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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Levitator" data-source="post: 4057076" data-attributes="member: 40099">This is a good point, but again, I've seen DM's do the same thing with a 3 ring binder and a stack of notebooks.  I think I was actually more like that when I was working out of binders, because it was harder to stay organized and it took longer to find things.  Now I only have to look at my laptop during combat, and glance at it to keep track of my campaign.  One thing to keep in mind is that you will spend more time with whatever tool you choose to use initially, until you become familiar with it.  It might help to give your players a heads up whenever you are trying something different in your GM'ing style and ask for their patience.  I've yet to meet a player who didn't appreciate a GM trying to find ways to improve the game.  Another thing that helped me was to practice.  I actually set up mock combats to learn how to use the combat manager in DM Genie.  I also ran a couple of solo sessions with my players, so that I could get used to using the new tools in a simpler environment.But Kid Charlemagne raises a good red flag.  Understand that you will probably spend more time than usual with any new tool or method to GM.  Just be aware of it and remind yourself that no tool can replace fun and exciting cooperative storytelling!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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