So, a month, eh?

[ivan23]

All right, let's try to put some longer stuff out there. I miss you guys and the job isn't going to get any easier anytime soon, so I better get my g__d___ priorities straight

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[ivan23]

One caveat: D&D Insider subscription, at least a one-time, is necessary. That imports all the monsters, traps, hazards, magic items, etc into MasterPlan's libraries; and that's the real timesaver

[ivan23]

It does map layout in theory, but I haven't dug that deep. You need to belong to a yahoogroup for tiles or something like that; and since I'm just starting to get into the tactical side of things it hasn't been high on my list of priorities.

Yes, I now keep the laptop open at the game table. We've had few enough spillages in my time with the lads that it just makes sense, and I succumb to the pseudienvironmentalist fallacy that electronics are better than paper.

Seriously though, it's b/c I'm so accustomed to making notes on the laptop during work that it's easier for me to do so at the table as well. Also, I can (in theory) keep images, music, etc on the machine. I was heading in that direction with the aborted African campaign and will be looking in that direction here on out.

[brainiacfive]

I looked at Masterplan last year but I just couldn't see how it worked. Has it become more intuitive since then?

I was just using the encounter calculator on the DDI site then to build my stuff, but I know that's no longer being supported.

[ivan23]

In my opinion, yes it has. Let's face facts, I'm not the most curious or patient tack in the drawer, or the one with the best analogies; so if I can work it out in an afternoon you'll have zero issues. Again, download the libraries; makes all the difference in the world.