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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 717201" data-attributes="member: 158">Tennyson,PCGen will allow the building of all sorts of custom items, from swords with any effect imaginable, to wands with any spell loaded in them. downloading the latest beta release (version 4.3.2) will allow you to create a character of any race, any class, and equip them with any item or feat or spell.Currently, the only things built in are the core rulebooks, the Psionics Handbook, and several d20 publishers' materials (such as Malhavoc Press, bastion press, green ronin, etc.). Any item, class, feat, race, language, etc. not built in is addable through LST editors, which allow you to create custom versions of these things.However, In defense of Role-Playing Master and Twin ROse Campaign suite, all 3 of these programs carry equivalent features and adaptability, through editors. However, if you are looking for a program that requires a minimum of tweaking and fuss to install, RPM and Twin Rose Campaign Suite are both windows native, and therefore both faster in windows as well as fairly easy to install. PCGen's main downfall is the need for a Java Virtual Machine to run it (available free through Sun Microsystems web site), and the load speed upon first run. After loading, PCGen is as fast as any character generator where screen changes and using the program is concerned. Another disadvantage is that files created with a previous version are not necessarily compatible with the newer versions - again, the software is constantly under development, and improvement of the way it handles data.PCGen's advantages are cost (free), and versatility. The exact same version of program runs on ANY Operating system imaginable, as long as it has a Java VM available for it.PCGen character sheets can be output as either HTML or PDF documents, and I cannot say from experience whether or not RPM and Twin Rose do this.Hope you find this info useful.</blockquote>

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