces, in this context?

 

[ShadowChemosh]

What are namespaces, in this context?

XML Namespaces. HERE is the w3 site about them if you want more details.

Basically its a way in XML to "qualify" a "element" to a specific group. So what I want it for is the ability to use a namespace at the Unique ID level. Basically then I could have a feat unique id of "fDodge" in a .user file using a namespace of "Shadow" and Lone Wolf would have fDodge feat using the "LoneWolf" namespace. So you end up with Shadow.fDodge is unique compared to LoneWolf.fDodge.

Basically it would make the constant fixes I do for "Duplicate Thing ID" a thing of the past especially as Pathfinder keeps growing and growing.

Namespaces are very useful in normal XML processing and I just gave a very basic idea of them.

And of course this change is "very" easy. No more than a single "IF" statement. So no clue why Colen won't put it in!