Thread: MPMB's Character Record Sheet (PDF form) + MPMB's Spell Sheets (Excel / PDF form)

Originally Posted by Unseer

I think a pop-up is a great idea, and by the way i wanted to know if you are the creator of the 5th edition spellbook app from m&m Apps on google play??

I am not sure which pop-up you are talking about, but I like the fact that you think it is a great idea

I have nothing to do with the Android app "5th edition spellbook". That is somebody else's project

Originally Posted by RCanine

JavaScripted-up the Haunted One background from Curse of Strahd:

https://gist.github.com/Ry7n/6f5f88e...606353a3c43361

Also:

* Devil's Tongue Tiefling is incorrectly showing a Dex bonus
* My spell sheet was being generated BETWEEN my Adventurer's League Log Sheet pages
* My spell sheet for Devil's Tongue Tome Lock was generated blank.

EDIT: unsure why that custom JS isn't working, but I'll update it if I figure it out.

Wow this is great, thank you for writing that one up! I will add it to the next version for sure.

The reason your script is not working is because there is no "variant" defined for the background. Just add "variant : []" and it should work.

For the inclusion of the background I did make some minor changes, mostly to the "extra" array, to make the entries fit in the field, and to the Background Feature to make it first person and fit into the field.


As for the errors you experience, thank you for narrowing down what is going wrong. I could find out that:
- I made a mistake in the Devil's Tongue Tiefling racial trait description
- I made a mistake with the ordering of the template spawning, making the spell sheets be spawned at the wrong pages
- I made a mistake by not defining the Tiefling's spellcasting ability, making any spell sheet generation that includes a Tiefling produce an error

All three mistakes have been fixed in the next version, v11.25

Originally Posted by Astromath

@RCanine: Instead of using HB (which could refer to any hard back book), use CoS for Curse of Strahd.

RCanine was using the right syntax with "HB" (which stands for "Homebrew" in my sheet), because he has to use one of the defined abbreviations in the code. Until now there was no material from Curse of Strahd in my sheet, so there was no code to refer to Curse of Strahd. That is the reason his code says // should be "C?"

Originally Posted by Astromath

Information (do with it what you will):

According to Fantasy Grounds for 5e, a small knife is 0.25 lb. and costs 1 gp. I'm not sure where they got those figures because I can't find them in the Player's Handbook anywhere. However, in order for it to be in FG, they must have had the ok from WotC.

That is new information indeed. The small knife is only in the Scholar's pack in the PHB as far as I know, but no price or weight is defined anywhere. I'll include it in the sheet, thank you for letting me know


Thus a new and improved version is here:

MPMB's Character Record Sheet v11.25 (11-5-2016) with the following changelog:

• NEW FEATURE: added the Curse of Strahd “Haunted One” background (all credits go to RCanine for scripting it)
• Fixed a bug where the Spell Sheet would be generated between the Adventurer’s Logsheet pages (thanks RCanine for noticing)
• Fixed the racial traits text for the Devil’s Tongue Tiefling (thanks RCanine for noticing)
• Fixed the Tiefling entry to no longer generate an error during Spell Sheet generation (thanks RCanine for noticing)

I thought HB = Hard Back, not Home Brew. That's news to me. Question: what about the other official backgrounds I posted in a previous post with the link to them?

I'm not sure why it's not working for you. It works for me just fine. It is a pdf document of 6 new backgrounds. I've attached the file to this post.

As far as coding it myself, I have never coded in java before. I know Basic and Fortran from the 1980s, but that's it.

Hmm - not sure what I did wrong but I usually work on the sheet in adobe but export in foxit. I imported a PC from 11.2 to 11.25, saved, and exited and when I opened up in foxit, the font had changed. Usually I can ignore that as when I re-open in adobe it reverts to the correct font but this time, the sheet had the foxit font and I don't seem to be able to change it back! :-(

I've never previously tried exporting through adobe but will give it a try. Got about 30 sheets to upgrade to the new spell-sheet this week!

Originally Posted by Astromath

I'm not sure why it's not working for you. It works for me just fine. It is a pdf document of 6 new backgrounds. I've attached the file to this post.

As far as coding it myself, I have never coded in java before. I know Basic and Fortran from the 1980s, but that's it.

It might be that I need to be logged into the site to be able to see it? Those backgrounds seem very setting-specific. And as I said, I find adding backgrounds one of the most boring things ever, so maybe if I find some spare time that I want to spend being bored I will do these

As for coding, my JavaScript syntax is really simple and fully explained in the documentation in the Dropbox folder. You simple need to fill out the stuff of the backgrounds (ideals, traits, background feature) in place of the things that are there now, and it will work. But if you feel that is too difficult or you don't have the time that is no problem, it will just take longer for the backgrounds to be added.

Originally Posted by neoldobyss

Dear morepurplemorebetter,

I know you have allot time keeping this PDF alive and changing in our many request and notes about inaccuracies as this turning into a 5th edition "character builder" sheets getting to a point where the limitation of the D&D 5th ed fantasy world to what you can added as major elements as I see it with, to development thing greater opening to add things in saturation of returns with the world setting.

One might be the upcoming modern and future role playing setting where sci-fi; instruments, skills, and abilities can be Integrated on to added sheets indexed with involved period to fulfilling the new features "time traveler" character builder sheets to where the WotC never has gone before, as they might want to add input to your creations as i have heard the WotC has downsized the staff number with simpler 5th ed version needing less overhead to manage the system competing pathfinder business and user base.

Another can the applet of the integrated "dice roller" that be indexed to selected field to roll to dated value selected action with affected modifiers as maybe remembering all the "weird" dice like D30, D24, D14, D16, D1000, D10,000 options

As an another possible long term plan one might try to program your library into the HTML 5 as another edition of "character builder" sheets pdf and/or HTML file.

Thank you for all your suggestions. They sound more like something for a program on a computer/smartphone than for a pdf. The idea behind my project is that you generate a sheet and then print it out. However, I did notice that a lot of people are just running it from their computer during the game instead, so for them this might be an addition (dice roller/HTML based sheet). The first might be attainable, but the second is something that I will leave to somebody with experience in building web pages, as that is something that I would have to learn from scratch :P

As for the upcoming modern/future role playing settings, these are new to me. I didn't know WotC was planning anything like that based on the 5e system. I think that those variant systems are probably better off having separate character sheets, as they will probably have some differences that are not easy to reconcile with my sheet and how it works. Maybe something to look into if I ever want to play any of those things. As I said before, this is a hobby project of mine that has grown a bit out of hand, but I still only make things that me and my group(s) use and I don't plan on making stuff that I never use myself.

Originally Posted by Kester Adrien

I donated...how do i get the bonus sheet?

Also, when I add in a blank spell sheet to print out, it has no lines... how do i fix this?

We spoke via the mail, so I hope this is cleared up now I send the emails with the links to the bonus versions out manually, so it can take some time for them to reach those that donated, especially if you donate in the middle of the night (I live in the Netherlands, so my middle of the night is the USA's evening).

As for blank lines on the spell sheet, I assume you mean lines that you can print. These can be set with the button at the start of each line, but there is no function to set a whole page at once. However, I like this idea so I will incorporate it in the next version for sure!

Originally Posted by Pauln6

Hmm - not sure what I did wrong but I usually work on the sheet in adobe but export in foxit. I imported a PC from 11.2 to 11.25, saved, and exited and when I opened up in foxit, the font had changed. Usually I can ignore that as when I re-open in adobe it reverts to the correct font but this time, the sheet had the foxit font and I don't seem to be able to change it back! :-(

I've never previously tried exporting through adobe but will give it a try. Got about 30 sheets to upgrade to the new spell-sheet this week!

All I can say is that the sheet's export function is now fully usable in Adobe Acrobat Reader from sheet v10.2 onwards and for older versions of the sheet you can use this file that is linked in the download page and in the FAQ. I have no experience with Foxit and don't use it at all for anything, so I am unable to help you with this problem, sorry!