Without google sheets, it would be a serious endeavor to build a stateful, database backed, live collaborative GUI that can be added to and customized on the fly by my users. And the transparency of the calculations is helpful for teaching people the system (this stat is "min(A4, B1+C5)"). With the script editor, you can add full on buttons for dice rolls and other state changes with whatever logic you want (anything you can code up!). With conditional formatting, you highlight bad states (rules say you can't have more of X than Y!). I recently persuaded some friends to give FATE a try and built analogous push-button character sheets with google sheets. It does all the calculations for you and gives you some buttons like "roll athletics" and doesn't let you add more spells than your character can have with their stats. They're a fantastic way to onboard new players who might not have the inclination to spend hours with the rule books before they even start playing. Imagination is the limit.įor example, if any of you play D&D online, you might be familiar with dndbeyond's character sheets. It's useful for quick anything you might want a small database for. People are all talking about how it's useful for quick stuff with datasets, but it goes far beyond that.
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