Need feedback on encounter builder

[bobcat_grad]

I'm working on building an encounter builder.

It allows you to right-click a monster in the WOTC Monster Builder, copy as Rich Text, and then paste it into your library.

Then you can pick monsters, add them to an encounter and get an idea of the difficulty level of it for level/party size in a grid format.

After I get the filter working, the next step is popping open a nice sheet you can print out that has the vitals for all of the monsters in the encounter (HP, Bloodied Value, Defenses, and a place for you to track conditions).

Here's a screenshot of what I have to this point. I'm looking for feedback on what people would find useful in something like this.

 

[Emryys]

Nifty!

I'll be following this thread... perhaps when you have a working beta...

The print out would be useful as right now I copy/paste from the MB, then add slots for tracking HP, etc. Just being able to do the encounter builder functions will be helpful

 

[fuzzlewump]

Cool, but check out Mortaneus's Combat Utility, to make sure you aren't reinventing the wheel. If your idea is different enough, it still may be useful to check it out. http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/DnD4eCM

Here's the thread for the program here on ENWorld:
http://www.enworld.org/forum/softwa...d-d-4th-edition-combat-tracker-utility-4.html

 

[talarei07]

i cant get this thing to work. first it tells me it doesnt have permission to access the data base. the it tells me there is a problem with the rich text

 

[bobcat_grad]

i cant get this thing to work. first it tells me it doesnt have permission to access the data base. the it tells me there is a problem with the rich text

Both errors are due to the same issue.

If you're running on Vista, I noted that you have to run the app in Administrator mode. Once you've done that, you'll be fine.