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This has come up multiple times, did you try searching? Myself, I use klooge.

They're independent, so it doesn't matter. We use Ventrilo with Klooge.werks. Works great.

Civ 3 and 4 will let you play with just 1 disc. Haven't tried the others.

Is iCon even going to happen? Less than a week to the Con and the Scheduled Games page is blank. There are some games mentioned in the forums, most of them with "information coming soon" on them. No talk about anyone having signed up to play anything. I was going to try a FG game just to compare...

I prefer Tablesmith which already does this.

I'm not speaking for the reasoning of PCGen in the early days, but there are a couple possibilities: 1) Game rules are not copyrightable in US law. If the datasets are purely game rules, then anyone can distribute them. That's a bit tricky though: Where do game rules end and IP, which is...

You're looking for "virtual game table" (I don't know who coined that, but it's good) or "vgt" software. See the "VGT Comparison" thread on this page.

I'm another klooger, when I looked two years ago, it was just worlds ahead of the other ones (FG at the time being the only other good one. I don't know if FG has caught up or not yet.) The main thing is all of the advanced features: Map zooming and scrolling, the ability to play on a giant...

There are? Where?

Maybe. Of course, in the early days PCGen distributed the IP of some publishers without their permission. Those publishers complained "loud and clear" but the folks at PCGen claimed Fair Use and kept on doing it for years. Shame didn't work on PCGen, what makes you think it would work somebody...

>> f you use pcgen data, be aware that there is data that they have permission from publishers that falls outside of the OGL (which could cause problems with the IP holders) The ability to READ a dataset cannot possibly cause a problem with IP. And even if it did, it would be an issue with the...

Are you suggesting that someone needs your permission to write a program that READS PCGen datasets? Cuz that's just ridiculous. DISTRIBUTE, maybe, but certainly not to read.

Software to do what? There's a decent list of aids on the wizard's board here: http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=625187 Official datasets for character generation software is no longer for sale for PCGen and E:Tools. It has never been for sale for any of the others, so not sure why...

If you're looking for combat management, and I think that's the most productive thing a DM laptop can do for you, you have a couple choices: DM's Familiar (mine), DMGenie, the GMGen portion of PCGen (your only free choice), and Roleplaying Master. I'd take a look at each and see which one makes...

>> Publishers may get upset that PCGen datasets are getting converted to another program, PCGen has made the argument multiple times that "including your data in our character generator helps your sales". But now, suddenly, including that data in more than your character generator would upset...

That sounds fairly difficult if not impossible. How does the program know whether a spellcaster wants to use a spell or not (should the cleric cast Bull Str first, or just wade right in?). How does it know the bard is delaying to tumble in and heal the fighter vs. using bardic music? How can the...

Hm, good point about the Destrachan. So I encounter a giant, cast tongues, and say "Hello, giant!". If the giant can SPEAK, it can understand me. If the giant is mute, it cannot. That's dumb. Or consider that I'm plane hopping and encounter some alien. I cast tongues and can speak with him. Do...

"The spell grants the creature touched the ability to speak and understand the lanuage of any intelligent creature" Does the target of the spell have to have an intelligent creature using that language present OR are they allowed to just pick any language they know? Example: I cast tongues...

Long post from Mynex here: Wizards Board Thread

Is NPC Designer for sale again? I thought Vascant wasn't selling it anymore. Does NPC Designer let you customize an NPC once it has been created, it doesn't seem so from the demo. (I create the 5th level fighter. Can I then swap out his +1 half plate and falchion for a mitrhal shirt and a +2...