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~~tantric~~ · 05-06-2012, 12:59 AM

I really hate digging through books when making characters. Invariably while working with GCA I see some odd trait that I might want, then have to go find some random PDF to find the details. It would be AMAZING to have the full trait description in the datafile. I would happily pay for such a data file.

I've been tinkering with Perl to try to create some automated way of reaching in the PDF and grabbing the text and adding it to the datafile, but the whole thing is a hot mess.

Even better, generate an HTML character sheet where I can click on the trait and get the text details. It's not as if you could play the game without the books given this info....

Just thinking.

05-06-2012, 12:59 AM	#1
~~tantric~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Athens, GA	Full description of traits I really hate digging through books when making characters. Invariably while working with GCA I see some odd trait that I might want, then have to go find some random PDF to find the details. It would be AMAZING to have the full trait description in the datafile. I would happily pay for such a data file. I've been tinkering with Perl to try to create some automated way of reaching in the PDF and grabbing the text and adding it to the datafile, but the whole thing is a hot mess. Even better, generate an HTML character sheet where I can click on the trait and get the text details. It's not as if you could play the game without the books given this info.... Just thinking. Last edited by tantric; 05-06-2012 at 01:59 AM.