Comments on: New Digital Tool: DM Encounter Helper

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:43:49 +0000

There’s also Masterplan, which has been going for about 6 months now.

By: mindshadow2k

mindshadow2k — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:44:46 +0000

Since I have both a Mac and a PC I tend to try to find apps that will work with both. I will have to see what this application has to offer, but thought I would share one that I have been playing with that has a lot of potential.

http://laughterforever.com/inCombat/

I like that it is an adobe air app or you can just use it on the web, you can import characters from http://iplay4e.appspot.com/ (which you can actually import your character builder file to). This makes it pretty easy to load characters and such.

By: Jason P

Jason P — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:38:42 +0000

@Czar Awesome. I did NOT know that. That helps A LOT! Too bad I dont have my laptop with me today, or else I would prepare the encounter for tomorrow night and give the app a whirl.

By: Czar

Czar — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:35:01 +0000

PP and PI – Passive Perception and Passive Insight.

You can edit before your session and right click, Save. I have my entire night planned out waiting to go. Just have to right click, Load.

By: Jason P

Jason P — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:32:58 +0000

This is a nifty little encounter program. I do have one question. The first blank box is going to be initiative for both PCs and Monsters. However, what are the P.P. and P.I. inputs for the PCs?

Also, some monsters having healing capabilities or even regeneration but there is no way to change the HP value after its taken damage. Unless Ive missed something. OK, well, if you put a “negative” number it adds it back to the total. (Just tried it).

Only other issue I see is having to build the encounter at the start of an encounter instead of at an earlier time which is time consuming.