Hi everyone. Long-time lurker, first-time poster.
So, one of my peeves about RPGs in general is that as options get expanded (new feats, new spells, new... whatever) it quickly gets complicated to keep track of the options. As I get more into playing Pathfinder, I find that it's as a difficult an issue here as with any other expanding system.
I put some of my (extremely amateurish) website skills to the task and started writing a quick-and-extremely-dirty database to make a dynamic feat tree. I did it this way because it's easy to add new content as it comes out, and also it makes it possible to filter the feats based on different criteria.
I've gotten it to a certain point, and realized it might be useful to others in this community as well, so I thought I would post about it.
Things you should know before looking at it:
* It's barely functional at this point. In computer terms, I suppose it's proably pre-pre-pre-pre-pre-alpha, or thereabouts.
* For the moment, it filters by feat type and class only.
* It only contains feats in the Core RPG book and the APG, because that's all I've got.
I do plan to expand it, in available filters, the content, and potentially adding new stuff to the database. (Builds, Spells, Monsters, etc.)
If any of you are interested in potentially using it, you can find it at www.pathfinderpedia.com
Comments and requests are welcome, as long as you recognize that I work on it in my spare time, and that I'm not a professional (or even a trained) web designer, so I may not be able to implement everything that the community might find useful.
~Feegs
(Also, if any Paizo staff happen to have a look at it, I'd appreciate knowing if I've done anything wrong from a copyright standpoint. I think I'm in the clear based on the fact that the data is available elsewhere on the net, but frankly, I don't really understand the limits of the OGL.)
That's really helpful - I can see my group getting a lot of benefit out of this. Thanks!
Very nice and quick overview.
For how to label your site correctly you should read the Community Use Policy.
An example of how it's used Archives of Nethys
Thank you for the reference, Leonal. I had read that Policy before, but under the list of uses I wasn't certain that it was necessary. I suppose in hindsight it doesn't really matter whether it's necessary or not; at the very least, it's nice to link back to the Paizo page. I'll add in that notice at the bottom of the page on the next iteration.
~Feegs