In addition, several free third party add-on programs, such as Davin's "ET Helper," were created to allow the insertion of custom content. WotC quickly moved to address many concerns and released a large patch three months after the initial release. At first, the software was very limited and did not have the versatility demanded by many Dungeon Masters. The initial full-version was released in 2002 at Gen Con. Due to these changes, the project was eventually renamed to "E-Tools: Character and Monster Generator". However, for various reasons the scope of the project was reduced drastically over time and many changes were made during development cycle. Under this product name, WotC and Fluid Entertainment (their chosen developers) originally announced that the program would include not only a character and monster generator, but many other advanced campaign tools such as a 3D map making tool.
Soon after this release, WotC announced that a software tool they called Master Tools was in development.
This early version is now available as a free download from Fluid Entertainments website. A software patch was eventually released to fix the most glaring data errors and bugs. The first incarnation of this software program was as a software demo that was simply called "Character Generator," which came free with early printings of the 3rd Edition Player's Handbook. The software contains several related tools designed to assist with hosting and playing Dungeons & Dragons campaigns, though it can be altered to work with most games that use the d20 System. E-Tools: Character and Monster Generator is a software application initially developed by Fluid Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast (WotC).
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