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Message: <blockquote data-quote="XCorvis" data-source="post: 1960796" data-attributes="member: 1265">I use a program called KeyNote to keep track of all my adventure data. It's just a glorified RTF editor that has a tree-type layout of individual pages. I've also seen it called a heirarchical note pad. I actually dislike the program (it's bloated and weird), but at it's basic level it does what I want, and it's free. I set up nodes (essentially a separate document) for each character and their history, each adventure plan, each adventure log, nodes for NPCs, monsters, allies, house rules, etc... It's quite handy to have them all in one document, and I can sort things however I wish. If a node gets too full, I can break it into sub-nodes and it gets easy to find things again.For unidentified magic items, I can just flip back to the area they found them in.Currently for combat management, I'm just using text stat blocks in KeyNote, and index cards for combat. I scribble HP and AC on the cards, because they get used far more. I'm going to see about using excel next - it sounds very useful. I'm also using traditional methods for mapping - graph paper for draft maps, and a very large battlemat for combat. I haven't used any other visual aids yet, but I expect I'll be printing them. (We have an excellent large format printer at work that I can occasionally abuse for personal gain - 36" glossy Eberron overland map? No problem.)Other programs - I've tried a couple stat block pasters, which are kind of handy, but I think I'd prefer a text file. I have pdfs for easy access (searchable is great), and I use Andargor's offline searchable SRD ( <a href="http://www.andargor.com/" target="_blank">http://www.andargor.com/</a> ). If I was online might consider using the Hypertext SRD ( <a href="http://d20srd.org/index.htm" target="_blank">http://d20srd.org/index.htm</a> ), which I also like quite a bit, and has spell and monster filtering and an encounter level calculator.I would like a dice roller, but I haven't found one I like yet. I'm still using regular dice and I don't think I'll ever stop completely. (It's so much faster to just grab a d20 and roll.) I'm still using the dm screen because of the dice and the index cards, but I don't really need it too much. I'd like to get one that actually has useful info printed on the inside, for once.One of my players bought the Battlebox, which has these handy little cards that detail combat actions as simply as possible. I'd love to get a version for my computer, but it would have to be free. I suppose I could just make my own from the SRD.</blockquote>

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