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<blockquote data-quote="Riastlin" data-source="post: 5587559" data-attributes="member: 94022">The problem though is that when WotC does finally implement support for &quot;custom content&quot; it has to be more than just custom religions and languages.&nbsp; Quite frankly, given the history that has been shown by the forum goers, etc., were WotC to implement this new &quot;feature&quot; that allows you to put in your own language and religion, there would be a huge outcry about how clueless WotC is.&nbsp; &nbsp;People would complain that this is a slap in the face for all of us homebrewers out there.&nbsp; That this &quot;fix&quot; or &quot;support&quot; is anything but.&nbsp; After all, the easiest piece of the CB to put your own &quot;stuff&quot; in for is likely the languages and religions.&nbsp; I mean seriously, how hard is it to draw a line through &quot;Bahamut&quot; and write in &quot;Captain Awesome&quot;?&nbsp; That would be the arguments and rants.&nbsp; Frankly, as somebody who is running a campaign that his some of its own homebrewed deities, I would not really consider this as being something &quot;new&quot; or even helpful for the CB.&nbsp;WotC won't be given credit for having accounted for &quot;custom&quot; content until we can put in our own feats, with their own Pre-Reqs and our own powers, items, etc.&nbsp; Further, people really want these custom entries to then also &quot;do the math&quot; on the power cards.&nbsp; After all, the power cards are, in my opinion, far and away the best feature of the CB, particularly since they &quot;do the math&quot; for us -- albeit occasionally incorrectly.&nbsp;Should the online CB have initially been designed with an option in language/religion for &quot;Other --&quot; that then had you write in on the sheet what that &quot;other&quot; was?&nbsp; Yeah, it probably should have.&nbsp; That would be the easiest fix and is seemingly something that would have been obvious from the get go.&nbsp; Even with that though, while I agree it would be nice for &quot;Captain Awesome&quot; to print out nice and neat in the same font as everything else on the religion line, I don't consider that an issue.&nbsp; Now, not having particularly decent means for implementing my own custom items into the CB is a much bigger issue for me and my players.&nbsp; It would make it a lot easier and a lot more useable if they could put in the artifact that they have received, etc.&nbsp; &nbsp;Like it or not, WotC is learning from history here.&nbsp; They know that if they bring us a &quot;half-arsed&quot; implementation, even if they explain that they are still working on the other half, that there will be a great hue and cry on the assorted boards.&nbsp;/shrug</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Riastlin, post: 5587559, member: 94022"] The problem though is that when WotC does finally implement support for "custom content" it has to be more than just custom religions and languages. Quite frankly, given the history that has been shown by the forum goers, etc., were WotC to implement this new "feature" that allows you to put in your own language and religion, there would be a huge outcry about how clueless WotC is. People would complain that this is a slap in the face for all of us homebrewers out there. That this "fix" or "support" is anything but. After all, the easiest piece of the CB to put your own "stuff" in for is likely the languages and religions. I mean seriously, how hard is it to draw a line through "Bahamut" and write in "Captain Awesome"? That would be the arguments and rants. Frankly, as somebody who is running a campaign that his some of its own homebrewed deities, I would not really consider this as being something "new" or even helpful for the CB. WotC won't be given credit for having accounted for "custom" content until we can put in our own feats, with their own Pre-Reqs and our own powers, items, etc. Further, people really want these custom entries to then also "do the math" on the power cards. After all, the power cards are, in my opinion, far and away the best feature of the CB, particularly since they "do the math" for us -- albeit occasionally incorrectly. Should the online CB have initially been designed with an option in language/religion for "Other --" that then had you write in on the sheet what that "other" was? Yeah, it probably should have. That would be the easiest fix and is seemingly something that would have been obvious from the get go. Even with that though, while I agree it would be nice for "Captain Awesome" to print out nice and neat in the same font as everything else on the religion line, I don't consider that an issue. Now, not having particularly decent means for implementing my own custom items into the CB is a much bigger issue for me and my players. It would make it a lot easier and a lot more useable if they could put in the artifact that they have received, etc. Like it or not, WotC is learning from history here. They know that if they bring us a "half-arsed" implementation, even if they explain that they are still working on the other half, that there will be a great hue and cry on the assorted boards. /shrug [/QUOTE]

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