Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Most useful DM tools at the table? Please share
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="DaveDash" data-source="post: 6652342" data-attributes="member: 6786202"><p>Ill also chime in with another incredibly useful tool for those who play online (can even be used by regular groups in between sessions).</p><p></p><p>Microsoft Office Online and/or Google Docs.</p><p></p><p>It's incredibly useful to be able to post up XP per session, loot found per session, and all sorts of other things you track in spreadsheets, able to be accessed by all your players from the browser.</p><p></p><p>Each week after game time I go and update a xls spreadsheet with everyones XP and the loot gained for that session. It's very easy for the players to then divvy it out amongst themselves, and keep a historical record of who got what when. We've all had the question "So how much gold am I supposed to have?" or "How much were those gems [that they got three months ago] worth again?".</p><p></p><p>OneNote is also pretty handy for note taking, since it's fully searchable and all your players can collaborate in the one notebook. If you're reasonably technically savy with the right kind of tablet, you can also hand-write your notes and have them converted into text (and become searchable). Pretty cool stuff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaveDash, post: 6652342, member: 6786202"] Ill also chime in with another incredibly useful tool for those who play online (can even be used by regular groups in between sessions). Microsoft Office Online and/or Google Docs. It's incredibly useful to be able to post up XP per session, loot found per session, and all sorts of other things you track in spreadsheets, able to be accessed by all your players from the browser. Each week after game time I go and update a xls spreadsheet with everyones XP and the loot gained for that session. It's very easy for the players to then divvy it out amongst themselves, and keep a historical record of who got what when. We've all had the question "So how much gold am I supposed to have?" or "How much were those gems [that they got three months ago] worth again?". OneNote is also pretty handy for note taking, since it's fully searchable and all your players can collaborate in the one notebook. If you're reasonably technically savy with the right kind of tablet, you can also hand-write your notes and have them converted into text (and become searchable). Pretty cool stuff. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Most useful DM tools at the table? Please share
Top