Looking for DM tools.

[Dire Lemming]

Hi, I'm kind of a newbie at DMing and I've been having allot of trouble keeping track of everything in my PbP game. Does anyone know of any good free tools that could help? Specifically in organizing things like stats and descriptions for NPCs and locations?

Thanks.

 

[The Lost Muse]

Try Keynote ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/keynote/ )

 

[The Lost Muse]

Sorry, double post.

 

[GammaPaladin]

DM Genie seems nice.

 

[Dire Lemming]

Thanks. I'll take a look at those now.

Anyone else know of any others? Preferably free or at least cheap.

 

[pogre]

NPC Designer is a tool I rely heavily on for my 3.5 campaign. The Gold version is a mere $15, an incredible bargain. If you're not running a high level campaign, the silver version is a mere $11. Best money I have spent in gaming in the last few years.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I've known a few DM tools in my day...

I don't use any special tools or programs, really. I use the KISS method- no, not kabuki makeup, pyrotechnics and 8" platform heels- Keep It Simple, Stupid!

Really, sometimes its hard to beat the efficiency of a simple notebook with tabs or a box of file cards. File cards especially since they're easy to rearrange or even photocopy for sending to your players.

OTOH, I currently use my PDA as my main RPG organizational tool...bunches and bunches of little data files...and send out frequent emails to my players. I also have a scanning printer if I want to digitize some of my physical stuff into electronic formats for dissemination.

 

[evillyn666]

Try Keynote ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/keynote/ )

OMG, thank you! This is exactly the program I have been looking for for a while now. I've always wanted an easy simple note taker and organizer akin to MS One Note but not having to actually pay for MS One Note The only thing it seems missing is a screen image capture tool...maybe in a future release.

 

[GammaPaladin]

I have a tablet PC... OneNote came standard

 

[Grymar]

Assuming you will have internet connection during the game, try pbwiki (pbwiki.com) and build a site for your campaign. You can then build links between encounters, upload images...I find it to be a great tool. Now it doesn't do things like rolling, but it is quite useful.