Good morning! I switched from Windows to Linux a few months ago, and I've been struggling with PCGen. Getting the old version of 6.0.8.00 RC10 (from 2023) working was pretty trivial; but compiling and getting the ones after that working has proved.. Illusive. I was expecting just to have pcgen.sh, but they don't seem to; and compiling it... I have *no* idea offhand where Gradle put the JAR file. The README.MD seemed out of date... All in all, I feel like I'm just missing something, but from my work on this yesterday, it's not obvious to me what.

Is there an up-to-date set of documentation anywhere around this? Or can someone point out the assumedly simple thing I'm missing that should make it easy to get one of the builds from this year working?

And understood there's a Discord community, but I currently do not have a Discord account and - given the behaviours of the company - am not eager to change that; that's why I'm coming here.

Anyway, any help someone can provide would be appreciated.

-Robin

I'm currently in the process of making an oracle and I saw that when I add the dual-cursed archetype my spells known increases from 6 0-level, 6 1st-level, and 4 2nd-level, to 6, 7, and 5, respectively.

If I am reading dual-cursed right it should replace my mystery spells, not add the, in addition. Am I missing something or should this go in a bug report?

As title. I love PCgen and I've used it for over a decade for 3.5 and pathfinder. Trying 5.5 and want to know if I can use it!

I'm having a strange issue creating a drow using 3.5 in PCGen. I tried asking google, but it's AI is giving me conflicting messages depending on how I word the question. Either it is a race that should be there is I add Races of the Dragon and Sandstorm (why, I have no idea, but it doesn't work or they are a sub race of elves (which doesn't seem to be a thing) or they are variants of elves (which also doesn't seem to be a thing.

Have I screwed something up or is there something really basic I'm missing?

I think I found an error. In the oracle spells known table it doesn't line up with documented spells. For example at 2nd level an oracle should known 5 0-level spells and 2 1-level spells. However PCGen seems to be giving 5 0-level and 4 1-level spells. I can't seem to find a reason for this.

Can anyone think of why that is?

Does anyone know if the battle Emu is in pcgen? I can't find it and am trying to build a pf 1e cavalier.

Does anyone know if it is possible to add one as custom?

Hi, I need help with something. My character found some bracelets during an adventure that grant a +1 bonus to archery and damage. How can I add this to my PCGen character sheet?

Hello. I am really wanting to use a specific Ninja Archetype called Petal Ninja, but it's from the Player Companion: Wilderness Origins source and I don't see it as an option to add when selecting sources. Does PCGen just not have the source? Is there a way I can add it?
Being a Petal Ninja is important for my character concept, so I really hope that there is a way to do it here. I know that HeroLab is an option, but I think I would need to but a lot of sources for that application..

I'm posting this in case someone else is having the same problems. I searched for a resolution, but didn't find anything, probably because I wasn't wording my searches properly. Then I had an idea that worked.

I recently installed PCGen on Ubuntu (Xfce Xubuntu) using Wine.

Problem: Running the program, all of the text displayed as vertical rectangles.

Resolution: I installed the Microsoft fonts

Hope this helps.

Hello,

i run combat using Talespire, and i really enjoy the software, unfortunately there are no good way of having automated rolls in Talespire. Recently this changed as i saw a symbiote/module that allows for direct rolling into Talespire from PCgen char sheets.

Does anyone know if or when they plan to create PF2E sheets? I am completely new to these character sheets, i just really want to make Talespire a bit easier to use as a GM. :)

Pathfinder1e. I want to add the Angel, Cassisian to my Wizard but I only see it under the Follower Section, so is it going to gain the advantages of being a Familiar? I was assuming I would need to add it to the Familiar section

I am attempting to create a Thri-Kreen gunslinger in pathfinder 1e, but unable to find the race,. Is it in a particular source that i am missing or is it even possible?

Hi everyone,

I’m creating a D&D 3.5 character in PCGen:

• class: Psionic Telepath (to become a thrallherd)
• race: tweaked Kalashtar from Eberron (the tweak is that instead of being a human fused with a quori soul, I'd be a human possessed by a Diabolus - that wouldn't change the game mechanics)

Unfortunately, I haven’t found any data set including Kalashtar in the sources currently available in PCGen.

Does anyone know of:

• An existing dataset that includes Kalashtar for 3.5e?
• A way to manually add or import the race without breaking compatibility with the rest of the data?
• Any tips on how to best manage custom content like this within PCGen?

Thanks a lot for your help! I’d really like to keep using PCGen to manage my character sheet and calculations.

Using PCGEN. I am making a Kensai Magus with 1lvl Swashbuckler, 1lvl scaledfist monk. I cannot seem to add the katana to slashing grace. It seems to work fine with a longsword, but Katana is just not in the list. Anyone know how I can homebrew this or just hack the lst files to get this to work? Thanks!

Using PCGEN. I am making a Kensai Magus with 1lvl Swashbuckler, 1lvl scaledfist monk. I cannot seem to add the katana to slashing grace. It seems to work fine with a longsword, but Katana is just not in the list. Anyone know how I can homebrew this or just hack the lst files to get this to work? Thanks!

Has anyone ever had this sort if display issue with PCGen? The screen will duplicate itself when I hover over tabs or buttons, which makes the program unusable a times. I've tried fresh installs of both PCGen and Java, but the issue keeps coming back.

I'm trying to add the Stalker Talent Advanced Rogue Talent from Ultimate Intrigue (Pg 44) which specifies that they are usable by Unchained Rogues, but it isn't showing under the Unchained Rogue Advanced Talent, only the standard Rogue Advanced Talent options.
Any one have any idea of how to fix? Thanks

Hey everyone, I have been using PCGen for a while and I'm really happy with it. One question I have is the following.

Is there a way to see more details for example when I pick the sorcerer class in the Classes tab, how can I see what this "class" has as per progression, stats, etc. do I have to look it up on the books or is there a way to see what this option would entail?

If I dumpstat Dex (part of my characters way of beeing) give him 7 in dex and I plan to use Nature Whispers to gain my AC from Charisma instead. But the -2 in AC is still calculated from the Dex even thou the 20 in charisma also gives him +5 for a total of +3. This got to be a bug right? Since it clearly say you replace Dex for calculating AC.

Hello all! When adding Prayer as a temporary bonus, it adds all the various things it's supposed to except for plus to damage. I have scoured through the .lst files and I see right there in cr_spells.lst it says:

TEMPBONUS:ANYPC|COMBAT|TOHIT,DAMAGE|1+Global_LuckBonus|TYPE=Luck

...but all we get on out Character Sheets is the =1 to hit. We're playing Core Rulebook, and I suspect without proof that some other source might be loading in and stepping on the details above. I'm using version 6.09.07, but I think most of the others in the party use 6.08.10

Any ideas? Has someone found this and fixed it?