Spells

System Requirements

Mac OS X 10.3 or later (supported)

Installation

The Spells application can be run from anywhere though it is usually put in the Applications folder.
The file Spells.txt and Domains.txt files must be placed in the directory ~/Documents/SpellListFolder/.
The SpellListFolder directory must be created manually.

Main Window

Selecting a class from the Class popup menu will list all spells for that class.
The Update button will update the spell list.
The filter will be applied if the Filter option is checked.
The Edit Text box is used to find spells by typing in it's name.
If an * is the first character, then any name containing whatever is entered is found.

All columns are resizable and sortable.

Filter Window

The spell list can be filtered by selecting the above options and the Update in the main window button is pressed.
If no option is selected, then filtering will be ignored.

Spell Generator Window

This window is a spell generator.
Spells can be either randomly generated, preselected or both.

The Count group is the number of spells generated per level. Preselected spells do not count towards the total for each level.

The Options group has various generator options.

• Allow Duplicates By default, the generator will only randomly select a spell once. This allows the spell to be randomly selected multiple times.
• Use Filter The options set in the Filter Window are used when generating the list.
• Domains This option adds one extra spell per spell level (excluding level 0) and uses the Domains list in the Spell List group. These spells are displayed in red in the generated edit box.
• Preselect This options adds any spells preselected in the Preselected Window to the generated list. The preselected spells are not affected by the other options.

The Spell List group list all classes* and domains**.
The generator will use the spell lists of the selected classes and domains.
* These are the classes retrieved from Spells.txt file
** Domains are retrieved from the Domains.txt file

The Generator group is where the spell list is created.
The Generate button randomly generates the spell list based on the Count, Options & Spell List groups.
It then adds the preselected spells to the list.
The first line of the spell list text is the Set Name. If you want to store the list, you click on the Store button. The popup menu holds all stored lists.
The Set Name can be changed simply be editing the first line. The Set Name is always the first line, so deleting the line will move the second line up and it will become the set name.
The Save button saves whatever is in the text box to file.

Preselect Spells Window

This window lists all spells for a specific level for all classes that are selected in the Generator Window's Class List.
Selecting a spell will generate a popup menu as shown above. If the item has already been selected, it's count will be shown.
The numbers on the popup are the number of times you want the spell to be listed when the spell list is generated.

Preferences

Currently, preferences has only one option: Spell List colour highlighting.
The Spell List can use colours to indicate if a spell is of a certain level, school or range category.
Below is an example of School highlighting.



Selecting a colouring mode is accomplished using control-click or right-click anywhere in the list.

Demo Mode Restrictions

Demo mode has the following restrictions:

• The class popup menu will only have the four main spell casting classes : Wizard, Sorcerer, Druid & Cleric.
• The Spell List in the Main window will only list spells up to 4th level.
• The Spell Generator will only generate spells up to 4th level from the four main spell casting classes.
• The Preselect window will only allow spells up to 4th level to be preselected.