Character Planner - Series 4.xx

[01bethdefranco]

Hi Shindoku

thank you for your response. So...I checked some of the things you said. I did notice, this time, the drop down in the enhancement modifier. I was able to find my Sorcerer enhancements to add those. As far as the ability scores and stats compared to the game...I was checking the game to compare them. One item of note is that my base Charisma score, according to the game was 19 at creation. I can not achieve this in the planner. I do not remember how this was accomplished in the game. I am trying to allow for the equipment but some figures are still off. As to why the planner shows 40 enhancement points and the game awarded me 37, I have no idea what I did in game to allow for that. I would still like help if you are willing.

[EllisDee37]

Your base charisma shows 19 because you took a levelup in charisma. Leveleups (at 4, 8, 12, etc...) are considered part of your base stats by the game.

You only have 37 AP in-game because you're only one "blue dot" into level 10. Once you are four "blue dots" into level 10 you will have 40 AP total. The planner just gives them all to you at once because it wouldn't make sense to dole them out one at a time.

[01bethdefranco]

Hi EllisDee

ok i understand now... both things. How do i account for ability level ups in the planner. Also should i take all of my equipment off in game and compare those totals to the planner?


Tanya

[EllisDee37]

ok i understand now... both things. How do i account for ability level ups in the planner.

The planner lets you specify what levelups you take at 4, 8, 12, etc...

Also should i take all of my equipment off in game and compare those totals to the planner?

I've never been a fan of comparing totals between in-game and planners, which is why my planner never gives any totals. You'll never perfectly match up your ability scores, skills, hit points, ac, etc... due to gear.

While you could take off all your gear to compare, why bother? From my perspective, planners aren't about calculating totals but instead are about planning your distribution. Consider skills: When using a planner, I personally have never cared about what my actual totals are. I only ever care about whether or not I am spending max ranks on them.

[Shindoku]

Every 4 levels in the character planner you are able to add +1 to any ability score. It will apply immediately. Taking your armour off is an easy way to see the differences side by side, yes. Also, if in the character planner you have taken an ability score increase it should take effect as well (it will be bracketed beside the base score & modifier).

[01bethdefranco]

hi Everyone

ok lets see if i did this right:

Character Plan by DDO Character Planner Version 04.28.01
DDO Character Planner Home Page

Holly Took - D'Maggiore
Level 10 True Neutral Halfling Female
(2 Barbarian \ 3 Sorcerer \ 5 Bard) 
Hit Points: 126
Spell Points: 586 
BAB: 6\6\11
Fortitude: 11
Reflex: 11
Will: 10

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(32 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 10)
Strength             12                    14
Dexterity            14                    17
Constitution         14                    17
Intelligence          8                    10
Wisdom                8                    10
Charisma             18                    24

Tomes Used
+2 Tome of Strength used at level 1
+2 Tome of Dexterity used at level 1
+2 Tome of Constitution used at level 1
+2 Tome of Intelligence used at level 1
+2 Tome of Wisdom used at level 1
+2 Tome of Charisma used at level 1

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 10)
Balance               7                    10
Bluff                 6                    10
Concentration         7                    18
Diplomacy             6                     9
Disable Device        n/a                   n/a
Haggle                6                     9
Heal                  0                     0
Hide                  3                     8
Intimidate            6                     9
Jump                  3                     8
Listen                0                     2
Move Silently         3                     6
Open Lock             n/a                   n/a
Perform               7                    17
Repair                0                     0
Search                0                     0
Spellcraft            4                    11
Spot                  0                     0
Swim                  2                     2
Tumble                n/a                   5
Use Magic Device      n/a                   n/a

Level 1 (Bard)
Feat: (Selected) Magical Training


Level 2 (Barbarian)


Level 3 (Bard)
Feat: (Selected) Exotic Weapon Proficiency: Repeating Heavy Crossbow


Level 4 (Bard)


Level 5 (Bard)


Level 6 (Sorcerer)
Feat: (Selected) Combat Casting


Level 7 (Bard)


Level 8 (Sorcerer)


Level 9 (Barbarian)
Feat: (Selected) Maximize Spell


Level 10 (Sorcerer)
Enhancement: Halfling - Halfling Luck (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Halfling - Dexterity (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Halfling - Halfling Luck (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Halfling - Stealthy (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Halfling - Cunning (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Halfling - Guile (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Halfling - Heroic Companion (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Frenzied Berserker (Bar) - Die Hard (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Air Savant (Sor) - Air Savant (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Air Savant (Sor) - Spell Critical: Electric (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Air Savant (Sor) - Electrocution (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Spellsinger (Brd) - Spellsinger (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Spellsinger (Brd) - Haunting Melody (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Spellsinger (Brd) - Magical Studies (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Spellsinger (Brd) - Lingering Songs (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Spellsinger (Brd) - Sonic Blast (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Spellsinger (Brd) - Sonic Blast (Rank 2)
Enhancement: Spellsinger (Brd) - Sonic Blast (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Spellsinger (Brd) - Flicker (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Spellsinger (Brd) - Reverberate (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Spellsinger (Brd) - Reverberate (Rank 2)
Enhancement: Spellsinger (Brd) - Reverberate (Rank 3)
Enhancement: Spellsinger (Brd) - Reviving Verse (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Spellsinger (Brd) - Charisma (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Warchanter (Brd) - Skaldic Constitution (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Warchanter (Brd) - Inspired Bravery (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Warchanter (Brd) - The Poetic Edda (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Warchanter (Brd) - Enchant Weapon (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Warchanter (Brd) - Rough and Ready (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Warchanter (Brd) - Focused (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Warchanter (Brd) - Words of Encouragement (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Warchanter (Brd) - Arcane Shield Chant (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Warchanter (Brd) - Iced Edges (Rank 1)
Enhancement: Warchanter (Brd) - Charisma (Rank 1)

hmmm... not quite...not sure where the swim stats came from

[EllisDee37]

hmmm... not quite...not sure where the swim stats came from

Strength modifier is added to swim. The planner shows you end with 14 str (2 mod) for a total of 2 swim.

The planner incorrectly says you start with a base of 2 swim, but in reality it's really a base of 1 since your starting strength is 12. The ending ranks are correct with 2, but for my money it would be better if the skills section only told you how many ranks you spent. For swim, that would be 0.

[Shindoku]

I see you added tomes at level one. For purposes of Feats and Skills, you should add tomes the level before they apply

• Level 2: +1
• Level 6: +2
• Level 10: +3
• Level 14: +4
• Level 18: +5 (This is currently the highest we have in the planner)
• Level 22: +6
• Level 26: +7

[01bethdefranco]

hi Shindoku

well i was not sure what to do about that... ingame I added the +1 tomes then later I added the +2 tomes. But I forget exactly when I did that so I just made them all +2 at 1st level. I want to check my equipment so I can see what is the differences between the planner and the game. Also I want to figure out how to maximize my heavy repeater damage each level. That is my main weapon.

Tanya

[Tom.JonesJr]

The newest version of the Character Planer has been posted.www.rjcyberware.com/

We have added a couple of new things in this version as well as bringing the program up to date with release 4.28.1 hotfix 1 of DDO.

The new things are that tomes now can be added at anytime and they will be applied at the proper level. (ie use a +2 tome at level 1 receive +1 at Level the beginning of level 3, +2 at the beginning of level 7. Then use a +4 tome at level 11 get +3 at end of level 11, get +4 at the beginning of level 15).

The forum export now show the skill rank base, skill rank ending and modified skill values.

Also you may have noticed that we have a version numbering change. This is to help keep track of which version of DDO the planner goes with.

4 our main program version
28 DDO version
1 DDO update
xx our update

I hope this helps keeps thing straight. Sorry this took so long to get out, but with all the changes that happened we did not want to release a version just to change it a week later.

[DnDo-Lemau]

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I hope this helps keeps thing straight. Sorry this took so long to get out, but with all the changes that happened we did not want to release a version just to change it a week later.

I love how DDO Unlimited Twitter Retweeted Shindoku's update with "Great! Get ready for a lot of U29 work. " XD

Seriously though. Thanks for all the hard work. And also the explanation for how versioning works on this one.

[shawncthayer]

Tried to install the latest version. My Norton says the Chargen.exe is a threat and quarantines it. is it safe to move from quarantine an run? If that's the case "should" it update the existing Char generator to the latest version? should I uninstall the old generator 1st? Not much of a tech head. just enough to get a blue screen. O.o

[Shindoku]

Tried to install the latest version. My Norton says the Chargen.exe is a threat and quarantines it. is it safe to move from quarantine an run? If that's the case "should" it update the existing Char generator to the latest version? should I uninstall the old generator 1st? Not much of a tech head. just enough to get a blue screen. O.o

Sorry for the late reply. Someone had the same problem 5 months ago (though I'm unsure if their Anti-virus was Norton). If the file was downloaded from Ron's site www.rjcyberware.com we can say that the file is clean. Since the program is never actually installed it won't create any problems having the newest version and an old version at the same time. Ron has more information on it here.

[Ryder_27]

I have downloaded DDOCharGen429001 and unzipped it to my desktop where I have my older version installed. When I try to launch it however I get "The program can't start because MSVCP120D.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem." Most web pages say this is because it is compiled in Debug mode and should be recompiled in Release mode. Is anyone else getting this error? How can I fix this?

Thanks

[Shindoku]

I have downloaded DDOCharGen429001 and unzipped it to my desktop where I have my older version installed. When I try to launch it however I get "The program can't start because MSVCP120D.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem." Most web pages say this is because it is compiled in Debug mode and should be recompiled in Release mode. Is anyone else getting this error? How can I fix this?

Thanks

We accidentally packed up a Debug compiled version of the application instead of a Release version. I've got the fix uploaded and ready, I just need Ron to add it to the site. I'll be tweeting out when the new one is up and I'll post here as well. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[Shindoku]

Alright, the file has been uploaded to the site. Let us know if there are any further problems.

[Ryder_27]

Alright, the file has been uploaded to the site. Let us know if there are any further problems.

Thank you, It is working now.

[Tom.JonesJr]

For those that are interested. This new update now includes level up to level 30 with the new feats.

[Dragavon]

Sorry this took so long to get out, but with all the changes that happened we did not want to release a version just to change it a week later.

Sorry it took so long?

Pffft, this is the best utility ever for a DDO character builder addict. I love you guys. Thank you very much for the update.

[C-Dog]

+1 Indeed!

However, when I try to run it, the "boot checklist" box that appears during loading never disappears, nor is it movable, it just floats dead-center blocking my view of that area. The "checks" themselves have all come and gone - just the blank grey box remains. :?