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Do you play D&D4E?  Have an Insider subscription and use the Character Builder?

There's a new app out today on the internet.  It's called, rather imaginatively, the "D&D Combat Manager".  This application can open and read the XML files that the Character Builder generates in order to provide you with a 'digital' character sheet, which can vastly simplify your tabletop gaming experience. 

Key Features:
•Works off your D&D Character Builder character data; you don't have to import any extra data or data sources!
•Connects to the D&D Insider Compendium to retrieve data so that YOU don't have to look it up!
•Automatically capable of rolling your attacks and spitting out the damage dealt; no more having to add up all those small numbers!
•Able to properly handle multi-target attacks, giving a seperate attack roll per target and then a singular damage amount!
•Able to track your HP, and properly handle temporary hitpoints and healing!
•Displays your powers in a convenient list format; click the 'attack' button to activate!
•Uses the Microsoft Voice Engine to read aloud what is happening when you attack or roll a skill; turn up the volume so the DM can hear!
•Automatically updates itself every time there is a new release!
•COMPLETELY FREE!

Get the app today, at http://www.gelworksonline.com

This application is still under development.  If you find any bugs or have any constructive feedback, drop us a line at gelworkssupport@gmail.com.  Your feedback is important to us;  let us know how to make this app better!  

I will be playing with this tonight as well.

So I was playing around a bit with this today, and I really like most of it. It's pretty easy to get it to do anything I want, which is nice. Few suggestions though.

1.) Dunno if this is a global problem or just me, but the attack buttons next to every power are REALLY tiny.
2.) Is there a way to track status effects? I'd like to be able to push a button and have it understand I'm dazed and such.

This looks like fun!

Here's my take on some of the features:
- The automated attacks work well (for the most part).

- I'd like to see the HPs recovered when a healing surge is spent (from the '-1' button).

- When the Attribute, Skill and Initiative rolls are made, the word 'comma' is voiced (minor detail).

- I like the Report and Inventory features.

- You might want to consider reducing the size of the GUI (text, button sizes, etc.). Even at max size, I lose the skill list on the right side of my screen.

For the DM features, I'd like to see something to keep track of monster HP. Maybe something like an odometer to count down the HP?

But if I may make a comment on these automated character apps, that is that players often don't know how they arrived at certain bonuses. Since most everything is automated for them, they don't have to calculate the modifiers. I think that some in-depth mechanical knowledge gets lost with these automated character apps.

Thanks and keep up the good work.

It's a cool app. As for above poster, this is a game. None of it is actually important. This application has no more/less meaning than the PHB.

Anywho, this doesn't seem to be done yet, but it is definitely a nifty start. Things I've noticed so far:
1. Dailys and damage on miss effects don't apply.
2. Hunter's Quarry can't be used.
3. No way to just roll a d6 (if you really want all your die rolls to be made with this).

I don't mean to complain, I like this thing, just trying to give constructive criticism. Can't say much though, I only spent about ten minutes with this thing. It's especially cool because I'm sure my DM would hate it (laptop on table and all).