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<blockquote data-quote="theoremtank" data-source="post: 418857" data-attributes="member: 6099">I'm sure the idea that will follow is not original, so please forgive me if this is redundant or if it has already been implemented, better yet, point me to any links related with the idea.Here goes...It seems people want a character generator that is customizable.&nbsp; That is, we want to be able to add our custom classes and prestige classes, feats, spells, as well as information appearing in Wizards of the Coast splat books.&nbsp; Problem is, the spalt books are not part of the OGL; and realistically we will never see a legal program that implements these books.So I suggest a generic customizablable character generator which is fully OGL legal.&nbsp; Yet people may input custom data or data from the splat books that may be saved and easily imported and exported into the program in some file format.&nbsp; Thus people may find these files somewhere on the internet and load them into their generator.&nbsp; This way the character generator itself is still legal, while the files floating around the internet may not be. (Please no discussion of whether or not this is moral.&nbsp; What WotC dumped on its eTools customers&nbsp; was legal, but I personnaly would not call it moral.)I see this as what eTools should have been, and lets face it, there is downloadable data from other companies books that may be imported into eTools limited database and I don't see WotC putting a halt on this functionality.&nbsp; So what I am suggesting is a non-WotC OGL legal customizable robust character generator where costom content may be easily saved then imported or exported to other instances of the program.Now I doubt I'm the one to build this, although I am currently attempting this as a longterm hobby using C# and XML.&nbsp; In anycase I would like to see peoples thoughts on the subject.Thanks</blockquote>

[QUOTE="theoremtank, post: 418857, member: 6099"] I'm sure the idea that will follow is not original, so please forgive me if this is redundant or if it has already been implemented, better yet, point me to any links related with the idea. Here goes... It seems people want a character generator that is customizable. That is, we want to be able to add our custom classes and prestige classes, feats, spells, as well as information appearing in Wizards of the Coast splat books. Problem is, the spalt books are not part of the OGL; and realistically we will never see a legal program that implements these books. So I suggest a generic customizablable character generator which is fully OGL legal. Yet people may input custom data or data from the splat books that may be saved and easily imported and exported into the program in some file format. Thus people may find these files somewhere on the internet and load them into their generator. This way the character generator itself is still legal, while the files floating around the internet may not be. (Please no discussion of whether or not this is moral. What WotC dumped on its eTools customers was legal, but I personnaly would not call it moral.) I see this as what eTools should have been, and lets face it, there is downloadable data from other companies books that may be imported into eTools limited database and I don't see WotC putting a halt on this functionality. So what I am suggesting is a non-WotC OGL legal customizable robust character generator where costom content may be easily saved then imported or exported to other instances of the program. Now I doubt I'm the one to build this, although I am currently attempting this as a longterm hobby using C# and XML. In anycase I would like to see peoples thoughts on the subject. Thanks [/QUOTE]

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