ABILITY (Global: CHOOSE) - PCGen Documentation

# ABILITY (Global: CHOOSE)

## Status

Updated 5.17.4

## Syntax

`CHOOSE:ABILITY|w|x|y|y[x]|y[x,x]|x,y,y[x],y[x,x]`

## Parameters

- w: Text (Ability category)
- x: Text (Ability name or key)
- x: FEAT=Text (Feat, by name or key)
- x: TYPE=Text (Ability type)
- x: !TYPE=Text (Prohibited ability type)
- x: ALL
- y: ANY (Default)
- y: PC
- y: QUALIFIED

## What it does

- Will present a list of abilities of the specified category that matches the stipulated criteria.
- Using the `FEAT=Text` sub-tag will provide a list of abilities chosen by the referenced feat. The feat referenced must contain a `CHOOSE:ABILITY` tag.
- Global qualifiers work with abilities. Use of the qualifiers has the following effect:
  - ANY - Will return a list of all abilities of the designated ability category.
  - PC - Will return a list of all abilities already taken by the Player Character.
  - QUALIFIED - Will return a list of all abilities that the player character is otherwise qualified for.
- Qualifiers can be logically negated by prefacing with the exclamation point (!), i.e. `!PC` is a valid usage.
- Criteria can be logically combined by using the comma (,), logical AND , and the pipe (|), logical OR . Logical AND s are evaluated before logical OR s.
- The SELECT tag is used in conjunction with this `CHOOSE` tag to define the number of “selections” that can be made.

## Example

`CHOOSE:ABILITY|FEAT|TYPE=Rogue Abilities`

A list of all “Rogue Abilities” type feats will be presented.

`CHOOSE:ABILITY|Special Ability|PC[TYPE=Mercy]`

A list of all “Mercy” type abilities will be presented.

## Where it is Used

Ability, Domain, Feat, Race, and Template files. For the eqmod version see CHOOSE:EQUIPMENT (Equipment Modifiers)

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