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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Theocrat" data-source="post: 1429107" data-attributes="member: 16778">eTools with 3.5Hi all-Well now that I've been using eTools for the past couple of weeks and have figured out that with Davin's eTools Helper and its database editor, things for eTools have been looking up. I too purchased the CD, but had always used Campaign Suite or just by hand for my NPC's. But lately, and now espically with the 3.5 add-on, I'm really enjoying eTools. The bad thing is that if you're using 3.5 eTools, and have the mega add-on pack for 3.0 you can't use that. So either they have to make an update or you'll have to buy it all over again. In either case, while I was using the 3.0 rules for my 3.5 game, I only used it to make monsters with classes - figured it was easier doing it that way then trying to figure it all out. Now that all those cool other books are removed, I don't get to use spells and such that were nifty and a suprise to the players. But since I'm preparing a new Military themed campaign, I'm able to use eTools and ETH to make a few new classes, feats, abilities and so forth. I'm real disappointed that eTools hasn't incorporated all the features from ETH. I can't figure out why a separate program is needed - but then I don't do programming. It just seems like its a half way done project. The other and most GLARING disappointment is that with all the other d20ish software programs there are others that input the information in and are willing to share it with you. With eTools, all I've heard is that you can't share information because then you are using IP. OK, sure I understand that, but then why doesn't WotC/AEG/K&C/Mongoose/etc go after all these fans of other software titles? I know that I did tons of inputing of information for Campaign Suite, and shared it with others on the CS yahoo group. I went looking for RolePlayingMaster stuff yesterday on their yahoo group and found all sorts of stuff. But when looking for eTools stuff that is non-WotC, I've been told that I can't share it, others can't/won't share it. Granted, CMP is looking out for themselves by saying that they can't share things - because of the PC Gen issue that they had, but I find it odd that if I input the AEG mercenaries classes, feats, equipment, etc. I can't share it with another person due to IP issues. I don't know anything about OGL/d20 or other law, but that just seems stupid. If I were a company, I'd want others to use my information in a program - someone in your group uses it, see's it and wants more information about the class - they may be tempted to buy it. ok, that's my rant for and against eToos.</blockquote>

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