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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 6790710" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>[EDIT]Most of the following links are broken.</p><p></p><p>A zip folder of <strong><a href="https://www.enworld.org/resources/creature-catalog.1559/" target="_blank">Creature Catalog</a></strong> completed conversions can be found in Enworld Resources.</p><p>[/ENDEDIT]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Great!</p><p></p><p>I was wondering when Darjr was going to say we were clear to unveil this.</p><p></p><p>It seems appropriate to add a word of explanation.</p><p></p><p>This archive contains most of the monsters from the old Creature Catalog from just before it went down. It's missing a few of the creature files, but most of the missing files are PDF versions of a monster there's an HTML version of - e.g. the Creature Crypt Xvart has an HTML (<a href="http://www.enworld.org/cctest/newcc/Crypt/Xvart.htm" target="_blank">Xvart.htm</a>) version but its PDF version (which would be at <a href="http://www.enworld.org/creaturecatalog.enworld.org/cc/converted/crypt/xvart.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/creaturecatalog.enworld.org/cc/converted/crypt/xvart.pdf</a> if it wasn't missing) simply wasn't there when I archived the CC.</p><p></p><p>As well as the individual monsters files, the archive includes:</p><p></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.enworld.org/cctest/newcc/Conversions/%5b%20CreatureCatalog%20%5d.htm" target="_blank">Creature Catalog Index</a> </strong></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.enworld.org/cctest/newcc/Conversions/%5b%20CreatureCatalogFiles%20%5d.htm" target="_blank">Creature Catalog Files List</a> </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.enworld.org/cctest/newcc/Crypt/%5b%20Crypt%20%5d.htm" target="_blank">Crypt Index</a> </strong></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.enworld.org/cctest/newcc/Crypt/%5b%20CryptFiles%20%5d.htm" target="_blank">Crypt File List</a></strong></p><p></p><p>The two <strong>Indexes</strong> are tables containing all the monsters in each category, alphabetically ordered under the names the original CC used. These indexes include all the information the CC had (CR, posting date, and so forth).</p><p></p><p>The monster's names in the Indexes don't always match the filename of the monster in the archive, because I edited them a bit for consistency - for example, the CC had a bunch of dragons with the naming format "Dragon, Type" as well as a bunch with the naming format "Type Dragon". In the archive, all the dragons use the "Dragon, Type" format for their filename.</p><p></p><p>The two Files Lists include a list of every archived file in each category. This includes a few monsters that didn't appear in the actual CC index, mostly <em>slightly</em> different older versions of a monster plus a few prestige classes. All the alternative/obsolete monsters have filenames starting with + or 0.</p><p></p><p>Since many of the monsters filenames have commas (e.g. the aforementioned "Dragon, Type"), the Lists also include shortcuts with the name the "right way round". All these shortcuts have names ending in ".lnk".</p><p></p><p>Thus, if you're looking for the "Dragon, Phase" you can also find it by searching the <strong><a href="http://www.enworld.org/cctest/newcc/Conversions/%5b%20CreatureCatalogFiles%20%5d.htm" target="_blank">Creature Catalog Files List</a></strong> for the text "Phase Dragon", which wouldn't work in the <strong><a href="http://www.enworld.org/cctest/newcc/Conversions/%5b%20CreatureCatalog%20%5d.htm" target="_blank">Creature Catalog Index</a></strong> because the old CC only used the former name.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 6790710, member: 57383"] [EDIT]Most of the following links are broken. A zip folder of [B][URL='https://www.enworld.org/resources/creature-catalog.1559/']Creature Catalog[/URL][/B] completed conversions can be found in Enworld Resources. [/ENDEDIT] Great! I was wondering when Darjr was going to say we were clear to unveil this. It seems appropriate to add a word of explanation. This archive contains most of the monsters from the old Creature Catalog from just before it went down. It's missing a few of the creature files, but most of the missing files are PDF versions of a monster there's an HTML version of - e.g. the Creature Crypt Xvart has an HTML ([URL='http://www.enworld.org/cctest/newcc/Crypt/Xvart.htm']Xvart.htm[/URL]) version but its PDF version (which would be at [URL]http://www.enworld.org/creaturecatalog.enworld.org/cc/converted/crypt/xvart.pdf[/URL] if it wasn't missing) simply wasn't there when I archived the CC. As well as the individual monsters files, the archive includes: [B][URL='http://www.enworld.org/cctest/newcc/Conversions/%5b%20CreatureCatalog%20%5d.htm']Creature Catalog Index[/URL] [URL='http://www.enworld.org/cctest/newcc/Conversions/%5b%20CreatureCatalogFiles%20%5d.htm']Creature Catalog Files List[/URL] [URL='http://www.enworld.org/cctest/newcc/Crypt/%5b%20Crypt%20%5d.htm']Crypt Index[/URL] [URL='http://www.enworld.org/cctest/newcc/Crypt/%5b%20CryptFiles%20%5d.htm']Crypt File List[/URL][/B] The two [B]Indexes[/B] are tables containing all the monsters in each category, alphabetically ordered under the names the original CC used. These indexes include all the information the CC had (CR, posting date, and so forth). The monster's names in the Indexes don't always match the filename of the monster in the archive, because I edited them a bit for consistency - for example, the CC had a bunch of dragons with the naming format "Dragon, Type" as well as a bunch with the naming format "Type Dragon". In the archive, all the dragons use the "Dragon, Type" format for their filename. The two Files Lists include a list of every archived file in each category. This includes a few monsters that didn't appear in the actual CC index, mostly [I]slightly[/I] different older versions of a monster plus a few prestige classes. All the alternative/obsolete monsters have filenames starting with + or 0. Since many of the monsters filenames have commas (e.g. the aforementioned "Dragon, Type"), the Lists also include shortcuts with the name the "right way round". All these shortcuts have names ending in ".lnk". Thus, if you're looking for the "Dragon, Phase" you can also find it by searching the [B][URL='http://www.enworld.org/cctest/newcc/Conversions/%5b%20CreatureCatalogFiles%20%5d.htm']Creature Catalog Files List[/URL][/B] for the text "Phase Dragon", which wouldn't work in the [B][URL='http://www.enworld.org/cctest/newcc/Conversions/%5b%20CreatureCatalog%20%5d.htm']Creature Catalog Index[/URL][/B] because the old CC only used the former name. [/QUOTE]
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