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Message: <blockquote data-quote="3catcircus" data-source="post: 3180459" data-attributes="member: 16077">If someone can...I don't care who publishes electronic D&D tools (even the PCGen and CMP folks) so long as it does the following:1.  Contains all WotC datasets (core, FR, Eberron, etc.), including the ability to download new datasets as new books become available.2.  Accurate calculations.3.  Ability to quickly and easily enter new data or modify existing data to suit my campaign through the use of a GUI that mimics the data as it appears in the book and then the program parses both the data and the mechanics.4.  No need to purchase each additional dataset at an additional price.  Whether it is a $5/year subscription or a $xxx lifetime license, I don't want to continually pay for each dataset when I already have bought the books.So far, no tool does all of these things.  I'm soured on PCGen because of the removal of the non-OGL datasets early on and I also don't like the fact that it runs slower than molasses in January.NPC Designer works great for what I use it for (rapid generation of non-monster mook NPCs) - I haven't dared to try and modify the dataset.DMGenie is, so far, the best product for me - (relatively) easy to add or modify things and pretty accurate calculations.  The only thing slowing me down is the need to script things.Hopefully, the fact that CMP lost the license will open things up to other publishers - either open-source or proprietary.</blockquote>

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