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FlexAI Digital Resource Companion (system neutral/5E/Pathfinder/P2E/OSR)

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Executive Summary

This product contains Excel documents that are optional companions to the FlexAI Guidebook.

Every single one of the 860 tables and tens of thousands of randomized monster and character behavior results is mapped out here.

At customer request, these Excel files have been provided for those who wish to make use of the logic and heuristics contained in the FlexAI Guidebook at game time using Excel macros or similar purposes.

You must own a copy of the FlexAI Guidebook to use these files.

About FlexAI

FlexAI is an attempt to model and simulate monster and NPC behavior in combat and social encounters.  It scales in complexity from very simple to as complex as you as a GM would like it to be.  It can be used in any tabletop roleplaying game with zero preparation time.  

The system takes only a few minutes to learn, is easy and quick to use, and can enhance any tabletop roleplaying combat experience.

This massive resource contains hundreds of detailed scenarios to generate dynamic, contextually-appropriate creature behavior in various combat circumstances. 

Over 860 tables, tens of thousands of combinations and permutations, and yet all it takes is a few minutes and a roll of a d100 to imbue you adventures with intelligence and fascination!

Not sure?  Check out the FREE Sample of FlexAI to get a sense of how things are structured.

Combat Table Example

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Brian W October 20, 2022 10:03 pm UTC
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I received the physical version of this product the other day. It had the proper cover but the interior of the book was about medieval vampires. Anyway I can get another copy sent?
I would like to mention this is one of the most impressive product lines I've ever seen in almost 40 years of gaming. Everytime i flip the page I am blown away by your content.
For anyone considering this product line, don;t wait one second to get it; you will love every page.
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J. E October 20, 2022 10:11 pm UTC
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Hi Brian--Thanks for the kind words. Just to make sure: you're enjoying the FlexAI book, not the vampire book, right? :)

Please contact customer support. I've been publishing with DTRPG for 7 years and though this has happened before with the interior being from another book, this is only the second time, and I believe they should be able to reprint it for you.

If you liked FlexAI, I'd love your thoughts about what I'm working on now, the Infinite Adventures line of points of interest. (And, naturally, would love any reviews or ratings you care to toss my way. :)

Onward! Thank you!
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Brian W October 20, 2022 10:43 pm UTC
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Would that be customer support for Drivethrurpg?

I'll be sure to post reviews for the other products I purchased.

Once again, I can't believe the amount of work you have put into the products I purchased. There is clearly so much passion and thought in every volume. The organization is amazing, descriptions for everything, logic of content is excellent, it is imaginative, yet reasonable, expansive, comprehensive... I mean wow.
I'd love the opportunity to write to you privately if possible? And, thanks for your help in assisting me with the oops with my purchase.
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J. E October 21, 2022 1:53 pm UTC
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Hi Brian--I'm reaching out to publisher support myself to see what the path to resolution is (like, do I initiate it, do you, or do they)?

In the meantime, can you hit me up at infiniumGameStudios [at] gmail [dot] com, and if it's not too much trouble, can I have your Order # for the book so I can convey that to the folks at support? I would assume that since it's likely the printer's mistake, they should just reprint the book and send the new copy off to you, hopefully.

Thanks for the kind words; every book I write is indeed a labor of love... which can get out of control at times I admit :)
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J. E October 21, 2022 4:24 pm UTC
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Hi Brian--I've confirmed that since you ordered it, it's a customer service action. You can get in touch with them here:
https://support.drivethrurpg.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

...and they'll take care of it. Let me know if things don't work out with that approach and need a push :)
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Sheldon H February 27, 2022 8:55 pm UTC
How does the social tables work, can you do an example like what they do with mythic game emulator?
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J. E July 17, 2022 6:22 pm UTC
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Hi Sheldon--Sorry I'm just seeing this now! Take a look at the FlexAI Free Sample for examples of how things work in FlexAI.

The social tables are very similar, but of course use an entirely different set of actions, contexts, and so on, appropriate for social interactions rather than combat mechanics.

Hope that helps!

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/275572/FlexAI-Guidebook-Free-Sample
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Manfred K February 07, 2021 2:50 pm UTC
Hi,
I have the same comment as Randall, but I am not sure you have answered it. For example, the Flex AI table for a Normal Fresh Soldier in Context A give Attack major/Major Surge for a result of 84-86. Referring then back to the Combat Surge Summary Table in the Introduction (p. 21 in my pdf), there are four types of Major Surges for the Main Attack: +2, +4, +5 and +6 Attack. Which one applies?
Thanks!
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Jason R March 15, 2021 5:36 pm UTC
The different results correspond to how powerful the monster is. In their bestiaries every monster has 4 Stat blocks depending on how strong a version of a given monster a GM wants to use in a given scenario, and those different blocks correspond to the different surge answers.

If you're not using your their bestiary just use your best judgement as to which bonus should apply to a given creature.
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J. E March 15, 2021 5:41 pm UTC
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Hi Manfred--As Jason R notes, pretty much. There are rough guidelines as to what levels / CRs correspond to the difficulty bands, but it really should scale to what you as the D/GM have a feel for. These days for my somewhat large Pathfinder group, I use:
Low band: 1-6
Moderate band: 6-10
Advanced band: 11-14
Elite band: 15+

...where the # above is either the APL, or the ~CR of an encounter/critter.

There's a free PDF that goes into the whole Quadded Difficulty thing in a little more detail:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/190268/Quadded-Statblocks-to-Enable-VariableDifficulty-Adventures-in-5E-Fifth-Edition-and-Pathfinder-RPG

Hope that helps!
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Randall T January 10, 2021 11:16 pm UTC
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FYI love the guide book but with this why would you protect the sheets makes it very difficult to incorporate macros additionally putting 0-26 in a single cell is also difficult to use in programming.

Sad that I paid money for something that really isn't any more help.
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J. E January 11, 2021 12:28 am UTC
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Hi Randall! Any publisher worth their salt protects their work; it's fairly ubiquitous to lock things down either in a PDF or in a particularly malleable form like Excel.

If you want to build off of the contents, it's straightforward to copy/paste into a macro-enabled workbook where you can build whatever you wish off of the valuable data presented. I know of several folks who have already done so for click-quick results during game sessions.

In terms of the "0-26", those are the values that are presented in the book itself.
What data would you prefer?

Those who have built off of this as a starting point have used Excel functions to generate start/endpoints off of the ranges, so that might work depending on what you're trying to do.

I'm honestly not sure what you have in mind, but as the entire reason I published this in Excel form was to make sure users could do pretty much whatever they wished to with the data that might make it easier...See more
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Randall T January 11, 2021 2:53 am UTC
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I am creating a user form to pull data from the tables...being in excel did save me a bit of time. had to reformat all the entries lookups and excel don't like "-". All the ranges need to be split to create solid data tables (Not impossible but tedious). More to the point only the higher value it used. Again it was helpful so no worries.

How do you determine what level of surge or lull? The AI tables just say major or minor am I missing something?
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J. E January 11, 2021 12:13 pm UTC
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Hiya,

RE: Surge or Lull, minor/major are the levels (see the description in the book itself); each applies differently depending on the resulting action. E.g., for Flee, a surge will increase movement speed.

Glad to hear it's working out! Thanks for the feedback!
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