Comments on: The Tome Ep 115: Halfling Cleric and Pacing

by: Jeff

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:41:24 +0000

A lot of good feed back here guys. Thanks for it.

I’m still working on a solution for providing character sheets for builds that I’m happy with, but honestly, it’s not a real high priority right now.

I’m also sorry if it seemed like I was trying to talk over Don. It is certainly always my intent to make guests, especially for episodes like this, the center of attention. Don’s D&D-specific expertise is a bit weaker than the usual guests I bring in for these things, and I wonder if I didn’t over-compensate a bit in my attempts to help cover for him.

In a situation like that it’s a pretty fine line between stepping over someone and helping give content that is as expansive as possible. If I went to far then I apologize.

I’m certainly not impressed with my own access to the things I pay for (since I’m more into the game than most), but I also see the character build sections as a chance to highlight things that are available in a variety of sources that may not have been discussed in a review episode of that product.

In any case, I’m not trying to invalidate the critiques at all and I take them to heart, I just want to be clear about my philosophy and circumstances in the situation. Hopefully I can better live up to your expectations in the future.

by: ketjak

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:04:25 +0000

Jeff, the Character Builder can export to text… paste it inline.

by: ketjak

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:38:32 +0000

That poor guest - he prepared for the show, but Jeff invalidated him after the first few minutes and never let him share his cleric build. Would have been useful to hear a PH-only build, but Jeff was more impressed with his own access to newer books and the DDI.

by: Oliver

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:48:01 +0000

The exported files are plain xml, so if this is bothering anyone, one could put an xslt-template together to transform the char into almost any format you’d like.

by: Jeff

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:03:08 +0000

There’s no way to attach a text file on this site. I can attach a PDF to a separate post, but it would end up being downloaded in people’s feeds. I guess if that’s what people want I can do it, no problem.

by: Seth

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:43:46 +0000

Jeff,

why can’t you at least post the text version of the build of the month on this web page?

by: Jeff

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:58:49 +0000

I have seen this and even played with it a bit on my iPod Touch…but for whatever reason it didn’t excite me a ton. That said, maybe I’ll give it another look.

Although iplay4e.com doesn’t change the fact that the D&D Character Builder itself lacks the functionality to export or save in a useful format easily.

Thanks for the comment.

by: Xuub

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:52:14 +0000

In this episode I heard Jeff say that there is no real useful program into which the D&D Character Builder can export or share characters. I just wanted to make sure you know about iPlay4e.com

You can export directly from the character builder and share on websites, iphones, or even share the builder files. it’s cool.