- Name (text field)
- Class (select pulldown)
- Race (select pulldown)
- Level (text field)
- Gender (select pulldown)
What do you all think? Do you think this is possible?
I have ideas about a village generator as well, but let's tackle one thing at a time.
Of course this should all be possible, including warnings if a class/race/level combination is given that the rules don't allow. On the other hand, every campaign is different, os we shouldn't deny combinations that are against the book.ToniXX wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 2:02 am I’m thinking about how the generator will work. I’m imagining that the user is presented with a form with the following fields (and maybe more, but I don’t think so).
The user may enter none or all fields, and a PC will be generated based on what is entered. If they enter no data, they get back an entirely random character, including a fantasy like name based on gender. If they enter paladin for class, the generator makes rolls until it gets necessary stats for a paladin. If they enter paladin and gnome, the generator kicks back an error (as gnomes can’t be paladins).
- Name (text field)
- Class (select pulldown)
- Race (select pulldown)
- Level (text field)
- Gender (select pulldown)
What do you all think? Do you think this is possible?
I have ideas about a village generator as well, but let's tackle one thing at a time.
unfortunately that is a transparent block not the image with the dragon/serpent I was aiming for. Thank you for the try though.Lance wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 5:24 am I found this in the css files: https://www.unseenservant.com/support/s ... _trans.png
yup that was what I was looking for but I found something else that I think works better.Lance wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 11:44 am Surely you don't mean this, right? https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/11 ... X-ed-Basic
Because that would be here: https://www.unseenservant.com/support/s ... er_mag.jpg
Yes, an NPC generator is a good start and that works for me. Integration logic is something that I'll handle. I plan on adding a boolean field to the PC table to note if the PC is an NPC.Leitz wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:26 am That said, I thought we were shooting for an NPC generator at first? Straight by the books, and fairly bland for starters. The integration logic will be "fun", as I don't know how the character sheets work. The logic in the current code says "if your class requires high stats, I use your highest rolls first, in order. Then anything you don't make gets raised to the minimum." That was part of my thinking about an NPC generator; you want a paladin, you get a paladin, with 17 Charisma even if they rolled straight 3's. What does re-rolling add?
Yes, I agree with this. They can make changes as they see fit after the NPC/PC is generated.We can make level a pulldown and keep the names automatic, eliminating all user provided input data. Again, if someone wants to customize a PC, they can change the name, etc, on the character sheet.
Yes, and yes. That's easy.We probably also need to limit access to logged in USS full members. Otherwise you'll risk a lot of useless data in your DB. That means we likely need to store which user created the character, as well.
I was thinking that villagers don't need stats (str, int, wis, etc). They don't need classes either, but they do need jobs. I thought that an entire village could be generated after the user specifies the number of villagers he wants. And yes, we can do single race village, multi race village, etc. This entire village can then be saved in a new table (not the current PC table) and can be modified if the GM so desires.You did see that I created a village generator, right? Anyway, we could probably just do a checkbox for whatever people types they wanted in the village. We can deal with racial issues at some point, it depends on if the DM wants all one race, or mixed.
I can work on the menu items and such. Having a nice place to put them helps a lot!GreyWolfVT wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:55 am I've done minimal "index page" design so far. Part that will present challenges for my part is buttons and dropdown menus for this probably best done with javascript which i do not know.
Really cool background image.GreyWolfVT wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 2:03 am Well to be honest the landing page design wasn't much just needed a decent background image (hopefully it is to everyone's liking.) and I tried to match the font on the roller and here as closely as I could for the header.
I was going to point that out so I'm glad you already caught it yourself.GreyWolfVT wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 2:03 amGranted I am now noticing i skilled the space between Unseen and Servant.