Story Template Custom Record Templates
Story Template Custom Record Templates
This is documentation for an extension I created for Fantasy Grounds Unity to allow for defining arbitrary record types templates for use with story templates.
What does that… I don’t even?
Yeah it’s a bit narrow in its applicability. But if you have ever used Story Templates in FGC or FGU, you know that they are very flexible when it comes to generating formatted text from tables and such. Great for generating certain types of story hooks and other content for FG games.
However, the one limitation that I have always had to work-around with them is that they only output formatted text. You can structure that text into tables, chat frames, etc. but you cannot arbitrarily format the story template output into campaign records (like NPCs, items, vehicles, etc.)
The purpose of this extension is to create a simple UI to allow you to create templates that will utilize the data generated by the existing story templates in order to automate the creation of those records. Allowing you to generate any type of campaign record for any FGU ruleset.
Installation
Like any other Fantasy Grounds extension, just place the ext file in the extensions directory. Or use the forge.
Example Modules
Included in the “examples” directory of the main repo are 2 modules containing example Record Templates. One for 5e and one for Savage Worlds Deluxe. In both cases, they will work better if you have the reference modules loaded. So for the 5e example, load the “5e SRD Data” module before trying to use it, and for the SWD example, load the SWD player manual.
Those can be found here: