Epic pain in the...

Dastir · October 16th, 2009, 08:25 AM

Any word on when, if ever, we may see support for Epic levels in Hero Lab d20?

chiefweasel · October 23rd, 2009, 04:52 AM

The information in the epic level books from Wizards isnt part of the OGL (Open Gaming License) so unless Lone Wolf has a special agreement with Wiz, which i doubt, then they will not be able to make the content. It would be protected under copyright laws.

But if players would like to create the content themselves, that would be a way to get the information to the user community.

Dastir · October 23rd, 2009, 05:51 AM

All the epic information is contained in the online SRD, so it must be part of the OGL, no?

http://www.d20srd.org/

The problem is not only with content, but with a limitation in HL itself, otherwise I would have already developed the content myself. As soon as you go above caster level 20, things start blowing up with array overflows - obviously a hardcoded size of the caster level array.

Mathias · October 23rd, 2009, 07:26 AM

Yes, there's quite a bit of coding to do inside the program before characters could reach epic levels.

Epic is still something we want to do, but it has not been added to the schedule, so I can't tell you when it will be available.

AthosN8 · December 1st, 2009, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Mathias

Yes, there's quite a bit of coding to do inside the program before characters could reach epic levels.

Epic is still something we want to do, but it has not been added to the schedule, so I can't tell you when it will be available.

Thanks for the reply. I was curious about this myself.

Dastir Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 48 October 16th, 2009, 08:25 AM	Any word on when, if ever, we may see support for Epic levels in Hero Lab d20?
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chiefweasel Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Miamisburg, OH Posts: 1,322 October 23rd, 2009, 04:52 AM	The information in the epic level books from Wizards isnt part of the OGL (Open Gaming License) so unless Lone Wolf has a special agreement with Wiz, which i doubt, then they will not be able to make the content. It would be protected under copyright laws. But if players would like to create the content themselves, that would be a way to get the information to the user community.
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Mathias Senior Member Lone Wolf Staff Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 13,213 October 23rd, 2009, 07:26 AM	Yes, there's quite a bit of coding to do inside the program before characters could reach epic levels. Epic is still something we want to do, but it has not been added to the schedule, so I can't tell you when it will be available.
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