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<blockquote data-quote="ruemere" data-source="post: 4174480" data-attributes="member: 5515">Not really. PcGen is (quoting from <a href="http://pcgen.sourceforge.net/01_overview.php" target="_blank">http://pcgen.sourceforge.net/01_overview.php</a>) &quot;...open source RPG character generator&quot;, so, as permitted under Open Source, there is nothing to stop people behind the software from:1. Forming a new company.2. Forking PcGen code, calling it PcGen4E, and applying necessary modifications.It's Open Source, so you can share the code while maintaining two different products.Of course, if there is no sufficient following, there may be no such application.As I said previously, I will judge 4E books on their own merits, however, campaigning (and subsequently supporting it beyond the core rulebooks) will depend on both quality of 4E settings and availability of electronic campaign management application similar to PcGen (I admit that my publishing skills are low, so I prefer something like that to support my players). I'd like to say also, that eye-candy 3D and online-only applications are no-no for me while PcGen easily modifiable source material files, despite numerous problems, were the reasons I helped with coding some of Scarred Lands thingies.Unfortunately, WWGS pulled the plug on SL (in more than one way), my spare time grew shorter due to personal reasons and so I had to limit myself to supporting my campaign material only.Regards,Ruemere</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ruemere, post: 4174480, member: 5515"] Not really. PcGen is (quoting from [url]http://pcgen.sourceforge.net/01_overview.php[/url]) "...open source RPG character generator", so, as permitted under Open Source, there is nothing to stop people behind the software from: 1. Forming a new company. 2. Forking PcGen code, calling it PcGen4E, and applying necessary modifications. It's Open Source, so you can share the code while maintaining two different products. Of course, if there is no sufficient following, there may be no such application. As I said previously, I will judge 4E books on their own merits, however, campaigning (and subsequently supporting it beyond the core rulebooks) will depend on both quality of 4E settings and availability of electronic campaign management application similar to PcGen (I admit that my publishing skills are low, so I prefer something like that to support my players). I'd like to say also, that eye-candy 3D and online-only applications are no-no for me while PcGen easily modifiable source material files, despite numerous problems, were the reasons I helped with coding some of Scarred Lands thingies. Unfortunately, WWGS pulled the plug on SL (in more than one way), my spare time grew shorter due to personal reasons and so I had to limit myself to supporting my campaign material only. Regards, Ruemere [/QUOTE]

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