New Character Builder from WotC!

[malraux]

edit: nevermind looks like the program just doesn't show level bonus info in an informative way.

 

[mac1504]

I already had one crash after finishing up building a thri-kreen monk and clicking on the update gold button. After closing out, and then restarting the app, it gave me the option to recover my character! Nice save.

 

[Prestidigitalis]

In the point buy section, hitting the plus button too fast bugs out the CB. Stupid web based interfaces.

At least it doesn't crash or anything. And you can always use the previous tab and just type in the value you want, inside the circles -- those are editable text fields.

Overall, I'm actually not horrified by it.

 

[Paraxis]

This Sucks! It doesn't load for me I have the most recent update for silverlight the only thing I can think of is my internet connection is 3G wireless (I live where that or dial up is my only choice), do they expect all subscribers to have cable broadband or dsl. I mean I have been streaming tv all morning catching up on shows....hulu uses silverlight too .....what the f !

 

[Scribble]

I don't see inherent bonuses... And I also don't see options for alternative rewards... Hope they get those in there right quick.

 

[Prestidigitalis]

Streaming comments, updated as I come up with stuff

I'm going to post comments here and edit to update as I notice more interesting things.

0. -- REALLY IMPORTANT:

The CB had an error when I tried to add Warden MC to a Knight. A message told me to refresh the browser; I did so, and it DID ask me if I wanted to recover the character. This worked, and when I continued and tried again to add the Warden MC, it also worked. So be patient and persistent, even if it seems to have blown up on you.

1. Kobolds -- still have Shifty as a racial trait -- I thought that was going to get taken away for PC kobolds...

2. Backgrounds -- you can search for a specific skill (just remember to deselect "Name Only") to find those backgrounds that can give you training or bonus in it. Easier than looking at each one individually. That's assuming you are building "mechanics first"

3. The "Assign Ability Scores" page has no "Next" button at the bottom until you choose your racial bonus -- that's easy to miss.

 

[Scribble]

I'm going to post comments here and edit to update as I notice more interesting things.

3. The "Assign Ability Scores" page has no "Next" button at the bottom until you choose your racial bonus -- that's easy to miss.

Nah- once you actually choose your scores it appears... All magic like!

 

[mysticknight232]

What do the character pages look like? In the video, they looked poorly arranged onto 3 pages with a lot of useless white space. Are they how they looked in the video or are they the traditional CS's we've known and love from 4e?

Also, what about the power cards? Those looked different as well, sort of cartoony. How does those stack up to their originals?

 

[Moon_Goddess]

So far I've started making a character and it crashed, had to start all over, and it had to load and load again - 1

But at least it let me recover where I left off +1 there

 

[Ktulu]

Nice - It sort of hung up on me so I closed it (likely getting a lot of use right now). When I re-opened it asked me if I wanted to continue where I left off with the charater I was building. Better than the offline one ever did for me.