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D&D Character Builder
I went to go look into what it costs to subscribe to D&D Insider primarily because I want to use the character builder. It turns out that you can download and demo it for free. You can only use it for making character levels 1-3 though.
You can grab it here - http://wizards.com/download.asp?filename=700_DDI_CB.exe
I use Character Builder a lot and love it. It's nice to see WotC keeping it up to date as well. When Martial Power and PH2 came out they had the database updated in about 1-2 weeks of release. We'll see if they keep it up with Arcane Power. I have not experienced this with any other electronic character creation software. Nice job WotC.
I also opted for the subscription (last year) - it's about $7 a month, I think. This gets you the full blown CB plus Dragon and Dungeon magazine in electronic format. It's a great deal if you ask me. I've been stockpiling Dungeon adventures for use in my campaign for a while now and the Dragon articles are useful as well.
$7 a month does seem pretty reasonable for what you get. Glad to hear your endorsement for it.
The install process seems to take forever (and didn't seem to work with my netbook) but the character builder software works really nicely otherwise. I made a halfling cleric tonight in about 20 minutes.
- Jay Adan - Greenfield Games Owner Dude