5/17 DDI Update info

[mudbunny]

The update is a good news/bad news situation.

From WotC_Huscarl

There’s good news and bad news on Tuesday’s DDI update.

The Compendium and Adventure Tools will be updated on schedule. In the Compendium, you can expect to see magic item rarity as a selectable filter, feat powers appearing in the feats, and terrain powers. The Adventure Tools will be updated with creatures from The Shadowfell: Gloomwrought and Beyond, including images.

The Character Builder update is being delayed while we iron out some kinks that were discovered in testing. We expect that a fix is a few weeks away. At this time, it’s impossible to nail down just how long the delay will be. We’ll pass along any additional news as it develops.

More info as I get it.

 

[SSquirrel]

That sucks. We were starting a new game the first weekend in June and I was hoping the new stat selections from Dragon 397 would make it in tomorrow.

 

[Joshua Randall]

Fortunately, stats (ability scores) are one of the easiest things to work around in the CB.

(1) Load / create character.
(2) Go to "Assign Abilities" section.
(3) Switch to "Point Buy" tab.
(4) Manually edit the base score for whatever ability is supposed to get +2 and isn't. (Don't forget to NOT give yourself +2 in another ability.)
(5) You'll see the "Points Left" change to -2 or more, and the "Assign Abilities" will turn orange and say "Too many points assigned." You can ignore this.

Aside from the annoyance of having a quote-unqoute houseruled character, you're all set.