Dropdowns for stats

#1

This would probably require my other feature request for stats with text values, linked below.

I would like to be able to have dropdowns on the character sheet. These dropdowns would have a default value selected as well as a pre-filled list of selectable values.

The easiest use case (also mentioned in the feature request below) is to be able to select which ability score each skill on a character sheet is tied to. If I were using this for a 5e character sheet, each skill would have a proficiency checkbox, the name of the skill, a dropdown with the associated ability, and the total bonus. The total bonus would be a stat that was calculated based on the proficiency and selected ability.

A similar use case is with weapons or other attacks. Have stats for the name, the damage, the type of damage (maybe as a dropdown), and the ability associated with the damage (definitely as a dropdown).

The spell sheet can be pre-filled with number of slots (determined by your class level and spellcasting class, which is a dropdown) or attack bonus (determined by proficiency modifier and the selected spellcasting ability).

And so on.

Dropdown menu
Synopses of current Feature Requests
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#2

I’m down for this…you could even embed stats rather than just values…that would provide more complex options due to nested stats.

#3

I have actually spoken of combo boxes before. This would allow for more complex sheets, such as selecting a character’s race / class / origin in the sheet and having modifiers automagically applied.

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#4

yes! Currently I have to fit tiny checkboxes for each race into my sheet to auto calc all my racial bonuses…not ideal compared to a drop down

#5

Just thinking, I would want to right a formula for the contents…which would require more feature richness. Aka the ability to reference a stat with a ternary. Example:

numeric stats:
tumble 2
swim 3
dodge 0

dropdown pick list logic:
{!!!stat>0 ? stat : “”}

Would be nice to also do a ternary match on text as well so that we can creatively name our stats to be included into the dropdown.

#6

My original idea was that each option in a combo box is just a reference to an existing Stat, so that you can already have the formulas or ternaries in place before building the Combo. KISS

#7

Thinking about this or the Combo…I think this is somewhat tied in with compendiums…as the picklist/dropdown could pull from a compendium and fill in other stats on the sheet. Your combo box would do the same…obviously we could do so with a large list of stats as is…but being able to tie this to compendium would be nice…not saying they go for it now…it’s a whole other can of worms to get involved with…but thought this would be a good place to spew might thought spaghetti on it.

#8

I can definitely say this would be absolutely useful for doing things like generating “Can Only do 1 of these on a roll” kinds of uses.

For example, in AGE (like Blue Rose, Modern AGE, Fantasy AGE/Titansgrave, and The Expanse RPG) there is a “Focus” definition, you are only allowed to apply ONE focus to a roll. This would allow the sheet creator to define the drop down of focuses (perhaps a stat-per-focus [we’d need to be able to define a Display Text for stats too])

Then utilize a ternary statement that enforces the appropriate roll when the correct drop down is selected.

The “Focus” system allows for +2 on all focuses, however post-level 11 on AGE systems the player has the option to “re-acquire” a focus, granting them +1s per-re-acquisition so it could be “+2 or more”.

This may not be the BEST outline because the roll for say a will power self-discipline would basically look like this

!(3d6) + {Willpower} + {Willpower_Focus_Self-Discipline}

I separate them out so they display separated btw (I know you can combine them)

But there’s a few but to give an example of the ternary that would be used (using Faith and Self-Discipline, organized alphabetically so 0 = faith, 1 = self-discipline

This assumes I am comparing to an index value (since Faith is first alphabetically it would be Index 0)

!(3d6) + {Willpower} + {Willpower_Focus_Dropdown == 0 ? Willpower_Focus_Faith : Willpower_Focus_Dropdown == 1 ? Willpower_Focus_Self-Discipline : 0}

This could also be used in defining stat calculations for things that might apply based on race

(0 = Halfling, 1 = Orc)
Speed Stat
{Race_Dropdown == 0 ? 8 + Dexterity : Race_Dropdown == 1 ? 10 + Dexterity : 0}

Just one more thing to add to the possibility of facilitating things like character builders.

#9

Decided to make this a separate reply, here’s a visual example of a problem dropdowns would solve from my in progress Blue Rose Sheet, these are all races the user is only suppose to select ONE:

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#10

Wonderful, this would help SWADE systems a lot where every stat is a dice, so making it 1d4/1d6/1d8 etc would Help a lot

#11

Now that I’m getting more into sheet editing, wow would this be fantastic.

#12

This becomes each time more important for various systems. Needing it so badly for a Dark Heresy sheet.

#13

Yes. This would be a great addition to the functionality!

#14

Dropdowns just broadly would be nice. If I could put the information for actions into a dropdown it would significantly reduce clutter in the roll window and make accessibility of the information quicker and easier. Would be useful for cleaning up character sheets. I could see this working wonders for PbtA if you could put all of the basic moves into a dropdown. That being said the request mentions stats but not actions. I think having both would be nice.

Having a dropdown of generic actions one might use throughout play sounds really useful. I currently put common actions at the top of the sheet but it tends to clutter if the sheet doesn’t already have a built in place to put common actions. Linking dropdowns to a check box on top of this would make character creation for some games a breeze as well. Consider {warrior_check ? dropdown == warrior moves}.