Electronic Character Builder

[Kobold Stew]

One great thing about the character creation rules in the latest test packet is that it looks like it is a relatively straightforward process to create an upper-level character from scratch.

With just pencil and paper, there's not much more that needs to be done in terms of quickly levelling up characters, but there is still an element of rules mastery expected that will allow customization and, no doubt, optimization.

This is the way it should be.

I have no objection to electronic character generators (PCGen remains very useful), but keeping things straight in 4e was next to impossible without the subscription-based character generator. That sucked, and was a big disincentive for many.

Looking at the options for Domains, Styles, Schemes, Origins, and Pacts -- all of these help reduce the accounting and balancing needed to mock up a character at higher levels without a subscription-based character generator.

 

[ferratus]

Hmm... now I kind of want to program one.

It shouldn't be too hard. Dice roller & ability scores, with text blocks for race, class, speciality, background, equipment, spells, Then calculate magical attack, melee attack, ranged attack, Spell DC, AC, HP. Done.

 

[Sunseeker]

Hmm... now I kind of want to program one.

It shouldn't be too hard. Dice roller & ability scores, with text blocks for race, class, speciality, background, equipment, spells, Then calculate magical attack, melee attack, ranged attack, Spell DC, AC, HP. Done.

This is exactly what I'm hoping WOTC develops for DDN.

A simple, straight-forward, low-resource character builder. Heck, maybe even throw in a random PC generator.

K.I.S.S. That should be the motto for the next CB.

 

[Kobold Stew]

Wouldn't that be nice?

Go for it, ferratus!

 

[jrowland]

Hmm... now I kind of want to program one.

It shouldn't be too hard. Dice roller & ability scores, with text blocks for race, class, speciality, background, equipment, spells, Then calculate magical attack, melee attack, ranged attack, Spell DC, AC, HP. Done.

Make it an android app and you got my $5