I honestly can't find the help thread...

[MardukBathory]

I've scrolled through the pages of this forum so far (glad I got on board while it's new before there's a million pages to go through ) and I can't find this.

I don't like clogging forums with new threads if there's already one specifically on that topic. (Asking questions in a part of the forum specifically for that purpose makes me feel less like I'm putting my hand up in class for something blatantly obvious to everybody else and the rest of the class doesn't need to see how much of a n00b I really am).

In this case I just want to ask how I can make my "Human (Variant)" race to offer one choice of feat to the player.

Thankfully I was able to make the rest of the class by simply cloning the Half-Elf and altering what I needed to, but this part still eludes me.

 

[daplunk]

I think there's a few of us trying to figure out this one.

 

[daplunk]

Any pathfinder players know of a class / race that gets feats straight of the bat that we can go code searching for?

 

[MardukBathory]

They may not be looking in this thread because of the title :/

 

[ShadowChemosh]

Any pathfinder players know of a class / race that gets feats straight of the bat that we can go code searching for?

I am happy to help but I am not really understanding what is needed. Please note I have read nothing of 5e.

This "bonus" feat is what kind of feat? I mean is it from a specific list of feats or just always want to give the same feat? Or is this where like the character gets to pick any "valid" feat from the Feat tab and instead of getting one 1st level feat the character gets 2.

With that I should be able to help give a better answer tonight when I get home. I don't have access to HL at work and I don't have the 5e fields memorized.

P.S. - Does 5e not have a general "Feats" tab is that the issue? Hmmm in which case I wonder if "Configurables" are in 5e....

 

[daplunk]

Basically the human variant is allowed to pick one fest from the feat list. There is a feats tab. I assume we need to change a variable on the max number of feats allowed enabling the tools function letting the player pick.

 

[ShadowChemosh]

Basically the human variant is allowed to pick one fest from the feat list. There is a feats tab. I assume we need to change a variable on the max number of feats allowed enabling the tools function letting the player pick.

I am at home and looking and the issue is that 5e does not have a "Feats" tab. There is a section on a class to add bonus feats but unlike 3.5 or Pathfinder so "Feat" tab exists to simply add or allow one to choose any feats.

To begin showing some of the power of HL editor I have attached a .user file that will add a new Tab into 5e called "Feats, Bonus". In addition I added a new Adjustment called "Feats, Bonus" that once added will let you set the number of bonus feats you wish. Once the number of bonus feats is greater than zero the new "Feats, Bonus" tab appears and allows you to select feats.

My last thing is a crazy question as it looks like 5e comes with only a "single" feat called "Grappler". Is that right? I guess that is as that would be why everyone is so freaked out about the SRD... LOL

Hopefully you find this useful and feel free to incorporate it into your community files. The script on the adjustment should make it easy to add to anything else like a Variant Human that would simply add "one" instead of using a variable.

 

[daplunk]

Damn Shadow... Thanks!

Yes they only released one Feat. Thus the scramble to put them all back in again.

 

[MardukBathory]

To begin showing some of the power of HL editor I have attached a .user file that will add a new Tab into 5e called "Feats, Bonus".

I feel like such a numpty with all these questions, but how do I load this? I opened it from the editor but it gives me a warning that its read only and I see no Clicking on the file just gets windows to ask me what I want to open it with and when I choose hero labs > 5e, I see no change anywhere when I go to build a hero...

My last thing is a crazy question as it looks like 5e comes with only a "single" feat called "Grappler". Is that right? I guess that is as that would be why everyone is so freaked out about the SRD... LOL

The 5e Hero Labs file does. Thus people are trying to justify what they paid for it in, as DaPlunk says, a scramble to put them in. The feats section has fewer than previous editions but there's also 13 more in the backgrounds section.

 

[ShadowChemosh]

I feel like such a numpty with all these questions, but how do I load this? I opened it from the editor but it gives me a warning that its read only and I see no Clicking on the file just gets windows to ask me what I want to open it with and when I choose hero labs > 5e, I see no change anywhere when I go to build a hero...

.user files must go into your hero lab 5e data folder. The link to d20pfsrd repository in my signature has detailed info about loading a .user file.

But basically start 5e and go to Tools->Explore Folders->Program Data Folder which will open up your data folder. Then drop the above .user file into that location and restart HL and 5e. That will cause the file to load. This is the same location any "custom" .user files you make would go.

 

[MardukBathory]

I've put the file there, restarted the program, then restarted the PC when that didn't work. The folder it leads to is "C:\ProgramData\Hero Lab" is that right?

Either way; no new tabs.

I suspect this wouldn't make it a racial ability anyway :/

Thanks for all the help

 

[Elindor]

Almost there - that folder has a solder called "Data" in it, which holds the game systems. The .user file needs to go into the 5e folder.

Once you have it, go to the Personal tab on the character, and you can add a Bonus Feat as an adjustment.

 

[ShadowChemosh]

I suspect this wouldn't make it a racial ability anyway :/

This tab works as soon as the Feat Bonus field is greater than 1. "What" sets that value it does not care about. This example uses a Adjustment. But as I mentioned you can put a hard-coded script of "1" on to a racial ability or race or feat or trait or spell.

So yes this will work for a Racial Ability just fine.

 

[MardukBathory]

Let's assume that I'm an absolute n00b, still struggling to get my head around any of this (because, hey, who're we kidding? I'm a doughnut when it comes to things like this).

I can't see the new tab anywhere. I still see it in the class tab, when I have the choice of increasing ability points or taking a feat but that's it. (see attached).

Assuming I get this to work, what code do I add to my variant human class? (I really am bad at this )

Thanks in advance

 

[ShadowChemosh]

I can't see the new tab anywhere. I still see it in the class tab, when I have the choice of increasing ability points or taking a feat but that's it. (see attached).

Did you get the .user file placed into the correct location? To know for sure is go to the "Adjustment" tab and try and add the adjustment "Feats, Bonus". If you see that adjustment then you loaded the .user file correctly. If not do that.

Add the adjustment "Feats, Bonus" and set the counter to +1. You have to get the "number of allowed bonus feats above 0" to have the new tab display.

Assuming I get this to work, what code do I add to my variant human class? (I really am bad at this )

Look at the script on the Adjustment. You want to take the section that is adding the pAdjust value and put that on your Race or Racial Ability. Instead of pulling the number of bonus feats from the counter you would simply set the value to "1".

I recommend putting the logic on the Racial Ability because then you can simply "reuse" this logic over and over again by Bootstrapping that Racial Ability to different races/monsters.