Comments on: Behind the Screen: Three DM Tools I love and why… http://www.stupidranger.com/2008/02/behind-the-screen-three-dm-tools-i-love-and-why.php Never Adventure Alone Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:02:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chuck http://www.stupidranger.com/2008/02/behind-the-screen-three-dm-tools-i-love-and-why.php/comment-page-1#comment-412 Chuck Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:08:00 +0000 http://www.stupidranger.com/2008/02/behind-the-screen-three-dm-tools-i-love-and-why.html#comment-412 I'm probably a bit biased, since I wrote it, but I think my Virtual Dice Tray can hold its own with anything out there (and I dare say it's way better than that thing on the Wizards site)<br/><br/>http://www.mythforgesoftware.com I’m probably a bit biased, since I wrote it, but I think my Virtual Dice Tray can hold its own with anything out there (and I dare say it’s way better than that thing on the Wizards site)

http://www.mythforgesoftware.com

]]> By: The DM http://www.stupidranger.com/2008/02/behind-the-screen-three-dm-tools-i-love-and-why.php/comment-page-1#comment-389 The DM Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:21:00 +0000 http://www.stupidranger.com/2008/02/behind-the-screen-three-dm-tools-i-love-and-why.html#comment-389 I love the co-DM setup you're describing. My buddy Randy and I ran a co-DM campaign for several months, and chat never occurred to us as an option. I love it!<br/><br/>The NPC generator is awesome, too. I've also got a printout I made a decade ago of random names to use for NPCs. It was twenty pages or something, and I cross out a name when I use it. I'm down to the last couple of pages, though, so I'm going to have to either start erasing or go back to the well.<br/><br/>And, Vanir - dude - you crack me up. I love the co-DM setup you’re describing. My buddy Randy and I ran a co-DM campaign for several months, and chat never occurred to us as an option. I love it!

The NPC generator is awesome, too. I’ve also got a printout I made a decade ago of random names to use for NPCs. It was twenty pages or something, and I cross out a name when I use it. I’m down to the last couple of pages, though, so I’m going to have to either start erasing or go back to the well.

And, Vanir – dude – you crack me up.

]]> By: John http://www.stupidranger.com/2008/02/behind-the-screen-three-dm-tools-i-love-and-why.php/comment-page-1#comment-388 John Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:38:00 +0000 http://www.stupidranger.com/2008/02/behind-the-screen-three-dm-tools-i-love-and-why.html#comment-388 I use Turnwatcher (initiative is rolled qucikly for everyone), online SRD, tiddlywiki(DM campaign, and encounter notes), chatzilla( chatting with the drow who infiltrated the party...), and occasionally a projector.<br/><br/>We play around a 4x8 table, and there are usually 6 PC laptops (of the 9 players) running Heroforge 6.x, which does a decent job of applying buffs. I use Turnwatcher (initiative is rolled qucikly for everyone), online SRD, tiddlywiki(DM campaign, and encounter notes), chatzilla( chatting with the drow who infiltrated the party…), and occasionally a projector.

We play around a 4×8 table, and there are usually 6 PC laptops (of the 9 players) running Heroforge 6.x, which does a decent job of applying buffs.

]]> By: The Evil DM http://www.stupidranger.com/2008/02/behind-the-screen-three-dm-tools-i-love-and-why.php/comment-page-1#comment-387 The Evil DM Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:41:00 +0000 http://www.stupidranger.com/2008/02/behind-the-screen-three-dm-tools-i-love-and-why.html#comment-387 I use powerpoint.<br/>online battlemats like )one games puts out, i use those for backgrounds. then I get icons of objects from forums like dundjinni and tokens of the characters and monsters and do up battle sets that way. I use powerpoint.
online battlemats like )one games puts out, i use those for backgrounds. then I get icons of objects from forums like dundjinni and tokens of the characters and monsters and do up battle sets that way.

]]> By: Granger44 http://www.stupidranger.com/2008/02/behind-the-screen-three-dm-tools-i-love-and-why.php/comment-page-1#comment-386 Granger44 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:26:00 +0000 http://www.stupidranger.com/2008/02/behind-the-screen-three-dm-tools-i-love-and-why.html#comment-386 Despite an annual tradition of buying a new set of dice, I mostly use the DiceTool from http://rptools.net. The biggest feature is the tabs that you can use for say different groups of monsters as a DM or to collect the typical dice rolls from different games as a player. Despite an annual tradition of buying a new set of dice, I mostly use the DiceTool from http://rptools.net. The biggest feature is the tabs that you can use for say different groups of monsters as a DM or to collect the typical dice rolls from different games as a player.

]]> By: thanuir http://www.stupidranger.com/2008/02/behind-the-screen-three-dm-tools-i-love-and-why.php/comment-page-1#comment-385 thanuir Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:33:00 +0000 http://www.stupidranger.com/2008/02/behind-the-screen-three-dm-tools-i-love-and-why.html#comment-385 I like Abulafia (<a>http://www.random-generator.com</a>), which is a wiki-based random generator thingy. I use it before session and write things down, mind. No computers when gaming. It is cool in that everyone can make a new generator there and the syntax is easy. I like Abulafia (http://www.random-generator.com), which is a wiki-based random generator thingy. I use it before session and write things down, mind. No computers when gaming. It is cool in that everyone can make a new generator there and the syntax is easy.

]]> By: Vanir http://www.stupidranger.com/2008/02/behind-the-screen-three-dm-tools-i-love-and-why.php/comment-page-1#comment-384 Vanir Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:42:00 +0000 http://www.stupidranger.com/2008/02/behind-the-screen-three-dm-tools-i-love-and-why.html#comment-384 That's not entirely accurate. I don't ask names.<br/><br/>I ask if the townsperson is hot. That’s not entirely accurate. I don’t ask names.

I ask if the townsperson is hot.

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