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<blockquote data-quote="trancejeremy" data-source="post: 3287600" data-attributes="member: 924">I dunno. I think part of the trouble is that many of the ones were written by people in their spare time, most of whom aren't full time professional programmers, either.&nbsp; It doesn't help that d20 is probably the most complicated RPG in terms of character that I've seen (thanks to the sheer amount of options).&nbsp; I mean the basics are easy enough. But once you hit feats it starts getting vastly more complicated (especially if you want to let users add their own).&nbsp; And then the different types of bonuses, keeping that straight. And stuff like familiars.&nbsp; It's not hard, it's just very boring to program and I think most people just lose interest.I know, I've written one myself. The woefully unpopular &quot;Icosahedron&quot; which I haven't even touched since 2002. Still, if someone wants to give $50k and a year, I could have it working 100%.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="trancejeremy, post: 3287600, member: 924"] I dunno. I think part of the trouble is that many of the ones were written by people in their spare time, most of whom aren't full time professional programmers, either. It doesn't help that d20 is probably the most complicated RPG in terms of character that I've seen (thanks to the sheer amount of options). I mean the basics are easy enough. But once you hit feats it starts getting vastly more complicated (especially if you want to let users add their own). And then the different types of bonuses, keeping that straight. And stuff like familiars. It's not hard, it's just very boring to program and I think most people just lose interest. I know, I've written one myself. The woefully unpopular "Icosahedron" which I haven't even touched since 2002. Still, if someone wants to give $50k and a year, I could have it working 100%. [/QUOTE]

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