Templates -Breaking the Wall of Words

Joseph Paul · 09-20-2016, 11:26 AM

I am one of those in the minority that looks at the alphabetized list of advantages, disadvantages, and skills and my eyes water. Trying to make sense of what is actually there (one...two...three...no, four weapon skills) is difficult as well as sorting out what happens if I make a change.

What I would like is some technical know how on reformatting a template so that it makes more sense to me and hopefully players. Essentially lift the verbiage onto Excel (other options?), have it treat it like data that is being unpacked. The data is looked over and compared to some standards (array formulas?) and reformatted into categories of my choosing. Melee Skills, Business Skills, Physical Skills, Repair/Science/Technical Skills, etc.

tl,dr - i would like to petition the hive-mind for ideas on automating the reformatting of GURPS templates.

09-20-2016, 11:26 AM	#1
Joseph Paul Custom User Title Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Indianapolis, IN	Templates -Breaking the Wall of Words I am one of those in the minority that looks at the alphabetized list of advantages, disadvantages, and skills and my eyes water. Trying to make sense of what is actually there (one...two...three...no, four weapon skills) is difficult as well as sorting out what happens if I make a change. What I would like is some technical know how on reformatting a template so that it makes more sense to me and hopefully players. Essentially lift the verbiage onto Excel (other options?), have it treat it like data that is being unpacked. The data is looked over and compared to some standards (array formulas?) and reformatted into categories of my choosing. Melee Skills, Business Skills, Physical Skills, Repair/Science/Technical Skills, etc. tl,dr - i would like to petition the hive-mind for ideas on automating the reformatting of GURPS templates. __________________ Joseph Paul