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How influencial are D&D campaign software in your campaigns?
We've recently begun using DM Genie to run all aspects of our
game and am curious about how deeply it has affected others.

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Ubiquitous wrote:

>How influencial are D&D campaign software in your campaigns?
>We've recently begun using DM Genie to run all aspects of our
>game and am curious about how deeply it has affected others.
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I use a couple of different freeware programs to set up adventures.
That and the SRD have become invaluable to me as a GM. I can whip up an
adventure in under an hour with full creature stats, treasure and decent
thumb nail ideas of NPC's easily. I rarely crack a book now when
planning an adventure. I don't own any of the more complex programs
because of cost and system requirements. But I would if money were no
object.

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> How influencial are D&D campaign software in your campaigns?
> We've recently begun using DM Genie to run all aspects of our
> game and am curious about how deeply it has affected others.

It makes me deeply morose, but no more so than Usenet.

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"Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote in message
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| How influencial are D&D campaign software in your campaigns?
| We've recently begun using DM Genie to run all aspects of our
| game and am curious about how deeply it has affected others.

I use no programs for my game except WinAmp to play mood music during the
sessions.

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"Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote in message
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> How influencial are D&D campaign software in your campaigns?
> We've recently begun using DM Genie to run all aspects of our
> game and am curious about how deeply it has affected others.

I use Core Rules 2 quite a bit. It's added quite a lot to my game over the
years.
 
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Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes
>How influencial are D&D campaign software in your campaigns?
>We've recently begun using DM Genie to run all aspects of our
>game and am curious about how deeply it has affected others.

Absolutely no influence whatsoever. I've yet to find a piece of D&D
software that (a) does what I want it to, and/or (b) isn't too
cumbersome or slow to be worthwhile using.

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Ubiquitous wrote:
> How influencial are D&D campaign software in your campaigns?
> We've recently begun using DM Genie to run all aspects of our
> game and am curious about how deeply it has affected others.
>

Haven't been using any programs for a long long time, the only program I have
used is FREncG, which keept track of time and random encounters for me, but
haven't had time to port it to linux nor have I tested to see if it works
under MorphOS, but it does work under AmigaOS.
 
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I use Core Rules Exp all the time for generating unplanned encounters and
for creating levelled monster enemies. Other than that there are a few guys
who use Palm based dice systems and that is it.

peace,
Frank

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> How influencial are D&D campaign software in your campaigns?
> We've recently begun using DM Genie to run all aspects of our
> game and am curious about how deeply it has affected others.
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I use PCGen and it has been very usefull :)

Ubiquitous wrote:
> How influencial are D&D campaign software in your campaigns?
> We've recently begun using DM Genie to run all aspects of our
> game and am curious about how deeply it has affected others.
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"Ubiquitous" schrieb
> How influencial are D&D campaign software in your campaigns?
> We've recently begun using DM Genie to run all aspects of our
> game and am curious about how deeply it has affected others.
>

I'm using DM's Familiar and Weathermaster. The Familiar has been incredibly
useful, and I haven't even begun using its full range of capabilities. The
combat board alone is worth it and has enabled me to do combats with 30 or
more participants without difficulty.
The weathermaster is fun , too, if you like realistic weather patterns.

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"Chris Simpson" <Chriss@mho.com> wrote in message
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> I use PCGen and it has been very usefull :)
>
> Ubiquitous wrote:
> > How influencial are D&D campaign software in your campaigns?
> > We've recently begun using DM Genie to run all aspects of our
> > game and am curious about how deeply it has affected others.
> >

Yes, it is great to be able to hand a copy of you PC to the GM if the GM
asks for it.
And to be able to replace the FUBARed character sheet (pizza).
Having a copy of your lower level PC for raise Dead is good too.
 
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Ubiquitous wrote:

>How influencial are D&D campaign software in your campaigns?
>We've recently begun using DM Genie to run all aspects of our
>game and am curious about how deeply it has affected others.
>
I'm DM'ing with a laptop and have quite a bit of useful tools and
software installed.
Core Rules 2, TableSmith, CampaignSage, WeatherMaster, CC2 and Ebon are
those that I find to be most useful and which speed up gameplay immensely.

Clarence
 
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"Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote in message
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> How influencial are D&D campaign software in your campaigns?
> We've recently begun using DM Genie to run all aspects of our
> game and am curious about how deeply it has affected others.
>

I have used PCGen and RPM and now am using Campaign Suite by Twin Rose
software. I am using it mostly because it supports the campaign world I am
now playing in (Midnight). My D20 Modern campaign is, for all intents and
purposes, over. I have returned to D&D, though Midnight uses some
modifications (some different core classes, etc.). I found RPM worked
pretty well for D20 Modern, but does not support Midnight too well.

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weberm@polaris.net (Ubiquitous) wrote in message news:<kZ-dnW97bL8a4l_dRVn_iw@comcast.com>...
> How influencial are D&D campaign software in your campaigns?
> We've recently begun using DM Genie to run all aspects of our
> game and am curious about how deeply it has affected others.

I use tablesmith. Pretty good randomizer, and I love random stuff.

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On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 08:15:44 +0100, Ian R Malcomson
<ian@domicus.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes
>>How influencial are D&D campaign software in your campaigns?
>>We've recently begun using DM Genie to run all aspects of our
>>game and am curious about how deeply it has affected others.
>
>Absolutely no influence whatsoever. I've yet to find a piece of D&D
>software that (a) does what I want it to, and/or (b) isn't too
>cumbersome or slow to be worthwhile using.

That was how I felt when I was running; all I used was a word
processor.
 
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In rec.games.frp.dnd, Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
> How influencial are D&D campaign software in your campaigns?
> We've recently begun using DM Genie to run all aspects of our
> game and am curious about how deeply it has affected others.

since i'm a programmer, i'm never happy with other people's code, and
write an awful lot of my own tools. mostly random generators and the
like. some of which are on my website. but combat uses DICE, damnit.

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On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 21:20:55 -0500, weberm@polaris.net (Ubiquitous)
carved upon a tablet of ether:

> How influencial are D&D campaign software in your campaigns?
> We've recently begun using DM Genie to run all aspects of our
> game and am curious about how deeply it has affected others.

I've tried various chargen spreadsheets and utilities, including PCGen
and none of them are really satisfactory for my needs. The same goes
for every other utility I've tried. I find I do better doing chargen
on paper and writing the final result up on a wordprocessor. The same
applies to new critters, game notes, & etc. For maps I do any
world-building on paper or with a spreadsheet made up as I go along
(if I need stats for land area, etc.), then I rough out a draft on
paper, and then I do a 'good' copy on paper. If I need an electronic
copy of a map I get better results scanning a hardcopy than I do with
any piece of software I've tried.

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Out from under a rock popped Rupert Boleyn and said

> I've tried various chargen spreadsheets and utilities, including PCGen
> and none of them are really satisfactory for my needs. The same goes
> for every other utility I've tried. I find I do better doing chargen
> on paper and writing the final result up on a wordprocessor.

I found that PCGen took a long time to use *well*.

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On 8 Jun 2004 03:47:58 GMT, Robert Singers
<rsingers@finger.hotmail.com> carved upon a tablet of ether:

> Out from under a rock popped Rupert Boleyn and said
>
> > I've tried various chargen spreadsheets and utilities, including PCGen
> > and none of them are really satisfactory for my needs. The same goes
> > for every other utility I've tried. I find I do better doing chargen
> > on paper and writing the final result up on a wordprocessor.
>
> I found that PCGen took a long time to use *well*.

For some reason the custom item creation part of it broke a while
back, and will not function for me. Re-installation didn't help. This
makes it effectively useless for comprehensive design and write ups of
characters higher than about 3rd level.

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> Ubiquitous wrote:
>> How influencial are D&D campaign software in your campaigns? We've
>> recently begun using DM Genie to run all aspects of our
>> game and am curious about how deeply it has affected others.

I used to have all my characters on an excel file, and made a new level a new sheet, so I
would have a record of progression of my character. Pretty anal, but it was interesting to
see how I made it up through the ranks, or what different sub-characters did. Now I'm
working on a filemaker pro program to do so as well, but just a template, as I haven't
found a gaming group yet.
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No one mentioned using anything for map generation yet?

It's not released yet, but I am looking at Dundjinni
http://www.dundjinni.com/products/index.htm
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CARRIER LOST wrote:
> since i'm a programmer, i'm never happy with other people's code, and
> write an awful lot of my own tools. mostly random generators and the
> like. some of which are on my website. but combat uses DICE, damnit.

You ever play the computer version of Monopoly, came out in the 80's. One thing I loved
about the game was that they had a pair of dice 'rolling' on the screen, and had a cool
sound effect for it. *nocka nocka nocka* :)
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On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 15:06:59 -0700, ~consul
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>No one mentioned using anything for map generation yet?

I didn't think about it; I did indeed use Campaign Cartographer I.
 
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"Wayne Shaw" <shaw@caprica.com> wrote in message
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| On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 15:06:59 -0700, ~consul
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| >No one mentioned using anything for map generation yet?
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| I didn't think about it; I did indeed use Campaign Cartographer I.

While I have the CC2, CD2, and DD2, I have yet to use the products at this
time... What am I waiting for? Not a clue. I just haven't gotten around to
using them yet. But sometime soon though.

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On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 01:00:58 GMT, "Tarrax Ironwolf"
<psyberwolfREM@VEiwon.com> wrote:

>"Wayne Shaw" <shaw@caprica.com> wrote in message
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>| On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 15:06:59 -0700, ~consul
>| <consul@INVALIDdolphins-cove.com> wrote:
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>| >No one mentioned using anything for map generation yet?
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>| I didn't think about it; I did indeed use Campaign Cartographer I.
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>While I have the CC2, CD2, and DD2, I have yet to use the products at this
>time... What am I waiting for? Not a clue. I just haven't gotten around to
>using them yet. But sometime soon though.

I found CC1 had a bit of a learning curve, but once I got used to it
it allowed me to make _much_ better maps (particularly outdoor maps)
than I could by myself, and at a reasonable pace.
 
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