Python package for creating beautiful character sheets for the Era of Silence role-playing game
Era of Silence (EoS) is a futuristic fantasy tabletop role-playing game, one that is built on a unique foundation and aspires to be a dynamic, fast-paced, and exciting system. The goal of EoS as a system is to inspire realism through a ruleset that rewards realistic actions.
Creating characters is always one of the most labor-intensive parts of playing an RPG. For some players, it's also their favorite part--building a unique character from scratch has a joy all its own. For others, however, the process can be laborious. This package is intended to streamline the process, allowing anyone to quickly and easily produce a rules-legal EoS character, written up on a beautiful single-page character sheet.
The current version of eoschar works through a command-line interface. (Future versions will feature a graphic user interface.) The eoschar command opens the character creator main menu. It also takes several subcommands, including:
new: Start a new characterload: Load an existing character (takes )
Lines beginning with the pound sign '#' are user entry.
> eoschar new
Creating new character from scratch.
You will be guided through the steps of character creations. At each step, you will be presented with a series of options.
To exit character creator, enter 'exit'
Choose a Species:
[0] Human
[1] Elek
[2] Parathan
[3] Primas-Ika
[4] Yasre
# 4
Successfully selected Yasre for your Species.
Selection opens up new options.
Choose a Species Trait:
[0] By His Righteous Code
[1] The Old Hunger
# 1
Successfully selected The Old Hunger for your Species Trait.
Done with this choice tree! Moving on.
Choose a Talent:
[0] Brawn
[1] Grace
[2] Wits
[3] Spirit
# 1
Successfully selected Grace for your Talent.
Done with this choice tree! Moving on.
Choose a Die to Boost:
[0] Shooting Die
[1] Fighting Die
# 1
## EXAMPLE TRUNCATED ##
Input your character's Name:
# Laredo
Done with this choice tree! Moving on.
Successfully created 'Laredo'!
MAIN MENU
---------
Current character: Laredo
Choose an option:
[0] New Character
[1] Load Character from File
[2] Save Character
[3] Edit Character
[4] Output Character Sheet to PDF
[5] Exit (or type 'exit')
#
> eoschar load example_saved_character.txt
Loading an existing character from file.
Source file: example_saved_character.txt
Loading an existing character from file.
Source file: example_saved_character.txt
Successfully loaded character 'Bathys' from file!
MAIN MENU
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Current character: Bathys
Choose an option:
[0] New Character
[1] Load Character from File
[2] Save Character
[3] Edit Character
[4] Output Character Sheet to PDF
[5] Exit (or type 'exit')
#
Once the package is fully installed, call eoschar from the command line to open the main menu. The interface will then guide you through the process of creating an Era of Silence character from scratch! You can exit the program at any time by typing 'exit.'
Once you have created your character, you can save the data to a text file. Previously created characters can be loaded with the eoschar load command. Completed characters can also be saved as beautiful PDF character sheets. Note, however, that a PDF sheet cannot be used for re-loading into eoschar.
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