Originally Posted by
Astaroshe
Hi Damned, hi Everyone,
I've been searching quite a for a solution to somewhat "special" issue, but while I do have a bit of knowledge reading xml and lua, I fail at figuring out where to connect some dots.
Basically, my playgroup plays a highly customised World of Darkness Campaign based on the 20th Anniversary Books of Vampire, Werewolf, Mage etc. On my search for solutions I did stumble on several posts with
a) old VTM-Systems, that are no longer working (at least in FGU),
b) are only limited to Vampires and not "customisable" in FG itself, or
c) people stating that they consider working on new projects, but with nothing substantial to use right now.
The best that I was able to find is in fact MoreCore and the VTM-Extension (Actually it's for Dark Ages, but close enough) which in itself had some bugs (dice-rolls at least for me just give out error-messages), but is too "static" to allow any customisation.
Which is why I'm coming here now. My Playgroup doesn't need much in Terms of automation (currently we mostly use PDF's for Character-Sheets. it's nice to have but just to get started we really don't need it. What we do need/want is a Character-Sheet/NPC that can be modified in a lot of aspects and this way also can vary between the players. Which means a fully static sheet like in the VTM-Extension for MoreCore does not help, although it sets a decent start. Some reordering and other tweaks to this Extension might be the right direction.
Additionally, we'd need something similar to a "Powers/Spellbook"-Library. While MoreCore's "Abilities" Tab is a good Starting-Point for that library, I really miss a Filter-Option. To give you an example: The Spells-Library for 5e can be filtered by Spell-Level, User-Class, and if it's a ritual. Something like that would be a massive help for us, since we'd have combine so many rulebooks with different "Powers/Disciples/Gifts" that it would be very hard to find the right thing, when you need to search for it.
All I need is mostly the framework, from which I can build my modules with data for my group. I do have a somewhat good idea on how a few things could be done, but I am uncertain of some limitations and/or options. The issue is that while I might be able to adjust some smaller things in the MoreCore VTM-Extension, it would still extremely limited. I know that there are many tutorials and guides that modify things like char-sheets/spells, but I haven't found any guide that replaces an entry-type completely (in my case that would be Chars/NPCS/Abilities). The tutorial on the 3.5-Spell library also was a good starting point to figuring out how spells are built, but I'm still missing too much pieces (implementing the filter in the menu, adding more filter "rows"). So, I've concluded that if I'd try to figure all that out by myself it'll take me most likely a year at best. I certainly like MoreCore as the basis for my vision of this extension, but with more-core being even more complex than CoreRPG I certainly need some serious help.
That is why I'm looking for someone who is well versed (and proven) in building extensions and feels confident to take this challenge. I also know that time and effort is something no one likes to spend for free, which is why I'm willing to negotiate this as a commission. If you thing that you might be the person to talk to please leave me a Message and we could get started from there.