A place for me to pimp all my software creations for RPGs. Includes a mix of web-based software which works on any platform and Windows-only applications.
Monster Maker
Here's my Monster Maker, designed to help you create your custom monsters and easily format them in an attractive and authentic stat block.
Update 9/26/08
Version 3.0 is now available.
* Special thanks to Michael Leger for providing a great icon!
* You can now add sections to monsters, such as knowledge checks, tactics, etc.
* 4e.css has been updated to format the sections
* Fixed power displays (First line of text in power descriptions now indented like the rest)
* The program now checks if 4e.css is in the same directory as exported HTML and offers to copy it there if not
* Pressing enter no longer closes the power and aura windows.
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My god, that's cool.Posted 29th June 2008 at 07:15 AM by Wik
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dittoPosted 30th June 2008 at 08:41 AM by arscott - My XML now supports Monsters, RAWR!Posted 30th June 2008 at 07:06 PM by jimmifett
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Huh. Ain't that a bitch. I don't actually know how to use XML-- yet. I guess if I'm gonna learn, a fully fleshed out and developed schema like yours is the way to go.
Posted 30th June 2008 at 10:59 PM by Asmor -
That sounds like a cool tool! I have to try it out...
XML can be quite useful. Of course, some will say it's over-used a little bit, but I think in this context, it is great. Especially with the idea of a 4E XML format that could be exchanged between different applications! (Probably not GSL-compatible, but well, nothing is perfect
)Posted 30th June 2008 at 11:31 PM by Mustrum_Ridcully - I made some fixes for Orcus. He's up at my thread as an example.Posted 2nd July 2008 at 06:49 PM by jimmifett
- Version 1.1's been released. See main post and webpage for details. Sorry, no xml support or other new features yet.Posted 2nd July 2008 at 11:07 PM by Asmor
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With minimal changes, could be used for a PC statblock (I've used it for that with some hand editing of the HTML).
One questions: How did you get the mace text in the power header and not the body?Posted 2nd July 2008 at 11:12 PM by stonegod 
- Not sure I understand your question. Here's the line I think you're talking about, which should be kinda self-explanatory I'd think.
<td><span class=powerheadspan><font face='D&D 4e icons'>M</font> <b>Mace</b> (Standard; at-will)</span></td>Posted 3rd July 2008 at 12:17 AM by Asmor - No, the "usable only if mace hits" part of the Thunderous Peal power. I can only add the type of power, not any such intermediary text.Posted 3rd July 2008 at 01:30 AM by stonegod
- You can write whatever you want in the action field, you're not restricted to the drop down list, so I wrote in "Free; usable only if..."Posted 3rd July 2008 at 06:15 AM by Asmor
- Oh, bloody hell. I forgot to add in the subtypes. God dammit.
A bit burnt out at the moment and don't feel like doing another release. Will fix that soon.Posted 3rd July 2008 at 06:17 AM by Asmor - So, I've already mentioned how I love it... but how do I post monsters made using this online? I was hoping to use it for my own blog (with appropriate props, of course)Posted 3rd July 2008 at 08:52 AM by Wik
- Depends where you're posting them. If you're wanting to post them on ENWorld, for example, you can't, because ENWorld doesn't allow you to post HTML. Well, you could post them as attachments to be downloaded.
If you're posting them elsewhere, open up the HTML file, copy everything, and paste it into your blog. You'll need to find a way to incorporate the stylesheet as well, which will likely take a bit of tinkering. I could help you with that if you gave me details on your situation.
You could also upload them on any free web host. Since it's just static content, any host at all will work fine.
Finally, you could take a screenshot and post it as an image, as I did in my example. That's actually your best bet for one reason: your intended viewers probably don't have the 4e icon font, so instead of the nifty icon they'll just see M or r or whatever.Posted 3rd July 2008 at 09:11 AM by Asmor - Oh, forgot one. You could also save it as a PDF, which should save the special fonts and such.Posted 3rd July 2008 at 09:12 AM by Asmor
- Ah! As a PDF! Good call! Thanks.Posted 4th July 2008 at 10:30 PM by Wik
- Version 2.0's released. See main post for details.Posted 19th July 2008 at 06:28 PM by Asmor
- Version 2.1 released. See main post for details.Posted 27th July 2008 at 05:16 PM by Asmor
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So Asmor, have you put any thought into making a program that would do NPC's with the tables from p.187-188 from DMG. That would be awesome...Posted 29th July 2008 at 12:58 PM by Blackrat - Probably won't do that unless there's overwhelming desire for it... Personally, I design NPCs the same way I design monsters, and I think the stuff you mention in the DMG is redundant at best and an annoying throwback to the bad old days of 3rd edition NPC creation at worst. Sorry.
Also, version 2.2 released. See main post for details.Posted 31st July 2008 at 01:49 AM by Asmor
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