Weapon abilities on character sheet

[LordFlameStryke]

First, I apologize if this has been answered elsewhere; I just got off a 36-hour shift, and I don't really relish the thought of poring over 200 pages of topics.

I've got a player in my group that doesn't use Hero Lab (as she doesn't have a laptop and she prefers pencil and paper to a computer anyway), but I keep track of her character for her and give her printouts with new info on them. The problem with this is that she's got an immensely powerful weapon with several abilities on it, and she doesn't always remember what to use or when.

I would like to know if there's a way to print out the info on the weapons (as listed when mousing over the weapons or clicking the info button) on the character sheet -- much like the option of printing out the spell text; and to request an implementation of this if it hasn't yet been implemented.

Thanks,

Lord Flame Stryke

 

[Aaron]

What sort of abilities are on the weapon? If they are item spells or other things that are bootstrapped they should show on the character sheet normally.

 

[AncientOne]

I would like to know if there's a way to print out the info on the weapons (as listed when mousing over the weapons or clicking the info button) on the character sheet -- much like the option of printing out the spell text; and to request an implementation of this if it hasn't yet been implemented.

Thanks,

Lord Flame Stryke

FWIW, my custom sheet has the full text for all magic items.

 

[LordFlameStryke]

What sort of abilities are on the weapon? If they are item spells or other things that are bootstrapped they should show on the character sheet normally.

It is a Frost, Shocking Burst, Axiomatic Composite Longbow, and all it prints on the character sheet is what it is, not what each of the abilities does.

 

[Aaron]

Ah, I see what you mean now, you would like the description text of the weapon to be visible. It sounds like you might want to check out AncientOne's custom character sheet then, hopefully that can help you out while we consider whether to add that capability to the base sheet.

 

[LordFlameStryke]

Thanks. Ancient One's character sheet does indeed provide the info I require.

And thanks for at least considering adding this, I'm sure a lot of people would appreciate it. However, my suggestion on implementing this would be a nested option concept as in the following:

• Add weapon/armor ability descriptions?
  if yes, add:
  • Full Descriptions (ie, what the weapon is and how it works)
  • Game Mechanics only (ie, "Shocking Burst: +1d6 damage, an additional 1d10 on a critical hit")

This enables people to choose exactly what they want to see.