renau1g
First Post
Maybe ebooks?
DDI September/October Update info
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Maybe ebooks?
The Human Target
Adventurer
No Dark Sun in CB?
Thats absolutely ridiculous.
My buddy (who purchased the DS books) would like to run a Dark Sun game, but he can't until CB is updated so that everyone has the access they need.
BOOOOOOOO!
Thats absolutely ridiculous.
My buddy (who purchased the DS books) would like to run a Dark Sun game, but he can't until CB is updated so that everyone has the access they need.
BOOOOOOOO!
They certainly could go the way of World of Warcraft, in that they'd have their own in-house servers which would save all of your CB characters on them. Thus you'd only be able to access the CB if you currently have a subscription and have access to the web... but at the same time keep all your characters saved to their servers regardless whether your subscription is up-to-date.
So the same way that in WoW you can cancel your subscription for like a year, then come back later and find that all your characters are still there for you when you re-up... WotC could do the same for your CB characters.
It would certainly cut down on the number of '1-month, download, then cancel' subscriptions that they probably experience all the time.
My guess on the web tools is that it will be a way for online tracking of character and campaign information, kind of in the vein of iplay4e. Or maybe even a campaign toolset that will be used as a framework for the (alleged) future virtual tabletop. You know, things like the visualizer, etc.
Just speculation, mind you.
Just speculation, mind you.
stonegod
Spawn of Khyber/LEB Judge
The statement "in the process of developing a new web-based tools system" does not imply the that CB is going way or that the web tools will/will not implement CB functionality. It just states they are working on some web-based tools (which could be anything from new versions of the Flash encounter builder to a web-based CB). Far too little information at this point.
the Jester
Legend
Or he could, you know, bring his books to the first session and people could use pencil and paper.
I'm A Banana
Potassium-Rich
Yeah, let us (please) not go off all half-cocked on speculation about how WotC is going to kick our babies by not allowing you to use the CB when you're not online. "Web-based tools" could mean a lot of things. It could just mean something like an Encounter Builder like they had before. The Compendium is basically a "web-based tool." I would like to believe that WotC is intentionally designing the DDI so that each table only needs to have one subscription: it's a feature that a table of 5 players + 1 DM can sign up for about $1.50/month collectively, and I don't think they'd be in a hurry to take that from us.
I'm happy we're getting something. I really wish we'd get Dark Sun and Essentials stuff in the CB, but if it's going into the Compendium, at least it's there, in some capacity. I'm looking forward to the CB update that'll include them.
'till then, I guess I'll just play the same old boring characters I'm used to.
I'm happy we're getting something. I really wish we'd get Dark Sun and Essentials stuff in the CB, but if it's going into the Compendium, at least it's there, in some capacity. I'm looking forward to the CB update that'll include them.
'till then, I guess I'll just play the same old boring characters I'm used to.
im_robertb
First Post
Hi. I'm a DM who prepares power cards for all of his PCs. Guess he's leaving the Dark Sun book with me each week.
The Human Target
Adventurer
We play twice a month for six hours. Bringing every 4e book we have to a session to make 3rd level characters is a huge hassle and would basically waste a session. I did myself make a character for the Dark Sun game long hand, but not everyone has the time or books to do so.
But thanks for the smug response.
