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    FG Unity NPC importing issues with Innate Spells and Spells.

    Hi Everyone,

    I am looking for some help, importing spells and Innate Spells into an NPC. I can't seem to get the syntax right to have the parsed text entered in the proper "Innate Spells" and "Spells" field. it keeps getting added to the traits or Actions.

    Does someone have a template for importing an NPC which would contain the Innate Spells and Spells, that I could use as a baseline?

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    Rockmaster.

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    Note that their are 2 formats for Spellcasting and one for Innate Spellcasting. You can use either of the Spellcasting formats.

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    The best case is to use examples from the 5E SRD. I've included a couple simple examples here, and you can get more from the SRD.

    Example (Couatl - Trait - Innate Spellcasting):
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    The couatl's spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring only verbal components:
    At will: detect evil and good, detect magic, detect thoughts
    3/day each: bless, create food and water, cure wounds, lesser restoration, protection from poison, sanctuary, shield
    1/day each: dream, greater restoration, scrying
    Example (Acolyte - Trait - Spellcasting)
    Code:
    The acolyte is a 1st-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 12, +4 to hit with spell attacks). The acolyte has following cleric spells prepared:
    Cantrips (at will): light, sacred flame, thaumaturgy
    1st level (3 slots): bless, cure wounds, sanctuary
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    There's also details in the FG Wiki here: https://fantasygroundsunity.atlassia...llcasting-NPCs
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    Since you mention importing see video thirty seven here about using the NPC importer https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...-do-I-in-Unity
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    yeah, i have been using the wiki and my text seems correct but the spell stuff doesn't get parsed properly. here is the text i am using.
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    important note: I just saw.. in all cases spells will only populate if the modules which contain the spells are open in the campaign.
    I have to check that.. let you know.

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    You have used the wording for the traits Spellcasting and Innate Spellcasting in the actions section of the NPC. If you move both into the traits section then they should work; you can also just move the Innate Spellcasting into Traits and reword the spellcasting in the actions section - see the wiki article and make sure you understand that spellcasting can now be an action or a trait. You cannot have both spellcasting and innate spellcasting as an action (you can only have spellcasting in actions - but worded differently for the two types). Since the wording you have used is for traits I'd recommend that you just move both into the traits section as shown in my graphic.

    The wording used for spellcasting in Actions is different as shown in the wiki here https://fantasygroundsunity.atlassia...ing-As-Actions
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zacchaeus View Post
    You have used the wording for the traits Spellcasting and Innate Spellcasting in the actions section of the NPC. If you move both into the traits section then they should work; you can also just move the Innate Spellcasting into Traits and reword the spellcasting in the actions section - see the wiki article and make sure you understand that spellcasting can now be an action or a trait. You cannot have both spellcasting and innate spellcasting as an action (you can only have spellcasting in actions - but worded differently for the two types). Since the wording you have used is for traits I'd recommend that you just move both into the traits section as shown in my graphic.

    The wording used for spellcasting in Actions is different as shown in the wiki here https://fantasygroundsunity.atlassia...ing-As-Actions
    This worked!!! thank you.

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