Just read the blog post title with the voice of Ralph Wiggums from the Simpsons. It'll make sense. :)
Okay, last time I had a little mini-rant about Doctor Who. It's nice to know that most folks reading this are pretty much of the same mind as I am regarding Jodie Whittaker's casting. You folks rock.
Now, on to the next topic: D&D Beyond.
D&D Beyond, if you haven't heard of it, is Wizards of the Coast's online character builder/campaign manager. On the face of it, it looks pretty slick and is more-or-less responsive. The current version is their beta build, and it will be going public on August 15 for $3 per month for players and $6 per month for DMs and groups. The only problem I have with it is that you have to buy the online versions of the rules for full functionality. For example, the Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and the Monster Manual together cost $29.95. In my opinion, if you already have the print books, there should be a provision to get the online versions for a discount or free, unlikely as that might be.
Overall, I think it shows promise. However, I reserve full judgement until I can see the full version in play - the version available in the beta test only allows access from the base game's System Resource Document. This ends up severely limiting your character build options. I also wonder how content from WotC's Unearthed Arcana articles (such as the Mystic or the Artificer) will be slotted in, if at all. There is an option to get access to homebrewed content, so maybe it will take that form. We'll see.
That's all for me - take care everybody!
~Rob
I read an article on the backlash to having a female Dr. Who. First, there apparently were referances earlier in the series hinting that it was possible, so from a story point of view, probably about time.
Second, and more interesting, there has been a LOT of pro female Dr. screaming about how the Neanderthals are going to go up in flames. The reality is if you discount the trolls (who don’t really have any opinion of their own, they just like to annoy,) there haven’t been a whole lot of complaints. Some, of course, but they are a tiny minority.
There has been a Pathfinder version of this for a while now, and you have to re-purchase all of the books for that one, too. Most of what I’ve seen of it (I haven’t actually used it) is character sheets, but it can keep track of in-game play, too, like it will show you how your stats change if you have a certain status condition, that sort of thing. For items for our campaign we just wrote them down in a spiral notebook, which seemed to work pretty well.
Don’t know how they would do a proviso for already owning them; maybe you would have to send in a picture of the bar code? Like Box-Tops for kids, but with D&D
@Keishdante – Yeah, I have that, it’s called HeroLab and is pretty customizable.