On Friday 21 November 2008 03:49:44 am Jacob Faturechi wrote:
> Hello there, monkey peoplez.
>
> I have been using PCGen and tweaking it to my satisfaction for about a
> year now. I only play D&D 3.5 right now, so please excuse my focus. I
> downloaded and have been using the latest version. Four things I have
> noticed that I would like to bring up:

And hello to you! Let's take each question one by one.

> 1) For the life of me, I can't get my arrows into my composite short
> bow. It is "full." Or so the Microsoft People would have us believe...

?? Odd. Do you mean more than one arrow? The bows are set up to only allow
one arrow. Barring Manyshot, you can only use one arrow at a time.

> 2) It would be really nice to be able to override the number of skill
> points. My DM likes to award skill points for roleplaying. I currently
> have one point in intimidate more than my class level/intelligence
> allows. The constant warning message is annoying. Did I miss an option
> somewhere? (I am not talking about having too many ranks in one skill.
> I am talking about having too many ranks total.)

This is doable. Two ways:
1: Alter the game files (a lot more complex than just creating LST files)
2: Make a Template for your character that adds additional skill points. In
my campaign, characters get their choice of a free Craft, Profession, or
Perform at max ranks, regardless of class.
What is happening is the system is tallying up how many skill points you have
spent and comparing it against how many you SHOULD have.

> 3) I play around with templates a lot. When I tried to recreate some
> of my favorite templates, I got error messages. So, I just tried
> making a copy of any template and saving it without any modification.
> Nothing doing. To my knowledge, it is impossible to make a new
> template using the list editor. This was previously not the case.

For something like this, we'll need info, such as "What error messages are you
getting?"

> 4) I use the PDF export to print out my character sheet. When I export
> my character, the special abilities are no longer listed. They are
> there in the Character Sheet tab, but missing from the Preview tab.
> Help?

This is a work in progress. This is irritating me to hell, too. Someone is
supposed to have it, so I'm being patient. The only thing I can say is bear
with us. The abilities are new to the system and they're being worked into
the docs ASAP. "Patience, young Padawan."

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