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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 3174632" data-attributes="member: 9254">Possible, but unlikely.&nbsp; PCGen has a crapload of man-hours in it, as does ETools.&nbsp; The cost to make an engine capable of the existing d20 complexities is really high.&nbsp; It is more likely that they either a) tried to turn PCGen into an online java app that relies on WotC data or b) host the PCGen data files on their subscription website but require a PCGen plug-in that will log into the server and prevent data copying.&nbsp; &nbsp; (FYI: PCGen already supports accessing data files over the internet, an encrypted access plug-in is non-trivial but far less complex than a full featured app)Even then, I would expect them to need an internal team to maintain a forked PCGen once the data files become incompatible.&nbsp; That may or may not be cheaper than CMP but if they can get enough of a userbase for their online subscription service, it becomes a steady revenue stream with only incremental upgrades required.&nbsp; It may also be possible that the NWN character creation engine has been forked off and has had the classes added to it, possibly by translating the PCGen data files into NWNese.&nbsp; It's a pretty spiffy thing for a CRPG and is already basically d20.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 3174632, member: 9254"] Possible, but unlikely. PCGen has a crapload of man-hours in it, as does ETools. The cost to make an engine capable of the existing d20 complexities is really high. It is more likely that they either a) tried to turn PCGen into an online java app that relies on WotC data or b) host the PCGen data files on their subscription website but require a PCGen plug-in that will log into the server and prevent data copying. (FYI: PCGen already supports accessing data files over the internet, an encrypted access plug-in is non-trivial but far less complex than a full featured app) Even then, I would expect them to need an internal team to maintain a forked PCGen once the data files become incompatible. That may or may not be cheaper than CMP but if they can get enough of a userbase for their online subscription service, it becomes a steady revenue stream with only incremental upgrades required. It may also be possible that the NWN character creation engine has been forked off and has had the classes added to it, possibly by translating the PCGen data files into NWNese. It's a pretty spiffy thing for a CRPG and is already basically d20. [/QUOTE]

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