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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SiderisAnon" data-source="post: 3280262" data-attributes="member: 44949">Computer Good, Laptop BadAs a DM, I find the computer to be an essential tool. I DM at my house, so I have access to all of my files, plus the library of books on my shelves. If I were DMing somewhere else, I know I would want to bring the laptop along. Copious notes are the only way I can keep track of everything in the game. Plus, I'm lousy with names so tracking them (and generating them) are more tasks for the computer.As for players, there are a number of reasons that make me very wary of laptops. While I did have a player in a game who too great notes and so could share them with players who missed a session, that was the only time I saw laptops as a benefit in the game. I've had all the typical problems of video games, web surfing, distracting other players by showing them multimedia stuff, and screens blocking people's faces. My biggest peeve was that the laptop allowed the players to look stuff up without my being able to see the book they were using. I had one player who would make sure he had copies of every resource I was using for the game. He had the money to buy a lot of gaming books, so if he knew I'd bought a PDF to use, he'd go get a copy. So, he'd be looking up all the details of the monster or whatever while we were playing, and the only reason I found out was because another player called him on it.While I  can't say I'd always ban laptops in my game, I do know several players who have had their laptop rights revokes.</blockquote>

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