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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Appify" data-source="post: 6013409" data-attributes="member: 6699917">Quick & Dirty CharactersYes, I think that's an important feature for character creation speed - auto creation.  There's a few ways to do this:1) Simplest: common templates, premade characters.  Just select the character.2) A detailed wizard -- actually steps you through the process of creating the character, just with in-context helps (so you don't have to flip pages), and values auto-populated wherever possible.3) A general wizard.  Ask a few simple questions, hook people up with a character (pre-made template).4) AI generated character - I.e. the app has rules for how character classes advances and uses points, and randomly assigns some of the options to give each generated character a certain amount of individuality.As for keeping track of points - health, mana, fatigue, money, food (I'm a Whitewolfer mostly, so I hadn't even thought of that... thanks!) that would be another big feature.  There's an interesting article on virtual RPGs and tracking points (<a href="http://geekken.blogspot.com/2011/08/problem-with-using-virtual-tabletops.html" target="_blank">Geek Ken: The problem with using virtual tabletops for D&D</a>).  Clearly, many points sytems would have to be more than a number on the page; they'd need some kind of visual indicator.Thanks for your input!</blockquote>