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OLE Automation/COM? UGH! UGH! UGH! Thats awful, its not cross platform, its... ugh. Try dropping that object into PCGen and see how far it gets. Export the object with an agreed upon format, hopefully using open-standards and not proprietary BS, then each application can utilize the...

Its like lemmings in here... We have two tools that are essential DM/campaign managers and one that is primarily a creature/character generator with DM feature additional program. And there are one or two others out there too. But then again, it apparently hasn't dawned on anyone to sit...

Re: Re: d20Modern - martial artist and gunslinger Q Why? Thats plain stupid. Guns are deadly, if a "gunslinger" gets caught in a cross-fire, its his own damn fault and should pay the consequences. He shouldn't get more hitpoints just because his choosen weapons do more damage. Thats just a...

Re: From someone who helps develop software... While I agree with you for the most part, its not the software development cycle that causes the problems, its the project management. And part of project management is managing scope and scope creap and to make sure a project gets out the door...

Thats not terribly bad as far as fencing goes. I'd probably slice all hitpoints in half too... make people think about getting into fights rather than just barging in ala D&D style.

Re: Re: 2003 - Year of d20 Roleplaying Boom? Only if you like dealing with a system that should never have left the sheltered confines of D&D. :) I mean, come on, who in their right mind thinks that a Strong hero should get less skill points than a Fast animal? and what does the Handle...

PrC's are all built around rule zero, actually all the classes are. The closet you are going to get to being able to implement the thousands of variations that can happen with rule zero is if you utilize scripting like RPM does to some extent. But to implement many of the PrCs requires actual...

Don't think so... seems the 'burbs are sparse for gamers, may need to take a trip to Gamers Paradise and post there.

Woohoo! :) And in neither case should it be taken that the developers nor the people at WotC are idiots or are deserving of non-constructive critism either! I'll agree with that. Not being able to create custom data was a problem with the design/implementation of eTools; and is surprising...

Unless they pay fair market value for it. Personally, I don't think d20 is worth more than maybe 50 cents, but eh...:)

Interesting idea Ranger One, but that becomes a major support hassle for WotC and/or the developer behind the software. Really, this issue has been around since about the time of Quake [actually before, but it got popular with Quake] and frankly in most communities, the community does a good...

My gaming group in the western suburbs [Schaumburg and Aurora are the typical gaming sites] is looking for one to two additional gamers, from novice to experience. Perferably 21+ professionals or college/grad students. The game setting is Forgotten Realms, mostly in the Silver Marches and the...

No biggie... interesting discussion though that pointed out good things on both sides of the fence, i.e. - Software must be built to work out of the box. Yes, there will be bugs, but that happens even with the best engineering and QA practices. - Software should be designed to used by the...

ONLY, and I repeat ONLY, if that technology has been implemented incorrectly. If it has been implemented correctly, then the user should never know that technology is at work. Period. And these are once again Implementation Details. Its not the fault of the Access product that the ODBC...

Victor, This is not a fault of the choice of technologies. Again, this was not a fault of the choice of technologies. I'm not disagreeing that the default eTools package should have worked out of the box without downloads, nor that there shouldn't have been a default option to use the...

Well technically thats true for any gaming system, aka house rules. :) However, you just can't mass distribute them unless allowed by a some sort of agreement or license for use of the product. Thats what the OGL or Dominion L, etc. bring to the table. And while I do understand your analogy...

Hey thanks... I missed that. :) Mmms, so can I be a 5th level Strong Hero and a 4th level Smart Hero? And does that make any sense whatsoever? :) Dunno, my question is... who says that a Fast Hero should get more skill points than a Strong Hero? And why should an Smart Hero get even more...

Well, of course there is that choice. :) Although, I will agree, that the worst thing about the WEG SW and d6 was the bucket of dice. I despise it actually... even if I have been watching Enterprise as of late. :) So you know there will be differences in our thought patterns. Then again, I...

No, Bacrof I didn't. Maintenance is another word for support. Nonetheless, I refuse to argue this point anymore because its going outside of the topic of this forum quite drastically.

If you do that, you could be hunting for an insolvable bug for quite some time. As contradictory as it may sound, and even to the point of seeming to ignore the end-user's actually complaint, its better to make sure of what external causes may be present before turning to issue within the...