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1 year ago ::
Apr 29, 2012 - 6:54AM
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Nov 11, 2007
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Maybe this isn't the place for this, but I'd like to see applications for tablets and smartphones. It would be great for dms and players to be able to look up rules, powers, even their own player information without having six laptops set up at the table.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 29, 2012 - 4:54PM
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Date Joined:
Oct 12, 2005
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Maybe this isn't the place for this, but I'd like to see applications for tablets and smartphones. It would be great for dms and players to be able to look up rules, powers, even their own player information without having six laptops set up at the table.
There's actually a couple of pretty good 3rd party apps that do that (well, the compedium is already set up with a mobile option). Mostly you just need dropbox on your iPad and then click on the dnd4e export and you can open up the character in the app.
That said, they aren't "official". And I think this could be a great way to actually offer people the rules they are looking for. Just create an app and allow in app purchases for books that are released.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 29, 2012 - 5:27PM
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Mar 15, 2010
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There's a lot of scope for this sort of tablet-based stuff, and it goes beyond just providing rulebooks in PDF or ebook format. I'm envisaging interactive rulebooks that help with rolling characters, creating balanced encounters, tweaking monster builds, creating random dungeons, and so on. They could contain explanatory voiceovers or videos to illustrate key points or provide examples of play. Being able to use a tablet as a client for a virtual table, or even simply to display a representation of the location, would be very useful, especially if the DM could use one in 'DM mode' and communicate wirelessly with any player tablets in the room (or elsewhere). Couple that with adventure journal or audio recording functions, and you'd have a nice way for players to record their sessions and perhaps get more out of them.
As well as rulebooks, WotC could sell interactive versions of adventure modules, complete with maps and art, sound effects and background music, and a library of tools and references required to speed play, bundled with each one.
Just a few ideas, but I think there's a lot more that could be done in this area.
EDIT: oh, and something else - a tablet app that helps DMs structure and plot their campaigns - somewhere between an offline wiki, a tag cloud generator and a mindmap application, allowing DMs to write / edit material wherever they are, but also access it instantaneously, jumping between NPC info, quest details, plot elements, background etc. as quickly as the PCs can demand it...
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1 year ago ::
May 01, 2012 - 8:15AM
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There's a lot of scope for this sort of tablet-based stuff, and it goes beyond just providing rulebooks in PDF or ebook format. I'm envisaging interactive rulebooks that help with rolling characters, creating balanced encounters, tweaking monster builds, creating random dungeons, and so on. They could contain explanatory voiceovers or videos to illustrate key points or provide examples of play. Being able to use a tablet as a client for a virtual table, or even simply to display a representation of the location, would be very useful, especially if the DM could use one in 'DM mode' and communicate wirelessly with any player tablets in the room (or elsewhere). Couple that with adventure journal or audio recording functions, and you'd have a nice way for players to record their sessions and perhaps get more out of them.
As well as rulebooks, WotC could sell interactive versions of adventure modules, complete with maps and art, sound effects and background music, and a library of tools and references required to speed play, bundled with each one.
Just a few ideas, but I think there's a lot more that could be done in this area.
EDIT: oh, and something else - a tablet app that helps DMs structure and plot their campaigns - somewhere between an offline wiki, a tag cloud generator and a mindmap application, allowing DMs to write / edit material wherever they are, but also access it instantaneously, jumping between NPC info, quest details, plot elements, background etc. as quickly as the PCs can demand it...
That would be awesome too bad WotC is too ignorant (based on past mistakes) to take this route, and they wouldn't know how if they did.
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