[UA] Character generator help needed

[Chris Cooper]

--- listrich at charter.net wrote:
> I need a little help with something.  I'm writing a
> UA character generator/character creation tool.

This sounds very cool.

> I'd originally intended to write it in such a way
> that new, user-entered skills would be automatically
> added to either a SQL skills database or an XML
> file.

This sounds fine.

  I've decided against that because I think
> that it would rapidly get filled up with skills that
> are more or less the same thing (i.e. wrestling,
> wrasslin', wrestlin', beating ass, whooping ass,
> kicking ass, stomping ass, etc.).

Have you thought of a renaming function. It could
leave/reference the original name in
parantheses/brackets next to the new name.

  I tried various
> methods of preventing such "duplicate" entries, but
> just couldn't come up with anything that I thought
> would work consistently.  I don't want this
> situation to cause issues with hosting space and
> load times, so I've given up on the idea for now.  
> 
> What I'm going to do now is to have a list of skills
> in an xml file and these skills will appear as
> selections in a pulldown menu on the generator. 
> There will also be several blank spaces for people
> to enter their own unique skills.

Lots of space to insert/save custom skills.
 
I'm thinking the
> best use for that would be if you wanted to generate
> several generic thugs/ravers/college
> students/cultists/mallwalkers/etc.

> package name (i.e. Thug)
> Stat hierarchy:
> Body, Speed, Mind, Soul (in order from most to least
> important)
> Typical skills:
> Struggle, Initiative, Crack Knuckles Menacingly,
> etc.

Good luck.

Cheers,

Chris.

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