HeroForge!

[frog]

According to the Summary of Updates at the website the Players Guide to Faerun was added. The feat Spellcasting Prodigy was updated to 3.5 and no longer adds a modifier to spell save DCs.

Thanks. I hadn't checked there for any information on updates to the feat. I am so used to playing 3.0 that the move to 3.5 for this game is going to catch me on a lot of items like that.

That feat is nowhere near as fun as it was before. I wonder if I can get my money back on it

 

[mikebr99]

Thanks. I hadn't checked there for any information on updates to the feat. I am so used to playing 3.0 that the move to 3.5 for this game is going to catch me on a lot of items like that.

That feat is nowhere near as fun as it was before. I wonder if I can get my money back on it

Usually, if it's a 'must-have', then it's broken.


Now, it is just a good feat.


Mike

 

[frog]

Usually, if it's a 'must-have', then it's broken.


Now, it is just a good feat.


Mike

All too true. After being DM for the last 3 years, I should have remembered that cardinal rule when I went back to being a player.

 

[AutoSponge]

I <heart> heroforge.

 

[Piratecat]

A few bugs I noticed and still remember:

- the half-fiend template doesn't add the additional intelligence modifiers to the final stat score
- I believe it's missing the Tome & Blood metamagic feat Energy Substitution
- No Hexblade spells (this may just be because they aren't entered)

It's amazing that I've seen so few bugs, considering how complex this is.

 

[BlackBart]

A few bugs I noticed and still remember:

- the half-fiend template doesn't add the additional intelligence modifiers to the final stat score
- I believe it's missing the Tome & Blood metamagic feat Energy Substitution
- No Hexblade spells (this may just be because they aren't entered)

It's amazing that I've seen so few bugs, considering how complex this is.

Half-Fiend fixed in 6/20 release.
Energy Substitution removed since Energy Affinity is an obvious replacement (though I realize it lacks sonic).
Hexblades don't gain spells until 4th level (5th if you don't have a bonus spell), though there may be a bug related to their bonus spells. Better to email me the bug reports.

 

[SnowyOwl]

Timpani

If you like HeroForge, chances are you'll like Timpani. There are versions for 3.5e as well as 3e.

Timpani started when I was using HeroForge several years ago, and wanted to fix a couple of bugs and add a new race. I found it very awkward to do that, there were a few other changes I wanted, the developer at that time hadn't updated it in months... one thing led to another, and a friend and I ended up making a new tool.

To highlight just a few features that I've seen mentioned here, Timpani offers

• data tables specifically designed for easy customization: add your own races, classes, skills, feats, spells, deities, domains, armor, weapons, languages...
• export custom game data to share with your gaming group
• epic support through level 50
• tested in Excel 97/98 and later, on both PCs and Macs
• sheets to track the effects of rage, wild shape; fatigue, polymorph, divine power, other spells and conditions; rings of protection, cloaks of resistance, other items; negative levels, stat drains, etc., including stacking and non-stacking bonuses
• overrides for most numbers, to accomodate special items and house rules
• a help sheet explaining how to do all this stuff

I have enormous respect for HeroForge, at least the version I saw back in 2001 (when Christopher Mathieu was still writing it), and I'm sure it's only gotten better. I haven't looked at HeroForge since we started developing Timpani three years ago, but I assume the two tools are still pretty similar. This isn't a contest... but I happen to like Timpani quite a lot (reasonably enough ), and you might too.

- Pam Greene
(no relation to Shannon "BlackBart" Greene)

 

[adienpryde]

If you like HeroForge, chances are you'll like Timpani. There are versions for 3.5e as well as 3e.

Timpani started when I was using HeroForge several years ago, and wanted to fix a couple of bugs and add a new race. I found it very awkward to do that, there were a few other changes I wanted, the developer at that time hadn't updated it in months... one thing led to another, and a friend and I ended up making a new tool.

To highlight just a few features that I've seen mentioned here, Timpani offers

• data tables specifically designed for easy customization: add your own races, classes, skills, feats, spells, deities, domains, armor, weapons, languages...
• export custom game data to share with your gaming group
• epic support through level 50
• tested in Excel 97/98 and later, on both PCs and Macs
• sheets to track the effects of rage, wild shape; fatigue, polymorph, divine power, other spells and conditions; rings of protection, cloaks of resistance, other items; negative levels, stat drains, etc., including stacking and non-stacking bonuses
• overrides for most numbers, to accomodate special items and house rules
• a help sheet explaining how to do all this stuff

I have enormous respect for HeroForge, at least the version I saw back in 2001 (when Christopher Mathieu was still writing it), and I'm sure it's only gotten better. I haven't looked at HeroForge since we started developing Timpani three years ago, but I assume the two tools are still pretty similar. This isn't a contest... but I happen to like Timpani quite a lot (reasonably enough ), and you might too.

- Pam Greene
(no relation to Shannon "BlackBart" Greene)

I would down load it but all it gives me is a 4.05 meg empty zip file.

 

[Sir Whiskers]

If you like HeroForge, chances are you'll like Timpani. There are versions for 3.5e as well as 3e.

I downloaded the file but WinZip says it not a valid archive. Any ideas?

 

[SubMensa]

I downloaded the file but WinZip says it not a valid archive. Any ideas?

It is in a GZip archive which WinZip will not open. you can try using 7-Zip from http://www.download.com/3001-2250-10229169.html it's a free program that should do the trick for you.