D&D 4E Get WotC 4e's Online Character Builder to work or get a sub

[MwaO]

Bigger question: MacOS Catalina no longer supports Silverlight at all, because Silverlight is 32 bit only. Is there a workaround?

It appears to be stick with Mojave in some way:
Don't upgrade to Catalina
Use a Virtual Machine to run Mojave in Catalina. This is about the cost of a year's subscription, so not sure how great it is.

How to Run 32-Bit Apps in macOS Catalina

Apple's latest version of macOS, Catalina, officially ditches 32-bit app support, but you can still run the software you need by following these steps.

www.pcmag.com

 

[masteraleph]

New update: I'm on Catalina now. If you install the IETab extension onto Chrome, you can use that to access the Character Builder (it runs a remote instance of Internet Explorer, which has Silverlight built in).

 

[MwaO]

New update: I'm on Catalina now. If you install the IETab extension onto Chrome, you can use that to access the Character Builder (it runs a remote instance of Internet Explorer, which has Silverlight built in).

Hey, that works. Though might be a bit scary for someone who uses Chrome as their regular browser. But great for me as I don't use Chrome at the moment...

 

[MwaO]

So with Catalina, IETab extension for Chrome works and you can then log into it. So it is great.

Available here:

IE Tab - Chrome Web Store

Display web pages using IE within Chrome. Use Java, Silverlight, ActiveX, Sharepoint, and more.

chrome.google.com

Disclaimer: it seems to be safe from what I read, but it is giving the software access to Chrome, which is potentially problematic from a security standpoint. Do at your own risk if Chrome's your usual browser.

 

[MwaO]

Except...apparently it is a free trial that then demands payment that's essentially the rough cost of just installing a Virtual Windows anyway. So maybe not the best choice.

 

[MwaO]

Experimenting with VirtualBox by Oracle+downloading Windows OS from Microsoft and setting up that way, then running Internet Explorer:
Pro: It works and will probably continue to work as you just never update Windows, but update VirtualBox. As it is the only thing you use VirtualBox for, you don't really have to worry about viruses at all.
Cons: It requires a bit of computer skill to pull off and well, it is Windows.

 

[MwaO]

Experimenting with VirtualBox by Oracle+downloading Windows OS from Microsoft and setting up that way, then running Internet Explorer:
Pro: It works and will probably continue to work as you just never update Windows, but update VirtualBox. As it is the only thing you use VirtualBox for, you don't really have to worry about viruses at all.
Cons: It requires a bit of computer skill to pull off and well, it is Windows.

 

[MwaO]

People playing 4e now Discord Channel
Here is a link to people playing 4e now and talking about it. Lots of people. Lots of resources for finding games, building PCs, running games, etc...

 

[masteraleph]

On a side note, now that Wizards has announced they're going to be ending the various tools, I've successfully used MwaO's idea (virtualbox + win 10) to install the offline character builder on a Mac.

 

[Scrivener of Doom]

On a side note, now that Wizards has announced they're going to be ending the various tools, I've successfully used MwaO's idea (virtualbox + win 10) to install the offline character builder on a Mac.

Apple-pact warlock players in my group have been doing that with all the offline tools for about four years. It really does work!