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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Luke" data-source="post: 213967" data-attributes="member: 602">Re: Re: RPM ease of useWell...as a player- I constantly beat those looking up books to get the info required. I'd say that the computer is less of a distraction than the books. If you have to look up, then you have to look up... By the way, the lists (for skills, spells, feats etc) now have instant key search.- I definitely get my skills and attacks processed much faster. A couple of clicks for the points behind feats such as power attack, or finesse, and it's all recalculated for me. Turning on my barbarian rage has comprehensive effects on attacks, damage, certain saves and skill checks.With RPM it's already all there, and it doesn't forget little details that easily slip through.- Skills are a classic. RPM knows the different options (for DCs) and the different modifiers. It's just all already instantly there. So's the full text description if I need it.The overall effect is that:- The laptop is less of a distraction, since you get your answer and relevant info quicker than with books.- My play is more accurate.If anything, players in my group seem keen to get their own laptops, rather than see mine as a distraction.Since you mention that a palm would be fantastic, you must be acknowledging that an electronic device, in general, is a good idea. So what's so good about a palm, compared to a laptop? Let's look at the key differences:- Palm is a lot smaller, but also has a much reduced screen size and user interface. If you want speed, the laptop can show you a *lot* more at once, and get you where you need to be a *lot* faster. The down-side is it's *relative* bulkiness - but I don't need character sheets and books!- A laptop has a *far* greater memory and storage capacity. If you want to look at PCgen characters in your palm, then you're using it as a character sheet. Trying to provide decent in-game mechanics (provide all the dynamic rules etc) is just too difficult within the space constraints.- Sure RPM has far more in it than a player needs, but that doesn't mean a player should deprive themselves of what they can get out of it. I also use it to keep my personal journal. The DM trusts me to *not* look up race descriptions of creatures and give my character unfair knowlegde. Unfair character knowledge is a personal roleplaying discipline regardless <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> .Of course, if the DM managed players and his own creatures within a laptop RPM, and players could view and select options through palms effectively running as dumb terminals, that would be excellent.Personally I don't know how feasible multiple-palm networking is for this.Regards,</blockquote>

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