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<blockquote data-quote="reveal" data-source="post: 2068663" data-attributes="member: 1236">I am a DM who uses a laptop at the table. I'm the only one who has one. I use DM's Familiar to keep track of initiative and combat. It's great because it speeds up dice rolls, keeps track of spell durations, potion durations and things of that nature. No more &quot;How long until your spell is done?&quot;I also have PDF copies of all my books. I can quickly copy and paste, search for text and have all my notes at my fingertips. I have links to the SRD at PBMNexus and the searchable SRD. All in all, it has sped up my gming a great deal and I love having it.Oh, I also have the full version of ScreenMonkey which allows me to show an image on an external monitor to my players. I create maps in Dundjinni and place icons that represent their characters on the map. Then I uncover only the parts of the map I want them to see. It's great because they don't have to map and can see the map quickly and completely without having to pass it around the table. They also get an idea of what everything looks like so no more &quot;but I thought the room looked like this.&quot;Recently, as an example, we played a couple of Epic level sessions in which I was a player. It was extremely nice to just click a button and say &quot;I hit an AC ## and did ## damage&quot; rather than rolling and counting and hoping I came up with the correct number. Just really dang convenient.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="reveal, post: 2068663, member: 1236"] I am a DM who uses a laptop at the table. I'm the only one who has one. I use DM's Familiar to keep track of initiative and combat. It's great because it speeds up dice rolls, keeps track of spell durations, potion durations and things of that nature. No more "How long until your spell is done?" I also have PDF copies of all my books. I can quickly copy and paste, search for text and have all my notes at my fingertips. I have links to the SRD at PBMNexus and the searchable SRD. All in all, it has sped up my gming a great deal and I love having it. Oh, I also have the full version of ScreenMonkey which allows me to show an image on an external monitor to my players. I create maps in Dundjinni and place icons that represent their characters on the map. Then I uncover only the parts of the map I want them to see. It's great because they don't have to map and can see the map quickly and completely without having to pass it around the table. They also get an idea of what everything looks like so no more "but I thought the room looked like this." Recently, as an example, we played a couple of Epic level sessions in which I was a player. It was extremely nice to just click a button and say "I hit an AC ## and did ## damage" rather than rolling and counting and hoping I came up with the correct number. Just really dang convenient. [/QUOTE]

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