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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 5532886" data-attributes="member: 20323">My players glommed on to to CB, and I didn't see it speed up play in the least. Actually, the &quot;tax form&quot; like character sheets (worse when printed black &amp; white), the focus on standardized powers, the numerous conditional modifiers,&nbsp; - these things seemed to sap my players' imaginations.Laptops and e-tablets at the table inevitably distract our group into conversations about Dr. Who, debates on piracy, checking academic schedules, trouble using software, swapping music, etc, etc.I've designed some really fun monsters with the MB and it's a sweet tool, but the fact is that my best encounters always come from some spark of an imagination. I hand sketched this one climactic battle for an oracle's aerie where a magic crown was held; in my drawing there was a shaky stone bridge which would become a weight/counterweight puzzle evocative of the scene in Lord in the Rings where Aragon times the jump off the stone staircase with Frodo. It was frickin awesome!Paper and pencil will always remain the deadliest weapons in the DM's toolbox. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/glasses.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt="B-)" title="Glasses&nbsp; &nbsp; B-)" data-shortname="B-)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 5532886, member: 20323"] My players glommed on to to CB, and I didn't see it speed up play in the least. Actually, the "tax form" like character sheets (worse when printed black & white), the focus on standardized powers, the numerous conditional modifiers, - these things seemed to sap my players' imaginations. Laptops and e-tablets at the table inevitably distract our group into conversations about Dr. Who, debates on piracy, checking academic schedules, trouble using software, swapping music, etc, etc. I've designed some really fun monsters with the MB and it's a sweet tool, but the fact is that my best encounters always come from some spark of an imagination. I hand sketched this one climactic battle for an oracle's aerie where a magic crown was held; in my drawing there was a shaky stone bridge which would become a weight/counterweight puzzle evocative of the scene in Lord in the Rings where Aragon times the jump off the stone staircase with Frodo. It was frickin [U][COLOR="Red"]awesome[/COLOR][/U]! Paper and pencil will always remain the deadliest weapons in the DM's toolbox. B-) [/QUOTE]

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