Here's a tool that I use a lot:

[acon360]

My Notes Keeper:
http://www.mynoteskeeper.com/

Basically, it uses a hierarchical tree view to organize "notes". DM Genie has something similar to this, but this app features far better text formatting and text control/manipulation than DM Genie. It also allows you to embed pictures in-line, as well as ANY kind of file as an attachment. It saves all to one single file (everything embedded) for easy backup and portability.

So when I create an adventure, each major section (i.e. act) is its own node, then each encounter is a sub-node, and so on. I embed all maps, relevant pictures, even sounds and other stuff directly in the program. Everything is link-able so I can just click to play/open or move around the tree structure. Can insert hyperlinks to the web to look up on d20srd.org or wherever.

I think its really nice and well worth checking out for any serious DM.

Would I pay for it? I don't know, I cr-izz-ack'd mine. But it is definitely worth trying out, I am much better organized now than I ever have been. I actually wish the guy who makes DM Genie would quit his day job and make the adventure editor in DMG like this one, but this one works well enough. Very well, in fact.

 

[Arkhandus]

..........

Anyway, doesn't seem like anything more than what OpenRPG already has in its Game Tree and nodes, and I play/run RPGs almost purely on OpenRPG these days. And OpenRPG is free, anyhoo. The image-embedding thing might not be in OpenRPG, but I dunno since I've never bothered with anything more than maps, which I put on my webpage and display in OpenRPG's map frame.

 

[Redrobes]

Would I pay for it? I don't know, I cr-izz-ack'd mine. But it is definitely worth trying out, I am much better organized now than I ever have been. I actually wish the guy who makes DM Genie would quit his day job and make the adventure editor in DMG like this one, but this one works well enough. Very well, in fact.

LOL. Y'know people cant give up their day jobs if everything has to be free or if everyone... ahem... cr-izz-ack's... it all the time.

 

[XCorvis]

You like it well enough to pimp it on the internet, but not pay for it?

Anyway, there are a lot of free heirarchical notepads out there in case you feel bad about stealing but still don't want to pay. Keynote is older but has a ton of features. http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html
Jreepad doesn't have a lot of features, but is slowly improving. http://jreepad.sourceforge.net/
There's a free Mac-only product that looks nice, but I can't recall what it's called. There's tons of other commercial programs too.

 

[Bad Paper]

I think its really nice and well worth checking out for any serious DM.

Would I pay for it? I don't know, I cr-izz-ack'd mine.

To be fair, he said that this is only for serious DMs, so I guess it's OK he smokes the cr-izz-ack.

 

[acon360]

Wow, you guys are so witty! I can't believe I didn't think about free tools before. I mean golly gee, what a swell idea!

Do you not know what sarcasm is?
How about you go sizzuck a dizzick. Can you understand that?

Just throwing some thoughts out, but no, gotta get on your high horse b/c outside of internet forums you're really just timid and shy.

The free tools lack polish and details..little things like embedding binaries in the output file. Plus, I said I wouldn't pay for it.
Let me put in geek terms for you: Cracking != Pimping

If you think there are free tools that have all the minute features you want, well then super duper big guy. Two thumbs up for ya!

And, are we really arguing the semantics of a "serious" dm. My god...really?

...bitches

 

[Redrobes]

Let me just explain it a bit for you acon. We here love the game. Myself and many other people here are developers of applications to help play the game. Our aim is to make the game easier to play and more enjoyable for ourselves and everyone.

Ripping off somebody who takes time to develop an application or tool to help the game is not good for anybody who loves the game. Its like nicking the coin from the preachers money box. Nobody here who makes these tools are moving up the worlds richest rankings. Were not talking about people who don't need the money any more. It stops the people developing and consequently stops good tools from being made.

Like it or lump it, the world revolves around money because you generally do not get an option not to have to give it over to the tax man. Nobody wants to spend anything but we play in a fantasy world not live in it. If you like the game then donate to those people who are making it the great thing that it is. If its crap then dont buy it and dont use it. Dont listen or buy crap records. Dont voluntarily push your dosh in the direction of those people who make the world suck. But conversely, if you never support the things that are cool then the world will fill with stuff that sucks - or at least as you say, lack polish.

Basically, take a look at all the things that you have given money over for and decide whether those things are the stuff that you want the world to be made up of. If your happy with that then its cool. But saying that stuff is great but I'm not buying into it is not a position that you can take which fosters the creation of cool stuff or even gets mediocre stuff polished.

Wishing that other people give up their day jobs in order to allow you to continue your philosophy is laughable. Gave me a good chuckle at any rate. You can at least acknowledge that the world would be better if that developer did give up the day job. The bit you miss, or wont face up to, is that you are a small part of the reason he cant.

The people on these boards understand that the reason we don't have polished tools is that the world has many people who don't support them. At least in my eyes, hitting a lone RPG enthusiast is not at all like hitting a mega corporation who are screwing their customers.

 

[Morrus]

Wow, you guys are so witty! I can't believe I didn't think about free tools before. I mean golly gee, what a swell idea!

Do you not know what sarcasm is?
How about you go sizzuck a dizzick. Can you understand that?

Just throwing some thoughts out, but no, gotta get on your high horse b/c outside of internet forums you're really just timid and shy.

The free tools lack polish and details..little things like embedding binaries in the output file. Plus, I said I wouldn't pay for it.
Let me put in geek terms for you: Cracking != Pimping

If you think there are free tools that have all the minute features you want, well then super duper big guy. Two thumbs up for ya!

And, are we really arguing the semantics of a "serious" dm. My god...really?

...bitches

Someone really doesn't want to post in EN World again. Listen up, kids: breaking the rules = banhammer. Today's lesson brought to you by the letter M.

acon360, I would email you to tell you about your ban, but you've disabled emails in your profile and the email address you used to register is some "tempinbox" type account. On the off-chance you see this when your ban is up, at least you'll know why.

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