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<blockquote data-quote="OnlineDM" data-source="post: 5531210" data-attributes="member: 90804">First, I have no idea what the original poster means about the difference between 4e D&amp;D and WotC D&amp;D. Aren't these the same thing?Second, I don't think the game has jumped the shark. Dungeon/Dragon magazine content has had some good stuff lately. The Virtual Table has the potential to be very interesting to me (since I mainly run games online). The online Character Builder is in a funny spot for me. I've mostly moved over to using it and am pretty much okay with it. My wife was resistant, but she tried it last night for the first time. I was telling her that it's pretty good and has some nice features, but I did come away from the experience feeling less good about it - in comparison to the downloadable Builder. The good point for the online Builder is that it contains material from the newer books. That's all. The bad points in comparison are:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">No customization of character sheets (can't make a one-page version)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">No customization of which cards print out (waste of paper/ink)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">No support for house rules</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad interface for equipment</li>
</ul>The new Builder is generally fine for my purposes, but I'm sad to realize how much worse it still is than the old Builder (except that it has updated material).I'm still enjoying D&amp;D4e, and I'm encouraged by the increased communication from WotC in their new weekly columns (especially Rule of Three and Mearls's column). I think the game still has lots of good stuff to come.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OnlineDM, post: 5531210, member: 90804"] First, I have no idea what the original poster means about the difference between 4e D&D and WotC D&D. Aren't these the same thing? Second, I don't think the game has jumped the shark. Dungeon/Dragon magazine content has had some good stuff lately. The Virtual Table has the potential to be very interesting to me (since I mainly run games online). The online Character Builder is in a funny spot for me. I've mostly moved over to using it and am pretty much okay with it. My wife was resistant, but she tried it last night for the first time. I was telling her that it's pretty good and has some nice features, but I did come away from the experience feeling less good about it - in comparison to the downloadable Builder. The good point for the online Builder is that it contains material from the newer books. That's all. The bad points in comparison are: [LIST] [*]No customization of character sheets (can't make a one-page version) [*]No customization of which cards print out (waste of paper/ink) [*]No support for house rules [*]Terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad interface for equipment [/LIST] The new Builder is generally fine for my purposes, but I'm sad to realize how much worse it still is than the old Builder (except that it has updated material). I'm still enjoying D&D4e, and I'm encouraged by the increased communication from WotC in their new weekly columns (especially Rule of Three and Mearls's column). I think the game still has lots of good stuff to come. [/QUOTE]

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