I made an Alexa skill for Pathfinder, you can ask it for the value of any stat of any spell, item or monster - I need your help to test it!

[Brenden Falke]

"Alexa, ask Irori for the range of magic missile"

I have created an Alexa skill for Pathfinder. This skill is backed by a database containing all stats of all (well, most) items, spells and monsters in Pathfinder, and allows you to find out what the value of a stat is of a particular object.

"Alexa, ask Irori for the hit points of a goblin", "Alexa, ask Irori for the target of Chain Lightning" or "Alexa, ask Irori for the description of a Quarterstaff of Entwined Serpents", etc. I have a little demonstration video as well!

It works fairly well, but there are still issues with object and stat recognition. As such, the skill is not certified yet, since it needs to be beta tested first, and that is where I need you help! If you have an Alexa device and want to help out, shoot me a message with your email address here or at [e-mail].

If you're interested in helping out with development, check out the project on GitHub!

[Brenden Falke]

update 10:00 CET: processed all beta requests I have received so far, you should have gotten your invites :)

[gatherer818]

This makes me want to Alexa. I think my new Kindle can do so, I will check later and send you a message if so ^_^

[Ravingdork]

Cool idea!

gatherer818 wrote:

This makes me want to Alexa. I think my new Kindle can do so, I will check later and send you a message if so ^_^

p!ease let me know what you find out. I have a kindle as well and wouldn't mind getting in on some of this action.

[Brenden Falke]

There are alexa apps for your phone (like Reverb), if you don't have an alexa device :)

also: update 16:30 CET processed all beta requests so far

[Anguish]

I have to suspect some of my grey matter is... suboptimal...

It took me 3/4 of the original post for me to realize - really realize - that this wasn't an in-character, in-game skill, but a DM/player tool for the real world.

[Ciaran Barnes]

Yeah me too. The word "skill" was misleading.

[Christopk-K]

Still veeery cool

[Tinalles]

Does it do price checks? PLEASE tell me it does price checks. As in "Alexa, ask Irori the price of a Cat's Eye Crown" and then it says "The market price of a Cat's Eye Crown is 18,000 gold pieces". Or similar. It's incredible how much doing price checks on magic loot slows the game down.

[Pader]

Can someone make one for Google Home?

[Brenden Falke]

Tinalles wrote:

Does it do price checks? PLEASE tell me it does price checks. As in "Alexa, ask Irori the price of a Cat's Eye Crown" and then it says "The market price of a Cat's Eye Crown is 18,000 gold pieces". Or similar. It's incredible how much doing price checks on magic loot slows the game down.

price information is part of the items, so you can ask it for the price of items :)

"alexa, ask irori for price of a dagger"

It is the buy price though, so you'll need to half it if you want the sell price.