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<blockquote data-quote="Obryn" data-source="post: 5153044" data-attributes="member: 11821">Alrighty.&nbsp; So I barely feel qualified to post this, having used it for exactly one session, but I think that Masterplan may change the entire way I run 4e forever.&nbsp; I know; it sounds extreme.&nbsp; But I got the go-ahead to use it for die rolls from my players, and at this point, I'm never going back.&nbsp; They concur - combat went considerably faster on my end.And I'm only using the encounter-building parts.&nbsp; I've barely scratched the surface for map building, skill challenges, and entire adventure design.&nbsp; I think I could do it oh so easily with this program, though...&nbsp; It's insane.OK, for starters, it sucked down absolutely every monster, magic item, and trap in the compendium.&nbsp; It took a while, but it was impressive indeed.&nbsp; Once that was done, I quickly created a &quot;new&quot; adventure, and started just creating combat trackers, more or less, for P1.It honestly couldn't be any simpler.&nbsp; I drag &amp; dropped the needed monsters, used +/- buttons to adjust their numbers, and basically was done.&nbsp; It has a ruler on the bottom to show my XP budget, and an estimate of the difficulty.&nbsp; I can change my number of players or their level, and it adjusts accordingly, allowing me to modify on the fly with ease.&nbsp; Oh, and it reformatted all the monsters for the new stat block format, even though they haven't been updated in the Compendium or Monster Builder yet.&nbsp; Insane!In combat itself, it did almost everything.&nbsp; All my initiatives were rolled at once, and I had my players take over the big initiative board.&nbsp; Going from turn to turn, it reminded me of ongoing effects, remembered regeneration, applied ongoing damage, automatically tried to save out of effects, and reminded me to roll for recharge.&nbsp; (For some reason, it doesn't make those rolls itself that I saw.)&nbsp; I've forgotten to do all of these at one point or another.All the stats were at hand.&nbsp; The monster attacks were all hotlinks, which I could click for an attack + damage roll.&nbsp; About the only rough spots were on area effects, where I needed to click it repeatedly for attack rolls while keeping track of the first damage roll.&nbsp; And sneak attack dice (or the equivalent) weren't rolled; I rolled them separately.&nbsp; It'd be great if those dice were hotlinked.When my players did damage to a monster, it was a very quick process of clicking the monster and clicking Damage.&nbsp; It did the math for me. <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; I could set a damage type, and it'd automatically apply resistances or vulnerabilities.&nbsp; When bloodied, monsters turned red, reminding me to throw a soda ring on them.Seriously, I'm not going back.&nbsp; I urge every 4e DM to give it a shot.-O</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Obryn, post: 5153044, member: 11821"] Alrighty. So I barely feel qualified to post this, having used it for exactly one session, but I think that Masterplan may change the entire way I run 4e forever. I know; it sounds extreme. But I got the go-ahead to use it for die rolls from my players, and at this point, I'm never going back. They concur - combat went considerably faster on my end. And I'm only using the encounter-building parts. I've barely scratched the surface for map building, skill challenges, and entire adventure design. I think I could do it oh so easily with this program, though... It's insane. OK, for starters, it sucked down absolutely every monster, magic item, and trap in the compendium. It took a while, but it was impressive indeed. Once that was done, I quickly created a "new" adventure, and started just creating combat trackers, more or less, for P1. It honestly couldn't be any simpler. I drag & dropped the needed monsters, used +/- buttons to adjust their numbers, and basically was done. It has a ruler on the bottom to show my XP budget, and an estimate of the difficulty. I can change my number of players or their level, and it adjusts accordingly, allowing me to modify on the fly with ease. Oh, and it reformatted all the monsters for the new stat block format, even though they haven't been updated in the Compendium or Monster Builder yet. Insane! In combat itself, it did almost everything. All my initiatives were rolled at once, and I had my players take over the big initiative board. Going from turn to turn, it reminded me of ongoing effects, remembered regeneration, applied ongoing damage, automatically tried to save out of effects, and reminded me to roll for recharge. (For some reason, it doesn't make those rolls itself that I saw.) I've forgotten to do all of these at one point or another. All the stats were at hand. The monster attacks were all hotlinks, which I could click for an attack + damage roll. About the only rough spots were on area effects, where I needed to click it repeatedly for attack rolls while keeping track of the first damage roll. And sneak attack dice (or the equivalent) weren't rolled; I rolled them separately. It'd be great if those dice were hotlinked. When my players did damage to a monster, it was a very quick process of clicking the monster and clicking Damage. It did the math for me. :) I could set a damage type, and it'd automatically apply resistances or vulnerabilities. When bloodied, monsters turned red, reminding me to throw a soda ring on them. Seriously, I'm not going back. I urge every 4e DM to give it a shot. -O [/QUOTE]

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