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The only problem will be if a class doesn't have a TYPE that is using a CLASSTYPE: line from Misc Info.
 
The only problem will be if a class doesn't have a TYPE that is using a CLASSTYPE: line from Misc Info.
  
See this post for an [[in-depth(http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen_experimental/message/11022)]] explanation of the rational behind this proposal.
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See this post for an [in-depth(http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen_experimental/message/11022)] explanation of the rational behind this proposal.

Revision as of 15:08, 15 July 2008

This is a freq/proposal for the implementation of code to support the Pathfinder PRG.

Monsters and characters have different progressions for feats per level. While characters get a feat for each odd character level, feats for racial hit dice are stil done as in D&D 3.5, i.e. one at 1 HD, and then one more for each 3 HD.

An example: Consider a 7th level fire giant barbarian. As a fire giant he has 15 racial hit dice. He gets feats at hit dice 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15, just as in D&D 3.5. For his class levels, however, he gets feats at levels 1, 3, 5, and 7 (in D&D he would get two more, at hit dice 18 and 21).


Tom's proposal to address this feature:

(1) Deprecate CLASSTYPE: in Misc Info files

(2) Deprecate BONUSFEATLEVELSTARTINTERVAL in Misc Info Files

(3) Add a comma delimited list token MONSTERCLASSTYPES in Misc Info Files. This is a list of Types (triggers off the TYPE token in a class) that produce Monsters, replaces ISMONSTER from CLASSTYPE

(4) Add a comma delimited list token IMMUNETOXPPENALTYCLASSTYPES in Misc Info Files. This is a list of Types (triggers off the TYPE token in a class) that do not get an XP Penalty. This replaces the XPPENALTY from CLASSTYPE

(5) Add a CLASSGROUP: in Misc Info files, which allows additional tokens on that line

(6) Add CR: as an additional token for CLASSGROUP: (replaces CR from CLASSTYPE)

(7) Add BONUSFEATLEVELSTARTINTERVAL as an additional token for CLASSGROUP:) (replaces BONUSFEATLEVELSTARTINTERVAL as a stand-alone token)

(8) Add a CLASSGROUP: token to Class LST files.

Note: (3,4) can be auto-generated based on the CLASSTYPE lines. (5,6,7) can be auto-generated from what remains of CLASSTYPE and the existing BONUSFEATLEVELSTARTINTERVAL (8) can be auto-generated from the existing TYPE token based on what CLASSGROUPs were created.

Thus we can automatically convert existing game modes to this new syntax in the move to 5.16 (homebrews, et al.)

The only problem will be if a class doesn't have a TYPE that is using a CLASSTYPE: line from Misc Info.

See this post for an [in-depth(http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen_experimental/message/11022)] explanation of the rational behind this proposal.