So I looked through the thread, watched the preview video and didn't see this addressed so I'd like to ask a question;
In case of certain feats, abilities, or whatever that allow you to use a non standard ability score for various, such as using your dex mod for attacks with weapon finesse, or use dex for jump instead of str (or wis for acrobatics in case of pathfinder) is it possible for the player to adjust which stat the character sheet pulls from when calculating bonuses?
No this isn't available as an automated feature, but each attack, skill, save etc has at least one 'misc' field, so manual adjustments can be entered and will be retained for subsequent rolls.
Stuart
On a separate note, just a quick update to say that the Mac version is now available on the Mac App Store, completing the iPad/Windows/Mac line-up for our character sheet.
Stuart
I got the d20 and 4e versions earlier this week. I’ve only had time to start inputting my most recent Pathfinder character, and I must say that I like it. I got my iPad mostly for gaming, granted I had other reasons, but let’s be honest they were just used to try and justify it to the fiancé. Any way this is the kind of app that I want from the beginning. I like that it’s just a digital character sheet that auto calculates, I don’t need it to link to the SRD or anything, that tends to make things much more rigid and more likely to not work right.
Here are a few thoughts, ideas, and questions I had:
1.Knowledge Skills: there’s only one slot for knowledge skills. There are quite a few different knowledge skills, there should be more than one slot.
2.The racial abilities and class feature fields, I would have liked them to have been done like the feats field, lined with the notes button off to the right.
3.Attack bonuses for weapons: If I have more that 1 attack can I only enter my highest attack in the to hit box? I realize there is a place for number of attacks. I know you can roll by double clicking the to hit box, but after the first attack I have to do additional math after the first attack. It’s not that big of an issue just something I was questioning.
4.It would be nice if you could paste into the notes fields.
That’s all for now, just a few things that hit me during my initial use of the app. Still though, I really enjoy the simplicity and layout of it.
-Tal
Hi Tal, and sorry for being a bit slow to respond, but thank you for your comments.
On (1), you can add multiple knowledge skills on the d20 character sheet by just filling in the underlined area next to the "Knowledge" label and it will then create a new blank Knowledge entry for you.
On (2), I can see where you are coming from (and I think the notes icon is a helpful addition), but it is also a matter of personal preference to some extent. Notes content doesn't print out on the HTML version, for example, so a blank box is more useful unless lots of info is going to be entered.
On (3), I think I agree. We spotted this after it was launched, and although you can still do the math yourself, it might have been nice in hindsight to have a helping hand.
On (4), this feature is available in the Mac/Windows versions, but the iPad platform doesn't make this very easy for products that have their own custom user interface (like this one). It is on the list of things to investigate for the next upgrade!
I'm glad you're enjoying it,
Stuart
Thanks for the reply.
Thanks for letting me know about the knowledge skill. I never even tried to enter in a skill. When I saw that there was only one slot I just found another way to handle it, but the way you have it working is a very nice feature. Now I don’t have space being taken up by knowledge skills I don’t use.
As for the notes feature, yeah it is personal preference, I like to include as much info about my racial abilities and class features as I can, and when I try to shorten it I usually end up leaving out something important.
The app functions almost exactly the way I want a digital character sheet to function. Between this app, my $.99 pdf reader for my digital books, and my $1.99 spell book app, I have quite an impressive device for gaming. If I didn’t prefer to roll my own dice all I would need to bring to my gaming sessions is the iPad.
-Tal
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Just purchased the ap and while I really like it I am having some teething problems. Having created a character I was selecting the class skills and despite jabbing away with my sausage like fingers for a while I couldn't select 'Climb'.
Further when I select notes I am finding it impossible to close the notes box using the x in the corner. These are my thoughts on first try. I should add this is on my ipad2.
Otyugh, that happens to me sometimes also. Eventually I am able to check the box or close the pop up though.
Although I do feel the need to warn you, since it just happened to me a couple weeks ago. While I was inputting a new character the app crashed. It had happened before and while frustrating not the end of the world, although this time when I start up the app again all my characters had been erased. This event was enough to make me not want to use the app again until I get an update saying this bug has been fixed. I am running it on a first gen iPad so I don’t know if this is an issue with the app, or running it on my iPad. I just wanted to give you the heads up that it might happen to you as well.
I will say that once this issue is resolved I will be very happy to use this app again. I loved using it, it’s just a big risk to lose your character, possibly in the middle of the game.