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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ladyofdragons" data-source="post: 432860" data-attributes="member: 5718">I recently got my hands on an old IBM Thinkpad with a 233MHz chip, and I'm setting it up to use at the gaming table.  I'm installing all the various tools on it (or at least demo versions, so I can get a feel for what they do).I guess it really comes down to which one suits your style of gaming, and is easy for you to understand.  I've tried each tool a few months back, but I need to review them all again to see if there are any changes that will influence my final decision.  I know what I didn't like about them the last time I tried them (please note these are just IMHO)RPM: too complex and not intuitive.  I never could get far enough before becoming frustrated to find out what it's real power is.  I know, if I RTFM I could probably get a lot further.PCGen: too slow, sometimes not intuitive. but does have a lot to it for character creation.  But that's all it does.E-Tools: too underpowered (but generally very intuitive!)DMF: would be nice if it did more.  The tree thingy doesn't do it for me as an information repository, but the combat matrix is nice.DMG: haven't tried it yet.CS: What little I've used out of CS I like.  Seems intuitive, I'll probably need to purchase the full version in order to find out whether I really like it or not as an in-game tool.  I wish they'd just do a full use time limit demo rather than limited use.</blockquote>