Implementation of an Idea

[NatNit]

Note: I've been playing this game for some time, and have never done anything that I considered cheating, and I have no intention of starting now. So don't misconstrue anything I say in this post. :)

To start, I've read these articles on scanners:

Archive of Chaos

Freshman Diablo

Now, the issue. I have a problem. I'm a packrat, and I've come to terms with it. In my most recent stint on Diablo 2, I used the program ATMA (for those of you that are familiar with it) that essentially allows one to trade among single player characters. For me, this greatly increased the longetivity of the game, and made it more enjoyable.

What I want, is a simple interface for reading MY OWN character files (possibly without opening Diablo) and/or moving items to/from my own characters.

Why don't I just go out on bnet and transfer there? To be honest, I have no problem doing that, but 1) there simply aren't enough people on to help me do this, and 2) even if there are, they're likely to be playing a game and not just lounging around waiting to help me.

Gosh, I'm so long-winded. Now to the final point:

Does the program I'm talking about exist for Diablo 1. ATMA and Flavie filled those roles for me in Diablo 2. I'm not sure how scanners work, but could they translate my character files for me? Even if I'm not on Battle.net? What is the communities stance on "legitness" of self-scanning?

And has anyone written a program to move items between characters assuming they're both on the hard-drive? If that doesn't work, could I create a mod that has some special features (I bet that's more work than I'm cut out for). And to note, I have no knowledge of hex or assembly, but I'm used to the idea of computer languages and don't mind learning new things.

Maybe this is something that only I'd find useful, or maybe it could help others too.

Thanks for the read,
NatNit B)