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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nyarlathotep" data-source="post: 2528540" data-attributes="member: 1799">I'm no expert on PCGen, but I do have e-Tools and like it quite a bit, so I'll answer what I can.The data sets are basically just the information (monsters, feats, spells etc) from the various sourcebooks. You can enter it all yourself, or you can just buy the data set (which is a lot easier if you're an average computer user). While I could personally enter the data myself, for 5 or 6 bucks I'd rather just buy the dataset.Like any other program, just download it and install it (it's an executable). The website is a bit confusing at first, but once you find where to download stuff from it's pretty easy to use.I really like the program, but it is not without flaws. There are several issues that cannot be fixed* with the current implementation due to problems with the way the original program was created by Fluid. Some templates don't work properly, monster advancement has some flaws, CR's don't calculate properly, magical equipment like potions, scrolls and wands has to be "created" each time you start the program if you want to use them, etc. These are annoying issues to be sure, but the program still creates NPC's for me in less time than it takes me to do it with paper, so I still consider it worth it.*RPG Toolkit will hopefully resolve all these issues and there is supposed to be some kind of free upgrade of purchased e-Tools datasets to the RPG Toolkit format when it finally comes out.</blockquote>

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