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WHAT IS TOS+

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A NEW product called TOS+ for "The Only Sheet Plus" is now available to the public!!

Representing 15 months of work (started in December 2005), this masterpiece of a sheet will be adding some awesome new features for Players and Game Masters of D&D!

Featuring a DYNAMIC worksheet, specifically designed for LapTops, TOS+ bring integration to a new height!

What is TOS+
TOS+ is similar to The Only Sheet, but has been redesigned to be able to support Effects. Effects are the things that modify a value for your character: For instance, an item like Belt of Giant Strength +4 has the effect of giving +4 to the Str score of the character. Adding this number to the strength score is quite easy - but what is not easy, is NOW do you take into account the Stacking Rules that D&D3.5 has? The stacking rules define which TYPES can or cannot be stacked together. For instance, if you add Gauntlets of Ogre Power to the same character, will he get +6 Strength? NO. The stacking rules specify that 'enhancements' bonuses do NOT stack together! This is where TOS+ shines: Implementing the stacking rules means that it will not ADD bonuses that cannot be stacked, and yet let those that CAN be stacked, do so.

TOS+ also contains one of the most powerful DYNAMIC worksheet ever created for D&D3.5: the LapTop worksheet! This special worksheet present in a SINGLE SCREEN FULL almost all the important information from your character... And as the names implies, it is most useful for those who play with LapTops. But the LapTop worksheet is much more than a résumé of your character: you can use it to activate effects!

"What do you mean by activate effects", you might ask. Well, many effects that apply to your character do so ONLY when you specifically activate them. A Bard that starts to sing to inspire courages to himself and his companions, a Barbarian that starts his rage ability, a sorcerer that casts haste on the group or a Cleric that starts a prayer to assist. All these (and much more) can be activated on the LapTop worksheet, and will dynamically affect your character.

Check this video for a small (7Megs) sample of what I mean:
How to use the Active Effects Table

For all this power and the ability to have effect, the cost is paid in Speed: Where TOS is very fast, TOS+ is much slower, needing to call functions thousands of times to make sure the stacking rules are respected. And the more effects a character has, the more CPU is require to recalculate all that may have changed. So if TOS is a race car, TOS+ is a tractor - but hell, TOS+ CAN SURE PULL!!

There are many more things that have been implemented in TOS+, like all the wondrous items, weapons, armors, shields found in the SRD. If you want to know more, check out this thread.

TOS+ Sections on the Forum: Because TOS+ will be using a subscription system different from TOS's registration system, a new section has been set aside for Subscribers of TOS+ (instead of creating a separate Forum). ONLY the active subscribers of TOS+ will have access to these sections. So unless you have subscribed to TOS+, you will not gain access to these reserved sections.

Note: TOS+ is NOT tested on the Macintosh: only on Windows, using THE LATEST UPDATE of Excel 2003 (non-Excel spreadsheet applications will fail)

Addendum: Try THIS link for the difference between TOS and TOS+.
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TOS+ has been made PUBLIC !!!

15 months of work, finally open to all... what a ride !!
Thanks to the MANY people who have made this possible - without your support, there would simply be no TOS+ !!
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I posted the video that explains how TOS+ can be used dynamically here on You tube (I'm curious to see how many hits it would generate... )
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