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Message: <blockquote data-quote="biodude" data-source="post: 4568361" data-attributes="member: 80521">I have never been truly satisfied with Character Generator Tools software for RPGs. I find most suffer from a visually underwhelming interface, are overly restrictive, or difficult to customize for the House Rules that every gamer, including myself, seem to employ, which software sometimes follows overly-enthusiastically, thus reducing it's usefulness. So, I decided to design my own.  Or rather, I described how my ideal software would work to create, configure, edit and use dynamic, autocalculating Character Sheets for electronic use in-game or to print for use on paper.  I then realized that a Character Sheet was just a kind of Form, so this system could also be a generic electronic Form Builder and filler.Note that my programming skills are amateur at best (I have no experience actually coding a user-interface or building stand-alone applications), so I haven't actually made such software, just described how I would like it to work.  I make no claim that this is the "One True" system, but this document is intended rather as a "white paper" to provide ideas for thought and discussion.  I decided to share it publicly, in the hope that these ideas can improve existing or developing software.  I apologize if the terminology is inconsistent: it evolved as I was writing.  I've tried to edit it for consistency, and may continue to do so, as I get feedback or more ideas.<img src="http://homepage.mac.com/faucon/graphics/btn_link.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />If you are interested, I invite you to read my <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/faucon/Leftovers/RPG_notes_web/index.html" target="_blank">ideas for a Flexible Form Framework</a> for interactive, auto-calculating RPG Character Sheets.Feel free to offer feedback here.  If you are a software developer, you may also use any of these ideas freely, under the condition that you give me credit and either get my permission or use them for non-commercial (non-profit) purposes.This document is written & maintained as a nested list of notes, using <a href="http://www.circusponies.com/store/index.php?main_page=notebook&sub=organize" target="_blank">NoteBook</a> software, by <a href="http://www.circusponies.com/" target="_blank">Circus Ponies</a>, and exported as a web page directly from the program.</blockquote>

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