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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Soul Stigma" data-source="post: 7140427" data-attributes="member: 6887393">I used to be happy with a myriad notebooks and a mechanical pencil, but life changes made time a precious resource as I got older.  It took a long time to find the right "tools" for the job when I moved to using a laptop and I'm sure there are people still searching.My aim with this thread is to gather a collection of tools that DMs can turn to, according to their taste and wallet, so anything paid or free is fine.  In my case I purchased software and it has been worth it to me, so thought I'd start out sharing on those and then open it up to everyone else!For mapping I use the Hexographer (world), Dungeonographer (dungeons) and Cityographer (cities/towns).  Use hexes and grids, easy to use, use Java (can be slow at times for this reason) and do a great job for me on limited time.For my campaign prep and actual play I use the tandem of Realm Works (campaign management) and Hero Lab (character creation, encounter building, tactical console for combat) from Lone Wolf Development.  Those two work so well together that it really streamlines the whole process and organizes everything (from places and people to monsters and other threats) in such a way that it's easy for me to keep track of my campaign - much easier than it used to be.So those are my recommendations.  I could elaborate a lot more but don't want to create a wall of text and the tools can be found through your friendly neighborhood search engine.Discuss!Sent from my iPhone using <a href="http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=93205" target="_blank">EN World mobile app</a></blockquote>

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