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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6864421" data-attributes="member: 37579">I watched enough.HeroLabs only includes the SRD. But you can import data done by anyone. 30-seconds on their forum will get you to a fan who did the rest of the PHB. It's all there. Not official but complete. And Fanatasy Grounds is done under licence. It has *everything* as well, not just SRD.WotC didn't have to do anything. Making their own app is pointless, expensive, and likely a failure. Not for software companies that do it full time and have spent a decade building foundational software. Lone Wolf also had over a year to do the 5e toolset expecting the SRD. And we don't know how long Fanatsy Grounds was working on their data before going live. Trapdoor Tech also spent months working on their product. WotC is a Card Game Publisher. And 5% of the company is also dedicated to making books. None of that translates to writing code, designing apps, or creating digital assets. The skill set of the people at the company are as relevant for making digital tools as they are for making birdhouses or flying planes. I'm not going to trust WotC to pilot an aircraft and I'm not going to trust them to write software for D&D. Online tools are something done by a licencee. A programming company that pays WotC for the rights. Again, the lack of online tools is thus a failure for anyone to buy the rights and successfully release e-tools. The fault lies in the licencee companies not with WotC. Just like the lack of owlbear plushies. I'd love some, but I doubt WotC would even know how to start designing one. And unlike digital tools, I can't replicate the efforts of a plushie with 5 minutes of work and a pencil.</blockquote>

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