Character creation software?

[NotMousse]

Aside from the alpha excel tool I can't find any pathfinder tools for chargen. Is there actually a desert of tools here? Any suggestions would greatly help.

Thanks in advance!

[Themetricsystem]

NotMousse wrote:

Aside from the alpha excel tool I can't find any pathfinder tools for chargen. Is there actually a desert of tools here? Any suggestions would greatly help.

Thanks in advance!

Hero lab makes a great character creation software suite for a whole variety of games and it has support for Pathfinder, I played around with it for a bit but unfortunatly it is not free and by comparison expensive to some of us. They have a decent demo up so you can try it out.

Here is a link
[http://www.wolflair.com/index.php?context=hero_lab&page=pathfinder_roleplaying_game]

[Fake Healer]

Themetricsystem wrote:

NotMousse wrote:

Aside from the alpha excel tool I can't find any pathfinder tools for chargen. Is there actually a desert of tools here? Any suggestions would greatly help.

Thanks in advance!

Hero lab makes a great character creation software suite for a whole variety of games and it has support for Pathfinder, I played around with it for a bit but unfortunatly it is not free and by comparison expensive to some of us. They have a decent demo up so you can try it out.

Here is a link
Now with improved linkage!!!

[erian_7]

Yep, I was going to suggest Herolabs. There is also PCGen in the full-blown app category. I assume by the Alpha Excel sheet you mean Kor's. In addition to that there is my Character Excelerator (also Excel, and in beta, and always linked in my profile), and sCoreGen which is a favorite of many. Oh, and there is also The Only Sheet+. There are lots of PDF-based options over at the Pathfinder Database.

[Tordek Rumnaheim]

I like PCGen. Its free and it seems to be supporting Pathfinder very well. There is a little learning curve to get it going but once you do, its fairly intuitive. Also, it is quite customizable if you aren't afraid of editing files.

Here is a link

I suggest using the alpha version 5.17.2 which is fairly stable and corrects some of the pathfinder errors I found in version 5.16.

Also, PCGen is about to undergo a major makeover with version 6 which may make it a little easier to use and customize.

Edit: Ninja'd by erian_7

[Laughing Goblin]

I'll echo the previous comments about PCGen. It's a great app, and the fact that it's Java, so runs on Macs, PCs, hell even some graphing calculators. It may take a bit to get used to (especially crafting magic items), but once you do, it's pretty slick.

[General Dorsey]

I have used both PCGen and Hero Lab. I really like Hero Lab better. I find it easier to use and customize. If you can afford Hero Lab, it's worth it. It also has support for others systems as well like Mutants and Masterminds.

If you can't afford Hero Lab, PCGen is really good. It also has support for other games, most of them are d20.

[Lael Treventhius]

I started writing my own character generator which can be found at my blog blog, but I haven't updated it for a while as I started a new job and really haven't had the time. But I've got plans to start up again shortly, so might be what you are after.