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<blockquote data-quote="wheeljack" data-source="post: 336582" data-attributes="member: 5943"><p><strong>I want to like PCGen....</strong></p><p></p><p>PCGen is the most competent character generator I have used</p><p>to date (Others I have tried included Campaign Suite, RPM, and DM Familiar... still waiting on my copy of E-tools)</p><p>First the positives</p><p>1)Its FREE... this is just great and I appreciate all the volunteer time people put into it</p><p>2)Alot of content already available (not as mcuh in newer editions) but its still alot more than I get with other programs... and I don't have to pay for it</p><p>3)I love the ton of export options (especially pdf) , just makes it super easy to get the characters out to other players and the GM</p><p></p><p>However I have some real issues with it</p><p>1)Speed=> I am running on p3-900, 256mb of ram and win2k</p><p>using SRE1.4 and it is still just plain old slow, I am only loading SRD stuff (PHB&DMG) and not a bunch of suppliments, I am at a loss of what to do</p><p></p><p>2)Some stuff is just blatantly wrong as far as I can tell, I rolled up a halfling from a group I GM and his skills where just way off, unless I am missing something (ex. his misc. modifier for Balance was at -3... -1 from his armor where the other -2 was coming from I have no idea)... Its a possiblity I am just dumb, but I doubt it</p><p></p><p>3)Difficult to add your own custom stuff/lst files, I know the development team is working on this, but I don't want to have to spend hours learning how to create a lst file for 'Arms & Armor' along with taking the time to enter things in</p><p></p><p>So once these issues can be addressed it would probably become a mainstay on my laptop as a tool to use for playing and GMing, until then I will keep my fingers crossed</p><p></p><p>As an afterthought the interface is a mixed bag, I find some of the stuff really easy to use, but the layout needs some work however IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wheeljack, post: 336582, member: 5943"] [b]I want to like PCGen....[/b] PCGen is the most competent character generator I have used to date (Others I have tried included Campaign Suite, RPM, and DM Familiar... still waiting on my copy of E-tools) First the positives 1)Its FREE... this is just great and I appreciate all the volunteer time people put into it 2)Alot of content already available (not as mcuh in newer editions) but its still alot more than I get with other programs... and I don't have to pay for it 3)I love the ton of export options (especially pdf) , just makes it super easy to get the characters out to other players and the GM However I have some real issues with it 1)Speed=> I am running on p3-900, 256mb of ram and win2k using SRE1.4 and it is still just plain old slow, I am only loading SRD stuff (PHB&DMG) and not a bunch of suppliments, I am at a loss of what to do 2)Some stuff is just blatantly wrong as far as I can tell, I rolled up a halfling from a group I GM and his skills where just way off, unless I am missing something (ex. his misc. modifier for Balance was at -3... -1 from his armor where the other -2 was coming from I have no idea)... Its a possiblity I am just dumb, but I doubt it 3)Difficult to add your own custom stuff/lst files, I know the development team is working on this, but I don't want to have to spend hours learning how to create a lst file for 'Arms & Armor' along with taking the time to enter things in So once these issues can be addressed it would probably become a mainstay on my laptop as a tool to use for playing and GMing, until then I will keep my fingers crossed As an afterthought the interface is a mixed bag, I find some of the stuff really easy to use, but the layout needs some work however IMO. [/QUOTE]
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