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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5152219" data-attributes="member: 8835">As a player:I've tried  PCgen, but it's too cumbersome to actually use to run a character.In the end, I settled on an Excel spreadsheet I wrote with different tabs for different aspects of the character.  It was relatively easiest to work with and customize in-game if I needed.I also would keep the d20srd.org site open, and would often hyperlink relevant aspects of it to things in my spreadsheet (like spells, feats, and skills).I would have preferred some automation that a true app could have provided on the hyperlinking and control of the sheet, rather than manually maintaining and taking care not to wreck a calculationBut it was the best way to get what I wanted, since nobody else would, and I didn't have time to write a proper app myself.As a GM, I use the d20srd.org site, and I'd write my adventure in Word, and run it off of Word.I would hyperlink the monsters and spells to the pertinent d20SRD page.  I'd keep track of HP and such on the word document.I would have loved a way to lock down my word document, except for a "HP tracking" tracking block for each monster where I could tell it how many HP to add or subtract.  then it would have worked just about as well as printing it.In both cases, I used my old WinXP laptop.  It was small, and slow, but got the job done, and didn't take up a lot of space.  As a DM, I always roll real dice, just habit.Being a tech industry guy, I'm usually the most technically advanced at the gaming table.</blockquote>

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