The character builder is now available for everyone, D&D Insider subscriber or not. It is still only levels 1-3 (a recent Digital Insider suggests that early into 2009, but not that early, it will be opened up to all 30 levels) but contains some updates from recent material, including Martial Power.
Check it out (it’s free), especially if you were intrigued by our review (even though this version is probably slightly updated from when it was reviewed.)
This thing is screwed up, gets stuck on installing “.net framework” (which btw I’m pretty sure I already have)
If I cancel that it installs, but the programs crashes on launch.
I can’t imagine people are going to give this guys money every month for broken applications, and promises.
Tom: As I pointed out on my initial review, the .net framework takes forever to install, and even looks like it’s locked up… just need to leave it for a while.
Well, as it is a beta that is forgivable. Their final product needs to include a warning or something about that – I’m sitting here waiting for it to install right now and I’m forced to procrastinate by posting on here about it instead of dinking around with the character builders. Run on sentences rule.
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I like the homebrew option alot!
The whole process is pretty simple as long as you remember to click “select blah blah blah”. If you don’t you get confused as you go.
A nice feature would be for a DM to release a rules set he allows. Would be pretty simple to allow a DM to click through various things and disallow certain races and all that and then import that into the settings of the char builder.
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Oh, and while you may be sure you have the .net framework, you do not likely have the .net framework v3.5 (which is the required one). It’s not available on Windows Update yet.
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If you don’t like the “click->click select” method, you have two other options.
– Double Click the option you want
– Right Click the option you want
Both of these select the option as well, while left click just views it.
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