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<blockquote data-quote="EricNoah" data-source="post: 621944" data-attributes="member: 4">Re: Re: I may not be switching to D&amp;D 3.5 (Crossposted)As far as I'm concerned, the precedent has already been set.&nbsp; 2E AD&amp;D had computer support, and now that's how I play.&nbsp; As far as other game companies go ... I don't play their games, and probably won't play any game that doesn't provide computer support.&nbsp; It doesn't have to be official, fan-created stuff will often do in a pinch.&nbsp; Again, I'm not saying WotC has to do it themselves, but if they leave us hanging with an E-Tools that is a) still buggy and b) doesn't move up to D&amp;D 3.5, then that's less of an incentive for me to go ahead and adopt 3.5.&nbsp; And I think, with appropriate resources and vision from the top, that they could indeed be up to the challenge.&nbsp; I'm not asking you to!&nbsp; I'm just saying that for me, I need my computer tools.&nbsp; I'm not willing to sit down and spend 30 minutes work on writing out the stats for an advanced smoke elemental of Xvim.&nbsp; Call it lazy, call it what you will, but to me doing that math and typing all of that stuff up isn't creativity -- it's drudgery.&nbsp; D&amp;D, more than ever before in its past, is about tools for creating and combining stuff.&nbsp; I want computer support for those options.&nbsp; And yes, when I was &quot;in the loop&quot; on e-Tools progress and it came perilously close to being cancelled, I had to seriously consider whether I would be able to go on being a DM.&nbsp; I could probably limp along as a player with the current spreadsheets and whatnot available, but as a DM I need to be cranking out lots and lots of weird combos in a pretty short order.&nbsp; It's not icing to me, it's essential.&nbsp; I do need the computer, and if that makes me spoiled, then so be it.&nbsp; Just as I wouldn't want to go back to living without the Internet, I wouldn't want to run a D&amp;D campaign without my computer tools.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EricNoah, post: 621944, member: 4"] [b]Re: Re: I may not be switching to D&D 3.5 (Crossposted)[/b] As far as I'm concerned, the precedent has already been set. 2E AD&D had computer support, and now that's how I play. As far as other game companies go ... I don't play their games, and probably won't play any game that doesn't provide computer support. It doesn't have to be official, fan-created stuff will often do in a pinch. Again, I'm not saying WotC has to do it themselves, but if they leave us hanging with an E-Tools that is a) still buggy and b) doesn't move up to D&D 3.5, then that's less of an incentive for me to go ahead and adopt 3.5. And I think, with appropriate resources and vision from the top, that they could indeed be up to the challenge. I'm not asking you to! I'm just saying that for me, I need my computer tools. I'm not willing to sit down and spend 30 minutes work on writing out the stats for an advanced smoke elemental of Xvim. Call it lazy, call it what you will, but to me doing that math and typing all of that stuff up isn't creativity -- it's drudgery. D&D, more than ever before in its past, is about tools for creating and combining stuff. I want computer support for those options. And yes, when I was "in the loop" on e-Tools progress and it came perilously close to being cancelled, I had to seriously consider whether I would be able to go on being a DM. I could probably limp along as a player with the current spreadsheets and whatnot available, but as a DM I need to be cranking out lots and lots of weird combos in a pretty short order. It's not icing to me, it's essential. I do need the computer, and if that makes me spoiled, then so be it. Just as I wouldn't want to go back to living without the Internet, I wouldn't want to run a D&D campaign without my computer tools. [/QUOTE]

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