Thanks again for your hard work on this! P2 is hands-down my favorite D&D tool.
Critique my D&D tool
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Thanks again for your hard work on this! P2 is hands-down my favorite D&D tool.
Highland Raider
Explorer
Mighty [big] tool
Wink wink nudge nudge. Ehem.
No,, really, power2ool is an awesome piece of work. Something that WOTC should aspire toward as a piece of online software that is easy to use, pretty to look at, and actually works. I will be most happy when you get rituals and feats and traps [I think that's the other thing missing] up and running.
My only complaint would be the spacing of things when printing. It doesn't seem to matter if I just dump stat blocks [monsters, items, or powers] in one big pile or carefully arrange them on the screen--they print only one or two to a page wasting a whole bunch of paper. Maybe I'm doing something wrong here, but I can't seem to get anything arranged more conservatively.
Other than that, keep up the good work on this project.
Wink wink nudge nudge. Ehem.
No,, really, power2ool is an awesome piece of work. Something that WOTC should aspire toward as a piece of online software that is easy to use, pretty to look at, and actually works. I will be most happy when you get rituals and feats and traps [I think that's the other thing missing] up and running.
My only complaint would be the spacing of things when printing. It doesn't seem to matter if I just dump stat blocks [monsters, items, or powers] in one big pile or carefully arrange them on the screen--they print only one or two to a page wasting a whole bunch of paper. Maybe I'm doing something wrong here, but I can't seem to get anything arranged more conservatively.
Other than that, keep up the good work on this project.
doublewumpus
First Post
Yeah, some corporate or educational firewalls block the port that P2 uses. Try it at home - if it still doesn't work there, let me know. This turned out to be a much more common problem than I had anticipated, so I'll try to implement a workaround for you guys soon.
jbear
First Post
Just a normal windows 7 firewall. Nod 32 anti virus. I'll try and disable it and see if that is the problem.
The most important function for me is to be able to arrange various monster stat columns onto a single page. Can that be done with the old Monster Builder (the non-online version)?
Someone mentioned upthread that they could only print one per page, which is the same as the monster builder itself.
Anyway, looking forward to checking it out when I connect.
The most important function for me is to be able to arrange various monster stat columns onto a single page. Can that be done with the old Monster Builder (the non-online version)?
Someone mentioned upthread that they could only print one per page, which is the same as the monster builder itself.
Anyway, looking forward to checking it out when I connect.
doublewumpus
First Post
When you print a workspace, power2ool will try to fit your monsters onto the same page. However, it's not very good at arranging them at the moment, so you usually get only 2-3 monsters per page (3-4 if you print in landscape).
Nemesis Destiny
Adventurer
I printed some ally minions for my PCs this weekend, and I too had some printing issues. They printed fine, but I could not control the order in which they appeared (I was trying to group them in certain combinations to minimize the amount of cutting I would have to do).
One other thing occured to me while I was doing this - being able to copy and paste my homebrew stuff, or any monster card post-edit would be fantastic. Saves a lot of typing. As would the ability to juggle the items between workspaces (I know this has been asked before), and maybe have a workspace-neutral "stash" for your custom material (not sure how this would affect your storage costs - I don't think they're THAT big).
Otherwise, once again, power2ool made my DMing experience immeasurably better
One other thing occured to me while I was doing this - being able to copy and paste my homebrew stuff, or any monster card post-edit would be fantastic. Saves a lot of typing. As would the ability to juggle the items between workspaces (I know this has been asked before), and maybe have a workspace-neutral "stash" for your custom material (not sure how this would affect your storage costs - I don't think they're THAT big).
Otherwise, once again, power2ool made my DMing experience immeasurably better
Pour
First Post
I've actually copied blocks from the ready to print window, as they are treated like images, and managed to fit several into word doc pages for printing. I use the same technique for fitting them into my general adventure notes and when posting to my campaign blog.
Thanks again for this amazing tool!
Thanks again for this amazing tool!
Highland Raider
Explorer
Actually, through a bit of experimentation, I've found a way to print to paper more than 2 blocks per page. This takes several steps, so if you're in a hurry, the copy-and-paste of blocks from the ready-to-print page might be the better way to go.
Anyway, print as PDF first using doPDF or CutePDF or similar print driver. Then, using OpenOffice with the Oracle PDF import extension installed, you can pull up the document in Draw and cut-and-paste blocks to arrange them as desired prior to printing.
Granted, you require a PDF print driver [or Acrobat I'd think might do so as well], OpenOffice, and the PDF import extension. I already had the first two and had to add the extension, so that wasn't a hassle. Being able to rearrange the images so that I can print 4 blocks [or 5, haven't managed to squeeze more than that] is worth a little extra time.
Anyway, print as PDF first using doPDF or CutePDF or similar print driver. Then, using OpenOffice with the Oracle PDF import extension installed, you can pull up the document in Draw and cut-and-paste blocks to arrange them as desired prior to printing.
Granted, you require a PDF print driver [or Acrobat I'd think might do so as well], OpenOffice, and the PDF import extension. I already had the first two and had to add the extension, so that wasn't a hassle. Being able to rearrange the images so that I can print 4 blocks [or 5, haven't managed to squeeze more than that] is worth a little extra time.
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