DM Minion BETA - a DM Combat Managment Tool

[goathead82]

Dear D&D 4E DM's and Players,

I am proud to intorduce Goathead Games DM Minion, a DM Assistant tool.

Use this tool to help track all of the conditions and details of a D&D 4E encounter.

Download the software and documentation at this link http://goatheadsoftware.com/dm-minion.html
Software required .NET 3.5 SP1

Any comments or request are more than welcome!

 

[Ferghis]

Hey, can you show us some screenshots, or give us something to even vaguely assure us that it isn't malicious software? I hate to sound like a doo-doo-head, but I'm hesitant to download this otherwise.

 

[goathead82]

Ferghis, thank you for the interest. I have updated the link above to a actual website link where you can download the software and the PDF documents seperatly. The document reviews the entire application. There is also a small screenshot on the website.

You can also see where there has been some use of the softare on the WOTC site: http://community.wizards.com/go/thr...Minion_BETA_-_a_DM_Combat_Managment_Tool?pg=1

 

[goathead82]

New build is out with more features, check them out here.

<A href="http://goatheadsoftware.com/dm-minion.html">goatheadsoftware.com/dm-minion.html

 

[Ferghis]

I haven't tried it out yet, but it looks good.

Two things I didn't see in the manual:

You don't seem to implement durations (save ends, beginning/end of next turn, until end of encounter). I like durations to be shorthanded (s) for save ends and ([number]) for the end of the initiative at which they end. Is this possible to implement?

Some conditions include others. Dying, for example, includes bloodied, prone, unconscious, and helpless. If I click the dying condition, would you automatically implement the others (maybe noting in mouseover that they are connected to dying)?

 

[goathead82]

All of the condition timers are supported, you may need to grab the updated docs off the website.