How much will Hero Lab Online cost? Hero Lab Online prices aren’t much different than Hero Lab Classic! The cost of game systems and packages remains the same across the two environments, and there’s a nominal fee of roughly $2 a month ($24.99 a year) for using the online service so we can keep the lights on for you.
Even if you migrate to Hero Lab Online, you’ll be able to continue using everything you have in Hero Lab Classic. What is the difference between the account system and license system for Hero Lab Online and Hero Lab Classic?
That’s a core objective for Hero Lab Online. Having a central server orchestrate everything means that every device can “talk” to each other. Not like a chat system but items like the GM assigning damage for a fireball to four of the five PCs caught within it, with one taking half damage (save made) and another taking none (save made with Evasion).
Hero Lab still has plenty of life left and will continue to evolve in various ways. To distinguish the two, we’ll be referring to the “old”, desktop incarnation as Hero Lab Classic and the new one as Hero Lab Online.
The end goal is for Hero Lab Online to have all the core Hero Lab Classic features plus an impressive array of new abilities. You won’t see everything in place on day one, but they’re on their way!
We support all the major browsers, such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and IE. This means users have character creation at their fingertips from a wide range of devices, including PCs, Macs, Linux, smartphones, iPads, and yes even Android tablets.
HLO has a login and password instead of using a license number and email address like HLC, thereby making your account more secure. You’ll login to your Online account to access everything instead of Classic verifying your license and key file when you launch it. You’ll similarly login to your Online account to purchase add-ons instead of using the license number and email address. All in all, the basic principles will be the same.
Additionally, party loot management, interaction between players and GMs, and player-to-player collaboration are not possible in Hero Lab Classic (e.g. applying buffs, damage, effects, conditions etc.). When complete, Hero Lab Online will provide a robust, interactive experience, centered around these capabilities, that everyone can enjoy!
Most of the new capabilities we’re pursuing with Hero Lab Online are simply not possible in Hero Lab Classic . Starship combat involving the whole party, for example, would be impossible to manage in the current incarnation of Hero Lab.
You won’t have to leave at all! Even if you migrate to Hero Lab Online, you’ll be able to continue using everything you have in Hero Lab Classic.
Hero Lab Online caches everything locally and only transmits the data that has changed, allowing us to be very conservative in how much data we’re actually consuming. Use of Hero Lab Online will typically consume less data over the course of a game than browsing your favorite websites for a few minutes, making it extremely realistic to use via mobile connections.