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ShortQuests -- individual adventure modules! An all-new collection of digest-sized D&D adventures designed to plug in to your game.

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="magnusmalkus" data-source="post: 3251900" data-attributes="member: 34915">I was intimidated by the download homepage, there as ton of information and no clear direction on which file was the one I needed to download.  Based on the download page, I immediately got the impression that this was a serious program and not some 'fluffy bunny' program like I was looking for.  You have to keep in mind that I find Excell spreadsheets complex.  I've downloaded some Character Sheet files for Excell and found my head swimming so keep in mind, my grasp of complex scripts is weak. More complexity was added to my downfall  in the language used, it used more javascript jargon than actual d20 jargon.  A pop-up 'first time walkthru' for first time users would have helped out.  I had no idea how to start out the procress, there was no prompt on how to get started.  All I saw was a list of supplements to load and thru trial and error, I discovered I had to 'load sources' or something like that.  I didn't recognize any of the supplements.  I did recognize the 3.5 SRD so I moved that over to the right side and pressed the load button, and then a Y showed up under the Loaded column but ... then what?  I couldnt figure out what to do next.  All i could do was move 'sources' from the right to the left and load them.  There was no prompting on what to do next.  I never saw one stat roll or race/class/feat/skill selection... I rapidly lost interest.If I can't pick something up and have it be intuitive, then it's going to be an exercise in frustration and probably not worth my time.  Programs should be built with the user in mind and if that rule was applied to PC Gen, then apparently the program was made with more script-savy (or generally more intelligent) users in mind.  Regardless of what I found complex about it, the fact remains I find it too complex for my means and I'm looking for something more user-friendly with a simpler, intuitive GUI.The Master Tools program that came with the PHB when 3.0 first came out had the right idea.</blockquote>

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