I was wondering if anyone was working on either a PDF or Excel/Gsheet NPC creator calculator?
I've been designing a potential computer program that might do it, but I've noticed that I'd need to code in every feat and every weapon to get the job truly done. Among other things. I may not get to finishing it.
Make it open source on github or something and allow people to add to the code so you don't have to add everything yourself. Sounds like you would just be adding stuff to databases or something.
git hates me. Github taunts me with what it knows, but won't let me do.
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Honestly, there are VERY few feats that NPCs can take or make use of. For example, they don’t have stamina, so toughness is out. One of the other bonuses is +1 to all saves or +3 to any one save, so you don’t need the save increasing feats (iron will, etc.). Their skills are supposed to be set so you don’t need skill focus or skill synergy, they are assumed to always have specialization so you don’t need versatile specialization. The minor magic power can take the place of connection inkling and the other similar feats.
Their damage output, ac, and weapons load outs don’t change, so you don’t need to factor in weapon or armor proficiency feats (if you want, say, a Solarian to have heavy armor, just Say he is wearing heavy armor, it doesn’t change his AC. If you want an envoy to be wielding a starknife, just say it is a starknife. Doesn’t change the damage from a survival knife.
Honestly there are only a few feats that most people will choose for their NPCs. Weapon focus, improved initiative, combat manuver training, Spell focus, etc. just start with those for your Beta build and maybe someone else will fill in the blank.
Are there NPC creation rules similar to the ones for the old 3.5? I'm not seeing any such in the Core Rulebook. Back when I made an Excel chargen for the original Pathfinder, it could also be used to implement the subsystem designed specifically for quick-and-dirty NPC generation and generate a stat block you could bring to the table.
I'm looking at the prospect of putting together an Excel chargen for Starfinder, but I'd want to start from scratch because the previous one was built on Office 2003, and it seems like it'd be better to make a clean start. So, you know, it'd be a lot of work.