I posted this over in the Authoring Kit sub-forum in the mistaken impression that the Authoring Kit and the Hero Lab Editor were the same thing. It was, understandably, ignored, so I'll try again here in Pathfinder land.
I'm trying to implement this homebrew template for a game I'm GM'ing:
I'm having two problems, both having to do with "or".
1) I can't figure out how to require animal OR fey as the base creature type. The Pre-reqs dialog is additive -- so I could set that to apply rules require both animal AND fey. But I need OR. I've tried using the Expr-reqs dialog with expressions like this:
But the compiler doesn't like that. Apparently boolean operators aren't allowed there. So ... how do I use an OR in a type prerequisite?
2) The spell-like abilities gained at hit dice 1, 3, 5, and 7 involve a choice of spells: pick one of the ones listed. If it were just a single spell that every creature with the template gets, that'd be simple to set up. But I need an OR there, too.
I studied the implementation of Ghost and did some reading, and I've figured out how to use a Configurable to add a tab to the UI where abilities for the template can be selected from those defined in R Cust Special. I'm still working on figuring out how to use those R Cust Special things to add spell-like abilities selected from a list, though, and getting seriously tempted just to declare that every creature with this template gets ALL the spells just so I can build the template and be done with it.
I thought about defining custom feats that grant spell-like abilities and then trying to attach those to the R Cust Special. But I'd rather not, as I've got equivalent templates for the other six deadly sins, and I would wind up with 63 feats mucking up the feat list just for these seven templates.
Any pointers would be welcome.
I'm trying to implement this homebrew template for a game I'm GM'ing:
I'm having two problems, both having to do with "or".
1) I can't figure out how to require animal OR fey as the base creature type. The Pre-reqs dialog is additive -- so I could set that to apply rules require both animal AND fey. But I need OR. I've tried using the Expr-reqs dialog with expressions like this:
Code:
#hastype[tpAnimal]|#hastype[tpFey] <> 0
#hastype[tpAnimal] <> 0|#hastype[tpFey] <> 0But the compiler doesn't like that. Apparently boolean operators aren't allowed there. So ... how do I use an OR in a type prerequisite?
2) The spell-like abilities gained at hit dice 1, 3, 5, and 7 involve a choice of spells: pick one of the ones listed. If it were just a single spell that every creature with the template gets, that'd be simple to set up. But I need an OR there, too.
I studied the implementation of Ghost and did some reading, and I've figured out how to use a Configurable to add a tab to the UI where abilities for the template can be selected from those defined in R Cust Special. I'm still working on figuring out how to use those R Cust Special things to add spell-like abilities selected from a list, though, and getting seriously tempted just to declare that every creature with this template gets ALL the spells just so I can build the template and be done with it.
I thought about defining custom feats that grant spell-like abilities and then trying to attach those to the R Cust Special. But I'd rather not, as I've got equivalent templates for the other six deadly sins, and I would wind up with 63 feats mucking up the feat list just for these seven templates.
Any pointers would be welcome.