Pathfinder RPG Data Standards for PCC Files - Revision history

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Zaister at 09:33, 15 July 2010

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   SOURCESHORT:
-This is an abbreviation of the book. Pathfinder Adventure Path issues should use PF''number'' (with ''number'' replaced by the issue number, e.g. "PF1"). In most other cases, this abbreviation should consist of the first letters of the words in the name, in upper case, or lower case for words like "the", "to", "a", or "of", etc.
+This is an abbreviation of the book. Pathfinder Adventure Path issues should use PF''number'' (with ''number'' replaced by the issue number, e.g. "PF1"). In most other cases, this abbreviation should consist of the first letters of the words in the name, in upper case, or lower case for words like "the", "to", "a", or "of", etc. Add the prefix "PF" for Pathfinder RPG rulebooks (such as "PFCR" for the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook).
   SOURCEWEB:

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   RANK:
 * This is easy. The core rules get rank 1, campaign setting books form Paizo get rank 2, everything else should be rank 3.
   GENRE:Fantasy

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 * Similar to rank. The core rules are "Core Rules", campaign setting books are "Campaign Setting", adventure path volumes and modules are "Adventure", everything else is a "Supplement".
-  SETTING:Pathfinder Chronicles
+  SETTING:
 * For Pathfinder RPG rulebooks, which are setting neutral, this should be set to "Pathfinder RPG". All other books get "Pathfinder Campaign Setting".

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   CAMPAIGN:
 This line contains the name of the data source and should always be begin with "Paizo - ", followed by:
-*If the book is a Pathfinder RPG book, prefix the book name with "Pathfinder Roleplaying Game" (e.g. "Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook")
+*If the book is a Pathfinder RPG book, prefix the book name with "Pathfinder RPG" (e.g. "Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook")
 *If the book is an Adventure Path, the second part should be "Name of Adventure Path, Chapter X: Name of Adventure". (e.g. "Rise of the Runelords, Chapter 1: Burnt Offerings")
 *For Adventure Path player guides, use "Name of Adventure Path Player's Guide" (e.g. "Rise of the Runelords Player's Guide")
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 *"Pathfinder Adventure Path" (note the singular!)
 **For Adventure Path books, append the name of the adventure path, separated by another dot.
-*"Pathfinder Chronicles" (soon to be renamed "Pathfinder Campaign Setting")
+*"Pathfinder Campaign Setting" (includes the previous name of this line, "Pathfinder Chronicles")
-*"Pathfinder Companion (soon to be renamed "Pathfinder Player Companion")
+*"Pathfinder Player Companion (includes the previous name of this line, "Pathfinder Companion")
-*"Pathfinder Module" (includes the previous name of this Line, "GameMastery Module"
+*"Pathfinder Module" (includes the previous name of this line, "GameMastery Module"
-*"Pathfinder Roleplaying Game".
+*"Pathfinder RPG".
   RANK:
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   SETTING:Pathfinder Chronicles
   PRECAMPAIGN:1,BOOKTYPE=Core Rules
 This line should be present in all data set.
 *If the dataset uses character traits, add the following line too:
-  PRECAMPAIGN:1,Paizo - Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Character Traits Web Enhancement,Paizo - Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Advanced Player's Guide
+  PRECAMPAIGN:1,Paizo - Pathfinder PRG Character Traits Web Enhancement,Paizo - Pathfinder RPG Advanced Player's Guide
 *If the dataset is an for an adventure and includes kits for NPC or creatures, it might be necessary to include this line too:
-  PRECAMPAIGN:1,Paizo - Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary
+  PRECAMPAIGN:1,Paizo - Pathfinder RPG Bestiary
 Dependencies on other data sets, like Campaign Settings and Adventure Path player guides are also possible.
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   SOURCELONG:
-This should be the name of the book, without the product line, similar to the second part of the CAMPAIGN tag.
+This should be the name of the book, without the product line, similar to the second part of the CAMPAIGN tag. For Pathfinder RPG rulebooks, leave out the "Pathfinder RPG" here.
   SOURCESHORT:
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 This contains all the lines from the book's OGL section 15, one tag per line. Replace all occurrences of the copyright sign and "(c)" with the word "Copyright".
 *If the book was originally published for the 3.5 rules, and this data set is a Pathfinder RPG conversion, add the following line (replacing ''<year>'' with the current year and ''<name>'' with a list of all developers working on the rules conversion):
-  COPYRIGHT:Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Conversion Copyright 2009-''<year>'', PCGen Data Team (including, but not limited to, ''<name>'').
+  COPYRIGHT:Pathfinder RPG Conversion Copyright 2009-''<year>'', PCGen Data Team (including, but not limited to, ''<name>'').
 *Finally, add the following line (replacing ''<book>'' with the book name (see SOURCELONG), ''<pubyear>'' with the publication year of the book, ''<year>'' with the current year, and ''<name>'' with a list of all developers working on the data set. If both years are the same, just put it once):
   COPYRIGHT:PCGen dataset conversion for "<book>" Copyright ''<pubyear>''-''<year>'', PCGen Data Team (including, but not limited to ''<name>'').

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   PRECAMPAIGN:1,BOOKTYPE=Core Rules
-This line should be present in all data set. If the data set uses character traits, add the following line too:
+This line should be present in all data set.
   PRECAMPAIGN:1,Paizo - Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Character Traits Web Enhancement,Paizo - Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Advanced Player's Guide
 Dependencies on other data sets, like Campaign Settings and Adventure Path player guides are also possible.

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   GENRE:Fantasy
-  BOOKTYPE:Supplement
+  BOOKTYPE:
-* Similar to rank. The core rules are "Core Rules", campaign setting books are "Campaign Setting", everything else is a "Supplement".
+* Similar to rank. The core rules are "Core Rules", campaign setting books are "Campaign Setting", adventure path volumes and modules are "Adventure", everything else is a "Supplement".
   SETTING:Pathfinder Chronicles

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 *If the book was originally published for the 3.5 rules, and this data set is a Pathfinder RPG conversion, add the following line immediately ''before'' the previous INFOTEXT line:
   INFOTEXT:This dataset implements rules from a book that was originally designed for the 3.5 ruleset. For this dataset, these rules have been updated to the rules of the Pathfinder RPG by the PCGen data team.
   COPYRIGHT: