D&D 4E Is there a 4E wiki online?
Mort_Q
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I haven't found anything online like the old SRD sites, no. I also suspect that this is due to the licensing structure for the 4e system.
That said, though I do too want the gametable, the other D&DI stuff is worth... whatever I'm paying... which I honestly can't remember at the moment.
[edit] Even at the new pricing which starts in July, if you pay upfront for a year, that's $5.95/month, which is a lot less than I pay for my coffee habit.
Did I mention that I'd use the gametable? <sigh> [/edit]
That said, though I do too want the gametable, the other D&DI stuff is worth... whatever I'm paying... which I honestly can't remember at the moment.
[edit] Even at the new pricing which starts in July, if you pay upfront for a year, that's $5.95/month, which is a lot less than I pay for my coffee habit.
Did I mention that I'd use the gametable? <sigh> [/edit]
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As a player, I would have preferred if WotC would have offered something similar to the d20 srd for 4th edition, but it's their IP and their business model and they have to know for themselves what's good for their product.
The long answer is probably that WotC is now part of Hasbro, a large multinational, and whoever killed the d20 srd knows a lot about big business and nothing about the piddly $30 mio niche market that is the RPG industry. Ah well.
Wizards is a publishing house. They know a lot about putting stuff on paper, but they are bad at anything digital. They can't even do a forum right, or an online character generator.
I'm glad they killed the digital gaming table, because sooner or later it would have cost enough money to kill D&D. I wouldn't mind an online gaming table, but leave that to a company that knows how to create something like that.
It was a huge mistake to announce it at the time, because it was nowhere finished. And it created the whole 4th edition = MMO myth, but that's a different story.
Btw, if you're looking for a wiki as in wiki:
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Roger
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Piratecat
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If you're looking for an equivalent to the SRD, you're talking about the Compendium; there isn't anything free. The GSL doesn't allow rules restatement in the same way the OGL did.
I have no doubt the virtual tabletop is coming, though; Greg Leeds (WotC's president) flat out told me it was an important part of their strategy at last year's GenCon. I suspect it'll be the DDI next adventure tool to be released. I had actually anticipated something else first (like a sill challenge/encounter generator), but it's been too long for something so relatively easy. My suspicion is that they're making sure they get it right before they even announce it.
I have no doubt the virtual tabletop is coming, though; Greg Leeds (WotC's president) flat out told me it was an important part of their strategy at last year's GenCon. I suspect it'll be the DDI next adventure tool to be released. I had actually anticipated something else first (like a sill challenge/encounter generator), but it's been too long for something so relatively easy. My suspicion is that they're making sure they get it right before they even announce it.
renau1g
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Actually, they aren't bad at anything digital. The character generator is far superior to anything put out by any company to date. Are there bugs? Sure. Does even the most polished video game have bugs? Yup. I'm sure nobody says "Blizzard sucks at digital because in WOW I needed a patch RAWR".
WoTC actually did leave it to a company that knows how to create something like that...and it didn't work out (I don't know the company's name, but it was outsourced, not developed internally).
The monster builder? Awesome sauce, hands down the best DM tool I've ever used, even better than my beloved DM screen. Sure, is there functionality I'd like to see implemented? Yes, I'd love to have templates in there to tweak the monsters more, but at least it only takes me 5 seconds to get an encounter in the sweet spot with the monsters I want and print out my encounters to be organized and able to run a nice efficient game rather than have to manually spend hours converting monsters.
Dr_Ruminahui
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I heartily agree that the monster builder is awesome sauce - wish they had something similar for traps/obstacles, though.
Personally, I think DDI is more than worth it, but YMMV. Certainly a big part of my thinking is the utility I get out of the monster builder.
Personally, I think DDI is more than worth it, but YMMV. Certainly a big part of my thinking is the utility I get out of the monster builder.
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