Post by johannhowitzer on Jul 29, 2007 0:39:36 GMT
I know the subrace chart found on the Wiki and in the PDF are great, but I'm the sort of guy who just keeps his own records of things, and this was the result. It's an Excel file; I use OpenOffice myself but I exported it so more people could use it. Unfortunately, there were some formatting glitches when I saved as Excel 95, so I went with 97. This shouldn't cause any inconvenience, and I have also attached the OpenOffice file for those who prefer the masterwork that is open-source. A few notes, since I couldn't include them in the file itself:
1) This is meant to be more than a subrace reference... it is also a checklist! I have shaded the secret, UR, and BUR subraces in orange, red, and dark red respectively, and I recommend using the background/text color tools to remove the coloration as you unlock each subrace.
2) The skills and feats are not expanded for a reason - the few subraces that have long lists of each would cause those columns to be impractically wide. To see the information in these cells, simply click on the cell and read the full text it contains in the edit window, which should be near the top of the screen (not sure, it's been a while since I used Excel).
3) The rest of the information is recorded with the simple color scheme that green means GOOD, and yellow means BAD. This should be easy enough to see in the abilities columns; it also helps save space with +/- symbols in the elemental immunities columns, which are organized as follows:
F = Fire
C = Cold
E = Electric
A = Acid
S = Sonic
---------------
P = Positive
N = Negative
---------------
B = Bludgeoning
S = Slashing
P = Piercing
There are currently no subraces that have immunity adjustments to Positive, Magical, and Divine damage types; in fact, the Positive column is completely blank, feel free to delete it if you wish.
4) There are two pairs of columns to the right and left of the immunities section; on the left are Appearance Change and Movement Speed, and on the right are Water-Breathing and Quicksand-Walking.
I also had a column at the far-right that listed the source of each secret subrace... but in the interests of maintaining server secrets, I of course removed it.
Feel free to PM me with suggestions on improvements, or corrections to the information or spelling if you find any. I'm a stickler for accuracy and I do triple-check everything and file it in triplicate, but I do make mistakes; on altering this document for the purposes of posting, I noticed I had neglected to include the Water Genasi's 25% immunity to fire.
(A final suggestion: in order to eliminate clutter and help in selecting a subrace for building purposes, I found it helpful to shade any "obsolete" subraces in grey. When I got the Undying subrace, for example, I shaded out all the Elf and Half-Elf free subraces, as their abilities are in every way inferior to the Undying. You could also delete rows, but this would require un-merging the left-hand race headings, which is a lot of trouble, and you wouldn't be able to undo the change if you make a mistake and save the file.)
Excel
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1) This is meant to be more than a subrace reference... it is also a checklist! I have shaded the secret, UR, and BUR subraces in orange, red, and dark red respectively, and I recommend using the background/text color tools to remove the coloration as you unlock each subrace.
2) The skills and feats are not expanded for a reason - the few subraces that have long lists of each would cause those columns to be impractically wide. To see the information in these cells, simply click on the cell and read the full text it contains in the edit window, which should be near the top of the screen (not sure, it's been a while since I used Excel).
3) The rest of the information is recorded with the simple color scheme that green means GOOD, and yellow means BAD. This should be easy enough to see in the abilities columns; it also helps save space with +/- symbols in the elemental immunities columns, which are organized as follows:
F = Fire
C = Cold
E = Electric
A = Acid
S = Sonic
---------------
P = Positive
N = Negative
---------------
B = Bludgeoning
S = Slashing
P = Piercing
There are currently no subraces that have immunity adjustments to Positive, Magical, and Divine damage types; in fact, the Positive column is completely blank, feel free to delete it if you wish.
4) There are two pairs of columns to the right and left of the immunities section; on the left are Appearance Change and Movement Speed, and on the right are Water-Breathing and Quicksand-Walking.
I also had a column at the far-right that listed the source of each secret subrace... but in the interests of maintaining server secrets, I of course removed it.
Feel free to PM me with suggestions on improvements, or corrections to the information or spelling if you find any. I'm a stickler for accuracy and I do triple-check everything and file it in triplicate, but I do make mistakes; on altering this document for the purposes of posting, I noticed I had neglected to include the Water Genasi's 25% immunity to fire.
(A final suggestion: in order to eliminate clutter and help in selecting a subrace for building purposes, I found it helpful to shade any "obsolete" subraces in grey. When I got the Undying subrace, for example, I shaded out all the Elf and Half-Elf free subraces, as their abilities are in every way inferior to the Undying. You could also delete rows, but this would require un-merging the left-hand race headings, which is a lot of trouble, and you wouldn't be able to undo the change if you make a mistake and save the file.)
Excel
OpenOffice