(Drop Dead Studios) Spheres of Power: Official Support Thread

[Bob G]

Unfortunately I can't really do much about that. Since the Patrons are Lone Wolf's code and not mine, I can't prevent the spells from bootstrapping, nor can I touch the component code that causes them to be auto-listed in the Patron's description text.

Theoretically I could find the spell list after it's written and replace it with a blank string, but I'm pretty sure that would end up being buggy and slow and more trouble than it's worth.

Oh well, that's unfortunate, but I understand. I'm just happy I can run our sphere witch through Hero Labs now.

 

[GreyLurker]

Will there be more Sphere Item support down the line. The program allows for SPhere Wands and Staves at the moment but nothing for Sphere Scrolls, Potions, Rods or Wondrous Items.

On a related note would it be possible to add Spellcrafting or Sphere Spellbooks?

No pressure, I know you've got a lot on your plate already, I'm just curious

 

[Ualaa]

Our group is eagerly awaiting HL files for Spheres of Might; looking at the final PDF, that is going to be quite a project getting it into Hero Lab.

 

[TheIronGolem]

Will there be more Sphere Item support down the line. The program allows for SPhere Wands and Staves at the moment but nothing for Sphere Scrolls, Potions, Rods or Wondrous Items.

On a related note would it be possible to add Spellcrafting or Sphere Spellbooks?

No pressure, I know you've got a lot on your plate already, I'm just curious

Not any time soon, that's for sure. The items would be a huge, complex system with a lot of custom UI work. I was able to do this for the shapeshift system in Alteration, but implementing those item rules would be like if you took that and tripled the number of moving parts. If I ever get those systems into the package, Spellcrafting will probably come first.

 

[GreyLurker]

Found an error with the Hedgewitch.

The Skilled Magic secret is giving you Metamagic feats instead of the Feats it's supposed to.

 

[TheIronGolem]

Found an error with the Hedgewitch.

The Skilled Magic secret is giving you Metamagic feats instead of the Feats it's supposed to.

Good catch. This is now fixed in my current build and will be in the next update.

 

[GreyLurker]

Good catch. This is now fixed in my current build and will be in the next update.

I've been working on a Spheres only campaign for my group to give the system a good going over, so I've been making a lot of Orc Hedgewitches lately.

I'm calling them "Orc Rot Shamen". They work magic by digging bugs out of their skin and throwing them at targets.

 

[Aaron]

I've been working on a Spheres only campaign for my group to give the system a good going over, so I've been making a lot of Orc Hedgewitches lately.

I'm calling them "Orc Rot Shamen". They work magic by digging bugs out of their skin and throwing them at targets.

Nurgleicious.

 

[GreyLurker]

Nurgleicious.

Alteration Sphere + Swarm Transformation + Animal Mind

Now imagine the look on a player's face as you describe how the insect the shaman threw burrows into his character's flesh and then the character begins to literally disolve into a mindless pile of worms and maggots.

 

[TheIronGolem]

Update!

Spheres of Power Version 1.32 - Released 01/25/2018

• UI
  • Creation tab: Now displays max item size, including drop damage and casing size
• Spheres/Talents
  • Expanded Materials: Renamed to Expanded Materials (Classic Substances) in light of additional versions of the talent coming in Creator's Handbook
  • Limited Creation: Fixed this drawback not displaying choice to user
  • Creation: Create ability now lists all substances the hero can create, including restrictions if the hero has Material Focus
  • Creation: Added duration and casting-time tags for Repair and Destroy abilities
  • Material Focus: Fixed this drawback not showing selector or adding bonus talent when "other" chosen
  • Material Focus: Bootstrapping this with abText will now prevent user selection (such as with the Dhampir ART)
• Editor
  • Added "Substances" taglist to talent editor, allowing users to define new created substances allowed by a talent
  • Added "counts as 2 drawbacks" checkbox to drawback editor
• Classes
  • Thaumaturge: Forbidden Lore no longer errors if nothing chosen
  • Hedgewitch - Skilled Magic secret was adding to the wrong bonus feat pool
  • Hedgewitch: Fixed some Grand Secrets that weren't requiring Hedgewitch 10
• Data File Authoring
  • SoPManMod procedure now recognizes Colossal+ size
  • SoPTlAbvAd procedure can now take an "alternate CL" value
  • SoPSTDbPkg procedure can now take an empty talent id, for cases where only a base sphere and drawback are required (ex: Dustbringer)
  • Added the SoPSzTxt procedure, which takes a size-class number and returns the corresponding size name

There will be updates coming in a couple of days for ALL existing sphere handbooks. The primary reason for this is I had been forgetting to tag a lot of feats with the "Spherecasting" category (which is used by the Incanter to detect eligible bonus feats).

The Creator's Handbook has been handed off to DDS and should be available soon.

 

[GreyLurker]

Hi, got another Hedgewitch thing. Not really a problem more of a request list sort of thing.

This is regarding the Amatuer (X) Secrets. Would it be possible to get a tab for those when you select one. For example, If I was to take Amatuer Spiratulist and then followed it up with Extra Spirit, I now have 2/day where I can get that temporary talent or feat, but I have no tab to add them with other than using the generic adjustments.

Not a big thing, totally get you are busy with more important stuff, just wanted to bring it up

 

[TheIronGolem]

The Creator's Handbook is now available on Drivethru!

I have also posted an update to EVERY existing SoP splatbook. Mostly this is because I had been failing to correctly tag sphere-focused feats with the "spherecasting" category which is what the Incanter looks for when determining bonus feats. Those feats are now correctly tagged.

And now that I've caught up with the magic sphere books that have been released, I am using the lull to get a head start on Spheres of Might!

 

[chaoscowboy]

Spheres of Might!

Thank you jeebus!

 

[Ualaa]

The Alteration Handbook, shows as available even after I've downloaded and imported the changes.

 

[Silver12]

Same issue - Shapeshifter's Handbook shows update available even though it's been downloaded and installed.

 

[TheIronGolem]

The Alteration Handbook, shows as available even after I've downloaded and imported the changes.

Same issue - Shapeshifter's Handbook shows update available even though it's been downloaded and installed.

Checked into this and it turns out I posted the updated .hl with the wrong third-party ID (it had the Dark book's ID). I have re-posted it with the correct ID. You may need to re-download the Alteration update again for the notification to go away.

 

[Ualaa]

Thanks for the hard work on Spheres for Hero Lab; it's appreciated!

 

[Silver12]

Checked into this and it turns out I posted the updated .hl with the wrong third-party ID (it had the Dark book's ID). I have re-posted it with the correct ID. You may need to re-download the Alteration update again for the notification to go away.

It worked! Thanks for all of your hard work!

 

[TheIronGolem]

Quick note:

If you get this month's Pathfinder update and you start getting this error...

Thing 'cSoPStlSen' - Condition phase/priority (First/10000) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlTkDnW' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'ioSoPEnGrp' - Condition phase/priority (First/10000) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlEnTth' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlAmnes' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlAmnPw' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlCalm' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlClmPw' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlCandr' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlCndPw' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlCrbSt' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlCStPw' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlCreat' - Condition phase/priority (First/10000) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlCreCr' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlDivin' - Condition phase/priority (First/10000) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlDivRM' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlDsFoc' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlDsFPw' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlDsprs' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlDspPw' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlEstee' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlEstPw' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlGestr' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlGstPw' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlIncep' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlIncPw' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlLure' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlLurPw' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlMisdr' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlMsdPw' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlMnSpy' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlMSpPw' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlMndCf' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlMndCP' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlMndCm' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlMndMP' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlMndCr' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlMndRP' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlMndEn' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlMndEP' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlMndFr' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlMndFP' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlMndHs' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlMndHP' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlMndIn' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlMndIP' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlMndPT' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlMndJP' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlMndPr' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlMndPP' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlMndRM' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlMndTP' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlMndSg' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlMndSP' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlMndSh' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlMShPw' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlMndSl' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlMndZP' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlMndVs' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlMndVP' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)
Thing 'sopTlUtter' - Condition phase/priority (First/5050) for bootstrap thing 'sopTlUtrPw' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)

...that means your SoP package is out of date and you need to update to the current version. Basically, there was a bug in the Pathfinder files that was masking another bug in SoP. Colen was kind enough to let me know about this in advance so I'd have time to fix my bug before the February update came out. If you've already updated to 1.32 (or later, if you're reading this from the future), you don't need to worry about this. This bug should only affect people who updated Pathfinder but not SoP.

 

[Caelinus]

After purchasing all of the hero lab files for the SoP Handbooks today, I was unable to get 5 of them to load in hero lab, each having some variation of what looks like similar errors. (Either broken references or missing data)

The five packages in question are the Handbooks for Destruction, Diviner, Enhancement, Mentalist, and Telekinetic.

I have both Ultimate magic and the Advanced Players guide installed. I am using the 1.32 version you mention in the previous post. All other books load perfectly fine with no errors.

This is a sampling of the error messages given, there is only this one message in the case of Destruction, Telekinesis, and Enhancement. There are a great many similar messages for Divination and Mentalism:


Telekinetic - Thing 'cSoPSTlSen' - Conditon phase/priority (First/10000) for boostrap thing 'sopTiTkDnW' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)

Destruction - Thing 'ioSoPEnGrp' - Conditon phase/priority (First/10000) for boostrap thing 'sopTIEnTth' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000)

Divination - 'pre-requisite rule' script for Thing 'sopTlAuger' calls a non-xistant procedure for the active scropt context (This occurs many times for many objects)

Enhancement - Syntax error in 'eval' script for Thing 'pSoPEmpBlf' (Eval Script #1) on line 20 -> non-existant thing 'xxDREviCha' used by script

Mentalist - Thing 'sopTlAmnes' - Conditon phase/priority (First/5050) for boostrap thing 'sopTIAmnPw' occurs after earliest rule/script (First/5000) (This repeats many time for many objects)