Agreed. Data structure should not impose functionality issues or handle functionality issues. You wouldn't use a database to handle this, it's part of the...
Morgan
morgan@...
Jun 1, 2001 11:36 am
658
Well, it's out of scope from the spell xml data itself (at least the portion I was working on in that example), but yes, I think we will need to have some way...
Tom Caudron
tom_caudron@...
Jun 1, 2001 2:02 pm
659
... Just one note about spell-list. I would suggest putting spell level as property of spell entry, not as enclosing tag. Something like <spell-list...
Artur Biesiadowski
abies@...
Jun 1, 2001 3:26 pm
660
Agreed. That is a bit more intuitive and easier to manage. I will adjust my non-existent spells.xml template (the one that exists solely in my head) to...
Tom Caudron
tom_caudron@...
Jun 1, 2001 3:59 pm
661
... Only one thing, very serious. Descriptions. In my dndxml project I used special tag inside descriptions. For example part of Air Walk description: You can...
Artur Biesiadowski
abies@...
Jun 1, 2001 4:48 pm
662
... We have to specify legal values here. I used following in my program {"Personal", "Personal"}, {"Touch", "Touch"}, {"Close", "Close(25ft. + 5ft./2...
Artur Biesiadowski
abies@...
Jun 1, 2001 4:52 pm
663
... Will we add srd- to all ids ? And later refer to them as srd:srd-hypnoticpattern ? :) ... Is it possible for spell to be in more than one school ? I don't...
Artur Biesiadowski
abies@...
Jun 1, 2001 4:55 pm
664
... This is not the worst problem - it is quite simple (follow idref and read shortdesc). A lot worse problem is finding all spelllists where given spell is...
Artur Biesiadowski
abies@...
Jun 1, 2001 5:02 pm
665
Artur said, "In my dndxml project I used special tag inside descriptions." Yep. That's an issue we face for all free text areas in the schema: how do we...
Tom Caudron
tom_caudron@...
Jun 1, 2001 5:53 pm
666
... My main point was not about explicitly stating what Medium means, but about having 'Other' tag with special text (like '60 feet' or '2 miles'). ... There...
Artur Biesiadowski
abies@...
Jun 1, 2001 6:08 pm
667
... I tend to agree that the the more flexibility, the better, but are there other places where this will be a good idea as well? I'm not suggesting that...
STILES, BRAD
BRAD.STILES@...
Jun 1, 2001 6:27 pm
668
Artur said, "My main point was not about explicitly stating what Medium means, but about having 'Other' tag with special text (like '60 feet' or '2 miles')." I...
Tom Caudron
tom_caudron@...
Jun 1, 2001 6:35 pm
669
That's kind of what I do in my lst files. I have one that defines the classes, one that defines the spells, and one that defines the relationship between the...
mocha@...
Jun 1, 2001 7:01 pm
670
Let me steer you away from this. As I mentioned in a just-previous post, I have found separating class and spell and skill information completely to be quite...
mocha@...
Jun 1, 2001 7:05 pm
671
... I agree. I think we should be fairly strict in our adherence to: If we need to Validate it, then make it an attribute If we don't need to Validate it, then...
Michael Cortez
mcortez@...
Jun 1, 2001 7:07 pm
672
I'd let the app handle that. As long as the xml can provide the info to the app as far as what spell is what level for which class, and which classes add how...
mocha@...
Jun 1, 2001 7:07 pm
673
Speaking of the Loremaster - the way I did it was to let the user choose from a list of the character's spellcasting classes. Once they chose a class, this...
mocha@...
Jun 1, 2001 7:14 pm
674
OK. Now that I've gotten alot of feedback for the spells, here's a revised tagset based upon that feedback. The Hypnotic Pattern spell might appear in this...
Tom Caudron
tom_caudron@...
Jun 1, 2001 7:42 pm
675
... Does anybody want to tackle fine tuning of ranges at this point to be a little more, uh, exact or should that be held off for Rev.2, or delegated to ...
Michael Cortez
mcortez@...
Jun 1, 2001 8:03 pm
676
Does anybody have a copy of Psionics handbook ? I wonder if spell format could be reused for psions - in this case we would need to extend allowable schools...
Artur Biesiadowski
abies@...
Jun 1, 2001 8:35 pm
677
... Here is an example stat block for Psionic powers: Shield of Prudence Clairsentience (Wis) Level: Psion 6/Psychic Warrior 6 Display: Vi, Ma Manifestation...
Brad Thompson
bthomps@...
Jun 1, 2001 8:50 pm
678
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the d20-xml group. File :...
d20-xml@yahoogroups.com
Jun 2, 2001 2:50 pm
679
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the d20-xml group. File :...
d20-xml@yahoogroups.com
Jun 2, 2001 2:50 pm
680
I've done some examples for Star Wars D20 and uploaded them. They should mostly match the current draft version of the Schema (the schema may be a little out...
House Gryphon
gryps@...
Jun 2, 2001 2:54 pm
681
... The Star Wars material is not part of the SRD - it isn't Open Gaming Content and we have no particular right to use it. That ought to change at some ...
Brad Thompson
bthomps@...
Jun 2, 2001 3:25 pm
682
... From: "Brad Thompson" <bthomps@...> ... Wars ... Content ... Apologies. The SW stuff was a test - to see if my d20-xml ideas worked for...
House Gryphon
gryps@...
Jun 2, 2001 3:38 pm
683
Work is going okay on getting some examples from the SRD into d20-xml. I am keeping work in progress updated in the PCGEN SourceForge CVS repository. The files...
House Gryphon
gryps@...
Jun 3, 2001 1:35 pm
684
... I use Emacs with the excellent psgml package, but this may not be to your tastes as it is WYTIWYG (what you type is what you get), although it colorizes...
B. K. Oxley (binkley)
binkley@...
Jun 3, 2001 1:57 pm
685
... From: "B. K. Oxley (binkley)" <binkley@...> ... I'm a solid vi user (gVim package on Win2000), so sorry I will have to decline using Emacs (the...
House Gryphon
gryps@...
Jun 3, 2001 9:54 pm
686
Tom, what you have looks great! I can't see any problems with it. The only possible issue is the components and that the classes can only add to them and not...