pySpellbook 0.7.2

A PDF spellbook creation utility for d20 games in python

A PDF spellbook creation utility in python

What is it?

Do you play in a d20 game and play a spellcaster? Chances are, that you do not know all your spells and effects by heart. This software lets you choose a selection of spells and generate a pdf version of the spellbook.

In addition you can browse and filter your spell library by class, rulebook, school/subschool, descriptor and fulltextsearch.

How to install?

If you are on linux and have python 3 and pip installed, then install it via

pip install pySpellbook

this will fetch all python dependencies and install the binary pySpellbook.

For windows releases there is an installer in “Releases”

pySpellbook uses Prince to render the pdf output. Unfortunately Prince is not open source software, but free for personal use. To install prince download it here (http://www.princexml.com/download/) and set the correct path in pySpellbooks “Config export…” dialog.

If you do not want to use Prince, you can use an internal renderer or print the intermediate html with your favourite browser (Firefox recommended), but those have serious drawbacks in terms of support for printed media css.

How to add spells?

Either by [hand] (https://github.com/christofsteel/pySpellbook/wiki/generateDatasets), or import a dataset available here:

• Pathfinder PRD [Download] (https://github.com/christofsteel/pySpellbook/releases/download/v0.7.2/pathfinder.json)

• Pathfinder DPRD [German] (to be added)

• D&D 3.5 SRD (to be added)