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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 7155362" data-attributes="member: 58197">Okay, after playing with the character builder/sheet for a bit: Not bad, not great, at least in its current state. No glaring issues, but lots of little nuisances. The ones I encountered:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lack of guardrails. I tried building a 12th-level high elf wizard and assigning all three ASIs to Intelligence, then putting a base score of 15 in Int. No warnings that I noticed; my Int was simply capped at 20 and the extra points lost. I picked Arcana and History as my proficiencies, then chose the Sage background, which comes with Arcana and History. Again, no complaints about the overlap, the builder just silently let me waste my proficiencies.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Unable to undo some character choices. I added a second class, then couldn't get rid of it. Likewise, couldn't reduce my level to 11 after starting into the build process at 12. I could change races, though.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Manage Spells" UI is tolerable when building a 1st-level wizard, but horrible for a high-level one. Giant scrolling list of every spell you're eligible to learn, and the only way to filter it down is by name? [Darth Vader]NOOOOOOOOOOOO![/Darth Vader] Either the UI needs a serious revamp, or the "Spells" section of the app (where there are decent search and filter tools) should have a button that lets you choose a character and put that spell on his/her list.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Manage Equipment" has the same issues.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Character sheet on mobile is in dire need of a hamburger menu, or some other way to quickly navigate to The Thing I Want. Way too many "cards" to flip through when I'm trying to look something up quick at the table.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">On the flip side, the mobile-friendly "cards" feel clunky on a PC. Of course, one has to optimize for mobile first, but it sure would be nice to have a more integrated character sheet when the screen is big enough to accommodate it.</li> </ul>I'm sure many of these are already being addressed, of course. Stuff I did like:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The option to use milestones instead of XP made me happy.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The mobile interface feels pleasant to use. Very polished.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I like that features are shown in the relevant card; e.g., Fey Ancestry shows up on the card where I look up my saving throws. Though this doesn't work for all features. I don't get the Evoker features anywhere on the spellcasting card, for example.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The spell card does a very nice job making it easy to manage spell slots.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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