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Message: <blockquote data-quote="noretoc" data-source="post: 3282373" data-attributes="member: 1276">I will pipe in for my favorite program and give you the goods and bads.  I DM with DM genie, and I can't imangine running a game without it these days.Dm Genie is great for this.  [good]Pick your class, it calculates BAB, Saves, spells, you pick feats, skills, which spells if it is a choice, etc.                                       [bad] classes not on srd - you have to add it or find one done. DM genie allows this by adding a feat, refreshing and bang it is there to pick.  The bad thing is feats require scripting.  Complicated feats can require complicated scripts if you want them to work automatically.  Easy feats can use a real simple comand that adds or removes a condition.  A condition editor allows you to add bonuses to skills, attacks, etc.  Use a drop down menu to pick what the bonus get applied to, what type of bonus, and its value, and done (DM Genie keeps track of stacking).  That that condition can be used by the feat you made, other feats, or even on the fly.</blockquote>DMGenie has a new class generator that allows you to use a tabbed interface to add all the class data.  It is simple and intuitive.  Pick a bab value, 1, 3/4, 1/6 and it figures the BAB.  Tell it which saves are good and bad, it figures it.  Spell casting, psionics, no problem.  Use a class list already there or create a custom one.  Prestige classes that just add one level to a previous spellcasting class, done.  I have seen a warlock class.  It added each incantation as a spell.  Spells had the aformentioned condition with them, so you make the condition, then cast the spell add the condition for so many rounds (the duration) and it applies the bonus.  (See combat tracker below) Items all have weight.  The apply to your character.  You can set an item not to include its weight with a right click.  Also you can make a container for a bag of holding where all item in it do not add thier weight.  Drag and drop allows you to move things from one character to another, or to an adventure, etc.  DM genie, uses the conditions above again and can attach them to an item.  Equip item, bang condition is on, bonuses apply.  For thoes that are good with scripting, you can script items also.  Drink a potion of healing, it rolls and applies to your NPC.  Done.  dm genie prints a character sheet (customizable if you html, and plenty all ready made to DL form the website) or a stat block (and part of the character screen has a tab with a constant updated stat block).  there are places for notes, background, and even a pic.DM genie has it. first a tree on the right to add entries, subentries, sub sub entries to keep it all organized by adevture, and  on the left tabs.   One tab for description, one for groups (of npc/monsters), one for random encounter charts, one for treasure, one for notes, if you need to write anything about that area, during the adventure.   Description is a word proc, with the ability to add links to other parts of the adventures, tabs, or even external files to link to the music file you want to play during the scene.  The groups let you add creatures, npc etc, standard or custome (all races use the same database.  EAch monster is a race in 3.5 standars, so not only adds a typical member, but use that member and add a pc class or a race class (elemental, dragon, humanioid, vermin) etc to get just what you want.  Once you make it it gose into the group.  Then it will stay there.  Use it later, or if it is an npc keep it.  He might run away and show up later.  The encoutner tables let you pick monster and plug em in.  It you have a encounter, just click it add a group with the number you indicated in the table, and boom combat begins.  Treasuer, items, treasure, gold, magic item.  Anytime you add anything creatures, items, feats, there is always a link to create new too.  [/quote]This is where it shines.  It keeps track of my party, my npcs, thier items, thier initatives, thier readying, and delaying, thier spells and the bonuses they give.  Any timed occurances.  Skill checks, saving throws, damage and hit potints.  All the condition affecting them. When you play a high level game, and each character has haste, bull str, and owls wisdome, smiting, divine grace, bard song, bless, prayer, higher ground, prone, grapples etc!!  I look at the char and know thier ac, hit with thier weapons, damage bonus, etc.  everything.  If you are a scripter, you can do more.  If you know a scripter, they can export the scripts.  My version takes a thief adds thier bunes for total defense, add the extra for tumble, add the extra for the thief acrobat levels, etc.  I dont have to figure anything.  Need a skill check, double click it.  Save? double click it.  Save for the whole party.  Click below the pary window on roll, and select reflex.  Put in damage, and dc.  it will roll auto highlight all in the spell, and select ful, half if save and it applies damage.  your player roll thier own, that ok.  select all player who made it hit the button that say "half damage"  And this is only half of what it can do.  There is a version for players, with no Campaign maanger, so they can keep track of thier characters. Three of my players used the tool.  I export thier characters every week after xp, and put them up on the site, so they can load them into thier own version.  I also put up character sheets, as they are output in html.  There is so much more dm geneie can do and I concider my self a novice user, not an expert.  A beginner will do fine.  Plus, the designer it constantly improving it with suggestons from his users.  Trust me check it out, give it a few to learn, you will never use anything else.    oops no map maker, but a tab I forgot.  The map tab where you import a picture.  make selectable links on the map by drawing boxes.  use counters to place npc, trap etc on the map.  It even has a cicle square and cone tool if you want to see who gets hit by what if you use the map to keep track of npcs and players (Which you dont have to do.)  there is also a time keeper window (travel times, torch times, and a way to keep track) a dice roller, a weather generator, a calendar tool.  ..  I have said enough.[/QUOTE]

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