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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DMFTodd" data-source="post: 1214412" data-attributes="member: 1202">I can give the DM's Familiar answer to these, being the author of the program and all. You might also try the DMF Yahoo group - <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmsfamiliar/" target="_blank">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmsfamiliar/</a> - there's over 500 users there that can give good answers. Or the Unoffical Yahoo Group - <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DMF_Unofficial_Fan_Site/" target="_blank">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DMF_Unofficial_Fan_Site/</a> with some 300+ members.Got that covered of course. DMF has a Reference Library for monsters/NPCs, spells, feats, skills, rules, etc. You can look up information easily by name on each of these screens. The Advanced Search screen let's you find these based on criteria (show me the CR4-6 monsters that have 'marsh' in climate, give me all spells that are Wiz 2, etc.) Using the Reference Library, you'll find information much faster than your players and you won't have to carry the rulebooks with you to the game anymore.Use the Rules Reference Library in DMF for this. Basically, the Rules section lets you enter any text you want. Each entry can also have a category (that you create) to sort stuff (I have categories for each region in my campaign world so that I can use the Advanced Search to find it all, etc.) . And of course the Advanced Search let's you search all of it. All of that is in DMF. There's a dice roller there as well but you certainly don't have to use it. I do think the dice roller is one of the major things DMF can offer (clicking one button and getting the AC and damage for a Bite, Swalle Hole, Claw, Claw, Wing Slap, and Tail Slap of a dragon really speeds up combat).Start small. DMF can do a lot of stuff. If you try and use it all at the first session you're likely to get frustrated. Add things piece by piece. You might use DMF to track initiative and to look up rules for your first session. Then worry about adding more notes, using attack/damage of monsters, tracking spells. etc. Good idea for a quick way to get started.  Well, my program is the best of course  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> but there are others. If you want Combat Management, there's also DM Genie and Roleplaying Master. They both have free demos that you can check out to see which one meets your style and makes the most sense to you. They probably also have features like my Reference Library but since I don't look at my competitors much I can't say for sure.If you only wanted texted base info - non gaming specific software - there's a program called MyInfo which does a great job of organizing lots of text. I'd say your making a mistake if you go that route but it is out there.</blockquote>

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