Is there a complete reference resource somewhere?

[Jaunt]

Hey guys,

I'm a big fan of Hero Lab and have taken the jump into creating custom Pathfinder content. I'm not super technical, but I don't scare easily, so simple things have been easy enough.

That said, I'm trying to do some really in-depth things in support of some content that I've already got created (in rules, not in code), and was hoping there was a centralized way for me to look up how to do things. I've perused the Editor help files, and the "Where do I...?" page especially has been incredibly helpful, as has the article on context transitions.

However, even then, I still can't look up all the tags and fields. For instance, when trying to make a racial SLA I had to find the tag that sets an SLA's CL to its caster's total level. This is fine, since every other race has a scaling SLA that I could copy and then poke around the code until I found the right tag. However, what do I do when I want to create an ability that isn't precedented in existing abilities, or where the only example is from an obscure sourcebook and I don't remember it (or own it)?

As another example, I had to dig pretty deep to find the proper way to add +1 to all the DCs for a spell school. I could only do this by copying the Gnomish racial; the tags and fields I ended up needing aren't documented anywhere from what I can tell.

So, sorry for the noob question, and I've tried to do my due diligence, but is there anywhere all the tags and such are documented? Or even just a way for me to see every pick on a hero, and every tag on each pick?

Thanks!

 

[Jewlrose]

If there is a better answer to this, I would be very glad to hear it because I often find myself with the same question when looking for things that are not utilized often the way I'm looking to utilize them.

However! If you haven't found it already, one helpful thing that I have been able to find is that if you right click on nearly anything on a character (except for some of the calculated values on the Basics tab for some reason), you can find options for "Show Data Debug [Tags/Fields/Tasks] for [thing you right-clicked]" as well as the option to copy the thing you clicked's unique ID.

I believe you have to make sure that the option "Enable Data Debugging" in the Develop menu is selected for this to work.

 

[Farling]

You can certainly see every pick on a hero, and various other stuff like that, using the "Enable Data Debugging" as Jewlrose suggests.

There isn't an exhaustive list of all the tags defined anywhere. If you want to mimic the behaviour of something, then you usually have to copy the original item to examine how it works and what tags/things/picks it uses.