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Fillable PDF - even better: saveable fillable PDF

Having built a 4 page deluxe sheet with this... I can tell you that a 16 page folio would drive the developers INSANE. I'm seriously considering moving my products to some sort of multi-platform app with printing ability instead of fillable pdfs... but I'm not that good a programmer.

Also, I'll let this one hit my subscription. I'd been considering a folder-stapled idea for one of my later products, 10 bucks and not messing with my subscription is totally worth seeing how it would actually behave.

If anyone else is running linux here's what I've discovered.

Okular (KDE's PDF Reader) Still doesn't support the image boxes.
Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.7 is the current Acroread for Linux. It DOES support the image boxes.
AAR 9.7 Is really ugly in KDE.

If anyone else is running linux here's what I've discovered.

Okular (KDE's PDF Reader) Still doesn't support the image boxes.
Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.7 is the current Acroread for Linux. It DOES support the image boxes.
AAR 9.7 Is really ugly in KDE.

If anyone else is running linux here's what I've discovered.

Okular (KDE's PDF Reader) Still doesn't support the image boxes.
Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.7 is the current Acroread for Linux. It DOES support the image boxes.
AAR 9.7 Is really ugly in KDE.

Subscribed!

This gets my vote. As it's the module I really want to see published.
Good Luck Mike!

Yeah, but at this point all 4 of them will be writing something (if they so choose), so we're now deciding which of the 4 proposals we (the fan base) want to see made in a module.

And that's what I needed to make my decision.

Tom you did an amazing job throughout the entire contest. I kinda felt this was a little disappointing though.

That said, I want to see more of your work! Good luck!

Congrats!

Now if Paizo would quit stealing texas players! It's hard enough finding a gaming group down here as is! :-P

Existing group or people looking to build one. New move to El Paso this year.

You can already do that with the stock Droid phone (purchase through the browser just like you do from a regular computer, download to the phone and view with the PDF viewer).

-Skeld

See I'm having problems with this. The download starts, but never actually downloads anything. Progress bar never transitions from the waiting animation to filling.

I like it. I may borrow it for some of my house games.

Add a pants slot. It's been missing for far too long.

Indeed, far to many adventurers run around pantsless.

So because of schedules I was only able to get with my group (which wasn't my typical group) for one playtest. I picked this one. Here's how it came out.

NUMBER OF PCs
4

RACE/CLASS/LEVEL OF PCs
Human/Wizard (Abjurer)/5
Elf/Ranger/5
Elf/Druid/5
Human/CG Cleric of Gorum/5

TIER
6

EASE OF RUNNING THE ENCOUNTER
1 of my players had never played a P&P, but observed several sessions and watch a lot of Neverwinter Nights game play (again, didn't play himself) (Wizard)

2 of my players have been involved in a 4th Ed D&D game that has confused them both several times. (Druid and Ranger)

My other player is very comfortable with Pathfinder. (Cleric)

We had a blast, the wizard had no trouble, the Druid and Ranger felt a lot better about this game than their other game. I had no problem running the game for them even with helping them with rules.

CHALLENGE OF THE ENCOUNTER
This is iffy... I missed the DR5/- line for part of the encounter. So the mummy was admittedly easier than he should have been, but not by much, and (without knowledge of the encounter) my brother built the ranger with favored enemy undead. Also, the mummy and all the skeletons ended up with a lower init than the party. Still a party of inexperienced players and walked it. So maybe skeletal champions might have been better.

FUN OF THE ENCOUNTER
Extremely fun. Everybody enjoyed the evening. Lots of good jokes "is still... juicy".

Thomas Thiessen wrote:

I spend nearly every free moment on the boards, reading blogs, buying stuff, and it's still not enough...

Become a Pathfinder 3rd party publisher. Then you have a "professional" reason to be on the boards 24/7, buying everything they make, ...

I'm in the process of doing that... but wasn't going to say it... I wasn't sure if that qualified as being a "peddler".

When smoking could actually be cheaper than Paizo... It's a problem!

To bad I can't run to 7-Eleven and pick up a pack of Paizo!

Are you kidding, I spend more on paizo than several of my friends spend on booze!!!

Last weekend I was bouncing the idea of a "villains on commission" project... maybe I wasn't that far off.

Product update:

• Added weight to gear section.
  
• Added total weight carried.
  
• Fixed Tab order in skills. Again.
  

Okay. The spell section and gear section have been worked on. Some more things are in store so I haven't posted the update. I need to finish working on the existing changes and adding another thing or two. Look for an update next weekend.

I'd considered several times until waiting until after the round, and have no problem waiting until then to hear responses... In the end I had more arguments for posting it now and waiting than posting it later.

Like posted, beyond the announcement I'm not urging any specific time frame.

This is not for just the contest... the worksheet at the end will be whats for sale, for people to use to record keep for personal organizations they create later.

Perhaps I'm not being clear. If so I'm sorry.

I'm offering the top 32 a chance to beta test a "deluxe organization sheet" that will go on sale latter. They need not volunteer today or tomorrow, they can wait until after the contest is over. They will be asked to build a few organizations with the sheet, and send back only comments about the sheet itself, not the organization. Changes will be made to the sheet based on that.

The three sheets I offer are based on sheets me and my various players have tinkered with for a long time. The organization sheet is a newer project, and I wanted a broader (but not huge) set of eyes on it.

The people who wish to participate may email me, they will receive the current version of the sheet (basic structure, not pretty yet and not a fillable pdf). Those who provide feedback once the sheet is ready will get a copy of the sheet in its final stage for free, and acknowledgement of their participation in the final product.

Theses are awesome, maybe its because I play lots of rogues and wizards (but not lots of thieves) but these really have all sorts of fun implications.

They're definitely going into my personal games.

Good Job, and good luck on the next round!

I mentioned this in a discussion thread and my blog a while back... but if Paizo has a problem with this they can still make note in this thread.

One of the reasons I didn't participate this year is because I was working on a worksheet for organizations to sell with my character, settlement, and realm sheets. There were other reasons, including a major move from city to city and fulltime job to fulltime job... but I felt that my project would be a bad thing to mix with the contest.

I did however, ask if it was alright to offer the sheet in its unedited stage to the contestants. Paizo did not respond, so I'm going to offer it publicly.

So provided there is no problem with it (which paizo can state here), and you are willing to look at the worksheet, please email me at noble (dot) hays (at) gmail (dot) com. I'll send you the sheet in its current state and some a little list of questions I'd like you to answer after looking at it.

Those who ask for it (from the top 32) and provide feedback will get a copy of the finished product for free and a "Thanks To" line in the front page. (Unlike the other three worksheets, this one also comes with a little mini-guide/rambling about usage, suggestions).

Thanks a head of time!

Congratulations Everybody!

So, unless designing for/running your game company is a full-time job, it doesn't mean you're ineligible.

That's a rather generous interpretation. I probably blow 20 hours/week doing research and thinking about it, but it definitely isn't my "day job". Thank you.

I've been working on an organization worksheet to go with my Notsonoble's Gaming sheets. I'm pretty sure since starting the company (which right now is just me) I'm no longer a valid competitor for the contest. However, I wonder now what I should do about the sheet. Delay until after the contest is done? Rush it out now?

An interesting bit paizo has thrown out there indeed.

Ah ha! That's something that's been confusing me a little on products. I've actually be relying solely on the list of on the website for what I could and couldn't use.

Thank you for that clarification.

Is the Prestige System going to become open content soon? I actually have a) a worksheet for creating factions, and b) some factions for a setting I'm building that I'd like to provide but right now I can't do that if I understand correctly.

Now that i've seen the "pawns", can we get a "hardcopy product" version of the paper mini pdf's like this? I know we've got the plastic's and metals from reaper, but these are great too!

As for the rest of it, I like the condensed stat block, and a few other things. A very good product.

This update'll take longer, and may not be all Sassafrass asked for.

1) Expanding the description section... I'm trying to stay in a small(ish) setup. Super huge pages I'll leave to the portfolio products, I may still move it if you think it'd be better.

2) Skills, getting that second misc mod in has not gone well. I'll keep working, but no promises.

3) We'd gotten used to sticking that kind of info either in the gear section (bonded item) or Class Abilities section (familiar, bloodline, etc) but I'm looking into how to make this work.

4) Gear, many of these things existed in previous incarnations of the sheet, and over time people asked for their removal. I'm totally for adding the weight listing back though, as I didn't like it's removal anyway.

5) The image box might be hard, I was able to do a way with the "title" on the other two worksheets for it... but that space isn't there... I'll see.

So expect a gear weight column... and maybe the others if I can figure out how without adding an additional page.

Fantastic update, I can think of nothing that could make it better now.

Did the insert-able blank maps work the way you hoped?

On a side note to users: As someone who runs linux at home (with xp in virtualbox so I can use acrobat pro) I noticed that the image fields do not work in Okular (KDE's pdf viewer) I haven't tried it in Adobe reader for linux.

If there's a pdf reader that they DO work in for linux PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I'd like to make a note of it in the next product update.

When will the update take affect? I would like to get this worksheet; but I would like to wait and get the updated version.

I'm putting a little work into the update tonight. But remember, I'll be updating the product, not uploading a new one. You should get a notification and the ability to download the updates!

The flag / crest suggestion is a good one I'll see about adding it. Also the grid will be sorta simple and give users a choice I'll append a blank grid of each type soon with simple instructions.

The OGL page is first because of how I understood the requirements of the OGL. So unless someone shows otherwise I'll have to leave that as is.

Thanks for your input I'll see to the additions.

Type: Humanoid (Human, racially cursed) 0rp
Medium 0rp
Speed 30ft 0rp
Human Heritage Modifiers 0rp (the frustration with this is there's not a +2 physical and -2 mental option, and I'd want to do +2 Con -2Wis)
Xenophobic Language Array 0rp
Fast 1rp
Ferocity 4rp
Frenzy 2rp
Total:7rp
There are also racial penalties I have characters roleplay that I didn't see a good way to handle in this (short tempers, distinct markings(although that doesn't have to be a crunch thing), racial claustrophobia, and a higher metabolism (to the point that starvation is a much more dangerous issue)

That's technically an advanced race, it has two advanced abilities, but is only 7 points, and there are things that the system didn't cover...

It's also very easy to build a functional 0 point race... that seemed odd to me.

But this is just a first glance at the system, and I don't have all my rasaleth notes with me... it may build closer than I think.

Nekogami (10 Race points total, standard race)

Type. Outsider (Native) (2 race points) (Darkvision comes free with package)

Size; Medium (0 race points)

+2 Strength +2 Dexterity (2 race points) (See Flexible ability score trait)

Fast Speed (1 race point) 40 feet total base land speed

Language (Xenophobic) (0 race points) Tien (racial language) Bonus Languages, Sylvan, Common, Elven, Aklo

Nekogami receive a bonus feat at first level for which they meet the prerequisites (4 race points)

Darkvision 60 feet (part of native outsider package)

Weapon Familiarity (1 race point) (Nekogami are proficient with the Katana and Wakizashi)

(snip)
i know fast speed is an advanced ability. but i'm sure it could slide in this case. it's nowhere near as power gamey as flight.

First, I like this race.

Second, I'm actually finding the ability groupings rather frustrating. There is a sub-type of human I've been trying to find a way to move from just roleplay to crunch so that I can hand it off in my games for years... I was hoping this build system would handle that, but at this point I'd have to build it as a 8-ish RP advanced race. I'll post it shortly.

I see a few people have purchased this sheet. Any change requests or comments?

I see a few people have purchased this sheet. Any change requests or comments?

I have to agree it still needs work, and it's actually rather bad on android phones, the big "by book" navigation takes up the entire screen, while the rest of the page is faded to the side in the background, and because of that I have scroll bars that serve no purpose...

It's better, but it still needs a lot of work for mobile devices.

"Doesn't suck" is true, but still not exactly a "great site".

Don't worry, Jason Nelson and I are already working on some caravan expansion stuff for Legendary Games to fill that exact need.

Sample caravans, some caravan NPCs, rival caravans, set piece caravan encounters where the PCs are featured doing their PC thing while the caravan encounter goes on in the background.

I'd like to see some of this too. Especially with my new sheet projects coming up... so far there's not a lot of expanding to do for a caravan stat sheet.

I'm trying to decide if I should take a "second step" on getting some work done on my D&D/Pathfinder setting.

http://goo.gl/TLOER

Welcome and good luck, Meredith!

If you are interested in playing, it shouldn't be too hard to find a game where the GM or other players are willing to help with questions. As someone who's cataloging rules, your seeing quite a few of them anyway so you may pick up things quicker than you'd expect.

And don't worry about the comments from zombies looking for brains, or hissing, or even mentions about sacrifices... they're all for show, its the quiet ones you should worry about...

Here's hoping you enjoy your stay, and maybe even stick around the gaming community in the future. Editors are always needed!

I'm not gonna be able to wait on this one... Definitely getting added to my next order...

That looks great! Can you link the code? Or post the code? Or send it to me on OP? Same name as here, just with an underscore between words.. the_eel

Thanks, and keep it up!

Edit: Copy/Paste of what you linked almost works. Only the skills get messed up.

Here it is

I'll be switching to dropbox public text files for distribution for a while. It does a better job of keeping the code intact.

http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/helpful-pathfinder-templates/charac ters/charactersample

Sorry, somehow there was a space in the middle of the url.

And it's still doing it, between the c and the t in /characters/ the message board is adding a space for no good reason.

try this

Step 3 - Generate Settlements

<snipped for post lenght>

Umm... are you asking for something to be added to the template? Your post isn't making just a whole lot of sense.

http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/helpful-pathfinder-templates/charac ters/charactersample

Sorry, somehow there was a space in the middle of the url.

http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/helpful-pathfinder-templates/charac ters/charactersample

Here's the next one I'm working on. This one's a bit on the odd side and here's why.

1. Obsidian Portal has a system for "character sheets" but their dynamic templates don't print very pretty.

2. It's huge, and thanks to OP's use of the "textile" pseudo-coding, there's some very bad coding in it at the moment. So finding where to change information can be kinda crummy at this point.

3. Even though it's designed to print, it still at the moment requires you to copy the data to MSWord or OOWriter to print well, and even then you have to tweak it once you copy it over.

So, honestly if you don't care about being able to print character sheets from OP. This template is not worth much. If you do want a printable character sheet on OP, try it and let me know where it gives you the most grief, I'll try to improve on it.

I haven't posted the code yet because I'm looking into some online space and putting the code for these templates in files for people to download. More on that later.

Here's one for an Item page:
Here's what it looks like:

_Fluffy description_

<span style="color:white; background:black;"><small>*ITEM TITLE*</small></span>
*Aura* _aura_; *CL* _caster level_
*Slot* _body slot_; *Price* _value in gp_; *Weight* _weight_
<small>*DESCRIPTION*</small>
_A sentence or two about the item's abilities_
<small>*CONSTRUCTION*</small>
*Requirements* _feats, spells, materials_; *Cost* _price for creation_

Thanks, let me know if you have any suggested changes.

I built a PDF Expanded Settlement Sheet a while back (but never posted it) I'm trying to get away from the fillable pdf's because they get a)huge, and b)clunky. But I've also been using Obsidian Portal a lot lately and because of that I built a template for PFRPG Settlements based on that sheet.

Here's a Preview and the code is below.

|/3. !http://paizo.com/image/product/catalog/PZO/PZOCOMPATIBILITYE_360.jpeg!| Pathfinder Settelment Template|
|For Obsidian Portal|
|By Notsonoble|

<small>*GENERAL INFO:*</small>

|<small>*Name:*</small>|_Name_|<small>*Also Known As:*</small>|_AKA_|<small>*Is Part of*:|_Realm or Region_|<small>*Alignment:*</small>|_Align_|
|<small>*Setting:*</small>|_Setting_|<small>*Role:*</s mall>|_Role_|<small>*Type:*|_Size_|<small>*Danger*</small >|_Value_|
<hr />

<small>*MODIFIRES:*</small>

|<small>*CORRUPTION:*</small>|00|<small>*CRIME:*</smal l>|00|<small>*ECONOMY:*|00|<small>*LAW:*</small>|00|&l t;small>*LORE:*</small>|00||<small>*SOCIETY:*</small>| 00|

<small>*QUALITIES AND DISADVANTAGES:*</small>

|_Enter Quality_|_Enter Quality_|_Enter Quality_|_Enter Quality_|
|_Enter Quality_|_Enter Quality_|_Enter Quality_|_Enter Quality_|
|_Enter Quality_|_Enter Quality_|_Enter Quality_|_Enter Quality_|
<hr />

<small>*DEMOGRAPHICS:*</small>

|{background:#ddd}. <small>*Government:*</small>|{background:#ddd}. _Enter Government Type_|<small>*Population:*</small>|_Enter Number and Race_|_Enter Number and Race_|_Enter Number and Race_|
|{background:#ddd}. <small>*Government Alignment:*</small>|{background:#ddd}. _Gvt Align_|{background:#ddd}. <small>*Population Alignment*</small>|{background:#ddd}. _Pop Align_|_Enter Number and Race_|_Enter Number and Race_|
<hr />

<small>*MARKETPLACE:*</small>

||<small>*MINOR ITEMS:*</small>|<small>*VALUE:*</small>|<small>*MED IUM ITEMS:*</small>|<small>*VALUE:*</small>|<small>*MAJ OR ITEMS:*</small>|<small>*VALUE:*</small>|
|={background:#ddd}. <small>*BASE VALUE:*</small>|_Enter Item_|_Value_|_Enter Item_|_Value_|_Enter Item_|_Value_|
|={background:#ddd}. _Enter B Value_|_Enter Item_|_Value_|_Enter Item_|_Value_|_Enter Item_|_Value_|
|={background:#ddd}. <small>*PURCHASE LIMIT:*</small>|_Enter Item_|_Value_|_Enter Item_|_Value_|_Enter Item_|_Value_|
|={background:#ddd}. _Enter P Limit_</small>|_Enter Item_|_Value_|_Enter Item_|_Value_|_Enter Item_|_Value_|
|={background:#ddd}. <small>*SPELLCASTING:*</small>|_Enter Item_|_Value_|_Enter Item_|_Value_|_Enter Item_|_Value_|
|={background:#ddd}. _Enter Spell Level Available_</small>|_Enter Item_|_Value_|_Enter Item_|_Value_|_Enter Item_|_Value_|
||_Enter Item_|_Value_|_Enter Item_|_Value_|_Enter Item_|_Value_|
|<small>*NOTES:*</small>|\6. _Any economic notes Any economic notes Any economic notes Any economic notes Any economic notes Any economic notes_|
<hr />

<small>*NOTABLE NPCS:*</small>

|<small>*NAME*</small>|<small>*ROLE*</small>|<sm all>*ALIGNMENT*</small>|<small>*CLASSES & LEVELS*</small>|<small>*HP*</small>|
|_Enter Name as Character Page Link_|_Enter Role_|_Enter Align_|_Enter C&L_|_Enter HP_|
|_Enter Name as Character Page Link_|_Enter Role_|_Enter Align_|_Enter C&L_|_Enter HP_|
|_Enter Name as Character Page Link_|_Enter Role_|_Enter Align_|_Enter C&L_|_Enter HP_|
|_Enter Name as Character Page Link_|_Enter Role_|_Enter Align_|_Enter C&L_|_Enter HP_|
|_Enter Name as Character Page Link_|_Enter Role_|_Enter Align_|_Enter C&L_|_Enter HP_|
<hr />

<small>*FACTIONS:*</small>

|<small>*NAME*</small>|<small>*ROLE*</small>|<sm all>*ALIGNMENT*</small>|<small>*LEADER*</small>|<sm all>*MEMBER COUNT*</small>|
|_Enter Name as Character Page Link_|_Enter Role_|_Enter Align_|_Enter Leader_|_Enter Count_|
|_Enter Name as Character Page Link_|_Enter Role_|_Enter Align_|_Enter Leader_|_Enter Count_|
|_Enter Name as Character Page Link_|_Enter Role_|_Enter Align_|_Enter Leader_|_Enter Count_|
|_Enter Name as Character Page Link_|_Enter Role_|_Enter Align_|_Enter Leader_|_Enter Count_|
|_Enter Name as Character Page Link_|_Enter Role_|_Enter Align_|_Enter Leader_|_Enter Count_|
<hr />

<small>*LOCATIONS:*</small>

|<small>*NAME*</small>|<small>*ROLE*</small>|<sm all>*Description*</small>|
|_Enter Name_|_Enter Role_|_Enter Description_|
|_Enter Name_|_Enter Role_|_Enter Description_|
|_Enter Name_|_Enter Role_|_Enter Description_|
|_Enter Name_|_Enter Role_|_Enter Description_|
|_Enter Name_|_Enter Role_|_Enter Description_|
<hr />

<small>*REFERENCES:*</small>
_Enter any reference other reference page links like maps or stories here_

I would simply be happy with a poster size to scale continent map along the detail lines of the one in the world guide. Well for now...

Eventually though (like 20 years from now), when I can afford to have it done... Paizo needs to finish the whole world at the same scale and detail as the Inner Sea Map Folio... so that I can have it fresco-ed onto one wall of my house.