Grand List of iPhone Apps for D&D Gaming

[jigsawsaint]

Hi,

Andrew Reutter of iplay4e.com here.

iplay4e requires people to have Character Builder, requires people to upload their file to a server, and then view it on the iPhone.

This much is true. Although I'd note that you can access said sheet from iPhone, Blackberry and Android (using Opera Mini), or as a full-screen interface on your tablet or laptop.

Character4ge isn't a read-only character sheet...

Neither is iplay4e.

On the battle sheet portion of my app, the player can easily keep track of temporary bonuses, temporary hit points, death saves, second wind usage...most of this stuff does not exist in iplay4e.

*Ahem* The iplay4e sheet tracks every single one of the things you listed...plus usage of all powers, short/extended rests, milestones, actions points...the list goes on. And it always has.

I don't mean to hijack your thread, and I wish everyone the best in their development efforts, but I couldn't allow this misinformation to go uncorrected.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[mpattee]

I just wanted to post a quick update and let people know that i4e 1.2 is taking a bit longer than I had originally hoped. I think it will really be a great release though when it hits. I'm hoping to submit it by mid December. I've also setup a forum for discussion about i4e issues and feature requests. As always you can email me at i4e_support@cordax.net

• Updated UI
• Added an inventory section
• Added a notes section
• Treasure Tracking
• Action Points
• Milestones

 

[Janx]

What kind of apps are out there to support 3.5 on iPhone?

I'd like an app to manage my character sheet (not build a character), particularly in-game.

Something to:
show me my inventory, allowing me to add/remove items
show me my HP, allowing me the take damage/heal
show me my AC, in different armor configurations would be nice
show me my skills, and roll them for me
show me my feats
show me my spells, and which are memorized, and how many I can cast each day. It would also handle multiple memorizations, and track that I have cast certain spells.

For each class, spell, skill, or feat, I'd like a link to show me the SRD description



Whether the system stictly enforced the rules or not is less valuable than just holding all that data and making it easy to flip to and update the status of things.

 

[mpattee]

I've been mulling the idea of creating a new app similar to i4e that would do the things you mentioned but for 3.5 and pathfinder. I'm not convinced that there is an audience for it but I could be wrong. I'm not sure how to find out honestly so I've just been putting it off until I get i4e to the place I want it to be.

Mike

 

[Kragash]

Neither is iplay4e.

Honest question: how do you add xp, manage hp, add to ability scores, add to skills, add items within iplay4e?

 

[jigsawsaint]

Honest question: how do you add xp, manage hp, add to ability scores, add to skills, add items within iplay4e?

To add XP, you click the "plus" button next to the XP display.
To manage HP, you click the "damage" and "heal" buttons.
Similarly for temp HP, second wind, power usage, etc...

For ability scores, skills, and other things that don't tend to change during play, you update your character in Character Builder and upload a new version of the file. I didn't argue with the dependency on Character Builder!

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Kragash]

To add XP, you click the "plus" button next to the XP display.
To manage HP, you click the "damage" and "heal" buttons.
Similarly for temp HP, second wind, power usage, etc...

For ability scores, skills, and other things that don't tend to change during play, you update your character in Character Builder and upload a new version of the file. I didn't argue with the dependency on Character Builder!

Cheers,
Andrew

Using Safari and Safari Mobile, I see + and - buttons for item power use but I don't see such buttons for XP or HP.

In the event where a player's character levels, this player would have to go back to his computer to update his character profile to change ability scores and skills? And if a player finds new items and wants to equip these new items, he would also have to go back to his computer to update his profile?

Perhaps "read-only" was a bit exaggerated considering there are some features in iplay4e that allow players to track some of their progress, but I can't shake the feeling that the dependency on Character Builder is stronger than you're leading people to believe.

Anyway, I'm not here to make trouble. Like you've mentioned, iplay4e has very strong points being multi-platform, allowing player's to exchange profiles, some tracking features, dice rolling. It's a great app for sure but I felt like I needed to create my own iPhone/iPod app to get a feature set that I wanted: more flexibility in terms of tracking/managing and access to the character sheet data without internet access.

It wasn't my intention to mislead anyone here about iplay4e and I apologize if I have.

 

[jigsawsaint]

Using Safari and Safari Mobile, I see + and - buttons for item power use but I don't see such buttons for XP or HP.

Are you logged in? Are you looking at a character you own? We don't let just anyone come along and mess with your character

If so, I'm not sure what to tell you. I see the buttons. The hundreds of folks that play their characters with iplay4e every week press them regularly!

In the event where a player's character levels, this player would have to go back to his computer to update his character profile to change ability scores and skills? And if a player finds new items and wants to equip his new items, he would also have to go back to his computer to update his profile?

Correct on both counts.

Perhaps "read-only" was a bit exaggerated considering there are some features in iplay4e that allow players to track some of their progress, but I can't shake the feeling that the dependency on Character Builder is stronger than you're leading people to believe.

I hope I haven't misled anyone! The idea is pretty straightforward: iplay4e handles the things you need during gameplay, but you need CB for character maintenance between sessions. To go even further: you absolutely need CB in order to use iplay4e, since the site is intended simply to shore up the gameplay functionality that's weak in CB.

Again, I'm not trying to compare the two apps, I simplify wanted to clarify that iplay4e is, in fact, a gameplay tool, and let folks do their own comparisons from there. I wish you the best with what looks to be a very beautiful and useful application.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[mpattee]

i4e 1.2.0 is now available in iTunes. You can see new screenshots from it at i4e for iPhone: Character Sheets In Your Pocket. Almost every part of the application was modified in some way. Videos will be coming over the next week.

• New damage/healing/temporary HP UI
• New direct periodic damage input in 2 taps
• New items being tracked; milestones, action points, item uses, failed death saves, resistances, passive insight, passive perception, paragon path, epic destiny, height, weight, age, gender, size, alignment, deity, adventuring company, languages, and vision
• New Weapons section can now track extra critical damage
• New Equipment section to track wearable equipment
• New Items section to track consumables and general gear
• New Treasure section to track coins, gems and valuable art objects
• New Notes section to track anything you'd like
• Re-vamped Feats section will now handle class features, racial features, racial traits and any other feats you'd like
• Re-vamped skills editing for easier manipulation of skill information
• Improved import for .dnd4e files, fills in many of the new details being tracked by i4e. Due to the limitation of information contained in the .dnd4e file it is still only a starting point.
• Improved editing flow for powers
• More consistent editing throughout the application

 

[Kragash]

i4e 1.2.0 is now available in iTunes. You can see new screenshots from it at i4e for iPhone: Character Sheets In Your Pocket. Almost every part of the application was modified in some way. Videos will be coming over the next week.

• New damage/healing/temporary HP UI
• New direct periodic damage input in 2 taps
• New items being tracked; milestones, action points, item uses, failed death saves, resistances, passive insight, passive perception, paragon path, epic destiny, height, weight, age, gender, size, alignment, deity, adventuring company, languages, and vision
• New Weapons section can now track extra critical damage
• New Equipment section to track wearable equipment
• New Items section to track consumables and general gear
• New Treasure section to track coins, gems and valuable art objects
• New Notes section to track anything you'd like
• Re-vamped Feats section will now handle class features, racial features, racial traits and any other feats you'd like
• Re-vamped skills editing for easier manipulation of skill information
• Improved import for .dnd4e files, fills in many of the new details being tracked by i4e. Due to the limitation of information contained in the .dnd4e file it is still only a starting point.
• Improved editing flow for powers
• More consistent editing throughout the application

Very impressive update. You've pretty much built what I was hoping for in an iPhone/iPod touch character sheet app. I love the new UI.