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<blockquote data-quote="Vpenman" data-source="post: 479433" data-attributes="member: 6794">According to official WotC statements regarding the differences between Master Tools and E-Tools, E-Tools is Master Tools, but without the mapper.According to the official WotC E-Tools FAQ:&quot;Dungeons &amp; Dragons E-Tools&quot;Frequently Asked Questions...&quot;Q: What is the difference between D&amp;D E-Tools and the software originally announced as Master Tools?&quot;A: Master Tools originally included a mapper, which was developed using the Arcanum Engine technology, authored by Troika Games. E-Tools does not include this mapper....&quot;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/dx20020607a" target="_blank">www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/dx20020607a</a>According to Help file that is part of E-Tools (an official WotC product):&quot;What happened to Master Tools?&quot;E-Tools is the renaming of the originally scheduled Master Tools.&nbsp; The difference between Master Tools and E-tools is that E-Tools does not include a mapper function...&quot;This is in the Questions/General section of eTools Help.I&nbsp; posted the relevant portions of those messages, but I do not believe the meaning is altered in any way by being removed from the entire messages. Please review them yourselves in their entirety.Prior to its disappearance, the Master Tools web page (on the official WotC web site) included the following regarding Master Tools:&quot;...Change the rules to fit your campaign: make your own races, classes, monsters and treasure...&quot;(Note: see above claims regarding taking things out of context.) Even if Eric's other comments regarding features being cut due project reduction are disregarded, it is clear that E-Tools does not contain everything Master Tools was supposed to contain, except for the mapper -- the make your own classes ability for exaple is not in E-tools.Does anyone have any idea why WotC is making the claim the E-Tools is Master Tools only minus the mapper?&nbsp; thanks,Victor</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vpenman, post: 479433, member: 6794"] According to official WotC statements regarding the differences between Master Tools and E-Tools, E-Tools is Master Tools, but without the mapper. According to the official WotC E-Tools FAQ: "Dungeons & Dragons E-Tools "Frequently Asked Questions... "Q: What is the difference between D&D E-Tools and the software originally announced as Master Tools? "A: Master Tools originally included a mapper, which was developed using the Arcanum Engine technology, authored by Troika Games. E-Tools does not include this mapper...." [url]www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/dx20020607a[/url] According to Help file that is part of E-Tools (an official WotC product): "What happened to Master Tools? "E-Tools is the renaming of the originally scheduled Master Tools. The difference between Master Tools and E-tools is that E-Tools does not include a mapper function..." This is in the Questions/General section of eTools Help. I posted the relevant portions of those messages, but I do not believe the meaning is altered in any way by being removed from the entire messages. Please review them yourselves in their entirety. Prior to its disappearance, the Master Tools web page (on the official WotC web site) included the following regarding Master Tools: "...Change the rules to fit your campaign: make your own races, classes, monsters and treasure..." (Note: see above claims regarding taking things out of context.) Even if Eric's other comments regarding features being cut due project reduction are disregarded, it is clear that E-Tools does not contain everything Master Tools was supposed to contain, except for the mapper -- the make your own classes ability for exaple is not in E-tools. Does anyone have any idea why WotC is making the claim the E-Tools is Master Tools only minus the mapper? thanks, Victor [/QUOTE]

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