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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 1587198" data-attributes="member: 9254">Laptops are too bulky, IMO, so I go for the Palm Pilot.   I've got 2 dozen plot and general world related files, a dozen fully-statted NPCs, twenty cities, and two dozen groups of NPCs.  I've converted sections of the SRD to e-book format (mainly the spell indexes and the animals) and have a drawing program where I keep basic maps.  I used to store maps as JPG or PDF but I stopped once I started using it as an e-book reader and needed the space (mmmm, <a href="http://www.baen.com" target="_blank">www.baen.com</a>)The best thing about the PDA in-game is someone can ask me a question while I'm standing, drawing on the battlemat, and then tap-tap-tap I answer it without running back to the laptop.  Out of game the PDA is great for ideas since I can update my files  whenever or wherever (at work, at dinner, everywhere).   And with synching I can even lose the PDA and not suffer unduly.  Several players use PCGenView to manage their characters, though I generally prefer the feel of paper for actual character sheets.   I've got a "real dice only" rule at the table.  It's not enforced very hard (e.g. someone forgets their dice I won't shoot them for using a diceroller), but I believe in public dice rolling from players and like the ability to show my untouched dice when they do something freakish.</blockquote>