D&D General Is GM Binder Worthwhile?

[jayoungr]

I've found several interesting/potentially useful things on GM Binder lately, all of which I have converted to PDF and downloaded. I'm curious whether there's any benefit to getting a GM Binder account. The site itself really doesn't do a good job of pitching what it actually does. Is it just for content creators, or would there be any reason to get an account as a fairly casual user?

 

[HippyCraig]

There is a free account level to help you decide. They had a Kickstarter a few months ago about what they want to bring to it for paid accounts if that helps

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[Lanefan]

Never heard of GM Binder - I'll have to check it out.

 

[jayoungr]

There is a free account level to help you decide.

Do you use GM Binder, and if so, what do you use it for?

 

[Inchoroi]

I absolutely love it, save for one caveat that would make it far better than anything else: a functional navigation bar that lists your nested headings, a la the Navigation bar on Microsoft Office. If you're like me and write a lot of stuff for RPGs (my previous campaign topped 600,000 words), scrolling through huge binders can be a hassle. You can create table of contents in your actual document, though, and just scroll up and hit the hotlink to that section as a work around, at least until the Navigation thing gets implemented (I think it will eventually).

 

[Eyes of Nine]

I absolutely love it, save for one caveat that would make it far better than anything else: a functional navigation bar that lists your nested headings, a la the Navigation bar on Microsoft Office. If you're like me and write a lot of stuff for RPGs (my previous campaign topped 600,000 words), scrolling through huge binders can be a hassle. You can create table of contents in your actual document, though, and just scroll up and hit the hotlink to that section as a work around, at least until the Navigation thing gets implemented (I think it will eventually).

Is there a strong community? Do the developers listen to said community? That would matter to me...

 

[Inchoroi]

Is there a strong community? Do the developers listen to said community? That would matter to me...

From what I've seen, its pretty robust, actually. There's a discord and subreddit; I enjoy it because it lets me use some of the otherwise useless college degree I have.