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<blockquote data-quote="Aristotle" data-source="post: 1998098" data-attributes="member: 5885"><p>I got a laptop a few weeks ago (got a fairly good price through Dell small business) and picked up DM Genie as I had tried the demo out once a while back and liked it. But now that I have it and a machine to run it on, I'm finding myself highly intimidated... I'm no programer. Sure I can figure out code well enough to edit php files for forums or write scripts for an IRC client (pIRCh, many years ago), but I don't know where to begin learning a language like VB.</p><p> </p><p>Right now my group uses the core rules and the Complete series of supplements. I plan to add the Race, Environment, and other "generic core D&D" series' in the future as well. The program handles the core books just fine. To the best of my knowledge it handles the rules correctly (except for a few minor points as noted above) and has all of the various feats and class abilities scripted so that the necessary points are automated.</p><p> </p><p>Off the bat my group has a half-drow (from one of the FR books I think), a Blood Magus, and an Order of the Bow Initiate. So I have to get one race and two prestige classes into the thing just to get my players up and running. Not to mention the collection of feats and spells my players have taken from the Complete books.</p><p> </p><p>I've been monitoring the yahoo groups. I've found the feats from most of the Complete books, but with no scripting to back them up. And I haven't found the classes I need right away, yet.</p><p> </p><p>Don't get me wrong. This isn't a negative review so much as another newbie hoping to gain some enlightenment. The program rocks on toast for core play. But integrating other books seems pretty overwhelming to me right now, and I'm going to have to be able to do so if I'm going to be using this program to run my regular games.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aristotle, post: 1998098, member: 5885"] I got a laptop a few weeks ago (got a fairly good price through Dell small business) and picked up DM Genie as I had tried the demo out once a while back and liked it. But now that I have it and a machine to run it on, I'm finding myself highly intimidated... I'm no programer. Sure I can figure out code well enough to edit php files for forums or write scripts for an IRC client (pIRCh, many years ago), but I don't know where to begin learning a language like VB. Right now my group uses the core rules and the Complete series of supplements. I plan to add the Race, Environment, and other "generic core D&D" series' in the future as well. The program handles the core books just fine. To the best of my knowledge it handles the rules correctly (except for a few minor points as noted above) and has all of the various feats and class abilities scripted so that the necessary points are automated. Off the bat my group has a half-drow (from one of the FR books I think), a Blood Magus, and an Order of the Bow Initiate. So I have to get one race and two prestige classes into the thing just to get my players up and running. Not to mention the collection of feats and spells my players have taken from the Complete books. I've been monitoring the yahoo groups. I've found the feats from most of the Complete books, but with no scripting to back them up. And I haven't found the classes I need right away, yet. Don't get me wrong. This isn't a negative review so much as another newbie hoping to gain some enlightenment. The program rocks on toast for core play. But integrating other books seems pretty overwhelming to me right now, and I'm going to have to be able to do so if I'm going to be using this program to run my regular games. [/QUOTE]
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