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<blockquote data-quote="Quatermane" data-source="post: 7689224" data-attributes="member: 6785744">What really made the DDI 4e character creation tool worth subscription was the full inclusion of all character relevant content, updated for errata, in one tool. &nbsp;This included character aspects or skills relevant to specific worlds (Forgotten Realms, Dark Sun, etc) as content for those worlds was released.&nbsp; Even new character types and content from Dragon magazine was included.This was particularly relevant as 4e matured and content for character options accumulated with the release of new official materials for 4e.The other capability that my players really liked about the DDI 4e character generation tool is that it created a PDF that included color coded skill&nbsp; references that could be cut into useful reference cards for use during a session. &nbsp;Those cards would display the skill results (damage, effects, etc) with modifiers automatically calculated on the description.&nbsp; So if your fighter had a strength bonus, the skills that relied on strength bonuses to determine effects would be included in the card so the player simply had to reference the card instead of looking back at the character sheet.&nbsp; The color coding corresponded to the encounter and daily skills so that a player could quickly pick out the quality of a skill from the many that they would accumulate as their character progressed in levels. &nbsp;The cards were so popular that I purchased the spell cards that Gale Force Nine released for 5e spells.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quatermane, post: 7689224, member: 6785744"] What really made the DDI 4e character creation tool worth subscription was the full inclusion of all character relevant content, updated for errata, in one tool. This included character aspects or skills relevant to specific worlds (Forgotten Realms, Dark Sun, etc) as content for those worlds was released. Even new character types and content from Dragon magazine was included. This was particularly relevant as 4e matured and content for character options accumulated with the release of new official materials for 4e. The other capability that my players really liked about the DDI 4e character generation tool is that it created a PDF that included color coded skill references that could be cut into useful reference cards for use during a session. Those cards would display the skill results (damage, effects, etc) with modifiers automatically calculated on the description. So if your fighter had a strength bonus, the skills that relied on strength bonuses to determine effects would be included in the card so the player simply had to reference the card instead of looking back at the character sheet. The color coding corresponded to the encounter and daily skills so that a player could quickly pick out the quality of a skill from the many that they would accumulate as their character progressed in levels. The cards were so popular that I purchased the spell cards that Gale Force Nine released for 5e spells. [/QUOTE]

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