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[DoctorB]

So no way to add Prestige classes in the program?
That would be a disappointment.
I assume the classes from the DMG will be there at least.

ALL of the players in my game now have prestige classes (one of them home-brewed). This is an important feature to me...

Thanks for all the great info, Eric!

 

[Agamon]

You can't add classes? Ouch. 3 of my players have homebrew PrCs. I can use it for some players and not for others. That's not going to work. The one thing that I'd want customizable would be the classes. All the other things you can just kinda write on the sheet of you have to, but the class is the basis of the PC.

Oh, well. I was looking forward to the 3E version of Core Rules, but I guess I've done alright without thus far.

 

[Davin]

You can't add classes? Ouch. 3 of my players have homebrew PrCs. I can use it for some players and not for others. That's not going to work. The one thing that I'd want customizable would be the classes.

(sigh) Just because the program out of the box won't do it doesn't mean you won't have 3rd-party programs capable of adding most PrCs.

 

[EricNoah]

The DMG prestige classes are in.

As I mentioned earlier in the thread, by mucking around with the Access database I was able to re-create the Red Wizard PrC from the FRCS, except I couldn't figure out how to do the +1 spellcaster level thingy. But I'm not that great with Access (I mostly did some copying and pasting from a similar class, the Loremaster) so it may be that someone will figure out an interface to do it, or that it might be done as part of a future product.

 

[Nine Hands]

The DMG prestige classes are in.

As I mentioned earlier in the thread, by mucking around with the Access database I was able to re-create the Red Wizard PrC from the FRCS, except I couldn't figure out how to do the +1 spellcaster level thingy. But I'm not that great with Access (I mostly did some copying and pasting from a similar class, the Loremaster) so it may be that someone will figure out an interface to do it, or that it might be done as part of a future product.

Well since the Loremaster increases your caster level, there must be some functionality in there. Hopefully it is easy to get at and not "hard coded". From your posts I may pick this up, even though it does not do everything I want.

I wonder how long it would take to create a PCGen export so I can create a race in E-Tools and export it to PCGen

 

[Ranger REG]

Trust me, the Wizards' official E-Tools message board is not for the prude.

 

[EricNoah]

In the last two beta versions there was a greyed-out button that appeared to be ready to lead to a random character generator. We never got to test it out though so I don't know if it made it in.

Update: I've just heard that the random character generator IS in and functional in the release build of the program. Even picks and equips items for you, apparently.

 

[thalmin]

Update: I've just heard that the random character generator IS in and functional in the release build of the program. Even picks and equips items for you, apparently.

This is great news!
With a random generator, my job as DM just got sooooo much easier.

 

[Agamon]

Update: I've just heard that the random character generator IS in and functional in the release build of the program. Even picks and equips items for you, apparently.

Ooh, cool. Maybe I will pick this up. I've figured out how to use all the other MS Office programs, I suppose I could muck around with Access until I figure it out *shrug*

 

[bolen]

could a publisher write all the access code for their book and then post it (or put it on a disk in the book) so users could use it in E-tools