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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 5965631" data-attributes="member: 710"><p>Actually, this is their second attempt within these 5 years. The first virtual table was an over-ambitious project complete with 3D and all, and the first prototype was terribly buggy and unstable.</p><p>The second was basically re-using an already existing software and optimizing it for D&D 4 and their IP. It had some cool feature, but also many restrictions.</p><p></p><p>There are alternatives out there - not without their own flaws, but usually more flexible. MapTools or GameTable. (I vastly prefer MapTools now). Considering the focus they put on making it D&D 4 "compatible" - it may be stupid to keep working on it if the next edition is already in the works.</p><p></p><p>The character builder (online and offline), monster builder (offline at least) and Compendium are much better software and have better value overall. Especially since while you can make generic virtual game tables that work for most types of RPG, a generic character builder that covers a vast array of systems is very hard, and a feature of such builders would be that they "know" all the content of the game system - which is not necessary easy to acquire.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 5965631, member: 710"] Actually, this is their second attempt within these 5 years. The first virtual table was an over-ambitious project complete with 3D and all, and the first prototype was terribly buggy and unstable. The second was basically re-using an already existing software and optimizing it for D&D 4 and their IP. It had some cool feature, but also many restrictions. There are alternatives out there - not without their own flaws, but usually more flexible. MapTools or GameTable. (I vastly prefer MapTools now). Considering the focus they put on making it D&D 4 "compatible" - it may be stupid to keep working on it if the next edition is already in the works. The character builder (online and offline), monster builder (offline at least) and Compendium are much better software and have better value overall. Especially since while you can make generic virtual game tables that work for most types of RPG, a generic character builder that covers a vast array of systems is very hard, and a feature of such builders would be that they "know" all the content of the game system - which is not necessary easy to acquire. [/QUOTE]
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