Like many, I love to see new spells and Feats. However, it is hard to keep it all straight which book has what, and even if you know, it is hard to lug around all of the various references.
Hero Lab helps a ton as long as the things have already been entered into it, but even then it is very subjective as it is dependent upon the individual character. Even Hero Lab is especially problematic for Clerics and Druids as it only shows what spells that they have prepared through Hero Lab, which we use for characters but not for actual game play (for now at least). I GM off my iPad to look up things and type my notes into. Wizards can print off their spell book at least, and Bards and Sorcerers have their known spells already specified.
What is the best method to use for making a compilation for use at my gaming table? Right now I am leaning towards just making a pdf with it all copied into it (which is to NOT be shared with the world).
In my 2nd edition days I had photocopied every single spell reference that we used at the gaming table and made a list of it all, putting the entirety in a massive notebook. After that they came up with the Priest and Wizard spell compendiums.
I do not see there being a Pathfinder compendium since the lists keep growing, and besides there are so many publishers. Back in the 2nd edition days there was only one publisher.
So, before I start copy-pasting away, does anyone have a better solution? Some have used cards, but I do not see very well. I suppose that they would work for players, but this would be more useful for the GM as a wider base is needed (and Hero Lab can take care of the PCs).
I plan to put every single spell and Feat into this compendium. I would also want to make compiled spell lists by spell level for the different spellcasting classes.
Some sort of database program would be ideal if it could have a printable output. Does anyone know if Microsoft Access could do this? I have only started using that program, but at least I have already figured out how to do the basic queries (which is all that is needed, really).
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/spells-db
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/feats-db
You can download the .csv file or .xml file and import it into access.
Awesome, thanks!