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xmaxx
Acolyte
France
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 Posted - 06 Jun 2015 : 19:28:58
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Hi all,
Not sure this is the correct forum to post it but, anyway...
I grow fond of using tablet during my FR campaign. I use it mainly to show my PJs pictures of characters, monsters, landscapes... Way to inspire. And also pdf and docs of important rules or spell descriptions (always handy when they're sorted by character). I'm also thinking about putting on some background music as well.
Do you guys do the same and do you have specific apps you rely on during your sessions. Indeed, I am looking for tools to bring the game to a new level.
Share your point(s) of view.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36782 Posts |
Posted - 06 Jun 2015 : 21:36:12
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I'm playing a Pathfinder game, and I use my tablet instead of the rulebooks. I've found a nice app for the rules, a nice spellbook app (my character is a gun mage, which is a variant sorcerer), and I type up other stuff into Word or Excel and access those from the tablet, too.
I've an Android tablet -- the Nexus 7. |
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Rymac
Learned Scribe
USA
315 Posts |
Posted - 07 Jun 2015 : 02:10:46
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| I'm using a iPad mini 2, and still play 2e. Purpleworm.org is the go-to resource for 2e rules online. Second edition is where it's at as far as I'm concerned. I never found THAC0 to be that complicated. |
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Lothlos
Learned Scribe
USA
111 Posts |
Posted - 07 Jun 2015 : 15:17:17
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I use word and excel and electronic copies of rule books whenever possible. I love being able to cloud share player handouts with my group. They use word and excel as well (or open office equivalents). I like that all the information is on shared cloud drives so I can review my players notes at my leisure between sessions (they knew up front I was going to do this). No electronic dice at my table though. I always have loads of extra dice.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 07 Jun 2015 : 16:05:06
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Originally posted by Lothlos
No electronic dice at my table though. I always have loads of extra dice.
Yeah, just to check them out, I've downloaded more than a few die rollers onto my tablet... But using them in place of real dice? Not happening!
Oddly, I've never found a die roller app, on Android or iOS, that I liked as much as the old Quickdice program I found somewhere online many years back, before cellphones had even caught on. |
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Saxmilian
Learned Scribe
USA
157 Posts |
Posted - 07 Jun 2015 : 18:49:26
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| I've spent YEARS typing all the relevant files and rules, characters and notes into my laptop. Pictures, music and even video clips bring more life to my game. |
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hashimashadoo
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
1150 Posts |
Posted - 07 Jun 2015 : 19:17:16
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| I'm considering banning dice roller programs during my sessions. I trust my players not to cheat but the one they use rolls altogether too many twenties. Also, there's the temptation of getting distracted by web surfing when the spotlight is on other players. |
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Xnella Moonblade-Thann
Learned Scribe
USA
234 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jun 2015 : 00:27:28
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I always have my laptop and Kindle Fire handy when I'm gaming...all my electronic documents are on both of those and make it a lot easier than hauling around my collection of rule- and source- books...I have all 5 editions of D&D electronically, as well as Pathfinder and a few 3PP games, and with my penchant for an organized laptop and kindle, I end up the reference person when I play with my group. *shrugs*
But we don't use electronic dice/dice roller apps...it's strictly real dice and if a player forgets theirs, the rest usually have a few spare sets (I have 13 complete sets in one dice bag, and another whole dice bag of oddballs for a player without dice of their own...gotta love the pound o' dice bag!). |
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Please forgive any spelling and grammer errors, as my android touch-screen phone has no spellchecker. If I do make a grammer mistake, please let me know and I'll try to fix it.
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Derulbaskul
Senior Scribe
Singapore
408 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jun 2015 : 12:38:23
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I use a Google Nexus for general reading as I find PDFs easier to read on there compared to on a laptop. (I have PDF copies of every book I own.) But my actual prep work is always done on a laptop.
When DMing I also do everything from a laptop which is what I have been doing since 3E was released. Like the OP, I store appropriate art on their for our sessions as well as music and sound effects. I also keep an extensive library of maps just in case I have to ad lib an encounter or adventure because of player choice.
I don't play but, if I did, I would probably use a combination of tablet and character sheet depending on what edition/ruleset we were using. (For 4E, it would be character sheet only. For 5E, it would be character sheet plus tablet.) |
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Xnella Moonblade-Thann
Learned Scribe
USA
234 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jun 2015 : 23:32:45
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| I have several electronically-fillable character sheets in .pdf forms...they make it easier to keep track of where my character is (I update the fillable character sheet and then save the new copy while retaining the old ones...this way I can always make sure my character is up-to-date if I forget the paper copy...) |
"Sweet water and light laughter until next we meet." - traditional elven farewell
Please forgive any spelling and grammer errors, as my android touch-screen phone has no spellchecker. If I do make a grammer mistake, please let me know and I'll try to fix it.
New laptop, still trying to sort my "scrolls" on its shelves...and when will this cursed thing stop doing things I tell it not to? |
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