Core Rules 2.0 improves upon the powerful first version, adding new features and improving existing ones. Individual sections can be printed. Monster portraits have been added to the Monstrous Manuals. MapMaker II has been redesigned from the ground up. Overland, city, and dungeon maps can be viewed and printed in full color, flat color for ink and bubble jets, grey scale for laser printers, and black and white for dot matrix printers.
Maps can range in size from one piece of paper to a massive five foot by five foot poster.
Character sheets can be customized to specific user requirements. Custom races, kits, psionic powers, spells, weapons, armor, equipment, magical items, monster, and more can be created. The interface to the program has been redesigned, taking user feedback from the first Core Rules CD-ROM into account. Specific screens in character update can be directly accessed. Extensive on-line help is available at a touch of a button.