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Originally Posted by 2WS-Steve I figure stuff like DM Genie, PCGEN, and Hero Lab simply won't be able to work with 4e. |
Depends on what you mean... distribute data? Good possibility not.
Interpret/apply rules (entered by users in their own data files)? Most likely. I really don't see how they could be stopped here.
PCGen is basically a rules parser. The rules are entered via the data files.
AFAIK, all D&Disms have been ripped from the code and put into the data files, so it is (more every release) becoming a generic gaming program.
I've only heard of one or two changes in
4e that I think PCGen can't handle right this moment, and some experimentation might even negate those obstacles.
Now other programs where most everything is hardcoded into the program are going to have a much harder time trying to deal with
4e, to the point it might not even be worth it for them to try.
So, I don't think any of the programs *have* to go away, or not support
4e, but it might be so dificult for some that they will just throw in the towel.