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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 4914474" data-attributes="member: 7006">I think the most likely thing we will find when they release 5E is that *all* of the D&D Insider online tools will be active and usable from the get-go.This online initiative looks to be a step-by-step beta test for the 5E rules when they get released in another 5 to 7 years.  The monster tools (where the math is all set and you can create monsters out of whole cloth using the entire list of "monster powers")... the character builder (where you can create most any kind of character using the hybrid rules)... and eventually the encounter builder, trap builder, and (possible) map builder.By getting all of their programming kinks out of the way during 4E... they'll be able to have a fully-functioning online game with all creation rules in order to be able to release it at the exact same time as the books.  Of course... in another 5 to 7 years, who knows if they'll even bother to release hardcover books (especially if iPhones / Kindles et al. become as commonplace as the cellphone is now).But for those who want modularity... they certainly seem to be heading in that direction, with online tools making it incredibly simple to put anything and everything together in a D&D form you might want to play with.</blockquote>