Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="DMFTodd" data-source="post: 358838" data-attributes="member: 1202">Yes, we do. Here's a real-world example of why: My program, DM's Familiar, can import stat blocks. As long as the stat block follows a standard format, my program can import it. Where might a stat block come from?It might come from software: PCGen, E:Tools, etc. It might come from a human: Typed in by hand, Typed in based on an adventure the user has, scanned from Dungeon mag.If I had decided on a computer-based import (reading the PCGen file, or the E:Tools file, or some &quot;standard&quot;), then my program wouldn't work for any of the &quot;human&quot; ways of creating a stat block. If I had decided on a computer-based import, then anything that didn't create the computer file wouldn't work with my program, period (Jamis Buck NPC generator). By using a &quot;English&quot; standard stat block, a user can take the Jamis stat block, tweak it by hand, and then import it. If it was a computer-based format, the Jamis file wouldn't work. That's why we need a standard.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DMFTodd, post: 358838, member: 1202"] Yes, we do. Here's a real-world example of why: My program, DM's Familiar, can import stat blocks. As long as the stat block follows a standard format, my program can import it. Where might a stat block come from? It might come from software: PCGen, E:Tools, etc. It might come from a human: Typed in by hand, Typed in based on an adventure the user has, scanned from Dungeon mag. If I had decided on a computer-based import (reading the PCGen file, or the E:Tools file, or some "standard"), then my program wouldn't work for any of the "human" ways of creating a stat block. If I had decided on a computer-based import, then anything that didn't create the computer file wouldn't work with my program, period (Jamis Buck NPC generator). By using a "English" standard stat block, a user can take the Jamis stat block, tweak it by hand, and then import it. If it was a computer-based format, the Jamis file wouldn't work. That's why we need a standard. [/QUOTE]

Verification