Virtual Combat Cards version 0.20 includes a simple encounter editor. With it you can create encounters and save them to a file or add them directly to the combat sequence window. It also allows you to adjust other information of combatants in ongoing battles.

To access the editor window, select View > Encounter/Party editor … menu from the main window. This will open a window similar to the one shown below (but it will start out empty). The buttons on the right side of the window allow you to add monster, minions and characters.

The new windows include a file menu that allows you to load existing files, save to a file, or add combatant to the main window. When adding combatant to the main window, those that do not have ID will be added as a new combatant. If the combatant has an ID the new values for HP, Init, defense score, will replace the existing ones but the old combatant status will be preserved (including health and initiative situations).

Minions can only have one hit point. Other combatants must have at least 2 hit points. You can edit all columns, but there are some rules concerning the ID and Qty columns:

ID

This is a unique ID used to identify combatant while loading and during battles. This should be unique, but the editor does not check that. In order to se an ID, the Qty (quantity) columns must be equal to “1”.

Qty

Stands for quantity, you can have a specific combatants several times in a battle. To avoid having to edit them several times, you can simply increase the quantity. However if the combatant has an ID value, you cannot increase quantity.

If you want to make changes to a specific instance of a set of combatants you can use the Expand Similar button to make each instance appear in it’s own line. This will allow you to have different values on any field.

If you want to revert back to the compressed view, use the Compress Similar button. This will make multiple entries with identical columns to be places in a single line with the appropriate Qty value.