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<blockquote data-quote="Willowhaunt" data-source="post: 2193834" data-attributes="member: 22961"><p>I'm in agreement about the notebook computers- if you get one with a decent battery, you'll never have to deal with paper again (which has been a boon for a disorganized DM such as I who will lose half of his campaign materials between games). If you're a fast typist, you can keep a detailed campaign log of each game as it happens, which can be nice when you want to recall detials but you lost the piece of scrap paper on which you wrote the fake names the PCs gave at the gate. Handhelds are certainly better for portability and battery life, but most don't have keyboards that are easy to use and most that I know of don't have enough storage space to keep more than the smallest PDF files. Laptops usually can't last more than a few hours at a time, but if that's not an issue (I imagine you'll be able to situate youself near a power outlet during the game) you might want to invest in one of the inexpensive ones, though the cutting edge stuff might have an advantage in battery life...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Willowhaunt, post: 2193834, member: 22961"] I'm in agreement about the notebook computers- if you get one with a decent battery, you'll never have to deal with paper again (which has been a boon for a disorganized DM such as I who will lose half of his campaign materials between games). If you're a fast typist, you can keep a detailed campaign log of each game as it happens, which can be nice when you want to recall detials but you lost the piece of scrap paper on which you wrote the fake names the PCs gave at the gate. Handhelds are certainly better for portability and battery life, but most don't have keyboards that are easy to use and most that I know of don't have enough storage space to keep more than the smallest PDF files. Laptops usually can't last more than a few hours at a time, but if that's not an issue (I imagine you'll be able to situate youself near a power outlet during the game) you might want to invest in one of the inexpensive ones, though the cutting edge stuff might have an advantage in battery life... [/QUOTE]
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