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<blockquote data-quote="sabrinathecat" data-source="post: 8185540" data-attributes="member: 89838"><p>It is consistent (more so than any other edition). Prep time is a fraction of what I dealt with back in the days of 2nd ed. I have a hacked version of the character builder (called CBLoader), and some fan built plug-ins for all the materials published after the official builder changed was On-Line only, so building characters is almost as easy as Adventure Tools made creating custom monsters.</p><p>One tip: make sure you get all of the corrections and errata. In the rush to print, some obvious typos are in there, and some things were clearly never play-tested and had to be corrected after the fact (like a lvl11 encounter power that's a close burst 8! or another power that was a close blurst--was that a blast or a burst? Nope, text actually says blurst. How did a spell-checker not catch that). Sure, it isn't completely perfect, but I think a lot of people were too busy attacking it for being too different from 3.5 to really give it a proper chance. Even WotC abandoned it after only half the planned time on the market. On the other hand, most of the books are available cheap, or you could look around for downloadable .pdf files. I won't post specific sites, as this /could/ be legally dubious, but that's what PM is for.</p><p>Sadly, some of the later classes never got the magic item or feat support they should have.</p><p>Your Mileage May Vary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sabrinathecat, post: 8185540, member: 89838"] It is consistent (more so than any other edition). Prep time is a fraction of what I dealt with back in the days of 2nd ed. I have a hacked version of the character builder (called CBLoader), and some fan built plug-ins for all the materials published after the official builder changed was On-Line only, so building characters is almost as easy as Adventure Tools made creating custom monsters. One tip: make sure you get all of the corrections and errata. In the rush to print, some obvious typos are in there, and some things were clearly never play-tested and had to be corrected after the fact (like a lvl11 encounter power that's a close burst 8! or another power that was a close blurst--was that a blast or a burst? Nope, text actually says blurst. How did a spell-checker not catch that). Sure, it isn't completely perfect, but I think a lot of people were too busy attacking it for being too different from 3.5 to really give it a proper chance. Even WotC abandoned it after only half the planned time on the market. On the other hand, most of the books are available cheap, or you could look around for downloadable .pdf files. I won't post specific sites, as this /could/ be legally dubious, but that's what PM is for. Sadly, some of the later classes never got the magic item or feat support they should have. Your Mileage May Vary. [/QUOTE]
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