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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xanlithe" data-source="post: 7462856" data-attributes="member: 85239">My post was in response to Stormrider73 saying "And theirs still sucks." referring to D&D Beyond. Such a blanket statement deserves a response saying that it doesn't suck and why. This may be a forum for FA's CS, but since FA is no longer apparently officially participating in the development of the CS, perhaps some people would appreciate alternatives. I can certainly appreciate that D&D Beyond doesn't appeal to many of those who already paid for physical copies of their D&D 5E material. I'm also not trying to start a(nother) discussion of the relative merits of any particular CS. That has been discussed many times ad nauseum, and not just here.But when I see statements saying another very viable alternative "sucks", then I take issue with that and will try to clarify.One other point that may be made is: FA's CS is fully usable only with Excel 2013 or later (or is it 2010?). That's an expensive program to buy/"rent". Add in the cost of buying physical copies of Xanthar and whatever comes next. It seems to me that judicious purchases of partial content from D&D Beyond (to add to the free SRD content) will let you create any character you want for a very low price.There may be groups of people that don't have (or can't access) the internet, but I suspect they are becoming fewer and fewer. Somehow, many people who complain about not having access to the internet to use D&D Beyond find a way to express their discomfiture with that situation here on the internet. Ironic?One last point: it is true that D&D Beyond may not last. It's made it to almost one year old and has made very good progress in presenting and making characters. It's likely to be around for the next few years. At least until the next version of D&D.</blockquote>

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