happycamper
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I'm using HeroLab to put together monster encounters (and thus am building custom monsters...)
I can throw in a bunch of "special" stuff for my monsters under "Other Race Abilities"..
Can someone point me to instructions on how to add custom abilities to my user files so that I can enter them once and then add them on to future monsters if I wish? I've poked around in the editor and can make things that are actions and reactions, etc... but am unsure where to build them so they show up for my monsters... (monsters aren't really a class or race...)
Basically, I'm trying to get things so I can choose to add things from their drop-down menus... for example, adding in a new "reaction" type for my kobold boss so he can use his spiked shield.
I can put that in the "other race abilities" and have it show up under reactions as a "generic ability" but what I'd love is to put it into my user data so that I can just pick "spiked shield" under the reaction tab and it will add to my monster. (Right now, choosing "add reactions" gives me two choices - parry and redirect attack.)
I'm not all that bent out of shape in trying to get the mechanics automated or anything, I just want the text data to appear....
(I've done a search on "custom monster abilities" or even "custom actions" and am not having much luck... I feel like the program really wants me to jam any custom stuff into a custom race, background, or the like. I just want custom abilities that don't have to be part of a specific race or class...)
Thanks for any help or pointers. I've watched some of the youtube videos of seminars but they really aren't addressing my issues very well...
I can throw in a bunch of "special" stuff for my monsters under "Other Race Abilities"..
Can someone point me to instructions on how to add custom abilities to my user files so that I can enter them once and then add them on to future monsters if I wish? I've poked around in the editor and can make things that are actions and reactions, etc... but am unsure where to build them so they show up for my monsters... (monsters aren't really a class or race...)
Basically, I'm trying to get things so I can choose to add things from their drop-down menus... for example, adding in a new "reaction" type for my kobold boss so he can use his spiked shield.
I can put that in the "other race abilities" and have it show up under reactions as a "generic ability" but what I'd love is to put it into my user data so that I can just pick "spiked shield" under the reaction tab and it will add to my monster. (Right now, choosing "add reactions" gives me two choices - parry and redirect attack.)
I'm not all that bent out of shape in trying to get the mechanics automated or anything, I just want the text data to appear....
(I've done a search on "custom monster abilities" or even "custom actions" and am not having much luck... I feel like the program really wants me to jam any custom stuff into a custom race, background, or the like. I just want custom abilities that don't have to be part of a specific race or class...)
Thanks for any help or pointers. I've watched some of the youtube videos of seminars but they really aren't addressing my issues very well...