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<blockquote data-quote="SpecialK" data-source="post: 1365284" data-attributes="member: 16706">Let me just start by saying that I'm not affiliated with any software/company. I'm just Joe user. When my game got to mid level and opponents' stat blocks ran a page long and opponent's numbers were in the twenties and thirties, the game broke down. I couldn't keep track of everything. To keep the game flowing, opponents were not played to the best of their abilities and encounters ended up being short-changed. The PCs got off too easy. I turned to some electronic aids for help. I first looked at some Excel spreadsheets that were not really meant to be used in game. They helped minimally. I needed much more and read about RolePlayingMaster. I downloaded it didn't have any trouble getting it installed (as others have). But I've now really tried it 3-4 times without success. It's just too complicated and non-intuitive. There's no easy way to get up and running quickly. And I REALLY wanted it to work for me. Ultimately I turned to DM Genie and have had pretty good success with it. It's more intuitive and has a nice tutorial to guide you through getting started. Once you get started, no problem. I ran my first session with it, and it significantly helped out in complex combat, keeping track of XPs, organizing the adventure, weather conditions, player and enemy conditions, generating opponents' on-the-fly and easy lookup of spells, skills and feats. Also, it can accomodate 3.0 and 3.5 rules (important since my current campaign is 3.0 and future campaigns may be 3.5).Perhaps if RPM had a good walk through tutorial it would replace DM Genie for me. But for now, it's DM Genie.Hope this helps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SpecialK, post: 1365284, member: 16706"] Let me just start by saying that I'm not affiliated with any software/company. I'm just Joe user. When my game got to mid level and opponents' stat blocks ran a page long and opponent's numbers were in the twenties and thirties, the game broke down. I couldn't keep track of everything. To keep the game flowing, opponents were not played to the best of their abilities and encounters ended up being short-changed. The PCs got off too easy. I turned to some electronic aids for help. I first looked at some Excel spreadsheets that were not really meant to be used in game. They helped minimally. I needed much more and read about RolePlayingMaster. I downloaded it didn't have any trouble getting it installed (as others have). But I've now really tried it 3-4 times without success. It's just too complicated and non-intuitive. There's no easy way to get up and running quickly. And I REALLY wanted it to work for me. Ultimately I turned to DM Genie and have had pretty good success with it. It's more intuitive and has a nice tutorial to guide you through getting started. Once you get started, no problem. I ran my first session with it, and it significantly helped out in complex combat, keeping track of XPs, organizing the adventure, weather conditions, player and enemy conditions, generating opponents' on-the-fly and easy lookup of spells, skills and feats. Also, it can accomodate 3.0 and 3.5 rules (important since my current campaign is 3.0 and future campaigns may be 3.5). Perhaps if RPM had a good walk through tutorial it would replace DM Genie for me. But for now, it's DM Genie. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]

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