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Laptops at the table - Do you use them?
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<blockquote data-quote="thatdarncat" data-source="post: 3074426" data-attributes="member: 57"><p>When DMing I use a laptop for a lot of note taking and reference - all of the campaign material is online (in a wiki) and my DM notes are on my desktop. It's worked wonders, having my entire campaign searchable and immediately there - I don't have to search through a binder to find the name of the party's contact in a town or the name of the orc they fought 3 sessions ago. My players are responsible for updating their character sheets on the wiki, so when I need spot or listen mods, they are right there. </p><p></p><p>I usually have a pad of paper, dice and a DM screen on the table in front of me and the laptop on a side table. I have more table space in front of me and fewer things to keep track of. </p><p></p><p>I'm the only person in my gaming group to use a laptop at the table (but then I'm the only one who has a laptop)</p><p></p><p>When I'm playing, I generally leave the laptop away from the table. We still use (and prefer) paper character sheets, but I do keep my equipment in an excel spreadsheet which is never more than 10 feet away when we're playing at home.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>reanjr</strong>Any chance of you posting your dice roller somewhere? I'd like to take a look if I could <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=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thatdarncat, post: 3074426, member: 57"] When DMing I use a laptop for a lot of note taking and reference - all of the campaign material is online (in a wiki) and my DM notes are on my desktop. It's worked wonders, having my entire campaign searchable and immediately there - I don't have to search through a binder to find the name of the party's contact in a town or the name of the orc they fought 3 sessions ago. My players are responsible for updating their character sheets on the wiki, so when I need spot or listen mods, they are right there. I usually have a pad of paper, dice and a DM screen on the table in front of me and the laptop on a side table. I have more table space in front of me and fewer things to keep track of. I'm the only person in my gaming group to use a laptop at the table (but then I'm the only one who has a laptop) When I'm playing, I generally leave the laptop away from the table. We still use (and prefer) paper character sheets, but I do keep my equipment in an excel spreadsheet which is never more than 10 feet away when we're playing at home. [b]reanjr[/b]Any chance of you posting your dice roller somewhere? I'd like to take a look if I could :) [/QUOTE]
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