Pathfinder RPG Data Standards for PCC Files

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This is how a PCC file for a data set for the Pathfinder RPB should look, with all the necessary tags present and in a well-defined order

PCC File

  1. CVS $Revision: <rev> $ $Author: <name> $ -- Sat Dec 8 13:05:34 2007

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  • This line is updated by subversion with details about the last commit
  1. CAMPAIGN:
  • This line contains the name of the data source and should be
 constructed from the following parts, separated by dashes:
  • First, the short name of the publisher, i.e. "Paizo".
  • If the book is a Pathfinder RPG book, prefix the name with
 "Pathfinder RPG"
  • If the book is an Adventure Path, the second part should be
 "Name of Adventure Path, Chapter X: Name of Adventure".
  • For Adventure Path player guides, use
 "Name of Adventure Path Player's Guide".
  • On other cases use only the name of the book, without the product
 line name.
  • If the book was originally published for the 3.5 rules, and this data
 set is a Pathfinder RPG conversion, append "(Pathfinder Conversion)".

GAMEMODE:Pathfinder

  • This is straightforward, the name of the game mode for the Pathfinder
 RPG.

TYPE:

  • This line builds the tree in the sources panel. The first part should
 always be "Paizo Publishing". The second part should be the product
 line. Current product lines are "Pathfinder Adventure Path" (note the
 singular!), "Pathfinder Chronicles" (soon to be renamed "Pathfinder
 Campaign Setting"), Pathfinder Companion (soon to be renamed
 "Pathfinder Player Companion"), "Pathfinder Module", and "Pathfinder
 Roleplaying Game". The first and second parts are separated be a dot.

RANK:

  • This is easy. The core rules get rank 1, everything else from Paizo
 should be rank 3.

GENRE:Fantasy

BOOKTYPE:Supplement

  • Similar to rank. The core rules are "Core Rules", everything else is a
 "Supplement".

SETTING:Pathfinder Chronicles

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:
  • PRECAMPAIGN:1,Paizo - Pathfinder RPG Character Traits Web

Enhancement,Paizo - Pathfinder RPG Advanced Player's Guide

  • Dependencies on other data sets, like Campaing Settings and Adventure
 Path player guides are also possible.

PUBNAMELONG:Paizo Publishing PUBNAMESHORT:Paizo PUBNAMEWEB:http://paizo.com

SOURCELONG:

  • This should be the name of the book, without the product line,
 similar to the second part of the CAMPIGN tag.

SOURCESHORT:

  • This is an abbreviation of the book. Pathfinder Adventure Path issues
 should use PF## (with ## replaced by the issue number). In most other
 cases, this abbreviation should consist of the first letters of the
 Words in the name, omitting words like "the", "a", or "of".

SOURCEWEB:

  • The web page of the product at paizo.com

SOURCEDATE:

  • Publication date in format YYYY-MM

ISOGL:YES ISLICENSED:NO

COPYRIGHT:

  • 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 (with
 <year> representing the current year, and <name> replaced by a list
 of all developers working on the data set):
 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 name of publication of the book,
 and <year> with the current year. 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>)

INFOTEXT:This dataset uses trademarks and/or copyrights owned by Paizo Publishing, LLC, which are used under Paizo's Community Use Policy. We are expressly prohibited from charging you to use or access this content. This dataset is not published, endorsed, or specifically approved by Paizo Publishing. For more information about Paizo's Community Use Policy, please visit paizo.com/communityuse. For more information about Paizo Publishing and Paizo products, please visit paizo.com.

COVER:

  • This should refer to a JPG picture of the book cover, as shown on
 paizo.com, resized to a height of 150 pixels. The name of the picture
 should be the same as the PCC file, only with ".jpg" as extension.

LOGO:@/publisher_logos/Paizo_Publishing.png URL:WEBSITE|http://www.paizo.com/%7CVisit Paizo Publishing! URL:WEBSITE|http://www.paizo.com/communityuse%7CPaizo's Community Use Policy.

URL:Paizo Publishing|<url>|Get this publication from Paizo Publishing!

  • Replace <url> with the same URL as SOURCEURL

DESC:

  • The description of the book, ideally copied from the product page at
 paizo.com.
  1. Do not remove the EXTRAFILE comment.
  2. EXTRAFILE:OGL.txt
  1. Data Files
  • Here follow the data file tags
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